THE NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMME FACILITY
THE NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMME FACILITY www.fao.org/forestry/nfp-facility National forest programmes The National Forest Programme Facility Country Support Information Services Governance of the Facility How to apply for Facility funds National forest programmes
THE NATIONAL FOREST PROGRAMME FACILITY
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THE NATIONALFOREST PROGRAMMEFACILITY www.fao.org/forestry/nfp-facility
National forest programmes • The National Forest Programme Facility • Country Support • Information Services • Governance of the Facility • How to apply for Facility funds
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
TheNationalForestProgrammeFacility ... is an innovative Partnership between developing countries, funding partners and FAO … … facilitates the implementation of national forest programmes ...
...offers a new approach towards Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) • A move away from projects • Country led • Informed participation of stakeholders
…with strategic priorities on • building a national consensus • integrating SFM into poverty reduction • integrating international commitments
Beneficiaries • Partner countries and their interest groups, through grants, to further the nfp process • nfp practitioners world-wide, through global knowledge management initiatives
Country Support • Purpose • Creating an enabling environment for national forest programmes • Catalytic role easing bottlenecks • Focus of its support • Information and knowledge • Capacity development
Activities • Civil society participation in nfp • Formulation and adoption of policies • Strengthening skills • Knowledge access, use and sharing
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
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
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
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
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)
The Facility is funded, under a multi donor trustfund, by European partners and FAO
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
Process for Country Support in 2 phases • Concluding Partnership Agreements between Facility & interested countries • Providing Facility Grants to nfp stakeholders in Partner countries
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
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
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
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
Outline of the Proposal (page one) • Name of stakeholder, address • Summary of the proposal
(page two) Background • Specific issues to be addressed • Linkage to the national forest programme process • Linkage to actions already being taken
(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
(page four) Expected Outputs • Specify and describe in detail... • .... to avoid later disputes over quantity and quality
(page five) Modalities • Partnership(s) established • Involvement of stakeholders • Other assistance received or requested • Management and organizational chart
(page six) Action Impact • On social, economic and environmental issues • On forest stakeholders' and their commitment to improve forestry Duration and Timing
(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
(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)
The FACILITY wishes the Forestry Stakeholders a successful launching meeting. Thank you!
