Integrated Sustainable Charcoal Value Chain Promotion Project (ISU-CHAVPRO)

The project is supported by the Government of Tanzania and funded by the European Union under the Programme Integrated Approach to Sustainable Cooking Solutions. TaTEDO-SESO is working in partnership with TNRF for the implementation of this project. The main project objective is to demonstrate and promote effective and efficient integrated approaches for  the improvement of sustainable forest management and charcoal production in rural areas with the notion of increasing environmental and charcoal value chain sustainability while promoting socio economic development. The project intends to increase capacities and commitments for local communities in five districts of the Pwani Region by improving productivity along the charcoal value chain, sustainably managing forests, and improving their socio-economic well-being. The project's geographical focus areas are Bagamoyo, Kisarawe, Mkuranga, Kibiti, and Rufiji districts of the Pwani Region. The timeframe of the project is 36 months