ENPI-FLEG II - outcomes and results

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1 ENPI-FLEG II - outcomes and results

2 ENPI East FLEG II Program ( ) - Armenia and Georgia ( ) Strengthen forest governance through improving implementation of relevant international processes; Enhance forest policy, legislation and institutional arrangements; and, Develop, test and evaluate sustainable forest management models at the local level on a pilot basis for future replication Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine Financed by EU with complementary activities in Armenia and Georgia by ADA Implemented by World Bank with WWF and IUCN

3 Project development objective to promote sustainable forest governance, management, and protection of forests in the participating Program countries, ensuring the contribution of the region s forests to climate change adaptation and mitigation, to ecosystems and biodiversity, and to sustainable livelihoods and income sources for local populations and national economies.

4 Success stories

5 Armenia Public Monitoring of Forests Knowledge is Power Independent Public Monitoring empowered citizens in Armenia to protect forests: Trained volunteers to identify and document illegal forest operations in professional manner Used satellite technology to track illegal forest activities Positive feedback from the public: media dedicated more attention to this topic in 2015 and 2016 than ever before Caught the attention of Prime Minister! Logo of Public Monitoring of Forests in Armenia developed by citizen volunteers

6 Azerbaijan Setting up and support to the Young Foresters Movement, both nationally and regionally Introduction of sustainable recreation and ecotourism on forest fund territories. Development of the Sustainable Eco-tourism Management Plan Pioneered concept on valuation and certification of forests Assessing the potential for the implementation of the Climate Change Adaptation Plan in the forest sector

7 Belarus Support to the preparation of the Strategic Forestry Development Plan ( ): the roadmap for the forestry sector reforms Follow-up legislative process on enforcement of the new Forest Code FLEG helped to introduce consultative processes and mechanisms for open dialogue FLEG interaction with local communities triggered development of new economic opportunities for rural population based on the use of non-timber forest resources

8 Georgia Promoting a good investment climate for credible private sector operators: Identify potential markets for wood certified in Georgia; Assess voluntary forest certification potential Cooperation with forest sector experts from EU member states: Involvement of Italian forest law expert from FAO rooster at early stage of developing new Forest Code 8 th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference side event on Eleven years from St. Petersburg Declaration on illegal logging and eight years of ENPI-FLEG: what next?

9 Moldova National wood monitoring system Objective: improving wood traceability through developing and testing a wood evidence system (software application) from standing timber to end user supporting law enforcement agencies to ensure reduction of illegal activities following EU Timber Regulation 995/2010 principals toward reducing illegal logging

10 Russia Diversified NTFR use in Bezhanitsy municipality (Pskov region, Russia) providing all-year-round jobs for 15 households: Initiated in 2010 in cooperation with Polistovsky NR as an ecotouristic project. Souvenir production, wool dying with forest-originating pigments, ecotrails, hobby tours, winter and summer masterclassess, lodging and catering for tourists and trainees. Key outcomes: 40 jobs (15 of them permanent) Community income increased by 10% Emerging civic initiatives: museum, work with orphans, public control over local forests. Increase of permanent population in Zevlo village (first time since 1920s.

11 Ukraine Proposals developed by FLEG were incorporated in the Coalition agreement of Parliamentary factions European Ukraine (2014 г., section Х.5 «Reforming forestry sector») As a result of the attention of the Parliament and society to the forestry sector, a Working group for preparation of the forestry sector reform was established by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers (October 2016). Experts of the FLEG Program are members of the group On the initiative of FLEG program, at the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on agricultural policy, proposals on developing legislative acts were considered and supported: o on timber market and trade o development of the State Forest Program o on the system of funding of forestry

12 Results framework

13 Best practice models on SFM and improved forest governance developed and demonstrated Monitoring plan for implementation of the SPD designed and regularly updated - of which plan designed - of which plan regularly updated Understanding and awareness of FLEG principles by practitioners and stakeholders improved Final Target

14 Government institutions provided with capacity building Forest users trained - of which female - of which ethnic minority/indigenous people incomplete data Final Target

15 How it was done

16 (Jan - Jun 2013) (Jul - Sep 2013) Oct ongoing 2012 AA signed (Dec 5, 2012) Inception Phase Priority Activities Implementation (development of CWPs, formation of implementing bodies) * * * * * GA signed with IUCN (May 7) Approval of priority activities (start of pre-approved activities) GA signed with WWF (July 24) (start of 1st year activities) SC meeting (Oct 1-3)

17 Forest sector knowledge exchange with EU Member states Study tours to Poland, Finland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and among ENPI countries Ukraine and Belarus; Russia and Azerbaijan; Russia and Belarus.

18 FLEG II and other international forestry fora 2013: Supporting ENPI East countries participate in International Negotiating Committee (INC) for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe The FLEG II Program was presented at: 2013: a roundtable organized under the Second European Forest Week (EFW) in Rovaniemi, Finland 2014 and back in 2012: at side events under FAO COFO meetings 2014: at a 24 th Montréal Process Working Group Meeting in Krasnoyarsk 2014: at Seventy-second session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry in Kazan, Russia 2015: at the 15th session of the CIS Forestry Council in Yerevan, Armenia on October 13-14, : at a side-event of the 8th Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference in Batumi, Georgia.

19 High-Level Political Commitment

20 Legal and Institutional Reforms

21 Private Sector Engagement

22 Community Engagement

23 Take home messages 1.Governance is not only about legality; different levels of engagement needed 2.Role of forests in national economy is basically about resource management; sustainable forest management and good governance 3.Investments in forests help forests to develop and investments in forest can help other sectors to develop

24 Thank you!