Independent Evaluation of the Inception Phase of CACILM Executive Summary

Abstract

The overall goal and objective of the Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management (CACILM) Multi-country Partnership Framework (CMPF) are the restoration, maintenance, and enhancement of the productive functions of land leading to the improved economic and social well-being of those who depend on these resources while preserving the environmental functions of these lands in the spirit of the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD). The CMPF has two major sets of activities: (i) implementation of the National Programming Frameworks (NPFs) for sustainable land management in respectively Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan; and (ii) multi-country activities to support the implementation of the work program under the CMPF and to build capacity in sustainable land management (SLM).