The approach of the project is to support
initiatives to decentralize environmental management in selected
4 districts. The three broad areas of activity are:
- Strengthening of DDCs;
- Strengthening local CBOs, NGOs and
the Private Sector Organizations (PSOs); and
- Strengthening
central level capacities to disseminate policies, regulations
and best practices in environmental management.
CEAMP wants to emphasize the word "Community". Local
community is at the center of CEAMP's concern. The point of entry for the project to the community level is through
the District Development Committees (DDCs) and Village Development
Committees (VDCs). The Project stakeholders include the selected
DDCs and their associated network of VDCs, the DDC local staff,
locally represented line agencies, CBOs, PSOs, NGOs and other partners.
To ensure a balance between the desired results and reach of the
project with the available resources, the regional scope of the
project is necessarily be limited to four districts into 2 clusters
with the participation of a selected number of participating CBOs,
NGOs and stakeholders in those districts. It also assists the Ministries
of Population and Environment (MoPE now MEST) and Local Development (MLD)
to respond more effectively to communities and local authorities.
A wide range of environmental issues may be considered by the
project, many of which are already identified as priority concerns
by Nepalese, including: forest depletion; watershed contamination;
land degradation; bio-diversity depletion; unsustainable population
growth; household's immediate environment and insufficient attention
to community environmental education programs, etc.
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