The objective of the North East Rural Livelihoods Project is to improve rural livelihoods, especially that of women, unemployed youths and the most disadvantaged, in the participating North Eastern States.
... See More + The rationale for the request for extension is summarized below: Northeast monsoon and floods: The project was adversely impacted by the Northeast monsoon and floods during July-Sept 2018. Nearly 50 of the project's under-construction community infrastructure sites, largely in Tripura (the largest state by project investment) were damaged. In addition, the new political leadership in Tripura also affected some of the minor infrastructure projects on the ground, by way of changes in pre-agreed sites and plans. These two factors caused a slowdown in implementation and fund utilization, especially in the important state of Tripura, which has an allocation of about 50-60 of project investments. Exit strategy and integration of NERLP under the GoI-supported National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM): following recommendations from the Tripartite Portfolio Review Meeting (TPRM) co-chaired by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and World Bank held in February 2018, MDONER and MORD senior officials have had multiple strategic meetings on the exit strategy and integration of NERLP community institutions under the NRLM. It was felt that the two Ministries and their state units need more time to carry out the transition given the low institutional capacity of NRLM in the North East and sensitivities involved in the fallout on staffing and jobs in NERLP.
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This report provides a community perspective on priorities for future collaboration and investment in the development and use of disaster risk information for developing countries.
... See More + The focus is on high-impact activities that will promote the creation and use of risk-related data, catastrophe risk models, and platforms, and that will improve and facilitate the understanding and communication of risk assessment results. The intended outcome of this report is twofold. First, that through the community speaking as one voice, we can encourage additional investment in the areas highlighted as priorities. Second, that the consensus embodied in the report will initiate the formation of the strong coalition of partners whose active collaboration is needed to deliver the recommendations. The report starts by presenting the motivation for the effort and an overview of the current state of risk assessment. This is followed by a review, which is based on the written contributions and consultations, of the current challenges for assessing, understanding, and communicating natural disaster risk. The report ends with specific recommendations for action based on community input.
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Robust and inclusive identification systems are crucial for development, as enshrined in sustainable development goal (SDG) target 16.9, which mandates countries to provide legal identity for all, including birth registration.
... See More + For governments, modern identification systems allow for more efficient and transparent administration and service delivery, a reduction in fraud, and leakage related to transfers and benefits payments, increased security, accurate vital statistics for planning purposes, and greater capacity to respond to disasters and epidemics. Standards establish universally understood and consistent interchange protocols, testing regimes, quality measures, and best practices with regard to the capture, storage, transmission, and use of identity data, as well as the format and features of identity credentials and authentication protocols. Therefore they are crucial at each stage of the identity lifecycle, including enrollment, validation, deduplication, and authentication. Standards help ensure that the building blocks of identity systems are interoperable and testable, and can meet desired performance targets. The effectiveness of an interconnected and interoperable identification system cannot be ensured without standards. This catalog of technical standards can serve as a source of reference for the stakeholders in the identification systems ecosystem.
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