The programme will run in two phases from 2006-2011 and work in 14 woredas. The first phase was carried out in four priority woredas: Goba, Harena Buluk, Mena and Nensebo. The programme aims to accomplish the following major outputs in all 14 woredas:

• Eco-region Plan Completed and Used

• Resource information gathering – secondary data analysis – information gap analysis

• Natural Resource  /  Human mapping and analysis

• Information gap filling

• Ecoregion (s) framework plan

• Target resource sites identified

• Plan monitoring, review and adaptation

• Specific skills training

• Zone / Region database centre established

• Government and Community Institutional Capacity Strengthened for Sustainable NRM

•  Government capacity needs assessment

•  Community capacity needs assessment

•  Government capacity needs delivered

•  Community capacity needs delivered

•  Government – Community co-ordination and communication

•  Community based Organisation identification, strengthening and establishment

• Functional and Sustainable NRM and Conservation Systems Developed

• Investigation – resource use and users

• Negotiation – plans and agreements

• Implementation – management – inc stakeholder monitoring

• Benefit sharing.

• Conflict Management

• Formalisation of new NRM systems

• Community Natural Resource Based Livelihoods Diversified

•  Opportunities for natural resource (NR) livelihood diversification/income generation identified

•  Enterprise feasibility studies – Market analysis

• Government / Community specific skills built

• Linkages with public and private sector on NR enterprises developed

• Livelihood diversification implementation – Community Development Fund (CDF)

• Scale up through Woreda offices

• Sustainable Financing Mechanisms, which benefit the government and communities developed

• Develop sustainable finance options

• Increase / retain revenues / tax Benefit sharing – concessions / regional revenue re-inventment in local government services

• Ecoregion(s) sustainable financing options established

• Concessions for consumptive utilisation (hunting / fishing)

• Government capacity for sustainable financing built

• Legal, policy and regulatory frameworks for Eco-region planning, CBNRM and protected areas in place

• Lessons captured – best practice – publications

• Show and tell tours / Study tours

• Policy analysis - policy briefs produced

• Policy dialogue

• Media Outreach

• Ecoregion(s) interpretation in the Environmental Interpretation Centre

BERSMP is a FARM-Africa/SOS Sahel Ethiopia Programme

FARM-Africa is a registered charity in the UK (Registered Charity Number 326901) and a registered company (Registered Company Number 01926828) and a registered non-profit organization (501(c) 03) in the USA.

SOS Sahel Ethiopia is a registered non-profit organization (no. 1986) in Ethiopia.