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Explore the UN's Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son, Thailand. Discover the challenges of remote mountainous terrain and ethnic diversity, with a focus on empowering vulnerable groups through income generation, natural resource management, and improved social services. Learn about the project's objectives, thematic components, and partnerships at national and provincial levels. See how FAO leads this people-centered initiative towards sustainable development, and the proposal for collaboration with the Japanese Embassy.
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with special reference to the United Nations Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son Sources: OCHA/HSU and UNJP-MHS
The UN Joint Programme on Integrated Highland Livelihood Development in Mae Hong Son
Mae Hong Son … • Remote, mountainous, hilly terrain • Difficult access with infrastructural constraints • Long border with Myanmar causing insecurity • Different ethnic groups with its own distinctive languages & customs incl. large # migrants, local ethnic minorities, and refugees • Many with limited access to social services Human Achievement Index 2007 & 2009 = Lowestamongst all Thai provinces
UNJP – Target Beneficiaries • Poor farmers in remote areas • Ethnic minorities • Migrants (mostly from Myanmar) • Displaced population (i.e. refugees residing within camps)
UNJP Objectives - Human Security Goals To improve the quality of life and reduce poverty among vulnerable groups in underserved areas through enhancing both Protection and Empowerment capacities • Increased Income/Productivity • Sustainable Natural Resources Management / Renewable Energy • Increased Access to Social Services (Health, Education, etc.)
Number of Sector/Sub-sectors 3 Objectives 11 Thematic Components 17 Sub-Themes/Projects
Implementation/Partnership Framework National level Co-chairs: MHS Governor & FAO Programme Management Unit (PMU) Provincial level
Suggestions • FAO as Lead Organization • People-centered, Multi-sectoral, • Protection and Empowerment • Proposal to be shared with the Japanese Embassy