involvement. Across CIWP and its provincial s takeholders and partners, it was agreed that a number of challenges can be reduced by quality improvement projects. Yet, some mus t be tackled with at higher levels. Hence, a lis t of specific and general recommendations is given at the end. One sugges tion is to modify the name of such initiatives and call them by what they are, in actual fact, up to; i.e. ‘Eco-friendly Livelihood Initiatives’. It is also recommended to increasingly and sys tematically advocating for ‘Eco-friendly Livelihood Initiatives’ at provincial levels by, for ins tance, allocating one session to exchange views in this regard at during workshops organized for development of wetland management plans. Another sugges tion is to link exis ting livelihood rural groups as well as CIWP implementing partners to provincial and/or national bodies in charge of promoting ‘green jobs’, ‘green banking’, home-based livelihoods, small/medium enterprises, etc.