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Annex 6: Participants in the Project (PDF-B)
Participation of the IADB in PDF-B activities and Full Size Project The joint interest of IADB and UNEP in Paramo conservation was reflected in the collaboration of both institutions during PDF-B. Following a memorandum of understanding signed on July 9th 2003, both institutions jointly pursued the preparation of this full size project. IADB was active in providing technical support to CONDESAN in component 1 (Sustainable Management of Paramo and its areas of influence) and component 4 (Policy Development and Advocacy) of the PDF-B. UNEP complemented this work with technical support to CONDESAN in components 2 (Quantification of environmental goods and services), component 3 (research, training and capacity building) and component 5 (regional education and awareness raising). The result of this collaboration among CONDESAN, IADB and UNEP is the full size project presented to this DROC. The participation of the IADB in PDF-B and project was originally viewed as important because the initial assumption was that field sites would need significantly baseline investments to support conservation activities. These baseline investments, it was assumed, could be financed through the credit arm of the IADB. In addition, the in-house expertise of the IADB on issues of rural development stood as a value added to project design and implementation. The collaborative work performed by CONSESAN, IADB and UNEP found that the most promising field sites were not in need of baseline investments required for project success and of a magnitude that could justify official requests from government to the IADB for new rural development or rural infrastructure credits. Rather, the need for baseline investments can be met from the co-financing that accompanies this project. For this reason, the IADB considered that co-executing the project with UNEP was not a necessary condition for the success of the project. However, the IADB indicated its interests in being kept up to date on overall advance of the project in general, and on lessons learned in sustainable use of Paramo resources in particular. The latter are of special interest because they could be applied to other sites as part of the replication component of the project, for example, in sites in which the participation of the IADB could facilitate baseline investments of a magnitude that require requests from governments for rural development credit. The project welcomed this suggestion and will include the IADB in the coordination and information sharing mechanisms supported by the FSP. In particular, the project will maintain close communication during the execution of the replication component (#5). At the same time, local implementing agencies in participating countries will regularly update IADB local offices on the main findings and results of the project. In addition, the project has established partnerships with organizations with strong in-house technical expertise on rural development issues. This include NEA, CEDEPAS, Aspaderuc and the Mountain Institute (Peru), the latter a globally renown organization for rural development in mountain areas, the regional corporations (Colombia), Grupo Randi Randi and CAMAREN (Ecuador), and IVIC (Venezuela). At regional level, GTZ and CGIAB bring in expertise with rural development issues as do Condesan consortium members. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||