Workshop on South‐South collaboration on REDD demonstration

1. Andre Aquino – World Bank
Josep Gari - UNDP

2. Why a national approach to REDD?
Need for a national strategy to reduce deforestation and
forest degradation
Address underlying causes of deforestation (and drivers)
Deal with governance issues (law enforcement, land
tenure, carbon ownership, etc.)
Foster intergovernamental cooperation
Promote dialogue and cooperation with civil society
(including IPs)
Avoid national leakage
National accounting of emissions avoid double
counting

3. Why a national approach to REDD?
A national baseline (reducing problems of additionality at
the project level)
National monitoring system
Provide a common institutional framework for different
initiatives, stakeholders, etc.
Stimulate more international and regular funding
Support national capacity to influence international
negotiations
However: subnational implementation is possible,
necessary and encouraged! But how to make sure national
and subnational go hand in hand?

4. Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Support to a national REDD process
Organized into a Readiness Mechanism + Carbon Fund
Supporting 37 countries around the world
Submitted na R-PIN
Participants Committee main decision-making body
Last meeting in Panama (March 11-13, 2009)
Technical Advisory Panel technical assistance and
methodological support

5. Readiness Plan
Backbone of REDD Readiness. Roadmap of how
country plans to become “Ready”
R-Plan prepared by country assessed by FCPF
Participants Committee (with technical input from the
Technical Advisory Panel) R-Plan implemented by
country.
FCPF provides financing for R-Plan preparation and
implementation
Countries highly encouraged to coordinate with other
partners
R-Plan is assessed by the PC, with inputs from TAP

6. R-Plan Components
1. Land use, forest policy and governance assessment
2. Management of Readiness
1. Convene a national REDD Working Group
2. Prepare a REDD Consultation, Participation and Outreach
Plan
3. Design the REDD Strategy
1. Assess social and and environmental impact of candidate
REDD strategy activities
2. Assess investment and capacity needs
4. REDD Implementation Framework
5. Develop a national Reference Scenario
6. Design a Monitoring, Reporting and Verification system

7. UN-REDD Programme
ORIGIN
In response to UNFCCC calls to examine REDD as
potential instrument for post-2012 (including special
attention to institutional, social and technical
dimensions that need a broad view).
Officially launched in September 2008 by the
U.N. Secretary-General
Norway provides financing but a Multilateral scope
Close cooperation with World Bank (FCPF), and
intention to enhancing local/pilot initiatives

8. UN-REDD Programme
AIMS
a) to contribute to the development of capacity for
implementing REDD in pilot countries
[9 COUNTRY PROCESSES]
a) to support international dialogue for inclusion of a
REDD mechanism in a post-2012 regime
[INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FUNCTION]

9. UN-REDD Programme
KEY FEATURES AND VALUE ADDED
Strengthen national processes
Mobilisation of 3 UN specialised agencies (FAO,
UNDP, UNEP) under a One-UN approach.
Convening ability (coordination, mobilisation)
Governance (forest, NRM, finance, equality)
Focus on consultation and participation
Ability to serve as “neutral” actor for contentious
issues
Direct linkage with the UNFCCC (Secretariat,
process)

10. The case of the
Democratic Republic of Congo

11. REDD mission
Multi-stakeholder mission on 19-30 January 2009
9 international organisations:
FAO, UNDP, UNEP [UN-REDD Program]
World Bank
Government of Norway (observer)
WWF, WHRC, Rainforest Foundation, ONFi
National team: Government (Env. and others) and
Civil Society (RRN, Dynamique Autochtome,
REPALEAC) together
Multi-stakeholder approach (dialogue, concertation)
Participatory spirit
Intense 2-week mission – several activities

12. Main results
Dynamic of dialogue
5 principles of REDD agreed:
- One national process only
- Participation
- Transparency
- Technical quality
- Regional integration (COMIFAC)

13. Main results
Work Plan for 2009-2010 under a logical framework
structure
OBJECTIVE: Enabling conditions for REDD Strategy are in place
PILLARS:
1. Coordination and Planning
→ R-Plan elaborated with participatory & multi-stakeholder
2. Capacity Building
→ Stakeholders informed and trained
3. Technical Dimensions
→ Technical foundations for REDD are defined and started

14. Main results
Definition of the institutional frame for the REDD process
(drafting of a REDD decree):
National REDD Coordination
National REDD Committee
Inter-ministerial REDD Committee
Technical council (tentative)
Civil Society Working Group

15. Value of national REDD process
Not opposed to local, pilot initiatives, but builds from them
Provides overall framework for REDD activities in the country
Space for dialogue, exchange, cooperation
Simultaneous construction of REDD as a policy
Legitimate forum to deal with controversial issues
Ease coordination and consensus
Country reaches international negotiations with a stronger
position (experiences, proposals, etc.)

17. Obrigado!