Assistance to Countries Assistance to Countries Making D Decentralization t li ti Operational Operational The nfp Facility in Support to Decentralization Decentralization
Making Forestry Decentralization Operational Operational
1 Decentralization trends 1.Decentralization trends and implications for forestry 2.Task ahead 3.Conclusions
Decentralization: implications to forestr implications to forestry •Major technical assistance need is for implementation need is for implementation •Scarcity of information and knowledge on implementing knowledge on implementing decentralization
The task ahead: implementation and Institution building Institution building • Capturing decentralization potentials Capturing decentralization potentials • Securing institutions that perform & Securing institutions that perform & deliver • Securing institutions that provide incentives for welfare and sustainability incentives for welfare and sustainability
•Training of stakeholders T i i f t k h ld • Design and development of organizational structures process organizational structures, process and methods • Evaluation • Evaluation • Coordination
Conclusions Conclusions •Applied knowledge real world work •Applied knowledge-real world work •Goal; creation of institutions that •Goal; creation of institutions that create incentives to welfare and sustainability •Documenting evidences of impacts on D ti id f i t forestry sustainability and society forestry sustainability and society welfare
Th The nfp Facility f F ili i in Support to S Decentralization D t li ti • nfps • The nfp Facility • How it supports decentralization H it t d t li ti
nfps nfps Country-specific processes, at y national or sub-national levels, for policy formulation and policy formulation and implementation towards SFM • Based on UNCED and IPF/IFF/UNFF • Framework for planning • Framework for action • Framework for action • Based on principles, not on a method The National Forest Programme Facility
The nfp Facility The nfp Facility � An innovative partnership to � An innovative partnership to facilitate nfps � A new approach towards SFM A h t d SFM � 3 strategic orientations � 3 strategic orientations � 2 main beneficiaries: � countries & stakeholders (grants); � nfp practitioners worldwide � nfp practitioners worldwide (information services) The National Forest Programme Facility
� Country support � Country support • Informed participation of stakeholders (information & stakeholders (information & capacity building) • Catalytic role (easing bottlenecks) • Transparent & open selection p p process for grant allocation • Already 38 partners of which 36 • Already 38 partners, of which 36 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America & 2 sub-regional America & 2 sub-regional organizations The National Forest Programme Facility
Decentralization Decentralization � Developing nfp processes at the � Developing nfp processes at the district and provincial levels to implement forestry programmes established at the national level established at the national level (China) � Developing the nfp process at the national level in a federation national level in a federation (Nigeria) The National Forest Programme Facility
� Translating an existing national T l ti i ti ti l level nfp process into new sub- p p national (“regional”) nfp processes (Sénégal) (Sénégal) � Developing a “TFAP-type” of nfp Developing a “TFAP type” of nfp into new coherent and parallel nfp processes at both national and “regional” levels (Indonesia) regional levels (Indonesia) The National Forest Programme Facility
� Reviving devolution schemes � Reviving devolution schemes existing in the forestry sector at the provincial and communal levels, for the implementation of a new nfp the implementation of a new nfp process (Morocco) � Enabling municipalities to cope with new legal mandate in managing l l d t i i forest resources and involving local g stakeholders in SFM (Chile) The National Forest Programme Facility
� Making decentralization laws � Making decentralization laws operational in forestry under the d development (Mali, Rwanda) or l t (M li R d ) implementation (Uganda) of a new p ( g ) nfp process � Bottom-up restructuring of the institutional setting for forestry as a institutional setting for forestry, as a prerequisite for further development p q p of the nfp process (Mongolia) The National Forest Programme Facility
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