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Environment
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934-001; IR 1.3CENTRAL OPERATING UNIT: Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade: Environment (EGAT/ENV)
PROGRAM TITLE: Natural Resource Protection; Methods and Tools
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Principally Forests, Biodiversity, Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems, and Agricultural Lands, 934-001; IR 1.3. Environmental Education and Communication Strategies, Methods, and Tools Systematically Applied in USAID-Assisted Countries
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,600,000 DA
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $1,750,000 DA
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2008Summary: USAID helps strengthen national and local agencies, organizations, and community groups to deliver environmental education and communication (EE C) programs to increase popular support and prompt changes in behaviors, practices, and attitudes conducive to long-term environmental management. Elements include:
- Building local communities’ awareness of their natural resources value and skills at communicating their own agendas and concerns;
- Institutional strengthening of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to improve capacity in implementing environmental and EE C programs;
- Fostering effective host-country government communication and education approaches, highlighting natural resource policies and improving their ability and willingness to listen to local interest groups; and
- Demonstrating developed and developing countries benefit as natural resources are sustainably managed in ways that contribute to economic growth.
Inputs, Outputs and Activities: FY 2002 Program: The office will provide technical assistance to field missions for programs to achieve human behavior change that benefits the environment and the local population. The program applies EE C strategies, methods, and tools to increase the impact of USAID environment objectives and programs. The office works closely with counterparts to increase local capacity to design and deliver environmental education and communication programs, and to draw on lessons learned from around the world to better reach target audiences. Technical assistance focuses on social marketing methodologies and extensive use of popular media, participatory approaches, and formal education to build public support for environmental programs and policies. In addition to continuing activities in Guatemala and Panama, the office expects to begin new activities in at least four countries: Indonesia (forestry preservation campaign), Egypt (environmental policy program), Tanzania (coastal protection and park use), and South Africa (climate change education program). Two new forums for sharing resources and facilitating exchange of ideas on EE C by professionals around the world will be introduced: a peer-reviewed journal, "Applied Environmental Education and Communication", will be published quarterly and a web-based EE C portal will be launched. In addition, the office will focus on synthesizing and disseminating lessons learned over the past seven years of work.
Planned FY 2003 Program: Activities will continue to be implemented in Guatemala, Panama, Indonesia, Tanzania, Egypt, and possibly South Africa. New activities may be initiated in India and regionally in West Africa. The office will provide technical support to other missions, as needed, and will continue to explore new and innovative methods of utilizing strategic environmental communications to assist environmental goals crucial to economic growth and development. Specific inputs include detailed assessment of problems and target audiences; development of intervention-based communication concepts, messages, and strategies; pre-testing and revision of intervention elements; demonstration and delivery of programs; and monitoring, evaluation, and program revision.
Performance and Results: Based on a trend analysis of success to date, the program served at least 50 agencies, institutions, and NGOs in countries where EE C strategies, methods, and tools were applied systematically in environment-related programs. As individuals, communities and governments gain increased awareness from USAID-supported activities, they will more effectively manage the environment upon which their health and prosperity depend.
FY 2001 was the first year of a new activity, GreenCOM II. The office completed assessments in five countries (South Africa, Indonesia, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru) that allowed for the strategic incorporation of EE C activities into the missions’ environmental programs. In the Panama Canal area, the office showed the importance of its watershed and began working closely with the eco-tourism sector and with local municipalities. Within the Agency, the office collaborated with others to integrate EE C components into their projects.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Academy for Educational Development.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
934-0013 Environment education and communication DA Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 2,630 Expenditures 2,259 Unliquidated 371 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 1,690 Expenditures 709 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 4,320 Expenditures 2,968 Unliquidated 1,352 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 110 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 1,600 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 1,710 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 1,750 Future Obligations 7,796 Est. Total Cost 15,576
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