Resources & Toolkits

This toolkit was produced by CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance, as part of the Civic Space Initiative (CSI). A partnership between CIVICUS, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL), ARTICLE 19, and the World Movement for Democracy, The Civic Space Initiative (CSI) is working to protect and expand civic space by fostering an enabling... [*********] The...

This guide does not aim to be a comprehensive manual on the use and importance of biodiversity in the farmscape. Rather, it is an attempt to provide a first step in encouraging further research and a systematic approach into a field of research that concerns the livelihood of most people in Lao as well as... [*********] The post...

This handbook aims to be a road map for anyone working with the community to achieve environmental change, including environmental educators and managers, Bushcare or Landcare coordinators, local government environment officers, and community development officers. It is especially designed for the many people with natural science backgrounds now involved in community projects to conserve species...

The Lean, Energy & Climate Toolkit offers Lean implementers practical strategies and techniques for enhancing Lean results—waste elimination, quality enhancement, and delivery of value to customers—while improving energy efficiency and reducing energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, costs, and risk. There are many reasons to integrate Lean, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction efforts including: Cost...

The Alliance had an established relationship with the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) to jointly provide technical support on advocacy. It was agreed that the time was right to combine all the previous experience of its linking organisations and international technical support provision into one good practice participatory training manual (toolkit). This toolkit...

This toolkit for development agency practitioners on the management of mineral wealth and its links to conflict is part of a series commissioned by USAID from leading environment and security practitioners, exploring how development assistance can address key natural resource-related risk factors. Other papers in this series focus on land use conflicts, on water and... [Read...

The Migration and Conservation Toolkit was developed to help conservation practitioners assess the impacts of human migration on critical ecosystems. It draws on extensive research in three critical ecosystems in the Great Lakes region of Africa with generous funding from the MacArthur Foundation. Integrating existing and potential migration concerns into conservation interventions is increasingly important...

As consumers across the Nation express a growing interest in a closer connection to their food producers—whether through access to more localized markets and/or shorter supply chains— cities and regions have begun to regard the expansion of local food marketing activities as a critical component of their economic development strategies. Rising demand for locally produced,... [Read...

This publication provides emergency practitioners with the basic technical information about seeds, necessary for planning and implementing seed relief interventions. It defines the main seed quality attributes and describes the standard testing and sampling methodologies. This technical publication is part of FAO’s effort to assist its member countries, FAO emergency staff and humanitarian partners to...

This handbook provides find information about SAFE along 7 phases of the project cycle for design and implementation. This is a comprehensive set of resources and tools meant to provide guidance on fuel-efficient programming for all WFP staff and partners striving – at community, national and international levels – to make safe access to cooking... [Read...