Gaza Urban & Peri-urban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP), a space towards agricultural policies to enhance resilience & sustainability
Description
Networking for positive policy change sustainability and city resilience
The GUPAP seeks to contribute to sustainable and resilient development of urban and peri-urban agriculture in the Gaza Strip through policy influencing, awareness raising, lobbying, advocacy and networking among multiple stakeholders. The GUPAP will set up a reference center for information resources in urban and peri-urban agriculture and will facilitate institutional and community capacity development towards an agricultural sector which is characterized by resilience, sustainability and sovereignty.
Given the specific context of Gaza, where economic opportunities are very limited, project team has reached the conclusion that any market-oriented urban agriculture programme should focus on promoting a resilient local development approach and making the best use of what is locally available. Markets for agricultural production play an important role in this, despite the imposed import and export restrictions that severely limit their development. Greater networking, coordination and exchange with relevant stakeholders is needed to shift the focus away from emergency aid only towards the integration of long-term economic development policies and initiatives, despite the difficult context. <br />
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The three-year Project (2013-2017) Facilitating Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Gaza, is funded by SDC, and implemented by Oxfam and RUAF. The Project is implemented with the aim to increase income for men and women engaged in small-scale urban and peri-urban agriculture in the Gaza Strip. The Projects inter-related specific objectives (Outcomes) revolve around service supply markets, extension services, and enabling policy and governance frameworks. <br />
Under the projects outcomes, new and revised policy strategies and measures for urban agriculture aimed at supplying the local market are expected to be developed and taken up by local and national government institutions. This aspect of the project is being implemented in close coordination with/through the Gaza Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Platform (GUPAP) and its 80 member organizations key multi-stakeholders who represent various sectors including government, private sector, civil society, universities and agricultural local micro-finance institutions.<br />
The GUPAP has been facilitated, incapacitated and institutionalized by Oxfm and RUAF and its members , and part of it 3 years strategy it will continue providing such capacity development services to its members through a learning and action/ knowledge and experience transfer at local, national, regional and global levels .https://www.facebook.com/pg/GazaGUPAP/about/?ref=page_internal<br />
In Gaza, Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture development is aligned with a broader vision of supporting a more resilient agricultural sector that seeks to contribute to Gaza being more food secure, less dependent and vulnerable, and with its population having improved access to sustainable jobs and income, improved livelihoods and a safer environment. This will be achieved by the following strategies: <br />
Increasing local production and the competitiveness of local products .<br />
Reducing dependency on external imports and energy.<br />
Facilitating a more favorable institutional and policy environment in which agricultural value chains operate, sustained and networked at institutional and community levels.<br />
GUPAP is seen since 2013 as the main multi-stockholders platform through which the policy objectives of actors can be implemented; it fulfils the need for a multi-stakeholder interactive and participatory forum that brings together 80 key actors (including local governance) involved in the development of a resilient Palestinian agricultural sector. It is local registered as an NGO based on the Palestinian NGO low. National, regional and global networking and cooperation are integral part of GUPAP's strategy
SDGS & Targets
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.1.1
Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing
11.2
11.2.1
Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.3
11.3.1
Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate
11.3.2
Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically
11.4
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.4.1
Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)
11.5
By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
11.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
11.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)
11.5.3
(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters
11.6
By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.6.1
Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities
11.6.2
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
11.7
11.7.1
Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.7.2
Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months
11.a
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.a.1
Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space
11.b
By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
11.b.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
11.b.2
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
11.c
Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
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Ahmed Sourani, GUPAP Coordinator