Interagency cooperation and collaboration in policy and planning. Improved institutional coordination and harmonization of land degradation policies, legislation, programs, and budgets is needed. Interagency cooperation and collaboration in policy and planning of IEM strategies and plans ensure that complex problems related to land degradation control are addressed following a participatory approach and that government agencies, private sector agencies, and local communities have a clear understanding of their delineated tasks and responsibilities. A consistent legislative, regulatory, and planning framework for land degradation control must likewise be created to ensure efficient coordination of land degradation prevention and control projects funded by various government and donor sources, and cost- effective use of funds.
Capacity Building to Combat Land Degradation Project