2010 Progress Report – Draft - NFP Facility

2010 Progress ReportFacilityInterventionLogic2. The availability,access to and useof information,and knowledgetowards effectiveimplementationof nfp processesare improvedObjectivelyVerifiable Indicators− Number, types andquality of Facilityinformation services− Number of hits onFacility Websites− Number and type ofregional lessonslearned eventsReporting against Logical Framework− Facility website; Facility publications (Digest, Understanding nfp’s);Facility brochures; launching workshop (“Nfp’s for All”); support to theestablishment of databases on the different forestry stakeholders in thecountry by the Forestry Departments; making available to a wide publicthe key forest policy documents; the simplification of forest laws andregulations; the translation (and simplification) of forest laws into locallanguages, and the dissemination of them through the web site,through mailings, and most effectively, through national and localworkshops and gatherings− In 2010, about 6 350 “visits” to the Facility websiteSources of Verification− Facility Progress Reports,web pages and reports− Reports from Facility fundedcommunities of practice− Reports and minutes fromside events organised atInternational or regionalconferences− Regional lessons learned workshops have been organised andopportunities are taking advantage of to meet and share experienceson nfps; in 2010 COFO, organised in October, was such an opportunity.In 2009, there was ample opportunity as well, such at the WorldForestry Congress in Argentina, the County Lead Initiative (CLI) inChina and the FAO Regional Forestry Commissions (Africa, Near East,Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and Europe); in all theseinternational and regional meetings, a side event on nfp’s and theFacility were organised to exchange information and learn from countryexperience in the implementation of nfp’s3. Country leadforest policyformulation andimplementationare integrated inbroader nationalpolicies andreflectinternationalagreements− Number andimportance offorestry relatedpolicies andinvestmentdecisions includedin national policiesand strategies forsustainabledevelopment− In 8 African countries (Sudan, Nigeria, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia,Kenya, Niger, and Morocco), a study was carried out in 2007 to lookinto the integration of Poverty Reduction Strategies in nfp’s; the finalconcluding workshop took place in Kenya in November 2007− Policy & strategy formulation support at different levels and on a widerange of topics (regional or sub-regional forest strategies; nationalforest statements; assistance to Forest Sector Reviews; sub-sectorstrategies (e.g., CBFM, afforestation/reforestation, agroforestry,protected areas, NWFP, forest utilization, forestry education andresearch, demonstration of the contribution of forestry to rurallivelihoods)− Nfp documents− National policy and strategydocuments− National action plans (e.g.,CBD and UNFCCC)− National budgets− Minutes of meetings of theNMSC− Support on nfp implementation and monitoring through new legal,fiscal and institutional instruments43