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GENERAL

INTERNATIONAL TROPICALTIMBER COUNCIL

ITTC(XLVI)/926 October 2010
Original: ENGLISHFORTY SIXTH SESSION
13-18 December 2010
Yokohama, JapanPROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ITTO THEMATIC PROGRAMMES(Item 15(b) of the Provisional Agenda)

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List of Acronyms
BWP
CFME
FLEGT
IDE
ITTC
ITTO
IUFRO
JICA
MP
NTFP
OLMS
REDD
REDDES
TFLET
TLAS
TMT
TP
TPAC
TPD
TPP
YPO

ITTO Biennial Work Programme
ITTO Thematic Programme on Community Forest Management and Enterprises
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade of the European Union
ITTO Thematic Programme on Industrial Development and Efficiency
International Tropical Timber Council
International Tropical Timber Organization
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Monitoring Protocol
Non Timber Forest Products
ITTO Online Monitoring System
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
ITTO Thematic Programme on Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation andEnhancing Environmental Services
ITTO Thematic Programme on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
Timber Legality Assurance System
ITTO Thematic Programme on Trade and Market Transparency
Thematic Programme
Thematic Programme Advisory Committee
Thematic Programme Document
Thematic Programme Profile
Yearly Plan of Operation/...

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1.

Introduction
This document is prepared pursuant to Decisions 8 (XLIV) on the Thematic Programmes (TP)subaccount under the Special Account, 9 (XLIV) on the Operational Procedures and Guidelines of
the Thematic Programmes on a Pilot Basis and 10 (XLIV) on the Thematic Programme Profiles(TPP), requesting the Executive Director to prepare annual progress reports on the implementation of
the ITTO Thematic Programmes for Council’s review.
The Thematic Programmes approved by the Council are:
 Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (TFLET) Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services inTropical Forests (REDDES) Community Forest Management and Enterprises (CFME)
 Trade and Market Transparency (TMT) Industry Development and Efficiency (IDE)
In keeping with the above Decisions, this document reports on the progress related to theimplementation of the ITTO Thematic Programmes since the end of the Forty-fifth Session of the
ITTC.

2.

Thematic Programme Development
Substantial progress has been made in the programme development and the implementation of theactivities, pre-projects, small projects and projects approved under the Thematic Programmes.
The pledges received during the 45th session of the ITTC allowed the launch of two additional
Thematic Programmes on ‘Community Forestry and Management’ (CFME) and on “Trade and Market
Transparency’ (TMT) in 2010. In accordance with Decision 9(XLIV) Thematic Programmes on Pilot
Basis: Operational Procedures and Guidelines and Decision 10(XLIV) – Thematic Programme Profile,and based on the approved CFME and TMT Thematic Programme Profiles (TPP), Draft Thematic
Programme Documents (TPDs) were developed for both programmes.
In parallel, the ITTO Executive Director invited Member Countries to nominate Members for the
Thematic Programme Advisory Committee (TPAC), to assist him with the implementation of theThematic Programme, viz., to: select activities/pre-projects/projects for financing under the Thematic Programme; monitor and evaluate progress in implementing the Thematic Programme; and identify potential additional sources of voluntary financial contributions to the Thematic
Programme.
In accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in Decision 9(XLIV) Annex 3, each TPAC
includes three producer member representatives with recognized expertise on the thematic
programme; at least one non-donor consumer member representative with recognized expertise on
the thematic progamme; and expert representatives of interested donors and collaborating institutions
and the Executive Director or his designated representative. Members for each TPAC were selected.
Current members include:
CFME:
Producers:
Mr. Ernesto ARENDS RODRIGUEZ
Mr. Theodore MBARO
Mr. Juan Magboo PULHIN
Consumers:
Dr. Pablo Manuel MARTINEZ DE ANGUITA
Mr. Kazuyuki MORITA

Venezuela
Central African Republic
Philippines
Spain (non-donor)
Japan

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TMT
Producers:
Ms. Pradeepa BHOLANATH
Ms. Beatrice Darko OBIRI
Ms. Sim Wah LOKE
Consumers:
Dr. Rin Won JOO
Mr. Stefano GUIDESE

GuyanaGhana
Malaysia
Republic of Korea (non-donor)
Switzerland

First meetings of the CFME and TMT TPAC were held in Yokohama, Japan on 1-2 March 2010 and
4-5 March,2010 respectively. The Draft Thematic Programme Documents (TPD) were reviewed indetail, revised and a final TPD was adopted. Both Committees emphasized the need for regular flowof funds and fund raising, including by the TPAC members, to ensure adequate implementation of theTPs. Calls for proposals under any TP should only be launched when sufficient funding is available.
Although both Committees agreed that the consultation process for proposal review will be throughelectronic means, it was proposed that the Council consider providing financial means to allow for ameeting of the TPAC once a year, this in particular during the TP pilot phase. One such meetingshould involve members of all TPACs to share experiences. The minutes of both meetings areattached as Annex 3
The adopted TPDs, together with guidance for preparation and submission of proposals wascirculated to all ITTO Member Countries in April 2010 and the TP section of the ITTO website was
updated accordingly (http://www.itto.int/en/thematic_programme_general/).
3.

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND MONITORINGThe ITTO Online Monitoring System (OLMS) has been further developed to improve its userfriendliness. The system has also been translated into French and Spanish to promote wider use. The
OLMS provides an integrated web-based monitoring system, which allows for systematic interaction
between the Project Coordinators of Executing Agencies and ITTO Project Managers. The system has
been developed with a view to conduct more efficient monitoring and evaluation and to achieveeffective overall project management. It will establish an electronic database of projects with acomplete dossier of project related documentation and information (e.g., Project Document, Project
Agreement, Technical Reports, Monitoring Mission Reports, Steering/Technical Committee Reports,
Financial Statements and Cash Flow information). The use of the OLMS has become mandatory for
all projects under the ITTO Thematic Programmes.
The development of ‘Monitoring Protocols’ (MP) to guide the programme monitoring and evaluation
has been finalized for the four active TPs on CFME, REDDES, TFLET and TMT. The purpose of theMPs is to establish a planning, monitoring and evaluation framework for the programme, which willserve as the main reference for measuring performance and success. Following a series of meetingsand consultations, including discussions on the synchronization with the MPs of the other ITTO
Thematic Programmes, final documents were presented in April 2010. The final MPs are attached as
Annex 2.

4.

TP Calls for Proposals
The Spring Cycle 2010
The Spring Cycle 2010 was launched on 16 April 2010 for CFME, TFLET and TMT with a deadline of
28 May 2010. The funding remaining under REDDES (US$ 363,406) was not considered sufficient tolaunch a call for proposal under this TP.
The Spring Cycle 2010 attracted 18 proposals from 10 member countries and the ITTO Secretariat,
seeking a total of US$ 6,125,920. Nine proposals from six member countries (Ecuador, Ghana,Indonesia, Peru, PNG, Thailand) and the ITTO Secretariat, seeking a total of USD 3.320.881 werereceived under CFME. Seven proposals from six member countries (China, Germany, Guatemala,Honduras, Indonesia, Peru) and the ITTO Secretariat, seeking a total of USD 2.544.179 werereceived under TFLET. Under TMT two proposals seeking a total of USD 260,860 were received from
Ghana and the ITTO Secretariat.

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All proposals were subject to the established three-step review process applied under the TPs,
including: proposal screening for compliance with the requirements under the Spring Cycle;
 technical pre-appraisal by the ITTO Secretariat;
 expert review by the members of the respective Thematic Programme Advisory Committee(TPAC).
Based on the Secretariat pre-appraisal and the TPAC expert review, the ITTO Executive Director
selected the following ten proposals (CFME 5, TFLET 4, TMT 1) for funding:
TFLET Spring Cycle 2010 Allocation
Project
ID

Submitted
by

Title

ITTO
Funding

Project
Total

TFL-PD
017/09Rev.2 (M)China

$322,056$505,036

TFL-PD019/10Rev.2 (F)
TFL-PPD
023/10Rev.1 (F)Indonesia$496,670$591,278$175,742$198,242

TFL-PPD
024/10Rev.2 (F)

GuatemalaEquipping small and medium sized
forestry enterprises in China for
procurement of tropical timber from legal
and sustainably managed forests
Developing collaborative management in
the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve, WestJava Indonesia
Development and implementation of a
species identification and timber tracking
system in Africa with DNA fingerprints andstable isotopes
Improvement of forest law enforcement at
the national level to promote forest
governance in Guatemala
TFLET Spring Cycle 2010 Allocation Total$563,339$804,419

Germany$1,557,807

CFME Spring Cycle 2010 Allocation
Project
ID

Submitted
by

Title

ITTO
Funding

Project
Total

CFM-PD
001/10Rev.1 (F)Indonesia$465,151$553,711

CFM-PPD
005/10Rev.1 (M)
CFM-PPD
006/10Rev.1 (F)CFM-SPD
007/10Rev.1 (F)Thailand$31,104$53,904$122,040$156,040$149,229$290,079

CFM-PA009/10Rev.2 (F)ITTO

Strengthening capacity of stakeholders forthe development of community-based
plantation forest at 3 selected areas inIndonesia
Increasing access to markets and capitalfor teak plantation smallholders in
ThailandEnabling customary landowners toparticipate effectively in CFM and REDD
schemes within four pilot areas of PNG
Enrichment of young forest plantations
with selected NTFPs for livelihood
improvement and support of forest fringe
communities in Atwima Mponua District ofGhana, in order to secure and protect theresources on a sustainable forest
management basis
International Conference on Forest
Tenure, Governance and Small andMedium Forest Enterprises with Focus in
the Asia Pacific
CFME Spring Cycle 2010 Allocation Total$ 200,000$ 200.000

PNG

Ghana

$ 967,524

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Project
ID

Submitted
by

Title

ITTO
Funding

Project
Total

TMT-SPD
002/10Rev.1 (M)ITTO

Improving resilience of the tropical timber
sector to the impacts of global andregional economic and financial crises
TMT Spring Cycle 2010 Allocation Total$150,000$150,000$ 150,000

The total allocation to the ten proposals approved under the TP Spring Cycle 2010 is US$ 2,675,331.
The activities are currently getting underway.
Reviewer comments and recommendations for unsuccessful proposals were compiled and returned
to proponents, with copies to the respective ITTO Official Contact Point.
Two proposals (Ghana and Guatemala) have received support during the proposal development.
Summary information on each activity can be found in Annex 1.

5.

Thematic Programme Financing
Subsequent to the pledges made at the 45th session of the ITTC, held in Yokohama, Japan, 9-14
November 2009, additional funding of US$ 335,327 has been received for TFLET from Germany(US$ 87,871) and the USA (US$ 247,456) during the last quarter of 2010. Including those pledges
the financing status of the individual Thematic Programmes is as follows:
TFLET:
During the third quarter of 2010, new pledges to TFLET have been made by the USA (US$ 247,456)
and Germany (US$ 87,871). The total pledges received under TFLET amount to US$ 6,181,711 or
41,21 % of the programme total (US$ 15 million) envisaged for the programme pilot phase, leaving abalance sought of US$ 8,818,289 or 58.79 %. Programme Donors include the Netherlands, United
Kingdom, Japan, USA, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Republic ofKorea and the Japan Lumber Importers Association.
TP

TFLET

Approved
indicative
budget$ 15,000,000(100%)

Total
PledgesRemaining
Balance

Donors$ 6,181,711$ 8,818,289(41,21%)(58,79%)Netherlands, UK, Japan, USA,
Switzerland, Germany, Australia,
New Zealand, Finland, Norway,
Republic of Korea. Japan
Lumber Importers Association

A total of US$ 5,957,652 has been committed under TFLET, leaving an amount available forallocation of US$ 224,059.
a) Pledges$ 6,181,711b) Committed$ 5,957,652c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 224,059

The amount currently remaining available for allocation under TFLET (US$ 224,059) is notconsidered sufficient to launch another call for proposals under the programme before new pledges
have been received.
REDDES:
The pledges received under REDDES amount to US$ 4,438,958 or 24.66 % of the programme total(US$ 18 million) envisaged for the programme pilot phase, leaving a balance sought of US$
13,561,042 US$ or 75.34 %. Programme Donors include Norway, Switzerland, Japan and the USA.

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REDDES

Approved
indicative
budget$ 18,000,000(100%)

Total
PledgesRemaining
Balance$ 4,438,958$ 13,561,042(24.66%)(75.34%)

DonorsNorway, Switzerland, Japan,USA

A total of US$ 4,075,552 has been committed under REDDES, leaving an amount available forallocation of US$ 363,406.
a) Pledges$ 4,438,958b) Committed$ 4,075,552c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 363,406

The amount currently remaining available for allocation under REDDES (US$ 363,406) is notconsidered sufficient to launch another call for proposals under the programme before new pledges
have been received.
CFME:
The pledges received under CFME amount to US$ 1,000,000 or 10.00 % of the programme total(US$ 10 million) envisaged for the programme pilot phase, leaving a balance sought of US$
9,000,000 US$ or 90.00 %. Programme Donors include Japan, Switzerland and the USA.
TP

CFME

Approved
indicative
budget$ 10,000,000(100%)

Total
PledgesRemaining
Balance$ 1,000,000$ 9,000,000(10,00%)(90,00%)

DonorsJapan, Switzerland, USA

A total of US$ 997,524 has been committed under CFME, leaving an amount available for allocationof US$ 2,476.
a) Pledges$ 1,000,000b) Committed$ 997,524c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 2,476

The amount currently remaining available for allocation under CFME (US$ 2,476) is not consideredsufficient to launch another call for proposals under the programme before new pledges have been
received.
TMT:
The pledges received under TMT amount to US$ 1,000,000 or 20.00 % of the programme total (US$
5 million) envisaged for the programme pilot phase, leaving a balance sought of US$ 4,000,000 US$
or 80.00 %. Programme Donors include Switzerland, USA, Japan and Finland.
TP

TMT

Approved
indicative
budget$ 5,000,000(100%)

Total
PledgesRemaining
Balance$ 1,000,000$ 4,000,000(20,00%)(80,00%)

Donors

Switzerland, USA, Japan and
Finland

A total of US$ 180,000 has been committed under TMT, leaving an amount available for allocation of
US$ 820,000a) Pledges$ 1,000,000b) Committed$ 180,000c) Available for
Allocation (a – b)
$ 820,000

The next call for proposals under TMT is expected to be launched in the first quarter 2011.

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No pledges or expressions of interest have been received yet under the Thematic Programme on
Industry Development and Efficiency
TP Title
IDE

TP Totalenvisaged

Total
PledgesRemaining
Balance$ 10,000,000

none$ 10,000,000(100%)

Donorsnone(100%)

Recalling Decision 9(XLIV) to urge members to contribute to the Thematic Programmes Sub-Accountto initiate implementation of the thematic programmes, the Council may wish to re-emphasize theurgent need for additional financial pledges to initiate and implement ALL thematic programmes.

6.

Outreach Activities
A dedicated Thematic Progamme section has been created on the ITTO website(http://www.itto.int/en/thematic_programme_general/). The site provides general information on the
ITTO Thematic Programmes including the Thematic Programme Documents, Monitoring Protocols,
information on approved projects, information on calls for proposals and links to the Manuals andother documentation relevant for the preparation of proposals. Furthermore a brochure on the TPs
has been published.
Information on the Thematic Programmes was presented at various meetings and conferences,including: XXIII International Union for Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) WORLD CONGRESS,
Seoul, Korea, 23 August 2010
 Summer Course, Hiroshima University, Bogor Agricultural University, SEAMEO BIOTROP,
Bogor, Indonesia, 9 August 2010
 International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in Transboundary Tropical Forests, Quito,
Ecuador, 23 July 2010
 The second International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP 2010), Yokohama,Japan, 7 July 2010
 International Seminar on REDD, Tokyo, 10-12 March 2010, Forestry Agency Japan, JICA
 Copenhagen COP 15 at the ITTO/IUFRO/Inter-Cooperation Side Event on Forests, Livelihoods& Climate Change, 11 Dec 2009 and the Forest Day 3 learning Event on Financing for Forests
and Climate Change: integrating the social, economic and environmental aspects
 Launching ceremony for REDD Demonstration Activities in Indonesia (Jakarta, 6 Jan 2010)
where the Indonesian Minister of Forestry celebrated REDD demonstration activities which
included the ITTO 7&I project. Senior officers of the MoF commended ITTO for its recent support
to the implementation of REDD activities in Indonesia through two new ITTO projects under the
REDDES TP.
 5th FLEGT Annual Coordination Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 19-20 November 2009
 Brussels, Belgium. Presentation on the ITTO Thematic Programmes at the European
Commission, Europe Aid, 27 October 2009
 13th World Forestry Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Presentation on the Thematic
Programmes during the ITTO side event on 21 October 2009
An article on the ITTO REDDES programme was published in the UN-REDD Newsletter Issue 3,
October 2009. (http://www.un-redd.org/Newsletter3_ITTO_commentary/tabid/2037/language/enUS/Default.aspx)/...

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7.

Concluding Remarks
The Thematic Programmes have received a very positive feedback from the ITTO member countries,
which is clearly reflected in the numbers of inquiries and proposals received. The pledges made atthe 45th Session of the ITTC have allowed the launch of two additional TPs on Community Forest
Management and Enterprises and on Trade and Market Transparency in 2010. As a result, four out of
the five approved Thematic Programmes are operational by the second year of the TP pilot phase.
During 2010, additional pledges have been received from Germany (US$ 87.871) and the USA (US$247.456). The three calls for proposals launched in 2009 and 2010 have attracted a total of 58
proposals (re-submitted proposals are counted once) out of which 26 (or 44,83 %) have been funded. In
addition eight activities receive funding under the TFLET pre-cursor, resulting in 34 activities (seeTable 1) funded under the ITTO Thematic Programmes. The total funding ITTO has committed for
those 34 activities is US$ 10,929,621. This funding has leveraged approximately US$ 5,14 million incounterpart funding and in-kind contributions by participating countries and institutions.
The ITTO Secretariat has also further streamlined and improved project management and monitoring.
Monitoring Protocols have been developed to guide programme monitoring and evaluation. The
Online Monitoring System (OLMS) has been further developed to serve as an interactive and webbased tool for more efficient monitoring and evaluation and more effective overall project
management at the level of Project Coordinator at the Executing Agency and ITTO Project Managers.
The system is operational in three languages (English, French, Spanish). Outreach activities havecontinued, including preparation of a brochure on the TPs, circulation of information through the ITTO
website and presentations at relevant workshops or conferences.
The limited funding pledged so far for the TP pilot phase has allowed to already address a substantial
spectrum of Thematic Programme Outputs, albeit partially, as defined in the Thematic Programme
Documents. However, the funds remaining for allocation under CFME, REDDES, TFLET do not
permit the launch of another call for proposals. New funding is needed to more comprehensively
address the defined outputs in pursuit of achieving the programmatic objectives and to enable ITTO
to launch the fifth approved Thematic Programme on Industry Development and Efficiency (IDE).

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Table 1: TP approved projects

Project ID
PP-A/43-193
PP-A/43-194

SubmittedbyUnder BWP
2008/2009
Under BWP
2008/2009

TFLET pre-cursor approved projects
Title

ITTO
Funding$ 300,000

Project
Total$ 300,000$ 600,000$ 600,000

Provide technical assistance for selected poor local/indigenous
communities to formulate project proposals for submission to
ITTO for management of forests and sustainable timber
production
Global assessment of the status of tropical forest tenure withidentification of trends and implications for investment andmanagement, and for convening an expert workshop on
Tropical Forest Tenure and Business Models, including
formulation of a project to assist Civil Society Organization(s)to set up and operate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system
to detect illegal logging activities in areas known to be criticallyaffected by such activities
Promotion of Sustainable Management of African Forests(ITTO/ATO)$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 544,070$ 591,070

Peru

Verifying the Legality of Timber Forest Products in Peru

$ 79,844$ 79,844

Enhance capacity of small and medium size enterprises to
produce and trade timber from legally and sustainable source
Promote trade in tropical timber and tropical timber products
from sustainably managed and legally harvested sources

PP-A/43-200

Under BWP
2008/2009

PP-A/43-202

Under BWP
2008/2009

PD 124/01
Rev.2 (M)Phase II –Stage 2
PPD 138/07
Rev.1 (M)PD 449/07
Rev.2 (M,I)

AfricaPNG

Enhancing Forest Law Enforcement in Papua New Guinea$ 473,040$ 473,040

PD 493/07
Rev.1 (F)Cambodia$ 561,195$ 561,195

TFL-PPD
005/09 Rev.1(F)

ThailandStrengthening Capacity of Forest Law Enforcement andGovernance (Cambodia)
TFLET Spring Cycle 2009 approved projects
Strengthening the capacity of local communities of Chaiyapum
Province (Thailand) to manage community forest$56,970

78,678

TFL-PPD
001/09 Rev.2(M)
TFL-PD003/09 Rev.2(M)
TFL-SPD
007/09 Rev.1(M)

Colombia$91,498

122,598$365,526

418,626

Ghana

Strengthening the capacity of small-medium enterprises in
Ghana to produce and trade in timber products from legal andsustainable sources$163,039

180,704

TFL-PD
010/09 Rev.1(M)

Indonesia

Strengthening the capacity of related stakeholders in Java on
implementing new Indonesian TLAS

$474,163

555,163

TFL-PD
014/09 Rev.1(M)

Cameroon

Reduction of illegal logging through better governance ofcommunity forests in the Lom et Djerem Division, East region,
Cameroon
TFLET Spring Cycle 2010 approved projects$302,562

355,562

TFL-PD
017/09 Rev.2
(M)

China

Equipping small and medium sized forestry enterprises in
China for procurement of tropical timber from legal andsustainably managed forests$322,056$505,036

TFL-PD019/10 Rev.2(M)
TFL-PPD
023/10 Rev.1(F)
TFL-PPD
024/10 Rev.2(M)

Indonesia

Developing collaborative management in the Cibodas
Biosphere Reserve, West Java Indonesia$496,670$591,278

Germany

Development and implementation of a species identificationand timber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints andstable isotopes
Improvement of forest law enforcement at the national level topromote forest governance in Guatemala$175,742$198,242$563,339$804,419

Cameroon

Guatemala

TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009 approved projects
Implementing and promoting sustainable forest management
through formulation of an action plan for improved forest law
enforcement and governance in Colombia
Improving governance and transparency of timber harvests
and trade in Cameroon/...

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Project ID
RED-A 004/09
Rev.1 (F)

Submitted
by
ITTO

RED-PD005/09 Rev.2(F)
RED-PPD
006/09 Rev.2(F)
RED-PD
007/09 Rev.2(F)
RED-SPD009/09 Rev.2(F)

GuyanaRED-PD
018/09 Rev.1(F)
RED-SPD
020/09 Rev.1(F)
RED-A 023/09
Rev.1 (F)Peru

RED-PD
026/09 Rev.1(F)
RED-PD
029/09 Rev.1
(F)

Ghana

Project ID
CFM-PD
001/10 Rev.1(F)

GuatemalaIndonesia

Indonesia

China

DRC

BrazilSubmittedbyIndonesia

REDDES Spring Cycle 2009 approved projects
Title
Building a voluntary carbon marketing scheme to promotesustainable forest management
REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009 approved projects
Strengthening Guyana's capacity to manage forest resourcesand environmental services through resources assessmentand monitoring changes in deforestation and degradation
Local REDDES programme for development and addressing
climate change in Guatemala: Building social processes frorsustainability
Enhancing forest carbon stock to reduce emission fromdeforestation and degradation through sustainable forest
management (SFM) initiatives in Indonesia
Promoting the partnership efforts to reduce emission fromdeforestation and forest degradation of tropical peatland insouth Sumatra through the enhancement of conservation andrestoration activities
Sustainable forest management and utilization of ecosystemservices in forests managed by the Ese'Eja naïve community
in Infierno, Peru
Development and demonstration on scheme of payment forenvironmental services (PES) derived from degraded andsecondary tropical production forests in China.
Technical Support for the Development of a National Forest
Inventory in the Democratic Republic of Congo to assess
carbon stocks and changes in carbon stocks of forest land
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
through collaborative management with local communities
Monitoring deforestation, logging and land use change in the
Pan Amazonian Forest - PANAMAZON II

CFME Spring Cycle 2010 approved projects
Title
Strengthening capacity of stakeholders for the development ofcommunity-based plantation forest at 3 selected areas inIndonesia

ITTO
Funding$97,180

Project
Total$97,180$400,680$540,880$82,080$177,660$447,071$539,617$149,493$181,287$356,519$523,319$149,040$203,040$476,820$510,220$658,716$760,408$1,124,784$6,262,784

ITTO
Funding$465,151

Project
Total$553,711

CFM-PPD
005/10 Rev.1(M)
CFM-PPD
006/10 Rev.1(F)
CFM-SPD
007/10 Rev.1(F)

Thailand

Increasing access to markets and capital for teak plantation
smallholders in Thailand$31,104$53,904

PNG

Enabling customary landowners to participate effectively in
CFM and REDD schemes within four pilot areas of PNG$122,040$156,040

Ghana$149,229$290,079

CFM-PA009/10 Rev.2
(F)

ITTO

Enrichment of young forest plantations with selected NTFPs
for livelihood improvement and support of forest fringe
communities in Atwima Mponua District of Ghana, in order tosecure and protect the resources on a sustainable forest
management basis
International Conference on Forest Tenure, Governance andSmall and Medium Forest Enterprises with Focus in the Asia
Pacific$ 200,000$ 200.000

ITTO
Funding$150,000

Project
Total$150,000

Project ID
TMT-SPD
002/10 Rev.1(M)

Submitted
by
ITTO

TMT Spring Cycle 2010 approved projects
Title
Improving resilience of the tropical timber sector to the impactsof global and regional economic and financial crises

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ITTC(XLVI)/9Page 12ANNEX 1: STATUS OF APPROVED ACTIVITIES, PRE-PROJECTS, SMALL PROJECTS AND PROJECTS
Enhance capacity of small and medium size enterprises to produce and trade timber from legally andsustainable source
Project number: Activity PP-A/43-193
Project country: Global
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 300,000
US$ 300,000

Submitted by: Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity ref. 12
Implementing
ITTO
agencies:
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:
Assist countries in developing initiatives that will enhance capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises to
produce and trade timber from legal and sustainable sources with the aim of promoting progress towards
sustainable forest management, verifiable legality and certification.
Progress:

Review and updating of the procedures, guidelines and criteria for selecting civil society/private sector
partnership proposals previously applied to include the new element of verifiable legality.



Five (5) partnership proposals were received and duly assessed by the ITTO Secretariat. Subsequently,
three (3) proposals were selected and approved by the Executive Director for funding and implementation
as follows:

Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF)/PT Suka Jaya Makmur (PTSJM)[Indonesia]
29.05.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and partnership.
05.06.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$45,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
20.12.2009
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
06.01.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$40,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
The Forest Trust (TFT)/Manejo Florestal e Pretacão de Servicos Ltda (MAFLOPS)[Brazil]
25.09.2009
Proposal approved for funding and implementation by the Executive Director.
09.10.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and partnership.
30.10.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$45,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
14.04.2010
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
The Foundation for People and Community Development (FPCD)/Innovision (PNG) Ltd (IPNGL)[Papua New
Guinea].
25.09.2009
07.10.2009
14.10.2009
25.04.2010
30.04.2010

Proposal approved for funding and implementation by the Executive Director.
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and partnership.
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$45,000.00 disbursed to partnership.
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$40,000.00 disbursed to partnership.

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Promote trade in tropical timber and tropical timber products from sustainably managed and legally
harvested sources
Project number: Activity PP-A/43-194
Project country: Global
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 600,000
US$ 600,000

Submitted by: Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme for 2008-2009, Activity ref. 13
Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:This activity is divided into two components namely (a) establishment and operation of a web-based
information system and (b) development of timber tracking systems. It is included in the ITTO Biennial Work
Programme 2008-2009 in a reverse sequence of the two components and a planned commencement of
implementation during the second half of 2008. The objectives of the activity are to be achieved principally
through the establishment and maintenance of a website containing relevant information on legally andsustainably produced timber and providing ITTO funding of approved proposals from private sector forest
companies operating in ITTO producer and developing consumer member countries to develop innovative(paperless) timber tracking systems using commercially available hardware and software, building upon theexperience gained from previous work on ITTO pilot schemes on the feasibility of adopting timber tracking
systems under the ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2006-2007. The approved funding of US$300,000.00 forcomponent (b) of the activity at the Forty-third Session of the ITTC in November 2007 will enable ITTO to
support six proposals, two for each of the three producing regions at a maximum amount of US$44,247.00 foreach approved proposal.

Progress:
Component (a)
1.
2.
3.

Conceptualization, determination of feasibility and cost-effectiveness of options to be finalized for
implementation in 2009.
Invitations sent out in March 2009 to relevant NGOs to submit proposals for consideration by the ITTO
Secretariat.
Selection of the proposal from The Forest Trust (TFT) by the Executive Director in May 2009.

The Forest Trust
18.06.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by TFT and ITTO.
24.06.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$135,000.00 disbursed by TFT.
08.09.2009
First progress report submitted by TFT to the Secretariat.
19.02.2010
Submission of mid-term progress report by TFT to the Secretariat.
12.05.2010
Submission of Interim Financial Report by TFT to the Secretariat.
04.06.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$110,000.00 disbursed to TFT.
Component (b)4.
5.

Review and updating of procedures, guidelines and criteria for selecting proposals previously applied
under the ITTO pilot schemes on the feasibility of adopting timber tracking systems.
Posting an invitation for the submission of proposals on innovative timber tracking systems to private
sector forest companies operating in ITTO producer and developing consumer member countries on
ITTO website on 23 October 2008. The invitation indicates a maximum amount of ITTO funding of
US$44,247.00 for each approved proposal and requests proposals not exceeding five pages containing
the purpose and goals, methodology, intended outputs and impacts, key activities to be carried out,

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duration, budget by activity and sources including counterpart funding if it exceeds US$44,247.00 andworkplan
Similar invitations have been disseminated to the ITTO official contact points in member countries on 27
October 2008 and through the Tropical Timber Market Report, the Tropical Forest Update, the ITTO
Trade Advisory Group (TAG) and the ITTO Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG)
As of 31 December 2009, eight (8) proposals were received and assessed by the ITTO Secretariat

Green Gold Forestry Ltd. (GGF)[Peru]
11.05.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
20.05.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
16.04.2010
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
22.04.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
P.T. Seng Fong Moulding Perkasa (PTSFMP)[Indonesia]
28.08.2009
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
02.09.2009
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
22.12.2009
Mid-term progress report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
05.01.2010
Second installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
06.04.2010
Final report submitted to ITTO Secretariat.
Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL)[Guyana]
28.06.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
01.07.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
Industries forestières de Batalimo (IFB)[Central African Republic]
08.03.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
11.03.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
Furniture Exports (PNG) Ltd. (FEL)[Papua New Guinea]
22.04.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal signed by ITTO and company.
26.04.2010
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$20,000.00 disbursed to company.
John Bitar & Co. Ltd. (JBCL)[Ghana]
06.05.2010
MOU governing the implementation of the proposal sent to the company.
To-dateYet to receive signed MOU.

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Provide technical assistance for selected poor local/indigenous communities to formulate project
proposals for submission to ITTO for management of forests and sustainable timber production
Project number: PP-A/43-200
Project country: Global
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 100,000
US$ 100,000

Submitted by: Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity ref. 15 (a)Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: 12 months
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:This activity is included in the ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009 with a planned commencement of
implementation during the first half of 2008.
The activity will provide a maximum of US$20,000.00 to up to five communities to prepare, in collaboration
with relevant national agencies, project proposals to improve forest management and the marketing of forest
goods for submission to ITTO or other relevant funding bodies. As part of this activity, project proposals will
be submitted to ITTO and other funding agencies by forest-dependent communities.
Consultants have been engaged in early 2009, in order to assist the forest-based communities to develop up
to five project proposals.
Progress:
A consultant was engaged in the preparation of a pre-project proposal in Thailand, a small project proposal in
Guatemala and a project proposal in Cameroon. The pre-project proposal in Thailand was submitted to the
ITTO Secretariat and subsequently approved by the Executive Director for funding and implementation underthe ITTO TFLET Thematic Programme. The small project proposal in Guatemala was submitted to the ITTO
Secretariat and had been returned to the submitter for revision. The project proposal in Cameroon has notbeen submitted to the ITTO Secretariat for approval and funding under the ITTO TFLET Thematic
Programme.
The Secretariat has yet to receive the submission of the revised small project proposal from Guatemala aswell as the project proposal from Cameroon.

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Global assessment of the status of tropical forest tenure with identification of trends and implications
for investment and management, and for convening an expert workshop on Tropical Forest Tenure
and Business Models, including formulation of a project to assist Civil Society Organization(s) to set
up and operate on a pilot basis a remote sensing system to detect illegal logging activities in areas
known to be critically affected by such activities
Project number: PP-A/43-202
Project country: Global
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 200,000
US$ 200,000

Submitted by: Included in ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009: Activity 15c
Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: Activity under the 2008/2009 BWP
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:
The task refers to Activity 15c of ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2008-2009.
Progress:
The workshop was successfully held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 25-29 May 2009 co-organized with various
partners including the Government of Cameroon, Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), FAO, IUCN, CIFOR,
InterCooperation, the Global Alliance for Community Forestry and ICRAF. ITTO sponsored two participantsfrom each of its member countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, being one from Government and one from Civil
Society or Local Community Organizations.
The Conference results were presented during the 45th ITTC held in Yokohama in 9-14 November 2009.
The Government of Netherlands put as a condition for financing that “... serious efforts are being made that as
an outcome of the Conference one or more NGO's will be supported in a project to set up and operate on apilot basis a remote sensing system to detect illegal logging activities in areas know to be critically affected bysuch activities". In this regard, an expert in remote sensing with previous experience in Africa was hired andsupported interested civil society organization(s) in the region in the development of a project proposal toenhance their activities in forest law compliance in critical areas of West Africa.
The project proposal has been prepared and submitted by Ghana, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire to the ITTO 39th
Expert Panel which convened in February 2010 for appraisal. After comments from the Expert Panel, theproposing countries submitted a revised proposal for assessment of the 41st EP on February 2011, and it will
be open for funding thereafter.
The Activity can be considered as successfully completed.

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Promotion of Sustainable Management of African Forests (ITTO/ATO)
Project number: Pd 124/01 Rev.2 (M) Phase II Stage 2
Project country: Africa
Budget: Total:

US$ 544,070

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 544,070

ATO

US$ 47,000

Submitted by: ITTO/ATO
Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:This project is designed to assist ten ITTO African member countries (all of which are also members of theAfrican Timber Organization - ATO) to implement the harmonized ITTO/ATO Principles, Criteria and Indicators(PCI) for the Sustainable Management of African Tropical Forests. The specific objectives of the Project areto establish key elements of adequate capacity to implement ATO/ITTO PCI at national level in the African
member countries of ITTO and for effective regional-level cooperation through ATO to support individual
Member countries to implement the ATO/ITTO PCI. It involves extensive capacity building in ten member
countries and within ATO itself. The project has been divided into three phases, with the first and second
phases split again into two stages each to facilitate funding.
Progress:
The project will be reported as completed to the Committee on Economic Information and Market Intelligence(Document CEM-CFI(XLIV)/2)/...

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Verifying the Legality of Timber Forest Products in Peru
Project number: PPD 138/07 Rev.1 (M)Project country: Peru
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 79,844
US$ 79,844

Submitted by: Government of Peru
Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: 9 months (planned)
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:This pre-project was approved and financed by the ITTC at its Forty-fourth Session in November 2008. The
development objective of the pre-project is to contribute to the consolidation of the system of forest
concessions for timber production purposes in Peru by establishing favourable conditions to ensure that the
Peruvian products that reach the international market can demonstrate their legal origin from sustainably
managed forests. The specific objective of the pre-project is to design and test a pilot system for the
traceability of Peruvian export timber, while assessing the status of the export chain and identifying therequirements for the implementation of the traceability system as well as institutional and budgetaryrequirements for the voluntary implementation of the system by national companies, to be reflected in a
project proposal.
Progress:
Progress in the implementation of the pre-project is as follows:
07.07.2009
07.07.2009
July 2009
Sep 2010

Pre-project Agreement signed by ITTO and Executing Agency.
ITTO funds amounting to US$69,300.00 disbursed to Executing Agency.
Commencement of the implementation of the pre-project.
The implementation of the pre-project has resulted in the delivery of the report on a pilot
scheme for timber traceability to guarantee sustainability and legality including a cost-benefit
analysis of the scheme as well as a project proposal for the development of feasible timbertraceability options in Peru. The project proposal has yet to be formally submitted through the
ITTO contact point in Peru to the Secretariat and the implementing agency has beenrequested to submit the completion report and final financial audit of the pre-project to theSecretariat.

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Enhancing Forest Law Enforcement in Papua New Guinea
Project number: PD 449/07 Rev.2 (M,I)
Project country: Papua New Guinea
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 473,040
US$ 473,040

Submitted by: PNG
Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:This project was approved and financed by the Council at its Forty-third Session in November 2007.
The development objective of this project is to further improve PNG’s sustainable forest management regime
by enhancing forest law enforcement and governance in the forestry sector. The specific objective is toenhance a forest law enforcement regime including products tracking and chain of custody verification
systems, complemented by enhanced training and monitoring, to further support sustainable forest
management in PNG’s forestry sector.
Progress:
19.05.2008
16.12.2009
Dec 2009
Sep 2010

Project agreement signed by ITTO and Executing Agency.
First installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$103,000.00 disbursed to Executing Agency.
Commencement of project implementation.
Problems related to the replacement of project staff and consultants have delayed theimplementation of the project. After the submission of a revised workplan and first YearlyPlan of Operation, the implementation of project activities commenced in August 2010.

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Strengthening Capacity of Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (Cambodia)
Project number: PD 493/07 Rev.1 (F)Project country: Cambodia
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contributions:

US$ 561,195
US$ 561,195

Submitted by: Cambodia
Implementing agencies: ITTO
Duration: 36 months
Financed at: TFLET pre-cursor
Summary:This project proposal is the output of PPD 128/06 Rev.1 (F) “Strengthening Capacity of Forest Law
Enforcement and Governance in Cambodia” that has been completed in December 2007. In order to control
illegal logging, forest clearing an encroachment in Cambodia, the pre-project recommended that appropriate
facilities and equipment should be in place with well qualified trained staff in all Forestry Administration
offices.
The project aims to facilitate the implementation of the Government's policy platform in combating illegal
logging, forest clearing and land encroachment through the improvement of capacity of human resources andthe upgrading of operational means/equipment to ensure effective Forest Law Enforcement and Governance(FLEG) in Cambodia. In addition to staff members of the Forestry Administration, selected local communities
will be trained in how an effective FLEG operation can benefit the community by protecting their interests,
promote legal forest activities and ensure their legal access to timber and non-timber forest products andservices.
The expected outputs of the project are: improved facilities and staff capabilities, effective monitoring anddocumentation of illegal forest activities, effective judicial processing, and effective extension of measures toall stakeholders. These outputs will contribute directly to the on-going capacity building program of theForestry Administration of Cambodia as a high priority.
Progress:
The project activities started in January 2009. Progress achieved in the implementation of the activity in thereporting period (September 2009-August 2010) includes:

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


Developed a training program of four modules including fundamental laws involved in law enforcements(Forestry Law, Land Law, Code of Criminal Procedure, Protected Area Law and Other Laws andRegulations)
Organized Training Course on Forest Law Enforcement on 28 September-14 October 2009 at the Forest
and Wildlife Training Center, Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the participation of 31 staff members from thecentral and local governments. Another training course was conducted on 18 March- 31 March 2010 at
the Forest and Wildlife Training Center. This was attended by 55 participants mainly from Forestry
Administration Divisions.
Improved the Cambodia Forest Crime Monitoring Case Tracking System which was developed as a
database system under the Project UNTS/CMB/001/DFI in 2000. This system has been installed at thefour project sites (Kompong Thom, Kratie, Pursat and Preah Sihanuk provinces). Almost 100 cases offorest crime cases were recorded in the system (01 January-31 July 2010)
A pocket field guide book on “Forest Law Enforcement” has been prepared and is under finalization
Organized three extension workshop on Forestry Law and Regulations to stakeholder in Kratie province(31 May 2010), Kompong Thom Province (28 June 2010) and Preah Sihanuk Province (26 July 2010).
They were attended by 286 participants
Produced four posters to increase public awareness of illegal logging. Titles of the posters include: “Stopdestroying forests and participate in restoration and protection”, and “Chainsaw is a killer in destroying

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forests”, and “Wildlife hunting without permit is illegal and the offenders shall be subject to the fines andpenalties as stated in Article 98 of the Forestry Law”.

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Strengthening the capacity of local communities of the Chaiyaphum Province (Thailand) to manage
community forests
Project number: TFL-PPD 005/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country: Thailand
Budget: Total:

US$ 78,678

ITTO Contributions:

US$ 56,970

Government of Thailand:

US$ 21,708

Submitted by: Government of Thailand
Implementing agencies: Bureau of Community Forest Management of the Royal Forest
Department, Thailand
Duration: 6 months
Financed at: TFLET Spring Cycle 2009
Summary:
The pre-project will develop a project proposal aimed at enhancing forest law enforcement and governanceand strengthening communities’ capacities to use their forests for poverty alleviation in the Chaiyaphum
Province. To ensure an adequate project design, the pre-project will collect necessary baseline informationon community forestry and define clear strategies on how to solve problems inhibiting sound community
forestry development. The development objective of the pre-project is to contribute to the sustainable
development of rural communities of the Chaiyaphum Province through the promotion of law enforcement,
good governance and sustainable management and use of community forests. The specific objective is todevelop a comprehensive project proposal aimed at strengthening the capacity of communities of
Chaiyaphum Province to sustainably manage their forests.
Progress:
There has been a substantial delay in concluding the agreement regulating the implementation of the preproject due to internal procedures of the government of Thailand. It is expected that the pre-projectagreement will be duly signed in November/December 2010.

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Implementing and promoting sustainable forest management through formulation of an action planfor improved forest law enforcement and governance in Colombia
Project number: TFL-PPD 001/09 Rev.2 (M)Project country: Colombia
Budget: Total:

US$ 122,598

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 91,498

Government of Colombia:

US$ 31,100

Submitted by: Government of Colombia
Implementing agency: Asociación de Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales y de Desarrollo
Sostenible (ASOCARS)[Association of Regional Autonomous Corporations and Sustainable
Development]
Duration: 12 months
Financed at: TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009
Summary:
The pre-project will develop a full project proposal to specify and integrate the problems related to illegal
logging as well as the weaknesses of the forest legislation and the forest management capacity of therelevant institutions, so as to facilitate the future formulation of a strategic action plan for the improvement offorest law enforcement and governance in Colombia.
The pre-project is specifically aimed at analyzing and evaluating policies, programs, management capacity
and the national forest legislation and their compatibility with the policies and sectoral programs andstandards of the agricultural and mining sectors, through a participatory process with relevant stakeholders.
The output of the pre-project will be a sound project proposal developed in cooperation with forest sector
stakeholders.
Progress:
The signing of the pre-project agreement governing the implementation of the pre-project was completed in
September 2010. Subsequently, the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the implementing
agency and the Ministry of Environment, Colombia on the implementation of the pre-project was signed on 14
October 2010. The disbursement of the first installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$60,000.00 is
expected to be effected before the end of October 2010 to facilitate the commencement in the implementationof the pre-project.

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Improving governance and transparency of timber harvests and trade in Cameroon
Project number: TFL-PD 003/09 Rev.2 (M)Project country: Cameroon
Budget: Total:

US$ 418,626

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 365,526

Traffic International:

US$ 53,100

Submitted by: Government of Cameroon
Implementing agency: Traffic International
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009
Summary:
The project is designed to contribute to the improvement of governance and transparency of timber harvest
and traded in Cameroon and internationally by strengthening the national process for controlling illegal
logging and associated trade in Cameroon in order to contribute to transparency of timber trade in Cameroon
with a view to address the problems of unsustainable timber harvesting, weak forest law enforcement andillegal trade of the country’s timber.
Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on 22
March 2010. Consultations between the implementing agency (Traffic International) and its collaborating
counterpart in Cameroon, (MINFOF) have been carried out and the draft project inception report including adetailed work plan have been submitted to the ITTO Secretariat in early October 2010. The implementing
agency is currently revising the project inception report and the detailed work plan following the comments
and suggestions provided by the ITTO Secretariat. The implementation of the project is expected tocommence shortly.

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Strengthening the capacity of small-medium enterprises in Ghana to produce and trade in timber
products from legal and sustainable sources
Project number: TFL-SPD 007/09 Rev.1 (M)Project country: Ghana
Budget: Total:

US$ 180,704

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 163,039

Government of Ghana:

US$ 17,665

Submitted by: Government of Ghana
Implementing agency: Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC)
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009
Summary:
The project will address the weak capacity of Small Medium Forest Enterprises in forest law enforcement andgovernance in Ghana. The main objective is to strengthen the capacity of SMFEs to produce and trade inlegal timber through the development and implementation of internal wood control system (IWCS) consistent
with legal and sustainable timber trade requirements. At the completion of the project, SMFEs will
demonstrate understanding of the various standards covering Chain of Custody and wood tracking by
documenting and implementing procedures to comply with and monitor compliance with legal timber traderequirements enabling an appreciable number of them to begin efforts towards CoC certification. Activities
and approaches include training selected SMFEs on proper record capturing and storage practices,
information management, how to use and implement IWCS; assisting SMFEs to set up their own IWCS andliaising with stakeholder institutions to audit SMFEs interested in certification. In order to ensure thesustainability of the project, SMFEs will be encouraged to join the Kumasi Wood Cluster Association (KWC)
or form similar network(s) or association(s) to encourage and promote trade in legal and sustainable timber.
Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on 5 April
2010. The project inception report including the detailed work plan had been submitted to and approved by
the ITTO Secretariat and the disbursement of the first installment of ITTO funds amounting to US$70,000.00
to the implementing agency (KWC) was effected on 8 July 2010, marking the commencement in theimplementation of the project. Following the selection and appointment of the project team and consultants,
the implementation of a number of project activities has begun. The first meeting of the project technicalcommittee (PTC) and project monitoring mission were conducted in Kumasi, Ghana on 21 September 2010.
The meeting noted that the implementation of the project was on track and on schedule.

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Strengthening the capacity of related stakeholders in Java on implementing new Indonesian Timber
Legality Assurance System (TLAS)
Project number: TFL-PD 010/09 Rev.1 (M)Project country: Indonesia
Budget: Total:

US$ 555,163

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 474,163

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 81,000

Submitted by: Government of Indonesia
Implementing agency: Secretariat Directorate General of Forest Production
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009
Summary:
The Timber Legality and Verification System (Sistim Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu - SVLK) was developed toprovide legal assurance on timber products from Indonesia. In June 2009 the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry
issued a ministerial decree on sustainable forest management and timber legality verification through the
Minister of Forestry decree No. P.38/Menhut-II/2009 concerning Standard and Guidelines on Assessment
and Performance of Sustainable Production Forest Management and Verification of Timber Legality whichapplies to state and private forests. Additionally, with regard to the standard, an assessment guideline isstipulated under a decree of the Director General of Production Forest Management No. P.6/VI-Set/2009.
The effective implementation of the regulation requires capacity building of relevant stakeholders andorganizations, in particular for the owners of community forests. The project will focus on the dissemination of
information on the new TLAS standard to communities and relevant stakeholders through workshops. It will
support the establishment of institutions for independent monitoring of TLAS for timber resources from
community forests and community plantation forests, conduct a series of training events to introduce andimplement the standard to license holders of community forests and community plantation forest as well as
local government officers and representatives of small/medium wood processing industries.
Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on 14 April
2010. The project inception report including the Yearly Plan of Operation (YPO) 1 had been submitted to andapproved by the ITTO Secretariat and the disbursement of the first installment of ITTO funds amounting to
US$100,000.00 to the implementing agency was effected on 8 July 2010, marking the commencement in theimplementation of the project. Following the selection and appointment of the project team and consultants,
the implementation of inital project activities has begun in accordance with YPO 1.

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Reduction of illegal logging through better governance of community forests in the Lom et Djerem
Division, East region, Cameroon
Project number: TFL-PD 014/09 Rev.1 (M)Project country: Cameroon
Budget: Total:

US$ 355,062

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 302,562

Government of Cameroon:

US$ 52,500

Submitted by: Government of Cameroon
Implementing agency: Forestry Department, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF)
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET Autumn Cycle 2009
Summary:This project seeks to reduce illegal logging and poverty in the Lom and Djerem Division through better
governance and development of community forestry. The specific objectives include to sufficiently satisfy thedemand of wood in the north and neighboring countries through better organization of timber markets andpromotion of the creation and implementation of legal timber titles; and to reduce poverty at the community
level through good governance in managing existing community forest and micro-development projects in the
Lom and Djerem Division. The expected outputs are:
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)

to assist 6 communities in obtaining and managing community forests;
to sensitize the Lom and Djerem councils on the creation of council forests;
to supply the Northern markets with sawmill residues;
to better understand and disseminate the timber market chain from Lom and Djerem to the Northern
regions;
to put in place a wood tracking system from the Koundi community forest;
to reinforce the capacities of members of the Koundi community in increasing and better managing
revenues from their forest; andto sensitize all actors on legal wood trade; andto install and have a functional Coordination Unit in place

Progress:
The signing of the project agreement governing the implementation of the project was completed on 22
March 2010. Consultations between the implementing agency, (MINFOF) and its collaborating agencies,
FORUM VERT and TTRECED (NGOs) have been conducted. The memorandum of understanding (MOU)
between the implementing agency and the collaborating agencies as well as the curriculum vitae of the
project team and the detailed information on bank account for the project have been submitted to the ITTO
Secretariat in August 2010. The implementing agency is preparing the project inception report including thedetailed work plan to be submitted to the ITTO Secretariat for its consideration and approval. The
implementation of the project is expected to commence shortly.

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Equipping small and medium sized forestry enterprises in China for procurement of tropical timberfrom legal and sustainably managed forests
Project number: TFL-PD 017/09 Rev.2 (M)Project country: China
Budget: Total:

US$ 505,036

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 322.056

Government of China:

US$ 112.820

Industry Association (China):

US$ 70.160

Submitted by: Government of China
Implementing agency: Institute of Forestry Policy and Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry(CAF)
Duration: 36 months
Financed at: TFLET Spring Cycle 2010
Summary:
Small and medium sized wood processing enterprises (SMFEs) in China play a vital role in the domestic andinternational markets for processing wood products as they account for around 90% of the total output valueof China’s timber enterprises. The project will provide the means for SMFEs to become equipped for
procurement of timber from legal and sustainably managed tropical forests. SMFEs in Zhangjiagang in the
Jiangsu Province, Huzhou and Jiashan in the Zhejiang province and in Shanghai will be surveyed to assess
the status of their procurement management. Training and advice will be delivered to enterprises along withinformation (via a technical bulletin) on marketing, trade, procurement and corporate social responsibility.
Policy suggestions will be made and selected SMFEs will be guided through COC certification. A web-based
platform for better communication between SMFEs, government and other stakeholders will be established.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)

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Developing collaborative management in the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve, West Java Indonesia
Project number: TFL-PD 019/10 Rev.2 (M)Project country: Indonesia
Budget: Total:

US$ 591,278

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 496,670

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 94,608

Submitted by: Government of Indonesia
Implementing agency: Balai Besar Taman Nasional Gunung Gede Pangrango Mountain Gede
Pangrango National Park, Directorate General Forest Protection andNatural Conservation, Ministry of Forestry
Duration: 24 months
Financed at: TFLET Spring Cycle 2010
Summary:
The project will support the implementation of a collaborative management activity as the key tool for theeffective management of the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve. The specific objective of the project is tostrengthen forest law enforcement and governance, conservation, and the sustainable use of biodiversity andenvironmental services rendered by the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve. The expected outputs of the project are:1) increased stakeholders commitment to the effective management of the Cibodas Bioshpere Reserve; 2)
Development of an integrated management plan for the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve; and 3) Enhanced
community awareness on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and environmental services,and on forest law enforcement and governance.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)/...

ITTC(XLVI)/9Page 30Pre-project to develop a proposal on ‘Development and implementation of a species identification andtimber tracking system in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes’
Project number: TFL-PPD 023/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country: Selected Central African countries
Budget: Total:

US$ 198,242

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 175,742

vTI:

US$ 22,500

Submitted by: Government of Germany
Implementing agency: Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI), Federal Research Institute for
Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries
Duration: 7 months
Financed at: TFLET Spring Cycle 2010
Summary:
Based on experiences from pilot-studies in Cameroon and Latin-America the pre-project will develop a fullproject proposal on “Development and implementation of a species identification and timber tracking system
in Africa with DNA fingerprints and stable isotopes” with regional focus on the timber producing countries
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo Dem. Rep, Congo Rep. and Gabon, Ghana, and Kenya as animportant timber transit country. The pre-project will (a) define the role and contribution of collaborating
agencies (b) seek support and agreements with the governments of African countries involved in the project;(c) draw conclusions from former pilot studies and to define the technical work plan, (d) identify the
stakeholders and define their roles in the full project; and (f) seek additional financial support for the fullproject. Expected outputs of the full project to be developed include (a) a timber tracking system with DNA
and stable isotopes working for 5 important timber species in Africa, (b) reference databases on genetic andisotopic spatial patterns ready for control uses, and (c) facilities for DNA-fingerprinting and stable isotopes
with trained staff in timber producer and timber consumer countries.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)

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Improvement of forest law enforcement at the national level to promote forest governance in
Guatemala
Project number: TFL-PPD 024/10 Rev.2 (M)Project country: Guatemala
Budget: Total:

US$ 804.419

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 563.339

Government of Guatemala:US$ 200.880

IUCN:

US$ 40.200

Submitted by: Government of Guatemala
Implementing agency: National Institute of Forests (INAB)
Duration: 36 months
Financed at: TFLET Spring Cycle 2010
Summary:
The project will improve the effective implementation of sustainable forest management plans in Guatemala,through strengthening the capacity of forest institutions to enforce the forest management legislation andrelevant regulations, as well as through the provision of better services and instruments for the promotion ofsustainable forest management. It will strengthen the capacity of INAB to control forest law enforcement
through improvement of observation systems and inter-institutional coordination at the national, regional andlocal levels. The project will increase the involvement of civil society, institutions and local governments in theimplementation of activities aimed at strengthening actions to reduce illegal activities and ensure compliancewith current forest laws and regulations, among other activities focused on improving forest governance.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)/...

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REDDES
Building a Voluntary Carbon Marketing Scheme to Promote Sustainable Forest Management
Project number: RED-A 004/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country: Global
Budget: Total:
ITTO Contribution:

US$ 97,180
US$ 97,180

Submitted by: ITTO Secretariat
Implementing
ITTO Secretariat
agencies:
Duration: 9 months
Financed at: REDDES Spring Cycle 2009
Summary:
The Activity will develop a feasibility study for the establishment of a mechanism in ITTO to capture funds
from private sector and other potential contributors, to fund voluntary forest related carbon offsetting schemes,
including REDD and PES projects. The Activity shall also generate a design and strategy for the
implementation of the proposed scheme.
Progress:
The activity has been implemented through the service provider INDUFOR OY of Finland. Indufor developed
a feasibility study for private sector involvement in REDD+ projects. The feasibility study covers theestablishment of a mechanism in ITTO to capture funds from private sector and individuals to fund voluntary
forest climate projects with the potential to generate emission reductions and other environmental services. It
will also generate a design and strategy for the implementation of the proposed scheme.
Reviews carried out by the study include:
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ITTO legal structure, mandate, mechanisms and existing financing channels
Major studies conducted on voluntary carbon markets, especially related to forestry
Current carbon financing mechanisms such as World Bank Carbon Funds and the United Nations
REDD program (UN-REDD)
Examples of existing PES schemes combined with carbon projects and institutions involved
Carbon standards relevant to REDD projects and their criteria
Private sector companies that might have interest to engage in the promotion of forest carbon and
PES projects through an ITTO mechanism

Interviews were carried out with ITTO staff and key Japanese stakeholders, including the Japanese Forest
Agency, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Japan Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC) and private sector companies in Europe and Japan.
Based on the research and interviews conducted, a first report has been produced. The report has beenreviewed and circulated within ITTO for comments. A second, revised and enlarged version of the feasibility
study has been submitted by Indufor in May 2010. The study provided detailed background information on
possibilities to attract and involve private sector investment in REDD+ projects and initiatives in the tropics. It
provides guidance on the topic for ITTO, member countries and partners. The report will be presented to the
46th ITTC in December 2010. It provides guidance for ITTO to promote private sector involvement in REDD+
development, in ITTO producer member countries.

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Strengthening Guyana’s capacity to manage forest resources and environmental services throughresources assessment and monitoring changes in deforestation and degradation
Project number:

RED-PD 005/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

GuyanaBudget:Total:

US$ 540,880

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 400,680

Government of Guyana:

US$ 140,200

Submitted by:

Government of Guyana

Implementing agency: Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC)
Duration

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:This project seeks to address two main areas: conducting, at a demonstration level, an assessment of forest
resources and environmental services including the completion of a feasibility study of targeting remuneration
systems for environmental services; and secondly, by supporting sustainable forest management andresources utilization at the community level to maintain forest resources and prevent deforestation anddegradation. The outcome of the project will be the strengthening of Guyana’s capacity to manage forest
resources and environmental services through resources assessment and monitoring changes indeforestation and degradation. This will allow for planning and management of these resources to besignificantly enhanced as will management of deforestation and forest degradation. Also, capacity building
exercise will see improved management of forest and environmental resources by target communities andstronger compliance with sustainable forest management practices. These immediate benefits of these will beenhanced ability at the national and community level to manage forest and environmental services in Guyana.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 5 April 2010. The
Project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by the ITTO
Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency on 30 August 2010.
Project staff and consultants have been selected by the EA and project activities have commenced in
September 2010. Progress includes:
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The Remote Sensing and GIS Consultant and the Environmental Services Specialist, as approved by
ITTO following GFC’s request for no objection, were contracted. Initial activities have commenced underboth consultancies. Under the Remote Sensing and GIS consultancy, discussions have commenced on
the framework to be used for the forest resources assessment and preferred variables for both data
inputs and results that the model will generate. The lead consultant is working with the Guyana Forestry
Commission in examining existing forest inventory data, mapping information along with some otherdata, in an effort to build on existing data and capacities that currently exist within the GFC. For theEnvironmental Services Specialist, an initial meeting was held, at which the consultants formulated theinitial list of criteria for identifying the feasibility of various environmental services in Guyana’s context.
This, along with international literature in this area, will form the basis of assessments to be completed
as the immediate next step;
New remote sensing images are in the process of being procured and imagery analysis of selected
forest areas is being conducted on those at hand;
Existing forest inventory data is currently being assessed to evaluate forest and environmental services
and ground truthing and aerial surveys are being planned to verify the results of remote sensing andforest inventory data;
Images for identification of areas for hotspot monitoring and to further assess compliance with legalityand deforestation and degradation are also currently being selected and procured;
Available market mechanisms, incentives programmes and remuneration systems for environmental
services have begun to be assessed; andThe requirements that are necessary to access identified markets and remuneration systems are
currently being evaluated.
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Local REDDES programme for development and addressing climate change in Guatemala: Building
social processes for sustainability
Project number:

RED-PPD 006/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

GuatemalaBudget:Total:

US$ 177,660

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 82,080

Government of Guatemala

US$ 95,580

Submitted by:

Government of Guatemala

Implementing
agencies:

Foundation of Integrated Development of Men and Environment,
CALMECAC

Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:
In order to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, INAB and Calmecac are seeking to develop
sustainable forest management and establish financial mechanisms derived from the management andconservation of resources and environmental services in 16 municipalities of the Departments of
Huehuetenago and Quiché, while at the same time providing a climate change adaptation mechanism. Thus,
this project is aimed at consolidating information and agreements with local communities on the managementof natural resources, while generating quantitative and qualitative data on forest resources and environmental
services potential in the area. Given the importance of the participation of local social stakeholders and theneed to raise awareness on the significance of forests and climate change impacts on the implementation of
a REDD project, the establishment of a local stakeholder network is also envisaged to create effective social
processes geared to poverty and vulnerability reduction. This pre-project links and creates social dynamics
between different sectors based on new models of participatory management of natural resources andsharing of benefits at the local level.
Progress:
The Pre-project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 5 April 2010. The
Pre-project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by the
ITTO Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency on 16
September 2010. Progress in pre-project implementation can be summarized as follows:
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Pre-project staff and consultants have been selected and hired by the EA;
Both office and field equipment required are being procured;
Project data has been uploaded onto the ITTO Online Monitoring System;
Two meetings have been held with the communities on the Northern Border so as to share information
regarding the forestry work carried out there over the last two years;
Two meetings have been held with local mayors to phantom the interest of the municipalities in the
management of their natural resources;
Information exchanges have been carried out as regards the forest management activities carried out by
the communities of Quiche and Huehuetenango; andMaps and other cartographic information are currently being compiled in the region.

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Enhancing Forest Carbon Stock to Reduce Emission from Degradation through Sustainable Forest
Management (SFM) Initiatives in Indonesia
Project number:

RED-PD 007/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 539,616

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 447,071

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 92,545

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing
agencies:

Director General of Forest Production Development & Directorate ofPlanning Development for Forest Utilization, Ministry of Forestry ofIndonesia

Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:
The project will promote SFM as an important option for forest based climate change mitigation to reduce
emission from and by tropical forest. As a first priority it will focus on initiating multi-stakeholder processes fordevelopment of a national strategy to maintain and increase forest carbon stock through implementation of
SFM. The expected outputs of the project are:(1) Information on SFM forest based carbon, C stock, CO2
sequestration, and green products; (2) Supporting infrastructure and mechanism to bring additional incentives
in implementing SFM as important option in reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradationassessed; (3) Outreach activities to promote public awareness among relevant stakeholders on SFM
initiatives in enhancing forest based carbon stock, sequestration, and carbon storage in green products inorder to reduce GHG CO2 developed. After project completion it is expected that the strategy will beinstitutionalized. The successful implementation of the project will generate awareness among local people
and other related stakeholders to participate in managing forestland in a sustainable way. Local government,
communities and private sector will get incentives from the ongoing effort in implementing conservation andforest management in reducing emission from deforestation and degradation.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 28 May 2010. The
first installment of funds was sent on 11 August 2010 following receipt of the project inception report andapproval of the project coordinator. No objection letters have been issued for relevant ITTO-supported project
staff and the first project steering committee will be convened in November 2010.

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Promoting the partnership efforts to reduce emission from deforestation and forest degradation oftropical peatland in south Sumatra through the enhancement of conservation and restoration
activities
Project number:

RED-SPD 009/09 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 181,287

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,493

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 31,794

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing agency: Regional Research Center of South Sumatra
Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary
The project is intended to enhance sustainable management and conservation of tropical PSF to reduce
emissions and to increase carbon stocking through the involvement of stakeholders and local community inthe conservation and rehabilitation of degraded PSF in South Sumatra. It is part of Reduced Emission from
Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD)-Indonesia, on the context of PSF. There are two major issues
addressed in the project:
1) resolving the conflict of interest between authorities in the management of PSF and2) reducing the emission from deforestation and forest degradation through the promotion ofconservation and restoration of PSF ecosystem.
Five options for strategic management intervention specific to peatland, under REDO in Indonesia (Indonesia
Forum on Climate Change Alliance-IFCA, Consolidation report 2008) will also be addressed, namely (1)Regulate and restore water table, (2) Prevent peatland from fire, (3) Build coordination and consistency
across government jurisdiction and sectors to control cross boundary impacts of fire by controlling its sources
and spread, (4) Regulate further conversion of peatlands and revise and reinforce rules for management ofexisting peatlands plantation sites and (5) Implement land swaps where possible to retain high carbon value
forest and peat while allocating alternative land for new plantation. The project intervention will put the priority
on the third and fourth option for strategic management intervention through awareness raising, capacity
building and coordination and field implementation of restoring ecosystem function in the degraded peatland
through plantation. Local-indigenous species, which have been identified earlier, will be used in thisrestoration of ecosystem.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed in May 2010. The
Implementing Agency is in the process of finalizing necessary administrative arrangements for the
implementation of the project. It is expected that the project will begin its activities in September 2010.

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Sustainable forest management and utilization of ecosystem services in forests managed by the
Ese'Eja native community in Infierno, Peru
Project number:

RED-PD 018/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Peru

Budget:Total:

US$ 523,319

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 356,519

Government of Peru

US$ 166,800

Submitted by:

Government of Peru

Implementing
agencies:

Association for Investigation and Development, AIDER

Duration:

36 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:
The project is aimed at strengthening the management of forests over which the community has acquired
utilization rights, so as to penetrate the emerging ecosystem services markets and thus generate additional
income to allow the community to obtain resources for the adequate management of their territory andecotourism concession. It will be implemented in the Ese’Eja native community of Infierno where a forest
concession was granted by the Peruvian Government to the community for ecotourism purposes in areas
located in the Madre de Dios region (Peru), within the buffer zone of the Tambopata National Reserve andthe Bahuaje Sonene National Park. Community capacities will be developed for the planning andestablishment of agreements approved by all community members for the use of forest resources andservices, thus establishing the basis for the development of a project for the reduction of emissions fromdeforestation and degradation (REDD). Recognizing that well-defined utilization and marketing rights are avital prerequisite for access to these markets, the project will facilitate the formalization of rights to trade
ecosystem services and to resolve existing land tenure conflicts in the concession area. These objectives will
be met with support from the Peruvian government, which will allow the community to progress towards
sustainable development.
Progress
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 8 June 2010. The
Project Inception Report and the Detailed Work Programme have been received and approved by the ITTO
Secretariat and the first disbursement of funds was transferred to the Executing Agency on 13 September
2010. Project activities officially commenced ion 15 September 2010. Progress includes:
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On September 28, 2010 the project organized an open meeting in the Ese'Eja native community at
Infierno and invited all stakeholders, including local authorities, community leaders, teachers and others,
to participate in the launching of the project. Within this framework, some arrangements for the
implementation of the project were agreed to in a participatory manner, such as the confirmation of acommunity delegation in charge of the coordination with the project’s technical personnel;
The consultant hired to carry out the socio-economic evaluation of the community has initiated his study
and is currently gathering and analyzing secondary information about the community, as well as holding
meetings with the communal authorities and leaders so as to obtain base information to design the firstparticipatory workshop, as programmed in the project’s current Yearly Plan of Operations;
An area has been designated at the community to function as the project’s office and is currently being
furbished; andThe project’s team is carrying out reconnaissance visits within the community’s territory with a view
towards obtaining relevant information to utilize as the basis for the elaboration of a strategy for the
management of their communal forests.

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Development and demonstration on scheme of payment for environmental services (PES) derived
from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in China
Project number:

RED-SPD 020/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

People’s Republic of China

Budget:Total:

US$ 203,040

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,040

Government of China:

US$ 54,000

Submitted by:

Government of the People’s Republic of China

Implementing
agencies:

InstituteofForestResource
Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF)

Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Information

Technique,

Summary:
The project attempts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, enhance environmental services andhelp improve forest dependent livelihoods in the tropics of China. The Lingshui Li Autonomous County of the
Hainan Province has been selected as project area and one typical forest-dependent community (village) will
be chosen in the demonstration area. The project will develop an assessment report on environmental
services derived from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in the selected area. A scheme of
PES derived from degraded and secondary tropical production forests in demonstration areas based oncommunity and other stakeholders' participation will be discussed, consulted, optimized, identified andimplemented. Policy suggestions on the scheme of PES will be developed and submitted to local
governments.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed in March 2010. The first
installment of project funds was transferred from ITTO to the Executing Agency in May 2010 after the receiptof the first Yearly Plan of Operation (YPO).
A review of relevant literature and cases on PES derived from production and protection forests has been
conducted. In addition, Chinese schemes of Forest Ecological Benefit Compensation Funds in noncommercial forests operated by the central and local governments have been reviewed. Dagan village in the
town of Qunying, Lingshui Li autonomous county, South China has been chosen as the demonstration site.
The collection of baseline information and data for socioeconomic and environmental aspects of thedemonstration area is underway.

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Technical Support for the National Forest Inventory Development in the Democratic Republic ofCongo for the Evaluation of the Carbon Stock Changes in Forest Lands
Project number:

RED-A 023/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Budget:Total:

US$ 510,220

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 476,820

Government of D.R. Congo:

US$ 33,400

Submitted by:

Government of D.R. Congo

Implementing agency: Directorate of Forest Inventory and Planning (DIAF)
Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:
The project will operate as support to the UN-REDD Programme in the DRC and complement the work of
FAO in this exercise by ensuring that technical and logistical capacity exists in the DRC to carry out thisactivity. The objective of this Activity is to lay the strong foundations required for supporting a carbon
inventory on national forest land in the DRC by providing national institutions:

Qualified personnel to undertake field measurements and manage the information generated;
Office equipment (e.g., laboratory with computers and printers) and field operations equipment.

The main beneficiaries of the activity are the DRC government and more specifically the Directorate of Forest
Inventory and Planning (DIAF) and the Directorate for Sustainable Development (DDD) working within the
Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Nature Conservation (MECNT) and the University of Kisangani(UNIKIS). Eventually the three institutions will have developed a productive working relationship. DIAF will
have trained personnel to do field measurements and DDD will be staffed by trained personnel to manage theinformation generated through its Environmental Services Division and Carbon Stocks Management Bureau.
UNIKIS will have developed expertise in training personnel for the measurement of ground-level carbon
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the Activity implementation was duly signed on 19 March 2010. The project
inception report (required for the release of the first installment of project funds) and related first Yearly Planof Operation were submitted on 28 April 2010 and approved. The activity began implementation with the
disbursement of the first installment of TP funds on 13 May 2010
A preparatory workshop was held from 08 - 12 July 2010, in Kinshasa (D. R. Congo), for representatives fromrelevant institutions involved in the Activity implementation including ITTO, FAO (UN-REDD), Forest Carbon
partnership Fund (FCPF), Direction des Inventaires et Aménagements Forestiers (DIAF) for the Ministry incharge of forests in DR Congo, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), University of Kisangani (UNIKIS), WCS andWWF. The preparatory workshop aimed at the following issues: development of a roadmap document for the
training courses and practices, procedures for identification and selection of the key personnel of involved
institutions to be trained on MRV techniques, and logistics, technical and financial aspects regarding the MRV
training sessions in relation to forest carbon stock inventory and greenhouse gas emissions inventory.
The first monitoring mission (Activity Steering Committee meeting and field visit) is scheduled for November
2010.

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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation through Collaborative Managementwith Local Communities (Ghana)
Project number:

RED-PD 026/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 760,408

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 658,716

Government of Ghana

US$ 101,692

Submitted by:

Government of Ghana

Implementing
agencies:

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG)

Duration:

48 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:
The project aims to contribute to sustainable management and conservation of Ankasa Conservation area toimprove the provision of environmental services and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Ankasa
Conservation area incorporates the Nini-Suhien National Park and the Ankasa Resource Reserve and isconsidered as the most biologically diverse forest ecosystem in Ghana. The project specifically intends todevelop and implement participatory, good governance and management system for the Ankasa conservationarea, determine the financial value of the environmental services as well as methods for measurement,
assessment reporting and verification (MARV) for forest carbon. The project will be participatory and thus willbuild on a high level community involvement and capacity building.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 05 March 2010. An
Inception Report and related first Yearly Plan of Operation were submitted on 15 April 2010 and approved.
The activity began implementation with the disbursement of the first installment of TP funds on 20 April 2010.
The inception workshop was held on 10 -12 May 2010, in Kumasi (Ghana), for sixty (60) representatives ofthe following nine (9) communities involved in the project implementation: Amokwaw, Fia, Ghana-NunguaCocoatown, Tweakor Navrongo, Aiyinasi-Ayawora, Ohiamadwen-Fiasoro, Asomasi, Naptoma and New
Adiembra of the Ankasa Conservation area. The workshop report was submitted through the on-line
monitoring system.
The Executing Agency has started the strategic analysis of the drivers of forest degradation and deforestation
at identified sites, through a participatory process. The aim is to establish baseline data on forest coverchanges in the Ankasa Conservation Area, as a demonstration area on SFM for REDD with an effective
participation of identified local communities.

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Monitoring deforestation, logging and land use change in the Pan Amazonian Forest –PANAMAZON II
Project number:

RED-PD 029/09 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

PanAmazonian

Budget:Total:

US$ 6,262,784

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 1,124,784

ACTO Contribution:

US$ 1,389,600

ACTO Member Countries:

US$ 3,748,400

Submitted by:

Government of Brazil

Implementing
agencies:

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Agency (ACTO)

Duration:

48 months

Financed at:

REDDES Autumn Cycle 2009

Summary:
The project will address constrains that are limiting the use of the Indicator of the Forest Cover byimplementing national monitoring systems as a key element so as to increase the governance in the Amazon.
In order to facilitate countries interaction and integrated action in boundary zones the project will strengthen
the dialogue and coordination platforms linked to the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). The
project is divided in three components:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

Coordination of participatory processes for the development of Forest Cover National Monitoring
Systems;
Implementation of Forest Cover National Monitoring Systems; andStrengthening of the existing platforms for regional dialogue and coordination on forest
management, with focus on forest cover monitoring with the possibility to include other criteria
and indicators for sustainable forest management.

The systems will make use of the technology platform developed by the Government of Brazil and themethodology already adopted in this country will be considered for the implementation of the National
Systems. Furthermore, the project will contribute to the improvement of knowledge in the sector, to share newtechnologies, to prioritize lines of action for the regional cooperation and to share experiences on theenforcement of forest laws.
Progress:
The Project Agreement regulating the implementation of the project was duly signed on 27 July 2010. The
Implementing Agency is in the process of preparing the necessary documentation for the project
implementation. A technical meeting involving the national coordinators from all participating countries, ABC,
ACTO, GTZ, INPE and ITTO will be held at the new INPE facilities in Belem, Brazil on 9-10 Nov. 2010.
In terms of counterpart contributions, a commitment letter has been received from the German GTZ indicating
a contribution of ’up to US$ 1.0 million’ provided by GTZ on behalf of the Governments of Germany and theNetherlands. The funds will be administered through ACTO in coordination with GTZ.
Communications have been initiated between the Implementing Agency (ACTO), JICA (JapaneseInternational Cooperation Agency) and INPE (Brazilian National Institute for Space Research), concerning
INPE implemented training and capacity building training courses on forest monitoring in cooperation with
JICA and under the recently signed MOU between INPE and FAO with the intention to coordinate all
initiatives and ensure the most efficient use of the financial resources.

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CFME
Strengthening capacity of stakeholders for the development of community-based plantation forest at
3 selected areas in Indonesia
Project number:

CFM-PD 001/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Indonesia

Budget:Total:

US$ 553,711

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 465,151

Government of Indonesia:

US$ 88,560

Submitted by:

Government of Indonesia

Implementing
agencies:

Directorate of Plantation Forest Development, Directorate General of
Production Forest Development

Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Summary:
The government of Indonesia has initiated new policies and legislation allowing local communities to be
actively involved in forest management especially in the state production forest. Community-based plantation
forest (HTR) is offered as a priority program in Indonesia to achieve SFM mission. HTR was launched in2007. Constraints to the development of HTR include limited managerial and technical capacity. The projectwill improve the knowledge and skills of CBPF owners in managing their forest. It will enhance the capacity ofcommunities to plan, utilize, monitor and manage their forest resources, which is critical to reduce illegal
logging and associated trade. Expected outputs of the project include: 1) Improved capacity of community
group in developing community based production forest (CBPF) management plan and in forest cultivation; 2)Increased number of facilitators and technical persons in the field of forestry at the district level, provincial
and central to guide the community in managing their plantation forest; 3) Improved market access for forest
products from CBPF and other plantation business.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)

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Increasing access to markets and capital for teak plantation smallholders in Thailand
Project number:

CFM-PD 005/10 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

Thailand

Budget:Total:

US$ 53,904

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 31,104

Government of Thailand:

US$ 22,800

Submitted by:

Government of Thailand

Implementing
agencies:

Forest Resource Management Office 3 (Lampang), Royal Forest
Department of Thailand

Duration:

6 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Summary:
Smallholder tree plantations are contributing significantly to income generation in rural households. Many
countries have developed conclusive policies and regulations to establish such plantations, involving in manycases various forms of government subsidy schemes. However, there are still considerable barriers ingovernment legislation to create a supportive environment for enabling smallholder’s easy access to markets.
The main objective of this pre-project is development of a full proposal to improve both the quality andquantity of the supply base for high value timber plantations, at the same time increasing income andcontributing to poverty reduction through smallholder forestry in rural areas of Thailand.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)/...

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Enabling customary landowners to participate effectively in CFM and REDD schemes within four pilot
areas of PNG
Project number:

CFM-PPD 006/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

PNG

Budget:Total:

US$ 156,040

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 122,040

Government of PNG:

US$ 34,000

Submitted by:

Government of PNG

Implementing
agencies:

PNG Forest Authority

Duration:

9 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Summary:
The Pre-Project Proposal is a direct outcome of the “PNG Forestry and Climate Change Policy Framework for
Action”, highlighting the need for engaging customary landowners at the local level and enhancing thecapacity of government institutions at the national level. Forest communities in the four pilot areas are
dependent upon forest products and services for subsistence and commercial purposes. The Pre-Project will
enable the PNG Forest Authority to formulate a Full-Project Proposal to support CFM and REDD schemes in
PNG through the establishment of a model platform for collecting and managing data and other information
related to customary land ownership and forest quality. The Pre-Project will enable participating communities,
the PNG Forest Authority and other stakeholders to systematically gather and consolidate forest and land
tenure information using a single platform to jointly address the interrelated challenges of CFM and REDD.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)

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Enrichment of young forest plantations with selected NTFPs for livelihood improvement and support
of forest fringe communities in Atwima Mponua District of Ghana, in order to secure and protect theresources on a sustainable forest management basis
Project number:

CFM-SPD 007/10 Rev.1 (F)Project country:

Ghana

Budget:Total:

US$ 290,079

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 149,229

Government of Ghana:

US$ 140,850

Submitted by:

Government of Ghana

Implementing
agencies:

Rural Development and Youth Association (RUDEYA)

Duration:

24 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Summary:
The development goal of the small project is to establish sustainable Community Forest Management andEnterprises (CFME) to reduce rural poverty through improved livelihood options, reduced land degradation,and soil fertility management in young reforestation area in the Atwima Mponua District of Ghana. The projectwill use a participatory approach to initiate and establish pilot forest enterprises for short to long-term
management of young forest plantations for 150 farmers using beekeeping, grains of paradise and black
pepper. It is envisaged that at the end of the project business management groups are established and the
150 forest dwellers will have between the parties agreed legal rights to the land and forest resource they are
managing. This will help improve community participation in sustainable forest management, enhance
livelihoods, promote community based forest enterprises and reduce poverty among Taungya farmers andforest communities.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)/...

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International Conference on Forest Tenure, Governance and Small and Medium Forest Enterprises
with Focus in the Asia PacificProject number:

CFM-PA-009/10 Rev.2 (F)Project country:

Asia Pacific

Budget:Total:

US$ 200,000

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 200,000

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing
agencies:

ITTO Secretariat

Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Summary:
The Activity focuses on Activities 32 and 47 of the ITTO Biennial Work Programme 2010-2011; approved by
the 45th Session of the ITTC (Decision 2/XLV), requiring ITTO to organize an International Conference on
Forest Tenure, Governance and Small and Medium Forest Enterprises with focus in the Asia-Pacific; as wellas to develop a global study on gender in relation to tropical forests, to assess the status of gender equity inforest ownership and forest enterprises in the tropics. The Conference will complete a series of similar
conferences organized by ITTO and partners with previous focus in Latin America (Brazil, 2007) and Africa(Cameroon, 2009).
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)

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TMT
Improving resilience of the tropical timber sector to the impacts of global and regional economic andfinancial crises
Project number:

TMT-SPD 002/10 Rev.1 (M)Project country:

GlobalBudget:Total:

US$ 150,000

ITTO Contribution:

US$ 150,000

Submitted by:

ITTO Secretariat

Implementing
agencies:

ITTO Secretariat

Duration:

12 months

Financed at:

CFME Spring Cycle 2010

Summary:
The proposal is a response towards the lack of resilience of the tropical forestry sector to the impacts of therecent global financial and economic crisis. It will particularly address the concern of ITTO producer member
countries that detailed analyses of the impacts of the crisis and policy responses were required to enable
them to be better prepared for future economic and financial downturns. In addition, the study will address theconcern of ITTO consumer member countries that the analyses will improve the understanding of theunderlying factors impacting demand for tropical wood products in consumer markets. The proposal focuseson increasing the resilience of the tropical timber sector to the threats arising from global economic andfinancial shocks by increasing the capacity of ITTO producer member countries to manage, adapt, recoverfrom and anticipate such crises. The study will develop a knowledge base for informed decision-making at
international, regional and national levels on strategies for minimising the risks to the tropical timber sector
from global economic and financial shocks.
Progress:
Under implementation (approved under Spring Cycle 2010 in September 2010)/...

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Annex 2: Monitoring Protocols of operational Thematic Programmes

TFLET MONITORING PROTOCOLTFLET General objective
The general objective of the Thematic Programme is to improve national forest law enforcement and governance in tropical ITTO member countries in order to enhance and diversify international trade in tropical timber from sustainably managed forests, and help alleviate poverty in those countries.
Specific Objectivea) Strengthen
forest law
compliance andgovernancethrough improved
national policy andlegal frameworks,
strengthened
enforcement andother institutions,improved data andknowledge,
strengthened
partnerships andimproved
cooperation among
the private sector,
civil society
organizations andother stakeholders

Outputs
Improved access to forest resources by forest
communities and other forest-dependent people

Output Indicator

Target Value

Means of Verification

Laws and legal instruments ontenure and user rights
established, reviewed or
improved

5 countries

Improved laws and regulations published in thenational gazette (where applicable)

Multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue on
forest governance

Establishment and operation ofmulti-stakeholder consultation
mechanism

Evidence on establishment of committees
Reports of Multi-stakeholder committees

National action plans for strengthening forest
governance and law compliance

National Action Plan
formulated and under
implementation

Evidence on approval of National Action Plans
Periodic reports on implementation of National Action
Plans

Improved data and knowledge on illegal logging
and trade

Establishment andstrengthening of law
enforcement units

Number of personnel trained in forest law
enforcement; Evidence on establishment of LEU
Law Enforcement Units operational

National studies on timber
flows carried out

Reports on studies; Database(s) on interventions onforest crime, illegal logging and trade

Improved verification and monitoring procedures
for legal compliance

Reconciliation Mechanism forresolving trade flow
discrepancies

Reconciliation mechanism established and related
reports

Assessment of appropriate technologies forchain of custody, tracking and tracing

Cost-effective and non-paper
based timber tracking systems
developed and implemented

Report on the implementation of the systems,
certification of verification of legality, chain of custodycertification reports

Compendium on tracking andtracing technologies prepared

Compendium

Compendium of tracking and tracing technologies
and evidence on dissemination

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Specific Objectiveb) Improvetransparency andeffective
management of
supply chains andincreased domestic
and international
trade in legally
produced tropicaltimberOutputs
Ensured market access for competitive tropicaltimber products from legal/sustainable sources

Output Indicator

Target Value

Means of Verification

Increased volumes of tradedtropical timber and timber
products from legal andsustainable sources

TBD

Number of Certificates of COC, legality, etc.

Appropriate public procurement policies related
to timber

Development of Procurement
policies in ITTO producing
countries

5 countries

Number of countries with public procurement policies
and legislation formulated and/or implemented

Increased opportunities in the public sector
markets for legally produced tropical timber andtimber products

Public timber procurement
policies and legislation
formulated and/or under
implementation

Functioning partnerships established among civilsociety organizations, the private sector andgovernment agencies in monitoring of timber
flows and legal compliance and origin of tropicaltimber supplies

Civil society / private sector /governmental agency
partnerships established

Capacity building activities undertaken among
civil society organizations

Training Courses on forest law
compliance implemented

Approved codes of conduct of trade associations
and demonstration of commitments to theirimplementation

Codes of conduct from theprivate sector)

Dissemination of public timber procurement policies
in producer countries
Increased trade volumes of tropical timber and timber
products
5 partnerships

Progress/Completion Reports; MOUs of partnerships

Number of Training modules; Reports on training
programmes; Participants evaluation reports
5 Codes ofConduct

Reports on the implementation of Codes of Conduct
adopted/...

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Specific Objectivec) Improve capacityof community andsmall and mediumsized enterprises toimplement anddemonstrate thattimber produced
and traded comesfrom legal sources
contributing tosustainable
livelihoodsd) Improve
international
cooperation inforest law
enforcement andgovernance among
ITTO member
countries and otherrelatedinternational
initiatives

Outputs
Increased production of tropical timber from legal
and sustainable sources (from community
forests)

Output Indicator
Value and volume of timber
produced and traded by forest
dependant and local
communities

Target Value

Means of Verification

5 communities

Production and Trading records from the communities
Certification of community based SFM

Capacity building activities undertaken incommunities

Relevant training modules
developed and disseminated inforest communities

5 communities

Training modules, reports on training

Increased production of tropical timber from legal
and sustainable sources by SMEs

Value and volume of timbertraded by SMEs

5 SMEs

Production and Trading records from the SMEs

Capacity building activities undertaken for SMEs

Relevant training modules
developed and disseminated toSMEs

5 SMEsTraining modules, reports on training

Increased number of SMEs operating in theformal sector
International policy development activities
undertaken

Increased number of registered
SMEs
Increase in the number of ITTO
member countries participating
in international and regional
initiatives to improve forest law
enforcement and governance

Percentage
increase
TBD

Database on registered SMEs

Regional and international cooperation initiatives
implemented

Information sharing and knowledge management
activities undertaken

Reports of the international and regional initiatives

Increase of ITTO member
countries in trans-boundary
timber control processes

Number of bilateral initiatives on forest law
enforcement

Increased number of ITTO
member countries engaged inregional and international
cooperation initiatives
FAO/ITTO best practices onforest law compliance policy
briefs disseminatedNumber of initiatives to facilitate country engagement
in regional and international cooperation initiatives
such as VPA/FLEGT etc

Information on timber
procurement and due diligencerequirements disseminated

All ITTO
membercountries

Distribution list of FAO/ITTO best practices on forest
law compliance policy briefs

Due Diligence Report and reports on dissemination
mechanism

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Reduce deforestation and forest degradation, enhance environmental services and help improve forest dependant livelihoods through sustainable management of tropical forests,
forest restoration and other related activities.
Specific Objective
The specific objective of
the Programme is tostrengthen the capacity of
ITTO developing member
countries
andtheirstakeholders to:

Outputs
Avoided deforestation, restorationor conservation initiatives
established to combat
deforestation and degradation;b) Reduce forest
degradationd) Contribute to the socialand economic
sustainability and wellbeing of forest-dependentcommunities by increasing
forest values through forest
restoration andrehabilitation, as well as
payments for forest-based
environmental servicese) Enhance adaptation andresilience of tropical forests
to negative effects ofclimate change andTarget Value
6 countries (2 perregion)Means of Verification
Projects funded
Reports on initiatives

Number of initiatives on avoided deforestation:
Delineated land and forest tenure and user rights
Monitor forest cover and landuse change
Establishment of permanent forest estate
Number of initiatives addressing restoration:
Forest landscape restoration
Demonstration projects on restorationa) Reduce unplanned
deforestationc) Maintain and enhance
climate change mitigationand other environmental
services of tropical forests

Output Indicator
Increased area under SFM, restoration orconservation

Integration of climate change
mitigation/adaptation and otherenvironmental services in the
ITTO guidelines on C&I, SFM,
certification, valuation, as
appropriate to manage forest area
sustainably
Income generation based onforest related environmental
services and other forest outputs
by local communities

Number of initiatives on conservation
Trans-boundary Conservation Area (TBCA)
Buffer zone management
Revised/updated versions of ITTO guidelines andother relevant policy documents incorporating new
approaches on climate change and environmental
services2 guidelines/policy
documents
reviewed/updated

New/updated versions of ITTO
guidelines

Increased income resulting from forest-related
environmental services and other forest products by
local communities of participating countries

10% increase fromthebaseline
information
inincome in at least
30 communities

Reports on the demographic andsocio-economic situation in thearea of influence of the projects
supported by the Thematic
Programme

Increase of women participation in the community
forest-related environmental services of participating
countries

Increase of womenparticipation in at
least
30
communitiesofparticipating/...

Specific Objective
human-induced impacts

Outputs

Output Indicator

Increased recognition of thevalues of tropical forests and theirenvironmental services

Increased public awarenessTarget Value
countries
2 countries

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Means of Verification
Number of awareness campaigns
at community/country level

Existence of appropriate methodology to value
Environmental Services and ability to apply

1 country

Report on appropriate valuationand methodology available

Increased forest value and market opportunities forforest products and services

2 countries

National accounting reports

Incorporation of the value of forest environmental
services in national accounting

2 countries

Quantification of carbon stocks
performed using reliable
monitoring and assessment
technologies and/or valuation
techniques

National forest carbon assessment and monitoring
systems

2 national forest
carbon inventories
supported by the
programme

Report on study on actual
payments
forenvironmental
services
National forest carbon inventory
reports

Value of biodiversity assessedand surveys conducted on landwith potential for biodiversity PES
schemes
Assessments are made in an
attempt to ‘bundle’ environmental
services, to maximize forest
related revenues
Community initiatives taken to
identify opportunities to increase
productive capacity of forests,
including by implementing SFM
schemesCapacity building initiatives
undertaken to implement policy
reforms and/or clarify land/forest
tenure arrangement

National/regional studies conducted on assessmentof value of biodiversity on land with potential forbiodiversity PES schemes.

3 studies

Report of the national/regional
studies

Assessment of National forest finance strategies

1 country

Assessment reports

Increased area of community forest protectedagainst fire, pest and disease

30 communities

Fire, pests and disease incident
reports

Improved silvicultural systems in community forests

3 countries

Project reports

National policy reforms and clear forest and land
tenure arrangements in place, integrating climatechange mitigation/adaptation and otherenvironmental services

3 countries

Learning network on forest landscape restoration
focusing on benefits of environmental services

Establishmentofone global network
supported

Evidence on policy and legislativereforms processes on forest andland tenure in at least three
countries
coveredbytheprogramme
Website and links to the network;
information made available

Information sharing andknowledge management systems
operational

National
systems

forestmonitoring

Specific Objective

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Means of Verification

Outputs

Output Indicator

Target ValuePES incentive mechanisms
assessed and established

Information on REDDES results available on ITTO
websitePES incentive mechanisms developed or undergoing
implementation

Regularly updated
website3 countries

Studies on the assessment of willingness to pay forenvironmental services
Forestry stakeholders trained in the implementationof restoration and rehabilitation activities, PES
schemes and the implementation of policy reforms
and/or land/forest tenure arrangements

3 studies

Reports

300
forestry
stakeholders in 3
countries
(100
each)

Training Reports

National criteria and indicators for SFM, forest
restoration and rehabilitation developed
Demonstration projects on community involvement inavoided deforestation and degradation, developmentof environmental services, SFM, restoration andrehabilitation of secondary and degraded forest
areas.

3 countries (oneper region)3
demonstration
projects

National C& I reports

Communities trained and assisted in development
and implementation of PES mechanisms

Communities in 3
countries trained

Communities directly involved in PES mechanisms
developed and /or undergoing implementation withthe support of the programmeParticipatory systematization of lessons learned

Communities in 3
countries involvedin PES mechanism
30 communities(Sub-) National working groups

3 countries

Forest dependent communities sensitized on
adaptation options to climate change.

3 countries

Countries with improved capacity
to implement SFM, forest
restoration and rehabilitation.

Demonstration areas established

Operational
community
development
services

practicesforinvolvement
inof environmental

Stakeholder
consultations/dialogues
undertaken for awareness raisingand to encourage cooperation
among interested parties

Evidence on PES mechanisms
developedorundergoing
implementation

Project reports. Visit reports ofdemonstration projects.

Report of the training workshops

Activity Report

Report of the multi-stakeholder
partnerships

Workshop and training Reports/...

Specific Objective

Outputs
Information sharing mechanisms
in place

Output Indicator
Issues of the TFU and number of hits on the ITTO
website for the information sharing and knowledge
management systems

Target Value
3 issues of TFU(one per year) andmore than 5,000
hits on the ITTO
web
page
for
REDDES
information sharing

International seminar on REDDES
experiences and lessons learned

1internationalseminarto share

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Means of Verification
Report of the establishment of
network and the operation of thewebsite including usage matrix

Proceedings of the internationalseminar on REDDES and PES.

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CFME MONITORING PROTOCOL
CFME General objective
The general objective of the Thematic Programme is to contribute to poverty reduction in tropical forest areas by:(i)strengthening the ability of forest communities and smallholders to sustainably manage their tropical forest resources; and(ii)
assisting CFEs to add value to and market the products and services obtained from these resources.
Specific
objective
Strengthencommunity level
capacity in SFM
and adding value
to the forest
resource.

Outputs

Output indicators

Target value

Improved operational practices forcommunity forest management andenterprises
Trained human resources in
implementation of community forestry
in the programme impact area

Number of communities involved in SFM
implementation
Training materials on community based
SFM produced and activities implemented
Community leaders and members trained
and assisted in development andimplementation of SFM
Sustainably managed pilot anddemonstration areas on SFM establishedin community forests

At least 9 communities
in at least 3 countries(3/country)

Community internal records
Training packages
Training event reports

At least 3 areas
established (at least
1/region)

FMPs, monitoring reports

Sustainably managed pilot anddemonstration areas on Environmental
Services established in community forests
Training materials for awareness raisingand improved management systems andpractices of community organizations
produced and training activities
implemented
Associations, networks and/or alliances
established and functional

At least 3 areas
established (at least
1/region)
Training packages,
Workshops, training
courses in at least 3
countries

FMPs, monitoring reports

Associations, networks
and/or alliances in atleast 3 countries

Reports of associations, networks and/or
alliances
MoUs

Pilot communities empowered at local level

At least 9 communities
in at least 3 countries(3/country)

Community level records

Increased area of community lands
under SFM; including both naturalforests, and plantations for fuelwood,
agroforestry and other purposes, aswell as restored and rehabilitatedforests.
Enhanced conservation of biodiversity,soil, water, carbon storage and othernatural resources in community forests
Improved consensus building,management systems and practices incommunity organizations

Associations, networking and alliances
established and strengthened among
forest communities, indigenous
peoples and smallholders, and theirenterprises
Local communities empowered toadvance sustainable forest
management and forest based
enterprises in their areas of influence

Means of verification

Training packages
Workshop and course reports/...

Specific
objective

Outputs

Target value

Improved knowledge on technology
and financing possibilities among
forest communities, indigenous
peoples, smallholders and service
providers
Improved knowledge among thefinancial community and technology
providers on the opportunities andneeds of CFEs

Improved information availability on
financing sources, and appropriatetechnologies among CFEs

promotional material atcommunity level in atleast 9 communities

Documentation produced
Dissemination records

Facilitate communications between
financial community/technology providers
and CFEs
Promotional material produced

Records on loans and service agreements
extended to communities

Improved mechanisms for financing
and technology transfer for CFEs
identified and piloted

Analytical studies on the design offinancing mechanisms and technologicalimprovements as well as dissemination
activities
Pilot projects implemented
Technical and business management
training activities on value added
production
Pilot and demonstration initiatives
implemented in CFE development
Improved market information on thedomestic and export markets for CFEs
Pilot and demonstration initiatives
implemented in marketing
Increased production and exports by CFEs
Commercial partnerships establishedbetween CFEs and private or public
enterprises/investors
Increased revenues of CFEs
Increased employment opportunities andincreased income

Information on theopportunities and needsof CFEs to at least 3
financial
institutions/technology
providers
3 studies3 pilot projects

3 training activities
3 pilot CFEs and/or
business plans

Training Course reports
Project progress reports
Business Plan documents

3 market survey reports
At least 3 pilot initiatives

Market studies and reports
Project progress reports

Increased revenues inat least 3 CFEs

CFE records

Employment andincome increased in atleast 9 CFEs

CFE records on labour force and payroll

At least 3 countries

Reports on meetings and workshops,
Survey reports on CFEs

Improved technical and business
management capability among CFEs

Improved marketing arrangements andfacilitated access to markets by CFEs

Expanded sales by CFEs

Strengthen country
capacity andenabling conditions
for community
forest management

Output indicators

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Means of verification

Improved family employment andincome among communities directly
involved in community forestry andenterprises
Participatory processes established for
promoting community forestry

Stakeholder consultations/dialogues
undertaken for awareness raising andpolicy development for community forest
management and enterprises
Improved information on the status andStudy reports
Project progress reports

Specific
objectiveand enterprises

Outputs

Strengthening of land tenure andresource rights of forest communities,
indigenous peoples and smallholders
Policy, legal and institutional reforms
designed and initiated to promote
community forest management andenterprises

Strengthen
knowledge
management at
all levels

Integration of development ofcommunity forestry and enterprises innational forest programmes and similar
planning frameworks
Information sharing and knowledge
management systems operational

Improved availability of traditional
knowledge on community forest
management

Output indicators
potential of community forest management
and enterprises at sub-national andnational levels
Analytical studies on constraints in land
tenure and resource rights

Target value

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Means of verification

At least 1study

Study report

Local communities tenure and access toforest resources clarified and facilitated
Awareness raising events anddissemination
Policy, institutional and legislative reforms
initiated
Policy revision plans produced
NFPs incorporating and promoting
community-based forest management andenterprises

3 countries

Study reports
Event reports
Revision plans
Reports on the progress of policy revision

3 countries

NFP documentation

Compilation, assessment, analysis anddissemination of lessons learned at local,
national, regional and international levels.
Events for sharing experience at
local/national/regional and international
levels
ITTO web portal developed
Compilation of traditional knowledge on
community forest management

Manuals and guidelines
Synthesis reports on
lessons
Web portal

Manual and guideline documents
Dissemination records
Reports on lessons
Records on web portal users

Compilation in at least 3
communities

Compendium reports/...

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TMT MONITORING PROTOCOLTMT General objective
The general objective of the Thematic Programme is to :(iii)
Promote the trade of tropical timber products and NTFPs by increasing the capacity of producer member countries in market intelligence and marketing skills, and(iv)
Improve market transparency through improved data and knowledge
Specific
Objectives
Strengthen
information
systems onmarkets and theforest sector

Outputs

Output Indicators

Countries with improved information
systems on markets and forest sector

Information Systems on markets and forest
sector improved

National strategies to strengthen
information systems
Improved quality of data and analysis

Trained decision-makers, staff andspecialists

Private sector organizations withimproved systems and skills

Fill gaps in themarkettransparency oftropical timber andtimber products.

Networks between producers andusers of information
Identified gaps/weaknesses in existing
trade statistics
Improved trade statistics

Appropriate HS codes for tropicaltimber and timber products

National strategies to strengthen
information systems developed or quality
improved
Improved statistical information andanalyses on trade and markets in
producing countries
Training courses, workshops and othercapacity building initiatives undertaken

Target ValueAt least 3 countries withimproved systems
At least 3 countries with national
strategies

Means of verification
Project progress reports
Descriptions of information
systems
National strategy/plandocuments

At least 3 countries withimproved statistics and analyses

Statistical and analytical reports

At least 3 countries with trained
decision makers, staff andspecialists

Training packages
Workshop/meeting/training
reports

Organizations with improved
systems in at least 3 countries

Working group reports;
System descriptions

At least 3 countries with networks

Networks and reports

Review and analytical studies in atleast 3 countries

Review and analytical reports

Improved Forest Sector Joint
Questionnaire for data Collection
Improved responses to JQ

Improved JQ

JQ document

All member countries

Improved trade codes and conversion
factors

Proposals for HS code
improvement

Timely, complete and accurate
submission of JQ
Proposal documentation
Meeting reports

Decision makers trained in development
and use of information systems
Training and information-sharing working
groups established and operational
Number of organizations with improved
systemSpecialized networks on sector/market
information established and operational
Review and analyses of existing trade
statistics

Specific
Objectives

Enhanced market
access and tradepromotion oftropical timber

Outputs

Output Indicators

Target Value

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Means of verification

Specific information on production anduse of tropical timber, demand andsupply outlook, bioenergy, emerging
markets
Strengthened capacities to utilize
market information for marketingstrategies and improvement of policy,
legal and institutional frameworks

Updated information

At least 3 reports

Study reports

Improved capacity of traders and policy
makers to utilize market information

At least 3 countries

Workshop/seminar/conference
reports
Improved marketingstrategies/policies/institutionalframeworks

Improved information on intra-regional
trade

Updated information

At least one study

Study report (Asia, Africa andLatin America)

Market information on Lesser Used
Species (LUS) and new materials

Survey and study reports on markets for
LUS and new materials

At least one study

Study reports

Information on market outlook forindividual plantation species
Improved information on the structureof the value chain of tropical timber andtimber products

Survey and study reports on market trends
for tropical timber plantation species
Surveys and study reports on developmentof the value chain of tropical timber andtimber products

At least one study

Study reports

At least one study

Study reports

Periodic systematic information on
factors affecting markets (tariffs, nontariff barriers, etc.)

Reports on trends and factors affecting
tropical timber markets

At least one study

Study reports

Monitoring and analysis of emerging
market requirements for tropical timber
and timber products

Reports on emerging market requirementsof tropical timber and timber products trade
and trends

At least one study

Study reports

Periodic systematic information andresearch on the life cycle impacts oftropical timber vs. substitutes

Monitoring, research reports andawareness raising activities on life-cycle
impacts of tropical timber vs. substitutes

At least one study

Study reportMarketing strategies in pilot enterprises

Model companies with marketing strategies

At least 3 enterprises (1/region)

Project progress reports/...

Specific
Objectives

Target Value

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Means of verification

Outputs

Output Indicators

Trained staff and specialists in market
intelligence and marketing skills
Policies and legal frameworks
facilitating tropical timber trade inexporting countries
Trade promotion strategies and action
plans

Training course on market intelligence andmarketing skills
Improved policy and legal frameworks
related to timber trade in exporting
countries and dissemination activities
Strategies and action plans formulated andunder implementation

At least one training course

Training course reports

At least one exporting country

Approved policy documents,
proposals for adjustment oflegislation and regulations,
Strategy/plan documents

Improved access by buyers, users andproducers on information on tropicaltimber species characteristics anduses
Promotional materials on SFM andtropical timber for generic marketing
Market promotion activities for tropicaltimberWeb portal on timber species, trade andmarket information

1 web portal operational

Web portal and its species
coverage
Visitor records

Promotional documentation produced

1 promotional material package

Trade promotion activities implemented
Advocacy and market promotion activities
for legally and sustainably produced timber
and timber products

1 campaign

Documentation/ITTO website
Dissemination records
Records on campaign

Effective networking among trading
partners

Information sharing networks operational

At least one network

At least one country

ITTO website
Network reports and surveys

ITTC(XLVI)/9Page IANNEX 3 - Meeting Reports TPAC CFME (1-2 March 2010) and TMT (4-5 March 2010)

MEETING REPORT
ITTO THEMATIC PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TPAC)
COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISES (CFME)
Yokohama, 1-2 March 2010

Introduction
1.

At its Forty-fourth Session held in November 2008, in Yokohama, Japan, the Council adopted
Decision 9(XLIV) and 10(XLIV) on “Thematic Programmes on Pilot Basis: Operational Procedures
and Guidelines” and “Thematic Programme Profiles” respectively (Annexes I and II).

2.

The Executive Director, pursuant to Decision 9(XLIV), invited Member Countries to nominate
Members for the Thematic Programme Advisory Committee (TPAC), to assist him with theimplementation of the thematic programme, viz., to (i) select activities/pre-projects/projects forfinancing under the Thematic Programme; (ii) monitor and evaluate progress in implementing theThematic Programme; and (iii) identify potential additional sources of voluntary financial contributions
to the Thematic Programme.

3.

Subsequently, members for the TPAC for CFME were selected. As a general rule, each Thematic
Programme Advisory Committee will not exceed seven members, taking into account the need forbalanced representation among members and will work and coordinate through electronic means
and meet once a year. They will include:
a)
b)
c)
d)

Three producer member representatives with recognized expertise on the thematic
programme;
At least one non-donor consumer member representative with recognized expertise on the
Thematic Programme;
Expert representatives of interested donors and collaborating institutions; andExecutive Director or his designated representative.

4.

The meeting of the TPAC for CFME was convened in Yokohama from 1 to 2 March 2010.

5.

The meeting commenced with a brief opening statement by Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive
Director (and the Chairperson), who welcomed the members of the TPAC for CFME. He expressed
his gratitude to the consultant Dr. Markku Simula (Terms of Reference for the Consultant are inAnnex IV), for preparing an excellent draft Thematic Programme Document on CFME, in consultation
with the prospective donors and interested Member Countries, for the review of the Committee.
Members of the Secretariat including all Assistant Directors, Project Managers and the Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer also participated in the meeting and assisted the work of theCommittee.

Adoption of the Agenda
6.

The Committee adopted its agenda as presented in Annex III and its Terms of Reference as provided
for in the ITTC Decision 9(XLIV) Annex 3.

Review of the Draft Thematic Programme
7.

The draft Thematic Programme Document (TPD) entitled ITTO Thematic Programme on “Community
Forest Management and Enterprises (CFME)” prepared by the Consultant was presented.
Comments received from donors, interested member countries and the Secretariat on the draft TPD
circulated earlier had been incorporated in the latest draft to the extent practicable.

8.

Dr. Markku Simula gave a presentation on the CFME draft Thematic Programme Document (TPD),/...

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including background information on the Thematic Programme approach and the process of TPD
development.
9.

The Committee reviewed the draft TPD in detail and made a number of changes to the contents andeditorial amendments. Following a second review, which also incorporated some donor comments
not yet included in the latest draft, the TPD was duly finalized.

10.

The Consultant subsequently revised the TPD taking into account all the comments made. The
revised Thematic Programme Document is in Annex V.

Overview of the Management Aspects of the Thematic Programme
11.

The Secretariat made a presentation on the Management of the Thematic Programmes by ITTO.
The presentation included an overview of the delivery mechanism of the TP, the TP cycle and an
overview of proposal appraisal and project implementation and monitoring. It also referred to theTerms of Reference for Thematic Programme Advisory Committees – which had been circulated to
the TPAC members before the meeting.

Strategic planning for the implementation of the Thematic Programme and identification of priority
activities
12.

Considering the fact that the Thematic Programme is in a pilot phase and the current funding
situation for CFME, the Committee reviewed again TPD Chapter 6, Activities and highlighted anumber of activities that may be given priority under the first call(s) for proposals, including:

A 1 – Support capacity building of forest communities and community enterprises through pilot anddemonstration projects which may include a variety of activities;
2 a) - Establishment and strengthening of cooperative organizations to promote economic and social
interests of forest communities, indigenous peoples and smallholders (awareness raising activities,
promotion, workshops, elaboration of rules of operation, etc.);
4 a) - Surveys and other analytical work on the current status of community forest management andenterprises to identify development opportunities and constraints, priorities and concerns of local
communities, need for adjustment of the institutional and legal framework for community forestry(e.g. simplified regulations), clarification of tenure and resource rights in order to ensure
management and usufruct rights to communities and smallholders.



5 a) - Stakeholder dialogues and other awareness raising activities on the potential of community
forest management and enterprises to contribute to poverty reduction and other national
development goals among decision-makers and key stakeholder groups;5 b) - Adjustment of national policies, legislation and strategies for the development of community
forest management and enterprises, particularly to secure forest tenure and provide legal
recognition of forest management rights and responsibilities;5 c) - Support to forest land use planning and demarcation of forest lands in community forest areas
to avoid tenure dispute;6 a) - Conduct analyses on market development of community forest enterprises in Africa, Latin
America and Asia-Pacific
7 a) - Organization of workshops, seminars, conferences on community forest management andenterprisesConsideration of the Future Work of the Advisory Committee
13.

Based on the terms of reference for the Thematic Programme Advisory Committees (as contained in
the annex to Decision 9(XLIV)), the ITTO Executive Director highlighted the role of the TPAC at threelevels including proposal review, TP fund raising and programme monitoring. The Committee raised
the following issues:


Although members agreed that the consultation process for proposal review will be throughelectronic means, it was proposed that ITTC should consider providing financial means to allow
for a meeting of the TPAC once a year, this in particular during the TP pilot phase to have an
opportunity to discuss (face-to-face) the basic elements of TP including development/adjustmentof an effective implementation procedure, weaknesses to be addressed, fund raising, monitoring,ITTC(XLVI)/9Page I
delivery process etc. One of such meetings should also involve members of other TPACs toshare their experiences.


The committee emphasized the need for fund raising, including by the members, to ensure
adequate implementation of the Programme.



The committee suggested that calls for proposals should only be launched when sufficientfunding is available. Would the funding available for a specific TP fall below an identified
threshold value, organization of a call for proposals could be counterproductive.



In view of the limited funds presently available for the TP implementation, the calls for
proposals could include information on the budget range of different types of projects to avoid
proposals for large projects which cannot be funded by the Programme.

A draft Monitoring Protocol for the TP will have to be developed in the near future for review
by the committee.

Adoption of the Revised TP Document
14.

The revised TP document on the CFME (included as Annex V) was adopted subject to any further
comments to be received by 15 March 2010.

15.

The adopted Thematic Programme Document, together with the guidance for the call for proposals,
will be circulated to all ITTO Member Countries.

PARTICIPANTS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEETPAC Members:

PRODUCERSMr. Ernesto Arends Rodriguez (Venezuela)
Mr. Theodore Mbaro (Central African Republic)
Mr. Juan Magboo Pulhin (Philippines)
CONSUMERSDr. Pablo Manuel Martinez de Anguita (Spain) (Non-donor)

Mr. Kazuyuki Morita (Japan) (Donor)
ITTO Secretariat

Mr. Ze Meka Emmanuel (Executive Director, ITTO)
Members of the Secretariat:
Mr. Takeichi Ishikawa
Mr. Amha Bin Buang
Mr. Eduardo Mansur
Dr. Steven Johnson
Mr. Mahboob Hasan
Dr. Gerhard Breulmann
Mr. E. Collins Ahadome
Mr. Hwan Ok Ma
Mr. Polycarpe Masupa Kambale
Dr. Tetra Yanuardi
Mr. Ramon Carrillo Arellano
Consultant:
Dr. Markku Simula/...

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2 March 2010

ITTC(XLVI)/9Page IMEETING REPORT
ITTO THEMATIC PROGRAMME ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TPAC)
TRADE AND MARKET TRANSPARENCY (TMT)
Yokohama, 4-5 March 2010
Introduction
1.

At its Forty-fourth Session held in November 2008, in Yokohama, Japan, the Council adopted
Decision 9(XLIV) and 10(XLIV) on “Thematic Programmes on Pilot Basis: Operational Procedures
and Guidelines” and “Thematic Programme Profiles” respectively (Annexes I and II).

2.

The Executive Director, pursuant to Decision 9(XLIV), invited Member Countries to nominate
Members for the Thematic Programme Advisory Committee (TPAC), to assist him with theimplementation of the thematic programme, viz., to (i) select activities/pre-projects/projects forfinancing under the Thematic Programme; (ii) monitor and evaluate progress in implementing theThematic Programme; and (iii) identify potential additional sources of voluntary financial contributions
to the Thematic Programme.

3.

Subsequently, members for the TPAC for TMT were selected. As a general rule, each Thematic
Programme Advisory Committee will not exceed seven members, taking into account the need forbalanced representation among members and will work and coordinate through electronic means
and meet once a year. They will include:
e)
f)
g)
h)

Three producer member representatives with recognized expertise on the thematic
programme;
At least one non-donor consumer member representative with recognized expertise on the
Thematic Programme;
Expert representatives of interested donors and collaborating institutions; andExecutive Director or his designated representative.

4.

The meeting of the TPAC for TMT was convened in Yokohama from 4 to 5 March 2010.

5.

The meeting commenced with a brief opening statement by Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive
Director (and the Chairperson), who welcomed the members of the TPAC for TMT. He expressed
his gratitude to the consultant Dr. Markku Simula (Terms of Reference for the Consultant are inAnnex IV), for preparing an excellent draft Thematic Programme Document on TMT, in consultation
with the prospective donors and interested Member Countries, for the review of the Committee.
Members of the Secretariat including all Assistant Directors, Project Managers and the Planning,
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer also participated in the meeting and assisted the work of theCommittee.

Adoption of the Agenda
6.

The Committee adopted its agenda as presented in Annex III and its Terms of Reference asprovided for in the ITTC Decision 9(XLIV) Annex 3.

Review of the Draft Thematic Programme
7.

The draft Thematic Programme Document (TPD) entitled ITTO Thematic Programme on “Trade andMarket Transparency (TMT)” prepared by the Consultant was presented. Comments received fromdonors, interested member countries and the Secretariat on the draft TPD circulated earlier had been
incorporated in the latest draft to the extent practicable.

8.

Dr. Markku Simula gave a presentation on the TMT draft Thematic Programme Document (TPD),
including background information on the Thematic Programme approach and the process of TPD
development.

9.

The Committee reviewed the draft TPD in detail and made a number of changes to the contents and/...

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editorial amendments. Following a second review the TPD was duly finalized.
10.

The Consultant subsequently revised the TPD taking into account all the comments made. The
revised Thematic Programme Document is in Annex V.

Overview of the Management Aspects of the Thematic Programme
11.

The Secretariat made a presentation on the Management of the Thematic Programmes by ITTO.
The presentation included an overview of the delivery mechanism of the TP, the TP cycle and an
overview of proposal appraisal and project implementation and monitoring. It also referred to theTerms of Reference for Thematic Programme Advisory Committees – which had been circulated to
the TPAC members before the meeting.

Strategic planning for the implementation of the Thematic Programme and identification of priority
activities
12.

Considering the fact that the Thematic Programme is in a pilot phase and the current funding
situation for TMT, the Committee reviewed again TPD Chapter 6, Activities and highlighted a numberof activities that may be given priority under the first call for proposals, including:







1) a, b, c, d2) a, b, c, d3) a, b, c
4) a
5) a
6) b, f

13.

The Committee took note that 1) and 2) are part of the Biennial Work Programme of the Organizationand need therefore to be prioritized.

14.

The Committee took note of the fact that several activities in the TPD are to be implemented by the
Secretariat. A different balance between the country level activities and the regional and international
level activities is needed in this Thematic Programme in comparison with the other TPs.

15.

Appropriate guidance on the Programme priorities (special consideration of proposals for activities 1)
and 2)) and the Secretariat implemented activities could be provided to potential proponents in thecalls for proposals.

Consideration of the Future Work of the Advisory Committee
16.

Based on the terms of reference for the Thematic Programme Advisory Committees (as contained in
the annex to Decision 9(XLIV)), the ITTO Executive Director highlighted the role of the TPAC at threelevels including proposal review, TP fund raising and programme monitoring. The Committee raised
the following issues:
 Although members agreed that the consultation process for proposal review will be throughelectronic means, it was proposed that ITTC should consider providing financial means to allow
for a meeting of the TPAC once a year, this in particular during the TP pilot phase to have an
opportunity to discuss (face-to-face) the basic elements of TP including development/adjustmentof an effective implementation procedure, weaknesses to be addressed, fund raising, monitoring,delivery process etc. . One of such meetings should also involve members of other TPACs toshare their experiences.
 The Committee noted that the indicative three-year budget of US$ 5 million was likely not
sufficient to achieve the expected programme results. Therefore, the Committee emphasized theneed for fund raising, including by the members, to ensure adequate implementation of theProgramme.
 The Committee suggested that calls for proposals should only be launched when sufficientfunding is available. Would the funding available falls below a certain threshold value,organization of a call for proposals could raise unrealistic expectations.

ITTC(XLVI)/9Page I In view of the limited funds presently available for the TP implementation, the calls for proposals
could include information on the budget range of different types of projects to avoid proposals forlarge projects which cannot be funded by the Programme.
 A draft Monitoring Protocol for the TP will have to be developed in the near future for review by
the Committee.
Adoption of the Revised TP Document
17.

The revised TP document on the TMT (included as Annex V) was adopted subject to any further
comments to be received by 15 March 2010.

18.

The adopted Thematic Programme Document, together with the guidance for the call for proposals,
will be circulated to all ITTO Member Countries.

PARTICIPANTS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEETPAC Members:

PRODUCERS
Ms. Pradeepa Bholanath (Guyana)
Mr. Sim Wah Loke (Malaysia)
Dr. Beatrice Darko Obiri (Ghana)
CONSUMERS
Mr. Stefano Guidese (Switzerland) (donor)
Dr. Rin Won Joo (Republic of Korea) (non-donor)
ITTO Secretariat

Mr. Ze Meka Emmanuel (Executive Director, ITTO)
Members of the Secretariat (to provide technical advice and support to TPAC):
Mr. Takeichi Ishikawa
Mr. Amha Bin Buang
Mr. Mahboob Hasan
Dr. Steven Johnson
Mr. Eduardo Mansur
Mr. E. Collins Ahadome
Mr. Ramon Carrillo Arellano
Dr. Gerhard Breulmann
Mr. Hwan-Ok Ma
Mr. Polycarpe Masupa Kambale
Mr. Charas Mayura
Mr. Li Qiang
Dr. Tetra Yanuardi
Consultant:
Dr. Markku Simula

5 March 2010/...