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Women as beneficiaries of policy: Inclusion of women as recipients of public policies, ensuring equity, access to resources, and improvement of their living conditions.



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Investments and Public Expenditure
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Climate Change Resilience in the Caribbean Fisheries Sector (CC4FISH-II)
Regional project designed to strengthen climate change and disaster adaptation and resilience in the fisheries sectors of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The initiative will benefit more than 21,800 people, including small-scale fisherfolk, boat owners, processors, vendors, traders and coastal communities, with particular attention to women and youth. Interventions include climate-resilient fishing vessels and infrastructure, restoration and monitoring of coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds, integration of climate adaptation and disaster risk management into fisheries planning, access to insurance and financial services, training, technology and regional dissemination of good practices.
Scaling-up regenerative practices for the recovery and improvement of soils, biodiversity and associated ecosystem services in the Chilean agricultural sector
GEF project led by Chile's Ministry of Agriculture through ODEPA and INDAP, with technical assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The initiative seeks to accelerate the transition of Chile's agricultural sector toward regenerative, competitive, resilient and sustainable production models by strengthening public policies and governance, developing innovative financing mechanisms, generating evidence through productive pilots, and improving information and local capacities. Pilots cover olive production, vineyards, fruit production, cereals, vegetables, dairy farming, beef cattle and sheep production on at least 40 farms across nine regions between Coquimbo and Aysén, covering 26,509 hectares.
Sustainable Regenerative Livestock in the Arenal-Huetar Norte Conservation Area (ACAHN)
Project aimed at transforming livestock production in the Arenal-Huetar Norte Conservation Area of Costa Rica through sustainable and regenerative practices, stronger governance and capacity building for producers and institutions, access to incentives and finance, silvopastoral systems, improved grazing, soil and water management, restoration of riparian forests and wetlands, digital monitoring, traceability and deforestation-free production. The intervention seeks to strengthen rural livelihoods, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystems, with attention to women, youth and the Maleku Indigenous people.


Policy frameworks
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Indigenous Peoples Platform to Address Climate Change (PPICC)
Permanent platform for the Indigenous Peoples of Peru responsible for managing, coordinating, exchanging, systematizing, disseminating, and monitoring their proposed climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. The Platform promotes the incorporation of traditional and ancestral knowledge and practices into climate governance, strengthens the capacities of Indigenous Peoples and their organizations, and coordinates their proposals with state and non-state actors and with processes for formulating, implementing, monitoring, and updating climate action instruments.
Mexico-FAO Country Programming Framework 2026-2031
The Mexico-FAO Country Programming Framework 2026-2031 guides the priorities, goals, and mechanisms for technical and financial cooperation between the Government of Mexico and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations over six years. Its purpose is to accelerate the transition toward more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood systems. It organizes cooperation around the dimensions of people, prosperity, and planet and includes actions related to productivity, nutrition, finance, technology, markets, public procurement, short supply chains, sustainable management of water, soils, forests and fisheries, social protection, gender equality, and productive inclusion. Its six results areas represent a portfolio of approximately 140 million dollars for 2026-2031, of which about 54 million dollars already have identified funding and 86 million dollars must be mobilized. Implementation will be jointly monitored by SRE, SADER, AMEXCID, and FAO.
Costa Rica Nationally Determined Contribution 2025-2035
Costa Rica's Nationally Determined Contribution 2025-2035 updates the country's climate commitments through an integrated vision linking mitigation and adaptation under the principles of progression, environmental integrity, transparency and social justice. The framework consolidates and raises climate ambition through a multisectoral portfolio of actions aimed at decarbonization, climate resilience and nature-based solutions. It includes mitigation targets, ecosystem protection and restoration, stronger territorial resilience, institutional arrangements for implementation, and commitments related to gender equality, youth participation and recognition of Indigenous Peoples.


Good practices
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Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Project (READ)
Project implemented in six regions of Guyana to improve the social and economic conditions of poor rural households, especially small-scale producers and vulnerable groups. READ expanded access to financial services and strengthened enterprise and market development, technical assistance, extension and training. The target group comprised 5,200 rural households, equivalent to about 20,800 people, with particular attention to woman-headed households, youth, Amerindian communities, non-traditional crop farmers and operators of rural micro and small enterprises. The Ministry of Agriculture was the executing agency and IFAD provided both loan and grant financing.
Strengthening Assets, Markets and Policies for Rural Development in the Highlands and High Rainforest Areas Project (PSSA)
The initiative aimed to reduce rural poverty in the highland and high rainforest areas of Peru by strengthening the productive, human, social, and natural assets of organized smallholder farmers. The project supported the formation and consolidation of rural producer organizations to implement co-financed business plans, combined with technical assistance, training, and competitive funding mechanisms. It also promoted sustainable territorial management and strengthened local government capacities, enhancing market access, financial inclusion, and income generation among vulnerable rural populations.
Sustainable artisanal fisheries and bio-businesses for food security with market access in the Peru–Colombia Border Integration Zone
Sustainable artisanal fisheries and bio-businesses for food security with market access in the Peru–Colombia Border Integration Zone is a binational technical cooperation initiative in the Putumayo River basin aimed at strengthening sustainable artisanal fishing and food security. It promotes cross-border governance through a binational roundtable, diagnostics and monitoring campaigns focused on water quality and fish species of commercial interest. It supports fisheries value-chain bio-businesses through awareness and technical training, financial education, technical assistance, formulation of business models and non-reimbursable equipment support, plus binational fairs and strategic commercial alliances. It also includes community food security plans, training in good food practices, field schools and collective solutions for access to safe water such as collection, filtration and storage. The initiative is implemented in Peru and Colombia over 24 months, financed by the Colombia–Peru Border Integration Zone Development Fund, with a required start in September 2025.


PAESA in Focus
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