Presentation of the Government of Vanuatu to the First Global Conference on Reporting for Results-based REDD+, January 2018, Milan, Italy. Reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and related forest conservation.

1. RRR+ Global
Conference
FEEM, Milan, 30-31 January 2018
B. Phillips & R. Viranamanga

2. National Institutional Arrangements
National
Advisory Board
(NAB) for
CC&DRR
Tech
Committee
REDD+
• Legislated functions under the VMGCC Act 2016
• Supreme CCDRR Policy making entity
• Multi-sector composition
• Supported by a Secretariat
Project
Management
Unit
• Projects implementing arm of the NAB
• Project Management
• FM/PM Functions
• Coordination and Backstopping of projects
MitigationAdaptation
• R-PIN
• RPP
• REDD+/FCPF
• INDC/NDC
• INC/SNC/TNC
• BUR
PTAC – Sub-national gov
AC/FA Local gov

3. CURRENT STATUS GHGI AND REDD+ R-PP DEVELOPMENT
REDD+ COMPONENTS ACHEIVMENTS AND INDICATORS
1. Organize and Consult (Institutional strengthening, setup
networks, capacity building & awareness workshops)
Establishment of REDD+ office and staff, REDD+ SCOs and
Provincial Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), REDD+
Awareness workshops-On-going
2. Prepare the REDD-plus Strategy 2a) Analytical Studies for Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in
Vanuatu-completed
2b) Studies on Feedback and Grievances Redress
Mechanism (FGRM)-completed
2c) Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA)
Study- in progress
3. Develop a National Forest Reference Emission Level
and/or a Forest Reference Level
Develop TOR for FRL & MRV consultants-approved by
World Bank FCPF,
Short listing of consulting companies – in progress
4a) National Forest Monitoring System
4b) Designing an information system for multiple benefits,
other impacts, governance safeguards
4. Design Systems for National Forest Monitoring and
Information on Safeguards
5. Schedule and Budget On-going
6. Design a Program Monitoring and Evaluation
Framework
On-going

4. CHALLENGES AND NEEDS IDENTIFIED
CHALLENGES NEEDS
Unavailability of data and information on
GHGI
-GHGI
-Accuracy of data and transcription,
-Ensure quality assurance and quality
control,
-Appropriate software use,
-Proper documentation and archiving
Proper Institutional Arrangements -Formal arrangement, probably begins with
MOU and later on laws and regulation,
-Mix centralized and decentralized inventory
system,
-Formal coordination,
-
Improve technical expertise -Training on GHGI
-

5. Opportunities, Potential Collaboration Entry Points
National
Advisory Board
(NAB) for
CC&DRR
Project
Management
Unit
MitigationAdaptation
• BUR
• TNC
• NDC
• FCPF – GHGI
• GCF options
• Training and capacity building on GHGI
• South-south cooperation/exchange
• Legislative FWs and Policies