Selection of countries. The countries in this study are those in the SEARO region: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri-Lanka, Thailand and East Timor (Figure 5)
Selection of countries. During the formulation process partners identified 6 countries for the study tours, with a high potential for lessons learned from case studies. The other selected countries are those responding to the call’s priority where the partners have extended networks. In total 34 countries in Europe. In addition, some partners have international reach and, on one hand will use tools already tested at international level, in the other, will use the results of the project to benefit countries also at international level. In line with the project call, the project will primarily cover EU Member States where the level of organisation of farmers and land managers is considered low. This is, according to the farmers’ and land managers’ networks themselves (consulted during project formulation), particularly the case in countries in Central and Eastern Europe and in some countries in Southern Europe (and also within the different EU countries). The project will help explore specificities of some Central and Eastern European countries (ex-communist countries) to understand farmers’ attitudes to engage in collective efforts (cooperatives, xxxxxx organizations), all too often associated to the forced collectivization of the land tenure under socialist regimes, which has resulted in an inherited mistrust in collective action, a current challenge for policy makers. In these countries, the return to individual land holdings in the past 25 years has created a large number of small to very small family farms with unequal access to resources, knowledge, and markets. In addition, the project will include the 6 countries where success stories have been identified following consultation with practice partners during formulation stage (Norway, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France), to insure interactions and synergies amongst a large number of end-users. In total, to make sure that a maximum of countries can benefit from the project, and to increase impact, the selected countries include the countries where the project has Partners and engaged Stakeholders, as well as all the countries covered by the extended networks of the project partners. These include the countries of the European Union, and countries in Central and Eastern Europe (Albania, Macedonia, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia), a total of 34 countries. Twelve of the selected countries are represented in the consortium (10 EU, 1 Eastern Europe, 1 Figure 1-2: BOND target countries EEA-European Econom...
