The document discusses international and national institutional arrangements for REDD+. At the international level, the main institutions are the UNFCCC, the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), UN REDD, and the World Bank's Forest Investment Program. The FCPF has two mechanisms, the Readiness Fund and Carbon Fund. Nationally, countries are establishing REDD+ committees and designating lead agencies to develop strategies, reference scenarios, and monitoring systems. Effective national frameworks require legislation, policies, stakeholder engagement, and coordination across sectors that impact forests.

1. Legal and Insitutional Structures for REDD+: International and National Landscapes Duncan Marsh The Nature Conservancy REDDex July, 2010

2. International Institutional Arrangements

3. International Negotiating Body: UNFCCC Multilateral Funding Vehicles for REDD+ Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) UN REDD Forest Investment Program (under World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds) Bilateral Donors Global REDD+ Partnership coordinating partnership, emerged from “Paris-Oslo process” Mobilize funding UN REDD and FCPF to contribute support services Institutional Landscape

4. International Institutional Arrangements Global REDD+ Partnership

5. FCPF = A Partnership to Make REDD+ Happen 37 Countries and TwoMechanisms 5 Readiness Mechanism READINESS FUND Capacity Building (2008-2012?) Target ~$185 million Available $115 million Carbon Finance Mechanism CARBON FUND Emission Reductions (2011-2015?) Target ~$200 million Pledged $55 million

6. FCPF: The Big Picture 6

7. FCPF: Composition of 2nd Participants Committee REDD COUNTRIES Argentina Colombia Costa Rica DRC Gabon Ghana Kenya CONTRIBUTORS AFD Australia Denmark European Commission Finland Germany Japan Mexico Nepal Panama Papua New Guinea Suriname Tanzania Vietnam Netherlands Norway Spain Switzerland The Nature Conservancy United Kingdom United States OBSERVERS Forest-Dependent Indigenous Peoples, Private Sector, International Organizations, NGOs, UNFCCC Secretariat, UN-REDD Programme

8. Multilateral REDD+ institutions: Governance characteristics

9. National-Level Institutional Arrangements

10. Implementation framework needs to cover legislation and policy instruments that help institutions to govern REDD program (financing mechanisms, institutional mandates, stakeholder engagement, data management, etc.) Legislation – Existing Laws: eg, Costa Rica, Mexico and Argentina Proposed Laws: eg, Republic of Congo Mexico, Costa Rica, for example, have existing financing mechanisms and institutions that other countries could learn from No one size fits all, but general principles apply. Variations in Countries’ Institutional Infrastructure and Needs

11. Top-Level of Structure: National Committee -- DRC

12. Lead Agency in Kenya: Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources MEMR NEMA Secretariat at MEMR PROGRAMS OFFICE Policy, Law and Strategy Adaptation Programs Division Monitoring & Evaluation Division Research, Early Warning and Disaster Management Division Communications, Education and Awareness Division Emissions Trading, CDM and Technology Transfer Division:the DNA REDD, Land Use and Land Use Change Division Key Players: Government, Local Authorities Universities, Private Sector, Civil Society/ NGOs Key Players: Inter Dep’t committee of experts on M&E, External M&E experts, Internal Auditors, External Auditors, Office of the PM Key Players: KMD, Nat’l Lands Information Management Systems, CC Expert Group, KFS, KWS, KASALs, FAO & other local and Int’l orgs & dev’t partners Key Players: Government, Universities, NEMA, Media Training Institutions, Civil Society/ NGOs, Local & Dev’t Partners Key Players: IPC, NEMA, Gov’t, Local Authorities, KIRDI, KIPI, KEBS, KNPC, NGOs, Local and foreign experts and Dev’t partners Key Players: Gov’t, KFS, KARI, KEFRI, NEMA, ICRAF, ICIPE, Local and Int’l NGOs & Dev’t partners

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16. Opportunity for ‘subgroups’ to meet and discuss experiences, elect their representativesProvide external technical Advise and Assessments Readiness Fund (Bank as Trustee) Carbon Fund (Bank as Trustee) Participants Committee (PC) An elected subset of the PA with equal numbers of Donors and REDD Countries Primary decision making body, including all policy issues Official Observers Carbon Fund Participants Committee Facility Management Team (FMT) (Bank) Decision making on specific carbon transactions Bank facilitates partnership and ensures compliance with policies

17. From Readiness to Carbon Finance “REDD ready” REDD plus Strategy Reference Scenario Monitoring System Management arrangements 16 World Bank support (readiness preparation + fiduciary and safeguards) throughout IMPLEMENTATION (Carbon Fund) PREPARATION (Readiness Fund) Carbon Fund

18. DRC Example for an Implementation Framework Process

19. National Readiness Management Arrangements Most R-PPs provide a comprehensive arrangement that includes all the relevant ministries and other stakeholders However, there are three classes of problems: Assuring high enough political profile Making the consultative bodies powerful enough and broadly representative enough Overcoming sectoral constraints about REDD (agriculture, mining, local government) Most countries achieve some, but rarely all of these conditions Important to create a top-level coordinating body to facilitate cross-sectoralcoordination

23. Reference Scenario

24. REDD Strategy

25. Monitoring System

26. REDD management structure