In addition to the said measures, the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security have also established Family Development Centres in the communities.

Community Development

Bearing in mind that the participation of local communities in decision making and in shaping local policy is essential to the planning, implementation and evaluation of alternative development measures,

Community capacity building

Community capacity building

(ii) Community relief

We are aware of one community where land rights of the indigenous community are being ignored or violated by local governments while at the same time the Government has imposed a housing development that is not needed by the community.

i. Accessing the Communities

In an analysis of the programme by the Overseas Development Institute, CABDA's focus on individual and community capacity building is highlighted.

The regional commissions are also aware of the information needs for promoting successful rural development and an entrepreneurial base in rural communities.

(a) Community capacity building

The response from the communities is encouraging.

(a) Community capacity building

Death of community elders

With regard to community land and forest rights, forest management should be devolved to community control community land and forest ownership should be legalized criteria and indicators for certification should be strengthened and markets should be designed that recognize local rights.

These radios cover remote communities using local languages.

(d) Capacity building of local communities, institutions and authorities

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In the past, agricultural development has prioritized large scale, capitalized forms of agriculture, neglecting smallholders who feed local communities.

The United Nations delegation and local officials supported the creation, jointly by international donors and local stakeholders, of innovative and collaborative approaches to local economic development and community mobilization and empowerment.

UNDP has launched additional projects for the reinsertion and rehabilitation of communities through its framework programme of support to communities, a mechanism that has proved successful in attracting donor contributions and channelling them to communities in need.

The role of civil society, especially of communities with local knowledge, is crucial.

The Prevent program in local communities was sensible.

The need to strengthen the capacity of local communities was highlighted.

During the biennium 2004 2005, ERPI programme preparedmade preparations for the secretariat's participation in follow up to several UNUnited Nations meetings and resulting follow up andas well as in other events in the field of sustainable development, including the United Nations General Assembly, the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) These activities were carried out in close collaboration with the UNCCD liaison unit in New York.

Development agencies and partners should redouble their efforts in designing quick impact economic projects in the communities, with a view to generating employment and income.

Such support will go a long way in achieving growth through rebuilding infrastructure, developing human and institutional capacity and supporting community based development.

(e) Empowering and building the capacities of poor communities, women and families for combined delivery of multiple interventions at community level that support the continuum of care concept .

They were trusted by the local communities like our leader, Joshua Kangombe.

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There are also virtual communities or online communities.

Access agreements present a triple threat to local communities.

Lack of respect for communities living in voluntary isolation

To set up custom and tradition observatories within local communities

Where properly integrated into wider community initiatives, school based programmes also promote positive change in communities as a whole.

This modification facilitates the establishment of agricultural co operatives in small agricultural communities, and, consequently, contributes to the establishment of favourable prerequisites for women's employment in rural communities.

There is significant knowledge and local institutional capabilities in forest management in these communities.

Confidence building activities have helped bring together local police, community leaders, students and others.

In that regard, it is a unique opportunity to bring across the message of the people of the drylands while underlining the daily plight and commitment of these communities to the objectives of sustainable development.

Communities in the Himalayan region have historically been closely integrated.

The rural poor generally do not pay for water with cash, but with time and energy spent fetching water, especially by women and girls.

The combination of poverty, unemployment, environmental and health problems, often exacerbated by violent conflicts, is placing increasing numbers of young people in cities at risk.

The programme had a significant impact on confidence building in local communities.

Are there opportunities to include the community in the aid monitoring process?

Tapping local and indigenous knowledge can contribute to technical designs and management arrangements suited to local circumstances.