2010 Progress Report – Draft - NFP Facility

2010 Progress ReportFacilityActivitiesdynamic methodsof information andknowledge sharingInterventionLogic4.1 Developingcommunities ofpractice (CoP)(= may emergefrom the regionallessons learntseminars)ObjectivelyVerifiableIndicators− Number of CoParound specificnfp relatedthemes andissues; number ofmembers in theseand geographiccoverage;− Number of CoPrelatedworkshopssupported by theFacility.Reporting against Logical FrameworkInformation Services− “Enhancing stakeholder participation in nfp” was the first CoPlaunched and supported by the Facility. Later, a similar packagewas developed for “Conflict Resolution in nfps”. Since 2002, manyworkshops were organized on these issues of participation; in 2009:Lesotho; Cambodia, Nigeria, Vietnam);− in 2010 a Training for Trainers (TOT) has been organised in Asiathrough RECOFTC, which led to national training in China, Vietnam,Cambodia, Philippines and Thailand.− In order to create ownership and resident capacities in the Africaregion, a training of trainers’ course was organised in November2009, involving 6 African countries (Uganda, Gambia, South Africa,Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Malawi); for 2011, another TOT will beorganised, through ANAFE based in Kenya).Sources of Verification− Facility Progress Reports;− Membership lists, activityreports of CoP;− Workshop proceedings;− Publication and distributionlists;− Feed-back from readers;− Reports and publicationsfrom Facility partneragencies.− The Guidelines on “How to make an nfp process work throughparticipation” and “Conflict Resolution in nfps” were drafted andprinted (in 2010); The former publication has been translated intoFrench and Spanish.− Considering the importance of cross-sectoral issues, the Facilityprovided in 2009 financial assistance to two regional workshops on“Cross-sectoral policy planning in forestry” (one in Africa and theother in Central America).− All modules are available,though the website, or arerequest− Since 2005, CoP was implemented with the understanding ofknowledge sharing and capacity building.− To disseminate the nfp principles, “Introductory Training Module”(ITM) was developed under the framework of “Nfps for All” (a jointinitiative of FAO, the Facility and partners from the Netherlands,Germany and Finland). Two testing workshops took place in 2005.The ITM was used in all countries during the launching workshopsof the new partnerships and during the launching of 2 nd FacilityAgreements.To share experience and develop compensatory mechanisms linkingforest and water an initiative was started 2008 in Central America andThe Caribbean; 20 concrete cases in 9 countries have been identifiedand studied. The results were discussed and conclusions drawn forcontinued implementation at a regional workshop. A presentation of thefindings was made at the WFC in October 2009.50