THE NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMME FACILITY

1. THE NATIONALFOREST PROGRAMMEFACILITY www.fao.org/forestry/nfp-facility

2. National forest programmes • The National Forest Programme Facility • Country Support • Information Services • Governance of the Facility • How to apply for Facility funds

3. National forest programmes Country-specific process for forest policy formulation and implementation towards Sustainable Forest Management • Based on Rio Agreements and guided by the UNFF • Framework for planning • Framework for action

4. TheNationalForestProgrammeFacility ... is an innovative Partnership between developing countries, funding partners and FAO … … facilitates the implementation of national forest programmes ...

5. ...offers a new approach towards Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) • A move away from projects • Country led • Informed participation of stakeholders

6. …with strategic priorities on • building a national consensus • integrating SFM into poverty reduction • integrating international commitments

7. Beneficiaries • Partner countries and their interest groups, through grants, to further the nfp process • nfp practitioners world-wide, through global knowledge management initiatives

8. Country Support • Purpose • Creating an enabling environment for national forest programmes • Catalytic role easing bottlenecks • Focus of its support • Information and knowledge • Capacity development

9. Activities • Civil society participation in nfp • Formulation and adoption of policies • Strengthening skills • Knowledge access, use and sharing

10. Funding per country: • US$ 300,000 per country, on average • for a 3-year period • Funds to be spent on: • Workshops, fora, and training • Policy analysis and specific studies • Knowledge management systems

11. Partners of the Facility • 2002: 7 Countries and one Sub-regional NGO • 2003: + 21 more Countries and one Sub-regional Organization • 2004: + 8 more Countries

12. Partner Countries in Africa

13. Partner Countries in Asia & Pacific

14. Partner Countries in Latin America & Caribbean

15. Information services of the Facility • Facilitating the exchange of knowledge • Linkinginternational and national knowledge sources • Developing a forest Information Web Platform, and dynamic methods of information exchange

16. Web presence www.fao.org/forestry/nfp-facility • nfp Information Platform, including: nfp Update www.fao.org/forestry/nfp-update nfp Digest www.fao.org/forestry/nfp-digests • Sourcebook on Funding SFM: Database on funding sources Information for fund-raising www.fao.org/forestry/cpf-sourcebook

17. CD-ROM : nfp information compendium - cover

18. CD-ROM : nfp information compendium - contents

19. Governance of the Facility • A Donor Support Group of Existing and Potential Donors • A Steering Committee of 11 members (Developing Countries (3), Funding Partners (2), World Bank, Research Institutions, International NGOs, Foundations, Private Sector and FAO)

20. The Facility is funded, under a multi donor trustfund, by European partners and FAO

21. The Facility is hosted by FAO, and has been operational since June 2002 with: A core staff at the HQ of FAO The active support of • FAO Regional nfp Advisors, and additional Regional Facilitators • The FAO Forestry Department at large

22. Process for Country Support in 2 phases • Concluding Partnership Agreements between Facility & interested countries • Providing Facility Grants to nfp stakeholders in Partner countries

23. ProceduresforPartnershipAgreements • Interested countries apply for partnership, based on a concept note • The Steering Committee determines priority countries for partnership with Facility, based on criteria to evaluate country applications • Partnership Agreements are established with Partner Countries

24. Procedures for Facility Grant contracts: 3 steps • A call for proposals is published in partner countries towards a wide range of stakeholders • Proposals from stakeholders are ranked, based on criteria (see further) • Facility Grant contracts are concluded with selected stakeholders

25. Eligibility criteria for Facility grants The beneficiary must be… • located in the country • a stakeholder in the nfp process • a non-profit making organisation • ready to contribute 20% of cost

26. Ranking criteria for Facility grants • Quality and logical design • Competence & capacity to undertake action • Cost effectiveness • Co-ordination with other stakeholders • Sustainability of the proposal • Transparency and access to information • Training and learning processes • Potential impact

27. Outline of the Proposal (page one) • Name of stakeholder, address • Summary of the proposal

28. (page two) Background • Specific issues to be addressed • Linkage to the national forest programme process • Linkage to actions already being taken

29. (page three) Objective(s) of the proposal • Objectives and how to address the issues Proposed action • detailed description of the activities to be performed or the services to be rendered

30. (page four) Expected Outputs • Specify and describe in detail... • .... to avoid later disputes over quantity and quality

31. (page five) Modalities • Partnership(s) established • Involvement of stakeholders • Other assistance received or requested • Management and organizational chart

32. (page six) Action Impact • On social, economic and environmental issues • On forest stakeholders' and their commitment to improve forestry Duration and Timing

33. (page seven) Stakeholders’ Contribution • detailed description, costing and timing of all inputs provided by the Applicant • contribution should be at least 20% of the total Facility supported activity

34. (page eight) Detailed Budget • Description task, unit costs, total costs • Cost items may include: • National Consultants (if needed) • Contracts (for services other than consultants) • Travel (transport and subsistance allowance) • Training (such as workshops, awareness campaign) • Expendable material (stationary, training material)

35. The FACILITY wishes the Forestry Stakeholders a successful launching meeting. Thank you!