F O R E S T S
41st Joint UNECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics,
Economics and Management
27-29 March 2019, Geneva
Work Area 4: Capacity-building
Agenda item 8d
UNDA project overview, C&I guidelines, planned activities
ECE/TIM/EFC/WP.2/2019/Inf.7
FORESTS
Accountability systems for sustainable forest management in the
Caucasus and Central Asia
UNDA project overview
Timeframe
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June 2016 – December 2019
Target groups
-Experts from forest related ministries, from national forest agencies, research institutes and
NGOs …
in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Budget
-501,000 USD
Implementing entities
UNECE/FAO with their network of experts
FORESTS
Accountability systems for sustainable forest management in the
Caucasus and Central Asia
UNDA project
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
• Training package released For all countries:
• Coaching workshop (5)
• All countries finalize their C&I set
• Forest Congress for the Caucasus and Central Asia (28-31 May 2019 in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan) A national workshop
for all 5 countries Regional Interim Workshop (20-23 Feb 2018) Regional Inception Workshop (15-18 Nov 2016) • Potential project extension with additional national activities
FORESTS
Accountability systems for sustainable forest management in the
Caucasus and Central Asia
Where are we today?
▪ Georgia
▪ Finalized their indicator set under 3 principles and started with the development of specific reporting guidance and measurement units for each indicator
▪ Referred to it in the newly adopted Forest Code
▪ Aligned it with the NFI
▪ Kazakhstan
▪ Finalized their C&I set including socio-economic indicators
▪ The set was submitted to the Chairman of the Committee of Forestry and Fauna of the Ministry of Agriculture for formal approval
▪ Kyrgyzstan
▪ Used the draft set and organized on their own initiative local consultation workshops to get local authorities involved and receive their inputs
▪ Armenia
▪ Shifted responsibilities from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Environment and is now revising the work done so far
▪ Uzbekistan
▪ Finalized their indicator set
▪ Developed a draft Resolution of the SCF “on the Implementation of the developed criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in practice” for adoption in parliament
F O R E S T S
41st Joint UNECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics,
Economics and Management
27-29 March 2019, Geneva
Guidelines for the Development
of a Criteria & Indicators Set for SFM
prepared for the UNECE/FAO UNDA Project Accountability Systems for SFM in the Caucasus and Central Asia
FORESTS
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To support the UNDA funded project “Accountability Systems for SFM in the
Caucasus and Central Asia”(2016-2019), implemented through the
UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section.
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To facilitate the development of national C&I for SFM sets in Armenia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to improve monitoring,
reporting and assessment of SFM.
▪
coordinating/facilitator teams developing national C&I for SFM sets,
including
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interested stakeholders participating in the process
▪
any other interested countries/users
Purpose of the guidelines
Target audience
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The What?
Basics for the development of C&I
▪ Definitions
▪ SFM, criteria, indicators
▪ Requirements for indicators:
▪ practical, meaningful, communicative, sensitive, highly valid, credible, measurable, internationally comparable
▪ Examples of regional & international C&I sets
▪ FOREST EUROPE C&I
▪ Montréal Process C&I
▪ The Tehran Process C&I for SFM in Low-Forest-Cover-Countries
▪ ITTO C&I for the sustainable management of tropical forests
▪ Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015
▪ Shopping List of 300 Indicators
▪ extracts of the indicator sets of FOREST EUROPE, Montréal Process, LFCC Process, ITTO and FRA. They are grouped according to the internationally-agreed seven thematic elements of SFM
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The How?
Conceptual framework
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▪ Train the team to coordinate/facilitate the process
▪ Review existing national forest information systems
▪ Review relevant regional and international C&I processes and sets.
▪ Identify relevant stakeholders to engage in the process
▪ Facilitate stakeholder engagement in the process
▪ Conduct a logical hierarchy process from national goals, key priority areasdown to C&I
▪ Draw upon and adapt indicators relevant to national priorities from regional and international C&I sets (Shopping List of Indicators)
▪ Develop new indicators where gaps exist
▪ Evaluate the potential indicators against requirements like feasibility, data quality, etc.
▪ Select indicators
▪ Develop and fill in fact sheets
The How?
Development of national C&I for SFM
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▪ Phase 1: Planning stakeholder engagement
▪ Stakeholder mapping
▪ Phase 2: Engaging stakeholders in analysis leading to identification of their priorities for indicators
▪ Questionnaires / interviews
▪ Visioning
▪ Problem and solution analysis
▪ Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis
▪ Scoring and prioritization methods
▪ Fishbowl debate
▪ Scoring or priority ranking
▪ Phase 3: Drafting the national C&I
▪ Analytical Hierarchy process
▪ Phase 4: Screening, adjusting and elaborating indicators
▪ Screening method ‘Health check’
▪ Developing fact sheets for indicators
▪ Phase 5: Validation/Consultation on the draft
▪ Poster presentations with post-its
▪ Multi-stakeholder panel
The How?
Toolbox of methods to assist in the development process of national C&I
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▪
Dr. Stefanie Linser
▪ Institute of Forest, Environment and Natural Resource Policy, University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and European Forest Institute, Forest Policy Research Network
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Dr.
Peter O’Hara
▪ Participatory Natural Resource Management Consultant
Guidelines
Authors
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At UNFF 13, the Forum:
▪ adopted guidelines for the operation of the Network (as contained in the annex to the UNFF13 report E/CN.18/2018/9);
▪ requested the UNFF secretariat to initiate development of the Network’s online clearing house mechanism; and
▪ requested the UNFF secretariat to undertake additional measures to improve the Network’s effectiveness and efficiency and build capacity in financing sustainable forest management.
UNFF 13 Outcome
Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network
FORESTS
a.
Comment on the work and make proposals for future
capacity-building work on the reporting on forests and forest
management;
b.
Suggest topics for possible future capacity-building workshops;
c.
Comment on the ECE/FAO capacity-building projects focusing
on Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and
Central Asia on the topics of forest landscape restoration and
SFM monitoring;
d.
Advise on future work of the Team of Specialists on Green Jobs
in the Forest Sector, including the extension of its mandate.
F O R E S T S
Thank you!
Roman Michalak / Theresa Loeffler Forestry Officer / Consultant
UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section
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