Period: May-June 2016
Country: Bolivia
Sponsors: AFD, FFEM
Experts: Pierril LACROIX
Main thematic and practical skills:
Resources Management and Agroecology
Institutional Support and Advice
Objectives and context
TERO carried out the formulation (phase) of a program promoting and upscaling sustainable family farming models in Bolivia. The main objective of this program is to enhance food security and sustainable natural resources management in 7 ecoregions of Bolivia, as well as policy advocacy at local, national and international levels, for the implementation of policies in favor of smallholder farmers and indigenous families farming in the Andean-Amazonian region. The program will be implemented by the French NGO Secours Catholique and its Bolivian strategy partner, CIPCA, during the period comprised between 2016 and 2019. Co-financed by AFD, FFEM and private funds, this program also includes the construction of a pilot agricultural credit scheme for agroecology.
Services provided
Formulation of the NEP report, as part of the FFEM requirement
Proposals for the research and credit components of the program
Logical framework and budget elaboration
Coordination with main French and Bolivian stakeholders (including Bolivian finance institutions)