{"id":7081,"date":"2025-12-16T10:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T09:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/?page_id=7081"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:05:01","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\r\n Participatory<\/span><\/span> Ecological<\/span><\/span> Land<\/span><\/span> Use<\/span><\/span> Management\/<\/span><\/span> PELUM<\/span><\/span> AU<\/span><\/span> BURUNDI<\/span><\/span> <\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Network in Burundi, or “PELUM au\u00a0 Burundi,” is a network of non-profit organizations (ASBLs). It comprises organizations committed to advocating for agroecology in Burundi in general, and for participatory, regenerative management of natural resources in particular. Officially recognized under Ministerial Order No. 530\/931 of June 25, 2024, PELUM in Burundi is the product of an initiative by the Agricultural Advocacy Group (GPA).<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Founders of the network: 10 organisations with a long history of activity in Burundi<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Association de Coop\u00e9ration et de Recherche pour le D\u00e9veloppement (ACORD)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Appui au D\u00e9veloppement Int\u00e9gral et \u00e0 la Solidarit\u00e9 sur les Collines (ADISCO)\u00a0;\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Association Ceinture Verte (ACVE)\u00a0;\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Organisation d\u2019Accompagnement Rural (AGAKURA)\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Nationale des Associations des Th\u00e9iculteurs (CNATHE)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Institut Africain pour le D\u00e9veloppement Economique et Social au Burundi (INADES FORMATION BURUNDI)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Burundaise de P\u00eache et Protection du Milieu\u00a0Aquatique (FBP)\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Union pour la Coop\u00e9ration et pour le D\u00e9veloppement Appui au Monde Rural\u00a0(UCODE\u00a0AMR)\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The PELUM network in Burundi operates on the basis of its strategy founded on its agroecology charter signed by 22 member organisations of the Agricultural Advocacy Group (GPA) on topics related to agroecology, participatory land management, advocacy and fundraising.<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The PELUM AU BURUNDI network is also a member of the PELUM Association network, which is a regional network of 357 organisations working in the field of agroecology in 14 countries in East, Central and Southern Africa, including: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa, Ethiopia, DRC and Burundi, working together on specific synergistic and strategic actions<\/p>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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\r\n To improve the effectiveness of members in \ncontributing to the promotion of ecological land \nuse management among farming communities \nthrough capacity building, research and \ninnovation networking, and advocacy <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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\nRural communities are required to participate in all programmes carried out by the network. It is through participation that communities become aware of their needs and contribute to decision-making processes. The network values the contribution of all member associations. .<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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supporting rural communities in order to achieve food sovereignty and preserve their dignity. <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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  • Be a legally registered association in accordance with the law on non-profit organisations No. 1\/02 of 27 January 2017 (Approval and Acknowledgement)<\/li>
  • Be an organisation committed to promoting climate-resilient agroecology<\/li>
  • Have good organisational governance<\/li>
  • Be transparent and professional<\/li>
  • Be on good terms with partners in order to mobilise PELUM funds<\/li>
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    • Be an association that actively promotes farmers’ knowledge and know-how<\/li>
    • Have held the organisation’s General Assembly with minutes authorising the application for membership of the PELUM network, as well as two people designated to be part of the PELUM network’s General Assembly<\/li>
    • Be willing to participate technically and materially in PELUM activities to achieve its objectives<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      QUI SOMMES-NOUS Participatory Ecological Land Use Management\/ PELUM AU BURUNDI Description The Participatory Ecological Land Use Management Network in Burundi, or “PELUM au\u00a0 Burundi,” is a network of non-profit organizations (ASBLs). It comprises organizations committed to advocating for agroecology in Burundi in general, and for participatory, regenerative management of natural resources in particular. Officially recognized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"redux-templates_full_width","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7081","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7081"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7090,"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7081\/revisions\/7090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pelumburundi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}