SAEDI @ 4 Team Statement Series

Ahead of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples tomorrow and recognising our work in enhancing and advocating for their meaningful inclusion and participation, our final highlight for this week is on the 14-country Caribbean Small Island Developing States Multi-Country Soil Management Initiative for Integrated Landscape Restoration and Climate-Resilient Food Systems (CSIDS SOILCARE) Phase II project. Countries under the project include those with Indigenous populations, such as Belize, Suriname and Guyana.

Reflecting on her experience supporting on the project, Junior Research Associate Shakirah Ali, shares her perspectives on the meaningful inclusion of marginalised groups.

CSIDS SOILCARE Phase II is a regional project funded by the Global Environment Facility and is being implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and executed by the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management. It aims to strengthen CSIDS with the necessary tools to adopt and implement measures, policies, and legal and institutional frameworks to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) and Climate Resilience. As part of project preparation, Roberts Caribbean Ltd. - Environmental and Development Consulting Firm, Ms. Dianne Roberts, contracted the SAEDI Consulting team, led by our Managing Director Leisa Perch as the Gender, Environmental, and Social Specialist. SAEDI supported the gender assessment, gender action plan, Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) screening for the project and provided inputs to the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP). Read more about the project here: https://www.thegef.org/projects-operations/projects/11390