Niue Community-Centred Sustainable Development
- Niue
- Pacific
ENTRY DATE: 09.03.2012 | LAST UPDATE: 09.03.2012
SCALE:
- Community Level
TARGET AREA:
- Rural
BEST PRACTICE IN:
- Capacity Building
KEY SECTOR:
- Gender
FUNDING AMOUNT:
- USD 100,001 - USD 500,000
Description of Intervention
The Community-Centred Sustainable Development Programme is a community-centred joint initiative of the Governments of the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and the UN, which enables community members to organise for collective action, by pooling resources and building solidarity towards resolving common problems and achieving a shared vision for community advancement.
Problems to be Addressed
Despite constitutional guarantees, men and women across the Pacific do not have the same opportunities when it comes to decision-making, accessing justice, and participating in the economy. For development to benefit both women and men of the Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, and Tokelau, and the UNDP promotes gender equality across all of its work. The aim is to incorporate—into all key development programmes—clear gender equity targets and accountability for meeting these, particularly for making real inroads towards increasing the income of women at the household level through more and better jobs, and access to health care and education. Women in the Pacific, generally defer to the men for decision-making and leadership, often at their expense. Therefore, the MCO has intensified its efforts to bring about a change at both the policy and community levels through training of village leaders in good governance principles and human rights.
Aims
The project aims to:
• Create model villages, whereby a diverse and complimentary array of projects are holistically integrated into one coherent strategy within a village;
• Build on successful ongoing projects, and transform past transactional projects into sustainable projects;
• Link up with the Council for Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) and other UN agencies, major donors, NGOs, CSOs and other initiatives in order to harmonise development initiatives; and
• Share best practices, engage in a process of cross-fertilisation of ideas and build national/local capacity.
Objectives
The CCSDP’s overall objectives are:
• To build gender-sensitive community capacity to sustainably manage environmental and income-generating initiatives that emanate from and through community-led planning processes; and
• To support communities in building an eco-friendly economy that incorporates climate change adaptation and risk-reduction measures.