2010 Progress Report – Draft - NFP Facility

2010 Progress ReportFacility3. Web basedinformationservicesInterventionLogic3.1 Establishing aWeb based nfpinformationplatformObjectivelyVerifiable Indicators− Number andextent of nfprelated Web sitesand pages, andlinkages with sitesof other nfprelatedinformationproviders;− Number andefficiency ofsearch tools andinformationcataloguingprocedures;Reporting against Logical Framework− Specific Web-pages have been developed and constantly improved inorder to present and inform about the Facility and its activities.Special sub-sections are dedicated to (i) Country support, (ii)Information services and (iii) News.− Links with FAO NFP site and many other relevant NFP and forestrypolicy related websites (such as: EFI, ETFRN, PROFOR) and to manystakeholders in partner countries. In 2011, special effort will be madeto contact all the stakeholders which received a small grant to askthem to link their site with the site of the facility.− Under the FAO FORIS System, a Country Support Database has beendeveloped and implemented to archive and sort out information andresults about partner countries and partner institutions. This CountrySupport Database is accessible worldwide through Internet to allFacility staff.Sources of Verification− the Facility website(www.nfp-facility.org)− Facility Progress Reports;− Database statistics, andweb server statistics;− Users’ lists (countryadministrators).3.2 Establishing the“nfp Update”database− Number, nature,and quality ofWeb tools madeavailable for nfpcommunities.− Structure,content, size andstatus of thedatabase,availability ofmaintenance andupdatingprocedures,accessibility anduser-friendliness;− Use made of thedatabase by nfpstakeholders inDCs andelsewhere.− Two database systems are available in the Facility website: (i) FORISallowing to keep track of all on-going and achieved activities in thepartner countries and (ii) the Sourcebook on funding sources for SFM,a joint effort between the Facility and the CPF) aiming to shareexisting information on available funding for SFM.http://www.fao.org/forestry/cpf/sourcebook/en/− During 2003, the “nfp-update” initiative was launched; by 2005, theprofiles of 104 countries were on-line. In order to improve the qualityof the existing information, new and detailed guidelines were definedin 2006.− About 40 new nfp-updates have been completed in 2007, and arefurther being updated by FAO; the Facility is providing inputs to thisexercise.− The Nfp matrix and the corresponding Facility Appendix are used aspart of the OIMES/RBM; according the information and feedbackreceived by countries the assessment and monitoring of the nfpprocess is well received and can also be used for other purposes.−− the nfp update is on-line,accessible though the FAOForestry and facilitywebsites− also the NFP matrix is onlineshowing the status ofthe nfp in a particularcountry.48