In the Uplands context, the active engagement of all sectors (private, public, civic) is necessary to deliver the overarching goal of improved livelihoods for people living in poverty in the uplands. All need to be fully engaged and ...

The livelihoods system theory considers that livelihoods are formed within social, economic, political and environmental contexts. The full engagement of private, public and civic sectors is necessary to the improvement of the livelihoods for the vulnerable people. The ...

The present cooperation between ICIMOD and GRET aims to focus on comprehensive capacity building of local NGOs (in particular Chin Organisation for Rural and Agricultural Development, CORAD, which is the implementing organization), local government line departments and local producer ...

Chin and Rakhine States are identified as very vulnerable States in Myanmar, weakened by frequent disasters and confronted to major local challenges. GRET and its partners are implementing an integrated and connected project in 3 Townships of Union ...

Only 5 % of the rural population in Madagascar has electricity. Between 2008 and 2015, GRET led the rural electrification project Rhyviere (Hydroelectric village network: energy and environmental respect), which made it possible for 2,500 families living ...

The municipality of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is located in western French Guyana, on the border with Surinam. Between 1967 and 2010, its population grew sevenfold to exceed 38,000 inhabitants. Between 1999 and 2010, the rate of demographic growth was 4.3%, ...

  French Guyana is lagging behind significantly in terms of housing construction, especially highly social housing, which is leading to incremental development of housing settlements that are referred to as “spontaneous”, i.e. self-built housing with no deeds or rights, ...

The objective of the Support Project for Reconstruction and Upgrading in Desprez (Parad) is post-earthquake reconstruction and upgrading of the Desprez area (6th communal section in Port-au-Prince). This area is characterised by the juxtaposition of densely populated urban ...

Since the last 10 years, the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia is working to improve access to drinking water. The Ministry of Industry and Handicraft (MIH), which oversees the management networks distribution water supply for urban areas ...

Since 2011, the Houaphan bamboo project facilitates a multistakeholder learning process involving villagers, producers groups, private sector and authorities, combining the natural resource management and the business approach through policy dialogue. The proposed project builds on promising results of ...