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 andgovernance throughimproved national
policy and legal
frameworks,
strengthened
enforcement andother institutions,improved data andknowledge,
strengthened
partnerships andimproved
cooperation amongthe 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 instrumentson tenure and user rights
established, reviewed or
improved

5 countries

Improved laws and regulations published in
the national gazette (where applicable)

Multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue
on forest governance

Establishment and operationof multi-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 on forest crime,
illegal logging and trade

Improved verification and monitoring procedures
for legal compliance

Reconciliation Mechanism forresolving trade flow
discrepancies

Reconciliation mechanism established andrelated reports

Assessment of appropriate technologies forchain of custody, tracking and tracing

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

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

Compendium on tracking andtracing technologies prepared

Compendium

Compendium of tracking and tracing
technologies and evidence on dissemination

Specific Objectiveb) Improvetransparency andeffectivemanagement of
supply chains andincreased domestic
and international
trade in legally
produced tropicaltimberc) Improve capacityof community andsmall and mediumsized enterprises toimplement anddemonstrate thattimber produced andtraded comes fromlegal sources
contributing tosustainable
livelihoods

Outputs
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
civil society organizations, the private sector
and government agencies in monitoring oftimber flows and legal compliance and origin oftropical timber 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 tradeassociations and demonstration of commitments
to their implementation
Increased production of tropical timber fromlegal and sustainable sources (from communityforests)

Codes of conduct from theprivate sector)

5 Codes ofConduct

Reports on the implementation of Codes ofConduct adopted

Value and volume of timber
produced and traded byforest dependant and local
communities

5communities

Production and Trading records from thecommunities
Certification of community based SFM

Capacity building activities undertaken incommunities

Relevant training modules
developed and disseminatedin forest communities

5communities

Training modules, reports on training

Increased production of tropical timber fromlegal and sustainable sources by SMEs

Value and volume of timbertraded by SMEs

5 SMEs

Production and Trading records from theSMEs

Capacity building activities undertaken for SMEs

Relevant training modules
developed and disseminatedto SMEs

5 SMEsTraining modules, reports on training

Increased number of SMEs operating in theformal sector

Increased number ofregistered SMEs

Percentage
increase

Database on registered SMEs

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

Progress/Completion Reports; MOUs ofpartnerships

Number of Training modules
Reports on training programmes
Participants evaluation reports

Specific Objectived) Improve
international
cooperation in forest
law enforcement andgovernance among
ITTO member
countries and otherrelated international
initiatives

Outputs
International policy development activities
undertaken

Regional and international cooperation
initiatives implemented

Information sharing and knowledge
management activities undertaken

Output Indicator
Increase in the number of
ITTO member countries
participating in internationaland regional initiatives toimprove forest law
enforcement and governanceTarget Value
TBD

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

Information on timber
procurement and due
diligence requirements
disseminated

All ITTO
membercountries

Due Diligence Report and reports on
dissemination mechanism