Programme to facilitates and support environmental management and sustainable development at the local level. Rooted in the principles of selectivity, demand responsiveness and partnerships, the Program focusses on action learning, networking and capacity building to promote and facilitate local environmental governance, integrated environmental management strategies and participatory evaluation and monitoring.
As a key tool, the Knowledge and Expertise Resource Network (KERN) database links the members of the network and facilitates the exchange of relevant information.
Activities include the Knowledge and Expertise Resource Network (KERN), a networking and dissemination platform using electronic communication tools. Includes a resource data-base is a directory of experts, organizations/networks, projects/programmes and, documents/materials on Local Environmental Planning and Management
Online discussion forums are held throughout the year and the visitors may access the publications database as well as view the online publications, searchable by country in Sub Saharan Africa.