The technical-organizational capacity of Community Based Natural Resource Management groups; Civil Society Organisations; service providers; and poor, vulnerable and socially excluded women and men have been enhanced for their better representation in decision-making processes, reducing inequalities and discriminatory practices, promoting pro-poor local development planning and enabling them to claim for their rights.

The livelihood options for poor, vulnerable and socially excluded women, men, girls and boys have been increased and diversified through improvement in: skills, income opportunities, equitable management and utilization of natural resources, resilience against disasters, mechanisms for upstream and downstream linkages, school attendance, and access to services.

The advocacy capacity of poor, vulnerable and socially excluded women and men; Community Based Natural Resource Management groups; and Civil Society Organisations  have been enhanced to influence government policies and their implementation for: promoting social inclusion and good governance, strengthening local democratic processes, adopting holistic approaches for identifying and analyzing the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice.