INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATIONITTO
PROJECT PROPOSALTITLESUPPORT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF THE MONO PLAIN
FOR THE PROMOTION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OFCOMMUNITY FORESTS IN TOGOSERIAL NUMBER

PD 925/22 Rev.2 (F)COMMITTEEREFORESTATION AND FOREST MANAGEMENTSUBMITTED BY

GOVERNMENT OF TOGOORIGINAL LANGUAGEFRENCHSUMMARY
Forest resources are subject to continuous degradation, and it jeopardizes the chances of improving local people’s living
conditions. Faced with this situation, the Government of Togo developed policy, strategy and program documents
focusing on the rehabilitation of degraded ecosystems as a major concern in collaboration with the technical and financial
partners. As a result, the Government of Togo submitted a pre-project proposal in connection with the Mono plain areafor ITTO funding. Pre-project funding made it possible to develop this project proposal for the conservation andsustainable management of the Mono plain natural forests with a view to reducing, or even eradicating, the negative
impacts resulting from the considerable destruction of ecosystems in the area, and to contributing to improving the living
conditions and environment of the beneficiary populations in order to guarantee sufficient natural resources for the present
and future generations based on sustainable development. The project aims to contribute to the development andsustainable management of national forests. More specifically, the project will enhance forest plantation productivity andpromote the management of community forests owned by local communities. The aim of this new initiative is to encouragerural populations as a whole to improve their environment and living conditions through the sustainable management of
the natural resources available in their area.
EXECUTING
AGENCY

Friends of the Environment civil society organization (Association Les
Amis de l’Environnement—AMEN)

COOPERATING GOVERNMENTS---

DURATION

36 MONTHSAPPROXIMATE STARTING DATETO BE DETERMINEDBUDGET AND PROPOSEDSOURCES OF FUNDING

SourceContribution
in US$

ITTO

591 808

Gov’t of Togo

355 400

TOTAL

947 208

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TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………...……….…………………………………………………………………..IIPROJECT BRIEF ……....................................................................................................................................................IV
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS …………………………………………… …………..….……………………………..VMAP OF PROJECT AREA……………………………………………..……….…….………...........................................VIIPART 1. PROJECT CONTEXT…………………………………...………………………….................................................1
1.1
ORIGIN…………………………………………………………………………………………………..;…….…………..1
1.2
RELEVANCE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...1
1.2.1
Conformity with ITTO objectives and priorities……………………………………………………………….....2
1.2.2
Relevance to the submitting country’s policies………………………………………………………………….2
1.3
TARGET AREA……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...5
1.3.1
Geographic location………………………………………………………………………………………………..6
1.3.2
Social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects…………………………………………………………7
1.3.2.1. Social, cultural and economic aspects………………………………………………………….…………………7
1.3.2.2. Environmental aspects ……………………………………………………………………………………………..8
1.4
PROJECT EXPECTED OUTCOMES………………………………………………………………………………………….9
PART 2. PROJECT RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES……...…………………………………………………….……….. 10
2.1
RATIONALE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….10
2.1.1
Institutional set-up and organizational issues……………………………………………………………….…10
2.1.2
Stakeholder analysis……………………………………………………………………………………………...10
2.1.3
Problem analysis………………………………………………………………………………………………….16
2.1.4.
LOGICAL FRAMEWORK MATRIX……………………………………….………………………………………….…19
2.2
OBJECTIVES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..20
2.2.1
Development objectives and impact indicators………………………………………………………….……..20
2.2.2
Specific objectives and outcome indicators………………………………………………………..…………...20
PART 3. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT INTERVENTIONS ….……………………………….……………………….……21
3.1
OUTPUTS AND ACTIVITIES………………………………………………………………………………………………...21
3.1.1
Outputs……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
3.1.2
Activities……………………………………………………………………………………………………………21
3.2
IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES AND METHODS……………………………………………………………..21
3.3
WORK PLAN………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23
3.4
Budget…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….24
3.4.1 Master budget schedule………………………………………………………………………………………………...24
3.4.2 Consolidated yearly project budget by component…………………………………………………………………..28
3.4.3 Yearly project budget contribution by source – ITTO……………………………………………………………......30
3.4.4 Yearly project budget contribution by source – Togo ……………………………………………………………….32
3.5.
ASSUMPTIONS, RISKS AND SUSTAINABILITY………………………………………………………………......33
3.5.1.
Assumptions and risks ………….. ………………………….……………….…………………………..……..33
3.5.2.
Sustainability ……………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 33
PART 4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS …………………………………………………………..……………….35
4.1. ORGANIZATIONAL SET-UP AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT MECHANISM……………………………….35
4.1.1.
Executing agency and partners…………………………………………………………………………….……35
4.1.2.
Project management team…………………………………………………….………………………….……...36
4.1.3.
Project Steering Committee……………………………………………………………………...……………....36
4.1.4.
Stakeholder involvement mechanisms…………………………………………….……………………………36
4.2 REPORTING, REVIEW, MONITORING AND EVALUATION …...........................................................................37
4.3 PROJECT LEARNING DISSEMINATION AND MAINSTREAMING……………………………………....….....…......38
4.3.1. Project learning dissemination ……………………………………………………………………….…………….38
4.3.2. Mainstreaming of project learning……………………………………………………………………....………….38
ANNEXES …..................................................................................................................................................................39
Annex 1: Project organizational chart…………………………………………………………………………………………...39
Annex 2: Profile of the Executing Agency………………………………………………………………………………....…...40
Annex 3: CVs of personnel provided by the Executing Agency………………………………………….………..………….42
Annex 4: Terms of Reference of key personnel funded by ITTO……………………………….……………………………44
Annex 5: Potential sites for establishing community forests..…………….………………………………...........................45
Annex 6. Meeting with the local authorities of Mono plain municipalities …………………………………………..…..….50
Annex 7: ITTO Environmental and Social Screening Ckecklist Questionnaire ……….…………………………………...52

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Annex 8: Findings from the ESM screening ckecklist for the assessment of environmental and social aspects linked toproject implementation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………55
Annex 9: Terms of reference for consultants and subcontracting funded under ITTO under budget component 20(subcontracting)…..………..............................................................................................................................................58
Annex 10: Technical Sheet for key tree species to be used in project implementation…………………………....76
Annex 11: Table specific recommendations and resulting amendments by the 58th Expert Panel………………78

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PROJECT BRIEF
Geographically, the project area is located between 6° and 9° North latitude and 1°15' and 1° 45' East longitude (seeFigure 1). The project area straddles the Maritime Region, the Plateaux Region and the Central Region. It drains awatershed of approximately 25,000 km2 and covers almost all of Ecological Zone III as well as a small part of Ecological
Zone IV. It includes a high diversity of wetlands located in Ecological Zones III, IV and V in Togo (Ern, 1979). It isbounded to the north by the Prefecture of Tchamba (Central Region), to the east by Benin, to the south by the northernpart of the Maritime Region, and to the west by the western part of the Plateaux Region and the western part of the
Maritime Region. Specifically, the project area will include 12 districts (cantons) and three villages located across
11 prefectures. The districts are as follows: Tado, Wahala, Amou-Oblo, Akparé, Gléï, Pallakoko, Morétan, Aouda,
Kazanboua, Koussountou and Bago, and the villages are: Kpélé Tutu, Assoukoko and Avétonou (see Figures 1 and 2).
These areas located in the Mono plain constitute a natural heritage of great value due to their multiple biological,
ecological and economic functions. The utilization of their biological resources and many other products constitutes animportant source of income for local people who depend on them for their subsistence. Unfortunately, resource overuse
resulted into ecosystem rapid degradation and reduction in available natural resources. Local people in the area haverepeatedly expressed their desire to rehabilitate the forest cover in their local area following the ongoing and concerning
degradation of natural forests which hinder the development of the region economy. Peoples’ desires are motivated by
the continuous fall in the production of their main agricultural and pastoral activities, which used to be major sources ofincome. The decline in productivity is mainly due to anthropogenic pressures and the degradation of environmental
conditions. Other factors include: (1) slash-and-burn agriculture; (2) Voluntary bush fires by transhumant herders; (3)population growth and poverty; (4) weak legal and institutional framework; (5) climate change, etc.
The most characteristic impacts of above factors on the Mono plain environment and biodiversity are of an environmental
and socio-economic nature, namely: (i) deforestation, degradation and plant cover loss, which contributes to the
reduction (sic) of biodiversity loss; (ii) degradation and reduction of available genetic and natural resources; (iii)
depletion of river water in fishery resources characterized by the scarcity, even the disappearance, of certain species;(iv) the disruption of the Mono plain microclimate, rainfall and rainy season cycle; (v) soil degradation andimpoverishment resulting from practices such as ongoing monocultures without fallowing or rotations and repeatedintentional bush fires; (vi) land conflicts related to land uses and current land tenure; etc. To addres these issues, thepresent project was developed to reinforce the participation of local people for the conservation and the sustainable
management of forest resources through the establishment of community forests with local community ownership. The
aim of this new initiative is to encourage rural people as a whole to improve their environment and living conditions
through the sustainable management of natural resources available in their area.
The project development objective is to restore the vegetation cover and biodiversity, and to increase agricultural
productivity, which will contribute to improving living conditions for local populations. The project specific objective is topromote sustainable management in community forests held by local communities, leading to a 3% increase in plant
cover by project completion, and a 50% reduction in timber import rates by 2050. The Mono plain local communities
and those of the surrounding villages will benefit from the direct impacts of the project through:• Remuneration for some activities• Establishment of private reforestation work and self-managed nurseries allowing them to access new financial
resources• Improving farming-based income using the Taungya method, by giving the opportunity to farm food crops on newly
cleared forest lands for a few years in combination with new tree planting and perennial crops in forest plantations.
The Blitta municipality, due to its proximity, will derive economic benefits from the project with the establishment ofproject headquarters and the consumption of part of the income spent.
The Central Region and the Plateaux region will benefit from the improvement in climatic conditions and part of theeconomic fallout.
The Government of Togo (including its forestry administration) will adopt a methodology aimed at better managing its
forest estate. The Government of Togo will be provided with required components for implementing new projects inthe future.
In the short term, a total of 2,600 ha of open plantations are established; 50 nursery operators and 50 beekeepers aretrained; 350 rural women are trained in environmentally sound charcoal production techniques; it will have an impact on
the ecological footprint and will generate significant added value in terms of environment; 50 farmers are trained inenvironmentally friendly farming techniques in each region, agroforestry in particular, which will provide an opportunity
for promoting reforestation in rural areas and establishing community forests; 50 groups of women and youth are trainedin modern beekeeping and improved traditional poultry farming; 50 groups of women and youth are provided withequipment for processing farming products and harvesting non-timber forest products; 50 groups of women and youth
have the skills required for generating added value to priority non-timber forest products (honey, shea kernels, nere
seeds, etc.); and 50 groups of women and youth are involved in farming product processing.

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Outcomes will include: (i) mobilization of communities for reforestation work; (ii) harvesting of 2,600 ha of plantations in
full; (ii) quantity and quality with high quality 3,000,000 forest seedlings produced and 15,000 liters of honey harvested
per year; (iv) organizing people into 10 women's groups supported in the development of non-timber forest products(NTFPs); (v) availability, quantity and quality of off-season farming products, and number of bred rabbits and poultry per
year in the project area. All above activities will be implemented by the beneficiary communities (men and women) under
the supervision of the AMEN association. This will allow the populations of the Mono plain and its vicinity to establish
community forests with pride. All involved villages will establish legal entities that will be responsible for all administrative
aspects of activities in connection with the community forest establishment and sustainable management.
Project activity implementation will generate extrinsic positive impacts (- ecosystem restoration of ecosystems andlandscape attractiveness; - improvement in ecosystem quality; - increase in water infiltration; - improvement in soil
structure; - creation of temporary/part-time employment; - contribution to improved income for service providers; etc.),
and also minimal/zero negative impacts (-original vegetation loss; soil pollution by solid waste; - risk of labor accidents;etc.).
Regarding impacts and risks, mitigation and/or compensation measures will be taken during project implementation,
including providing workers with appropriate PPE, raising workers’ awareness and ensuring that PPE is actually worn;
provision of bin(s) on reforestation sites for all solid waste disposal; raising users’ awareness of environmental harmful
impacts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides; reuse of reusable solid waste and commissioning of non-reusable waste
disposal to authorized recycling companies. Impacts and risks as well as proposed mitigation or compensation
measures should make it possible to maximize beneficial effects derived from forest utilization.
The amount of funding requested from the Donor is US$591,808. The AMEN association and the beneficiary community
will make an in-kind contribution of US$355,400.
In the ITTO budget contribution, allocated budget funds represent 6.87% for personnel components and 7.54% forcapital items.

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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

GDP
GEEW
GEF
GFG
GIC
GIE
GNT
GS
IFE
INFA
ITTA
ITTC
ITTO
IUCN
MERF
MISD
NGO
NPC
NTFPs
ODEF
PAFN
PAN/LCDPNAE
PNGE
PNIERNREBIOTOGREDD+
ROSCTOCC
SCAPE
SDG
SFM
SIE
SMIG
SMP-NFUAVGAPUCCD
UCVD: Friends of the Environment civil society organization (Association Les Amis de l’Environnement): Candidate plus-trees: Village Association for Protected Area Management: District Development Committee: Township Development Committee: Community forest: African Financial Community: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: Cooperative for Savings and Credit A/D: Consortium of Environmental NGOs and associations: Civil society organization: Village Development Committee: Directorate for Political Affairs and Civil Security: Directorate of Forest Resources: Division of Civil Security: Strategy Document for Poverty Alleviation-Completed: Higher Institute of Agronomics: Environmental and social impact assessment: European Union: Forest Administration: Franc of the Financial Community of Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization: Forest Management Unit
: Includes the state-owned forest estate, the community-owned forest estate and the privately-owned
forest estate: Gross Domestic Product: Gender equality and Empowerment of Women: Global Environment Facility: Global Forest Goal
: Joint Initiative Groups: Economic Interest Groups: National Working Group: General Secretariat: Inspectorate of Forests and Environment: National Institute of Agricultural Training: International Tropical Timber Agreement: International Tropical Timber Council: International Tropical Timber Organization: International Union for Nature Conservation: Ministry of Environnement and Forest Resources: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security and Decentralization: Non-governmental organization: National Project Coordinator: Non-timber forest products: Agency for Forest Development and Use: National Forest Action Plan
: National Action Plan for Combating Desertification: National Action Plan for the Environment: National Program for Environmental Management: National Program for Investment in Environnement and Natural Resources: Biodiversity Network-Togo: Reducing greenhouse gaz emissions resulting from degradation and deforestation: Network of Togo’s Civil Society Organizations on Climate Change: Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Employment Promotion: Sustainable Development Goal
: Sustainable forest management: Energy Information System: Inter-Governmental Minimum Wage
: Simple Management Plan for Natural Forests: Union of Village Associations for Protected Area Management: Union of District Development Committees: Union of Village Development Committees

UMR
UNDP
URCLECSYTREBACT: Joint Research Unit
: United Nations Development Program: Regional Union of Local Saving and Credit Committees: Union of Timber Workers and Related Activities in Togo

AMEN
APC
AVGAP
CCD
CDQ
CF
CFA
CITES
COOPEC A/D
COMET
CSO
CVD
DAPSC
DRF
DSC
DSRP-C
ESA
ESIA
EU
FA
FCFA
FAO
FMU
Forest estate

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MAP OF PROJECT AREA
Figure 1: Location of the Mono Plain area, including potential sites for establishing community forests in target villages
and districts

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PART I: PROJECT CONTEXT
1. 1. Origin
The findings of forestry, socio-economic, legal and environmental impact studies carried out during pre-project
PPD191/18 Rev.1(F) "Support to local authorities in the Mono plain for the promotion and sustainable management ofcommunity forests in Togo” showed that the Mono plain community forests represent only a small area of about 13,400
hectares that are subjected to overutilization linked to human activities. The overuse and destruction of these sensitive
ecosystems largely contributed to the loss of nearly 25% of its land area in recent decades, resulting into biodiversity
loss and a decrease in available resources.
Pre-project PPD191/18 Rev.1(F) made it possible to develop this project proposal for the conservation and sustainable
management of natural forests in the Mono plain with the main idea of reducing, or even eliminating the negative effects
linked to the severe destruction of the ecosystems in the area, and to contribute to the improvement of the conditions
and the living environment of the beneficiary populations. The Mono plain area constitutes a natural heritage of greatvalue due to its multiple biological, ecological and economic functions. The utilization of these biological resources andmany other products constitute important sources of income for the local people who depend on them for theirsubsistence. Unfortunately, their overuse has resulted into a rapid degradation of these ecosystems and a severe
reduction in available natural resources. Various project area communities have repeatedly expressed their desire torehabilitate the forest cover in their respective environment in view of the ongoing and worrying degradation of naturalforests which hinder the development of the economy in the Mono plain region. Their expressed desires are motivatedby the continuous decline in the production of their main farming and pastoral activities, which used to be significant
sources of income. This decline in productivity is mainly due to anthropogenic pressures and the degradation ofenvironmental conditions. This situation is compounded by: (1) Slash-and-burn agriculture; (2) Voluntary bush fires
caused by transhumant herders; (3) Population growth and poverty; (4) weakness of the legal and institutionalframework; (5) Climate change, etc. The most characteristic impacts on the Mono plain environment and biodiversity
are environmental and socio-economic, as follows: (i) deforestation, degradation and loss of plant cover, contributing tobiodiversity reduction/loss; (ii) degradation and reduction of available genetic and natural resources; (iii) depletion ofriver water in fishery resources characterized by the scarcity or even disappearance of certain species; (iv) disruptionof the lowland microclimate, rainfall and rainy season cycle; (v) soil degradation and impoverishment caused by thepractice of continuous monoculture without fallowing or rotation and the practice of repeated intentional bush fires; (vi)reduction in local people’s income who essentially depend on it for their survival; (vii) land conflicts related to land use
modes and the current land tenure system; etc.
To address above issues, the present project was elaborated to reinforce the participation of local people for theconservation and the sustainable management of forest resources through the establishment of community forests
belonging to local communities. The objective of this new initiative is to encourage rural people as a whole to improvetheir environment and living conditions through the sustainable management of natural resources available in theirrespective areas. The great challenge is the sustainable development of the area, which should allow local people toimprove their living conditions and environment, while changing their destructive mode of utilizing available biologicalresources. The project is distinctive in that it will enable the Government of Togo to strengthen the participation of local
people for the conservation and sustainable management of forest resources through the establishment of community
forests belonging to local communities. It will also contribute to the forest cover rehabilitation reconstitution with positive
impacts on the local and surrounding climate. Il will create employment (distribution of income) and new incomegenerating activities in the area. As a result, it will contribute to the social advancement of local communities.
This project comes at the right time as there has been no reliable project for the restoration and sustainable managementof the Mono plain community forests. All efforts undertaken so far were sporadic and made through limited projects; asa result it was not possible to meaningfully address the forest and environmental degradation issue, and to contributeto an intense and sustained timber production in the Mono plain area.
1.2. Relevance1.2.1. Conformity with ITTO objectives and priorities
The project is in full compliance with the following objectives as set out in Article 1 of the ITTA, 2006 in that it:(c)Contributes to the sustainable development process;The project will carry out activities that will contribute to socio-economic development and the improvement ofenvironmental conditions. In particular, it will support self-development efforts through the protection and developmentof forest resources.
(j) Encouraging members to support and develop tropical timber reforestation, as well as rehabilitation andrestoration of degraded forest land, with due regard for the interests of local communities dependent on forest resources;
The Project will implement reforestation activities using tropical timber and restore degraded forest land for the benefit
of local communities. It aims to protect soils, water and the forest ecosystem through the integral protection of forests
against wildfires and illegal logging, and therefore the maintenance of forest cover in this area.

2(r) Encouraging members to recognize the role of forest-dependent indigenous and local communities in achieving
sustainable forest management and develop strategies to enhance the capacity of these communities to sustainably
manage tropical timber producing forests;
Empowering local communities through contracting the management of their forests, adopting participatory
management as a modus operandi, identifying endogenous techniques to be disseminated and holding various training
and awareness-raising sessions targeting local communities will make it possible to strengthen the capacities ofcommunities with a view to sustainably managing their forest heritage.
Compliance with ITTO Strategic Plan for 2013–2018.
The project is also in line with several priorities of ITTO Strategic Action Plan 2013- 2018, as follows:
Strategic priority 2: “Increase the contribution of tropical forests to national and local economies,
Including through international trade”
The project will contribute to increasing timber production potential in Togo with the restoration of 2,600 ha of production
forests and the rehabilitation of 13,400 ha of local community forest land. In addition, the development andimplementation of simple development and management plans by the Government of Togo and civil society
organizations by 2035 covering approximately 230,000 ha of forests will make it possible to ensure the sustainable
development, and value-creation, of forest resources and environmental services that can lead to an increase in theshare of the forestry sector in Togo's Gross Domestic Product.
Strategic priority 3: “Resilience, restoration and conservation”
The restoration of 2,600 ha of production forests and the rehabilitation of 13,400 ha of severely degraded forests
belonging to local communities will increase the country's capacity to mitigate climate change impacts. In addition, thedevelopment and implementation of simple development and management plans by 2035, as planned by theGovernement of Togo and civil society organizations, will make it possible to increase the forest land area, to promote
the participatory management of forests, and to plan for the establishment of a national framework and local frameworks
for collaboration between the sector stakeholders, in particular the public and private sectors, local communities andcivil society, with a view to increasing their effective participation in sustainable forest management (SFM).
1.2.2. Relevance to the submitting country’s policies
Togo adopted for its medium-term development the Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Promotion of Employment(Stratégie de Croissance Accélérée et de Promotion de l’Emploi—SCAPE) with a view to achieving its general policy
statement, the Millennium Development Goals and to making Togo an emerging country by 15 to 20 years. SCAPE isbased on solid achievements in terms of strengthening democracy, peace and national reconciliation, stability of themacro-economic framework, development of human resources, environment management and sustainable
development.
Regarding the "environment sector, sustainable management of natural resources and living environment", strategiclines were defined, as follows:A) Maintaining the environmental services of ecosystems
In order to enable ecosystems to continue to play their roles and preserve their values, the Government of Togo will
implement the following measures: (i) conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable management of protected areas,
mangroves and wetlands; (ii) protection of forests, waterways and fragile ecosystems; and (iii) promoting the
involvement of all stakeholders in environmental management.
B) Managing land sustainably
Sustainable land management is the use of natural resources, including soil, water, animals and plants, for the
production of goods that meet changing human needs, while ensuring the long-term productive potential of theseresources and the maintenance of their environmental functions. In Togo, natural resources are subjected to extreme
pressure resulting into deforestation estimated at 15,000 ha per year; accelerated land degradation; recurrent natural
disasters; siltation of water ways and water bodies; and the scarcity of several wildlife and plant species. This situation
has accentuated the decline of land productivity, and therefore income, and has led to precarious living conditions.
Faced with the vicious circle of poverty and natural resource overuse that the country is experiencing, the Governmentof Togo plans to implement the following measures: (i) reduce anthropogenic pressures on forest resources; (ii) further
secure state-owned forests by involving men and women equitably; (iii) promoting good practices for the sustainable
management of land, forests and water; (iv) prioritize integrated and sustainable rural development that includes
agriculture, forestry and livestock farming.
C) Addressing climate change
The issue of climate change remains a major concern for the Government of Togo. Strengthening the institutionalframework for implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and climate change
adaptation and mitigation at the level of key development sectors remain challenges to be addressed. The will of theGovernment of Togo is to (i) strengthen the national multi-sector and multi-stakeholder dialogue; (ii) build the capacitiesof stakeholders for climate change adaptation; and (iii) develop and implement a low-carbon development strategy toengage the country in the long-term process of mitigation measures. Sectors identified as the most vulnerable to climate

3change and requiring adaptation/mitigation measures as a priority are: agriculture, forestry, energy, water resources,
coastal areas, human settlements and health.
D) Cross-cutting actions for environmental management and transition to a green economy
The Government of Togo is aware of the need to initiate a transition to a green economy in order to alleviate poverty
and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, enabling to maximize potential benefits, including (i) strengthening
and enhancement of natural assets; (ii) maximizing economic benefits; (iii) promotion of employment; (iv) increased
purchasing power; (v) poverty alleviation; and (vi) minimizing social inequalities and waste of resources. The
Government's long-term ambition is to implement a national strategy for achieving a green economy and promoting
sustainable production and consumption patterns as well as company environmental and societal responsibility throughspecific sectoral policies, in particular for renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture, sustainable
tourism, industrial development, mining and forestry, waste management and public transport. It also intends to improvereporting, information and monitoring in relation to environmental management indicators.
Based on this global vision, the Government of Togo adopted a forest policy statement that emphasizes forest
restoration with a view to achieving 30% plant cover by 2050. Aware of the issue of forest resource degradation and of
the weakness of its forestry institutions, Togo developed several strategic and planning documents for the developmentof the forestry sector. This project is in line with the objectives of the following plans and programs: (i) National Action
Plan for the Environment (Plan National d’Action pour l’Environnement—PNAE); (ii) National Forestry Action Plan (Pland’Action Forestier National—PAFN); (iii) National Action Plan to Combat Desertification (Plan d’Action national pour laLutte contre la Désertification—PAN/LCD); (iv) National Environmental Management Program (Programme National deGestion de l’Environnement—PNGE); (v) National Investment Program for the Environment and Natural Resources(Programme National d’Investissement pour l’Environnement et les Resspirces Naturelles—PNIERN).
The project aims to contribute to the development and sustainable management of Togo's forests by implementing thefollowing actions:- Sustainable management of the Mono Plain forest estate;- Restoration and rehabilitation of local community forests
These actions will be implemented through the project and are fully in line with the aforementioned strategic and planningdocuments.
ITTO funded several previous projects in Togo. Project implementation will draw upon several of those that addressedvarious aspects of participatory management, as follows:➢

PD 217/03 Rev.2 (F) Establishing a cooperative framework between ODEF and the communities livingin the Eto-Lilicope forest complex for the sustainable participatory management of this complex
Project learning can be summarized as follows:• knowledge of the project environment and its inhabitants has been improved though various studies and several
workshops;• The climate of trust established between ODEF and local people will facilitate the establishment of a cooperation
framework for the concerted management of the Eto and Lilicope gazetted forests.
••

Expected learning from above outcomes is as follows:
Local people living in the vicinity of the forests are willing to collaborate provided that the forest administrationconsiders them as partners;- direct communication with local people contributes to further reducing misperceptions/misunderstandings;- Strengthening the capacities of people through training in participatory management tools is a prerequisite to ensure
their involvement in development activities;➢ PD 197/03 Rev.2 (F) "Support for the Implementation of a Sustainable Forest Development Master Planin Eco-Floristic area-IV, Togo"
The project resulted in the following long-term outcomes:• development actors in the area were informed of the existence of a master plan for sustainable forest development;
they understood the plan objectives and content through holding several meetings and radio broadcasts;• Operational capacities of 122 different actors in the area were strengthened for seedling production techniques;
forest and agroforestry reforestation; and project development and forest management, through holding training
workshops;• an institutional framework for monitoring the master plan implementation and achievements was developed;• New private plantations including tree-only stands and agroforestry systems were established with the project
support.
In addition to above outcomes, project learning was as follows:- a good communication strategy makes an important contribution to the success of a project involving numerous
stakeholders;- forest studies are highly instrumental for minimizing environmental impacts;- the matter of land tenure is the cornerstone in the development of all reforestation efforts;- arranging fundamentally individualistic populations into organized groups is a long-term effort.

4➢ PD 30/96 rev. 3 (F) “Planting 2,500 ha of timber in the Haho Baloe gazetted forest”
At project completion, the following was achieved :− training of communities (by an NGO) and of technicians by an international Consultant in participatory management ;− organizing communities for community empowerment ;− implementation of some support measures (schools, water reservoir, wells, improvement of health dispensaries andwell rehabilitation);− people involvement in Taungya methods;− establishment of Local Steering Committees;− division and allocation of plots in enclosures;− management of natural forests by and for people; and− establishment of vegetable farming near the project water reservoir.
Lessons learned were as follows:- In the course of the project, three groups of community nursery operators were set up as part of the "Association ofgroups for producing forest seedlings". After project completion, these groups sold their produce to private growers andto NGOs.
- The fire brigades organized by the local communities remain in place and are efficient.
- Trails which have been constructed and restored are now used as means of communication between the villages andurban areas.
- Based on the experience of participatory management in the Haho-Baloe gazetted forest, the Forest Administration is
now aware that it is essential to involve local populations in the management of protected areas.
- There was a need to train nursery managers in the villages, as well as beekeepers and fishery operators, and toprovide guidance and support to the communities in participatory, sustainable forest management.
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PD 9/99 Rev.2 (F) "Sustainable Management of the MIssahoé Reserved Forest Forestry Resources withthe participation of the Local Rural Communities for an Optimal Timber Production (Kpalimé-TOGO)"
The experience gained from this project provided local baseline references in participatory development and aframework for addressing the following issues: (i) use of enclosures; (ii) distribution of tasks between government
authorities and local people; (iii) tasks and duties of the various stakeholders; (iv) setting-up of gazetted forest
surveillance; (v) organizing seedling production; (vi) establishing community and individual forestry outside of gazetted
forest.
Some of the lessons learned from this project are:- the preparatory phase, over a nine-month period, was a critical foundation for the project, with good planning leading
to good results;- the approach used helped to create a trusting environment between the forestry administration, long regarded by local
populations as a repressive body, and the local population, considered to be an enemy of forests. This is reflected in an
open and respectful working relationship between the various stakeholders; and intensive communication between
technicians and villagers is required to convey technical, social and managerial concepts;- training and self-assessment workshops allowed all the stakeholders to acquire some degree of awareness of their
responsibilities;- The forest management project teams should include forestry managers with good skills in technical and social
subjects as well as project management;- the existence of a Forestry Fund constitutes and represents a structural element once the project has been completed;- the constant presence, attention and dedication of the forestry agency in order to ensure the continuity of activities canbe key factors of success.
➢ Project PD 51/99 Rev.2 (F) "Support to Grassroots Forestry Promotion Initiatives in the Yoto Area"
Project achievements were as follows:✓✓✓✓

Reforestation of 272.75 ha vs. 150 ha planned by and for communities;
Production of 1.120,000 seedlings vs. 150 000 planned seedlings by 56 trained nursery operators;
These results were achieved thanks to the age-old practice and know-how of the target communities in terms ofreforestation, especially teak. The mobilization and effective participation of growers were the strong points ofproject implementation.
The agroforestry system that was implemented and the private character of established plantations wereconducive to regular maintenance and the effective fight against devastating bush fires.

The lessons learned from this project are as follows:

5- the involvement of communities has encouraged their mobilization and effective participation, and these have been
the strong points of project implementation;- the acceptance and firm support of project objectives by the key stakeholders helped to minimize investment costs
and to maximize results;- joint management of the project served as a test for cooperation in forest sustainable management in Togo; thegovernment/NGO/local community partnership should be encouraged and heartily recommended within the frameworkof national projects for promoting experience cross-exchanges and building on the results of experience.
In addition, Togo hosted a “national training workshop on the use of the new ITTO Manual for Project Formulation” asduring 5-7 May 2007 part of its cooperation with ITTO.
1.3.

Target area

1.3.1. Geographic location
The project will be carried out in the area of the Mono plain which extends over 11 prefectures, namely: Tchamba;
Sotouboua; Blitta; Anie; Ogou; Amu; Kpele-Akata; Agou; Haho; Est Mono and Moyen Mono.
Geographically, the project area is located between 6° and 9° North latitude and 1°15' and 1° 45' East longitude (seeFigure 1). It straddles the Maritime region, the Plateaux region and the Centrale Region. The area includes a highdiversity of wetlands located in Togo Ecological Zones III, IV and V (Ern 1979). It is bounded to the north by the Tchamba
Prefecture (Central Region), to the east by Benin, to the south by the northern part of the Maritime Region and to thewest by the western part of the Plateaux Region and by the western part of the Maritime Region.
Specifically, the project area includes 12 districts and three villages located in 11 different prefectures. These are the
districts of Tado, Wahala, Amou-Oblo, Akparé, Gléï, Pallakoko, Morétan, Welly, Aouda, Kazanboua, Koussountou andBago, and the villages of Kpélé-Tutu, Assoukoko and Avétonou (see Figures 1, 2.1 and 2.2).
Potential areas for establishing CFs through the project are as follows:
Assoukoko (land area: 1 200 ha; altitude: 605; North Latitude: 08º00ʹ25,4" and East Longitude: 000º39ʹ25,0");Aouda (land area: 100 ha; altitude: 372 m; North Latitude:08º43ʹ59,8" and East Longitude: 001º02ʹ54,5"): WELLY(land area: 100 ha; altitude: 335 m; North Latitude: 08º04ʹ29,3" and East Longitude:
000º52ʹ39,1");TCHAREBOHOU (land area: 100 ha; altitude: 335 m; North Latitude:08º04ʹ29,3" and East
Longitude: 000º52ʹ39,1"); ATITJOUWOUE (land area: 300 ha; altitude: 176 m; North Latitude:07º08ʹ59,0" andEast Longitude: 001º35ʹ56,5"); WAHALA (land area: 100 ha; altitude: 127 m; North Latitude: 07º10ʹ31,5" and East
Longitude: 000º09ʹ57,8"); KAZAN-COPE (land area: 200 ha; altitude: 313 m; North Latitude: 08º25ʹ41,1" and East
Longitude:001º04ʹ48,6"); ANIE-COPE (land area: 300 ha; altitude: 195 m; North Latitude: 07º50ʹ11,9" and East
Longitude: 001º06ʹ02,2"); KOUI (land area: 100 ha; altitude: 335 m; North Latitude:08º04ʹ29,3" and East
Longitude: 000º52ʹ39,1"); and MORETAN (land area: 100 ha; altitude: 276 m; North Latitude: 08º06ʹ16,2" andEast Longitude: 001º21ʹ03,7") (see ANNEX 5-2).
Potential areas for CF enrichment through the project are as follows:
AGBANDI (land area: 3597 ha; altitude: 343 m; North Latitude: 08º20ʹ42,0" and East Longitude:001º00ʹ32,6");
AOUDA (land area: 70 ha; altitude: 372 m; North Latitude: 08º43ʹ59,8" and East Longitude:001º02ʹ54,5");
WAHALA (land area: 91 ha; altitude: 127 m; North Latitude: 07º10ʹ31,5" and East Longitude: 000º09ʹ57,8"); GLEI
(land area: 170 ha; altitude: 170 m; North Latitude: 07º18ʹ45,4" and East Longitude: 001º09ʹ47,2");TADO (landarea: 8 ha; altitude: 289 m; North Latitude: 07º08ʹ59,0" and East Longitude: 001º35ʹ56,5"); AMOU OBLO (landarea: 100 ha; altitude: 24 ; North Latitude: 07º23ʹ20,3" and East Longitude: 000º52ʹ15,2"); and KOUSSOUNTOU(land area: 3144 ha; altitude: 365 m; North Latitude: 08º50ʹ07,7" and East Longitude: 001º30ʹ53,9") (see ANNEX
5-1).
Potential areas for enhancing/establishing CFs upon project completion are as follows:
Assoukoko (land area: 1200 ha; altitude: 605 m; North Latitude: 08º00ʹ25,4" and East Longitude: 000º39ʹ25,0");Aouda (land area: 100 ha; altitude: 372 m; North Latitude: 08º43ʹ59,8" and East Longitude: 001º02ʹ54,5"):
KAZAN-COPE (land area: 200ha; altitude: 313 m; North Latitude: 08º25ʹ41,1" and East Longitude: 001º04ʹ48,6");
MORETAN (land area: 100ha; altitude: 276 m; North Latitude: 08º06ʹ16,2" and East Longitude:001º21ʹ03,7");
AVETONOU (land area: 40 ha; altitude: 124; North Latitude: 06º47ʹ34,7" and East Longitude: 000º47ʹ49,0");
AKPARE (land area: 300 ha; altitude: 162 m; North Latitude: 07º28ʹ20,6" and East Longitude: 001º19ʹ24,2");
AVETONOU (land area: 40 ha; altitude: 124 m; North Latitude: 06º47ʹ34,7" and East Longitude: 000º47ʹ49,0");
PALLAKOKO (land area: 60 ha; altitude: 195 m; North Latitude: 07º50ʹ11,9" and East Longitude:001º06ʹ02,2");and KPLELE TUTU (land area: 300 ha; altitude: 258 m; North Latitude: 07º06ʹ04,7" and East Longitude:
000º44ʹ07,1") (see ANNEX 5-3).

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1.3.2.

Social, cultural, economic and environmental aspects

1.3.2.1.
Social, cultural and economic aspects
Demography in Togo is characterized by rapid population growth and marked by strong regional disparities. The total
population increased from 2,719,567 inhabitants in 1981 to 6,191,155 inhabitants in 2010, i.e. an average annual growthrate of 2.84% (equivalent to a doubling every 25 years), and is mainly made up of women. (51.4%). One of the major
characteristics of this population is also its unequal distribution over the national territory: the Maritime Region
concentrates 42% of the total population while it occupies 23.2% of the total country area. In addition, population growth
rates vary from region to region. Population growth is relatively moderate and lower than the national average annual
rate in some regions such as the Plateaux Region (2.58%) while it is high in others, such as the Maritime Region(3.16%). This disparity in population distribution and growth poses challenges in terms of land-use planning.
The Togolese population is also very mobile. It migrates according to economic opportunities, from the ruralcountryside to cities, and also outside the country.
The phenomenon of urbanization has mainly benefited the “Greater Agglomeration of Lomé” where 23.9% of thecountry’s population live; it is not well managed as there are no support measures in the fields of urban management
and the environment. This rapid and uncontrolled urbanization is already causing serious issues in terms of housing
and appropriate infrastructure. Particularly in the city of Lomé, many vulnerable population groups live in sites unsuitablefor housing construction, such as areas threatened by flooding or other weather-related hazards.
As a direct consequence of the rural exodus, a large proportion of the population aged 60 and over is found in rural
areas. Whereas the elderly (60 and over) now represent 5.46% of the Togolese population, 2.2% live in urban areas
compared to 5.2% in rural areas. Faced with the scale of poverty in rural areas, in particular low monetary income, thescarcity of fertile land, and insufficient access to basic social infrastructure, young people are increasingly leaving thecountryside for cities.
The population structure by sex and age taken from the last general population and housing census reflects Togo's very
young demographics, and shows that fertility and mortality remain high, even though a downward trend can be observed.
The under 15s represent 42% and the under 25s 60% of the total population. This population structure underscores theurgency of investing in education, health, vocational training and job creation, while at the same time carrying out thenecessary reforms in these sectors to maximize the impact of such investments.
In view of the poverty issue in Togo, it is appropriate to deploy all efforts for the benefit of the poorest populations ingeneral and the most vulnerable in particular, in rural and urban areas by maximizing the use of natural resources ingeneral and forest resources in particular.
To this end, project implementation will contribute to addressing such issues as regional planning, promoting the global
and rational management of space in order to improve the environment and living conditions of populations with a viewto achieving a balanced and sustainable socio-economic development in the country. Project implementation willcontribute, among others, to poverty alleviation, improved protection of the rural environment through appropriate
measures aimed at safeguarding the ecological balance.
In the Mono plain, several economic activities are under development. According to socio-economic studies, 40% arefarmers, who associate livestock farming with their main activity, 28% are traders, 19% are craftsmen, and 13% others.
These socio-economic activities are divided into:a. Agriculture, animal farming and fishing
The main economic activity in the Mono plain is agriculture. The majority of the population lives from this activity. Farmed
crops are: maize, sorghum, beans, soybeans, rice, cassava, yams, cotton, etc. There are also cashew, palm oil, cocoa
and coffee plantations.
Most farmers associate their main activity with animal farming, mainly goats, sheep and poultry in this area.
The Peul ethnic group also raise oxen. Some take care of the farms owned by senior civil servants residing in Lome.
According to collected information, some people have specialized in fishing and live from this activity. Fishing is practiced
along rivers such as: the Mono-river, Anié-river, Amou-river, Amoutchou-river, etc.
Apart from these agricultural, livestock and fishing activities, there is also hunting, which is carried out mainly in thecentral region albeit on a customary and seasonal basis. Project activity implementation will involve groups of women,
young people and other vulnerable groups, which will be organized, trained and equipped for the production of goods
and services in order to improve their living conditions. This is in line with Elements 3 and 5 of the ITTO Policy Guidelines
on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (GEEW).
b. Trade, crafts and civil service
Trade is an important activity in the Mono plain area. It is essentially based on the marketing of farming products,
livestock, fishing and crafts. It is divided into three types which are local trade, national trade and international trade.
- Local trade is carried out in all villages, which have a market day every week.

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National trade—traders from other regions of Togo come to buy from local markets in the area. A group of traders
is responsible for purchasing products on sale in local markets and re-selling them in Lomé.

- International trade—trade between the border countries of the Mono plain such as Benin and Ghana
In all villages, and in all districts, squares are set up for markets. In major part, these marketplaces are characterized
by straw huts fitted out by traders. There are no modern sheds or stores with the exception of the markets of AmouOblo, Tado and Morétan for the Plateaux Region, the markets of Aouda and Koussountou in the Central Region, wheremodern sheds and stores are provided.
Craftsmanship is also an activity carried out by part of the population. There are seamstresses, tailors, hairdressers,
mechanics, carpenters, welders, masons, etc. in the Mono plain area. There are civil servants in all municipalities,
teachers, health workers and foresters in particular.
c. People’s financial situation
The presence of different categories of houses and roofs explains that there are also several population segments withdifferent incomes. According to socio-economic surveys, we distinguish between people having a monthly income ofmore than 50,000 CFA francs, who make up 5% of respondents, people whose monthly income is between "50,000
CFA francs and 35,000 CFA francs", who make up 20% of respondents, and people who have a monthly income of lessthan 35,000 CFA francs (Guaranteed Minimum Industrial Wage—SMIG), who make up 75% of respondents and are
the most numerous.
d. Financial institutions
There are financial institutions that support local populations in the development of economic activities. These aremicrofinance institutions (FUCEC, FECECAV, COOPEC-A/D, SOBADESC, OIC, WAGES, URCLEC, etc.) which
support people by granting them repayable loans. According to the consultant, to the question “are there financial
institutions that support you in your economic activities?”, the majority of respondents acknowledged their existence,with 89% of respondents answering "YES" and 11% "NO".
e. Road infrastructure
In the area of the Mono plain, some municipalities such as Wahala, Gléï and Aouda are located along the national road
N°1, while Amou-Oblo, Kpélé Tutu and Avétonou are located along the national road N°5, and therefore easy to access.
However, other municipalities are difficult to access due to the poor condition of trails connecting them, especially in therainy season.
In addition, the socio-economic study highlighted several constraints and opportunities in terms of sustainable forest
management and local development, namely (i) Although local people are highly dependent on forests for their daily
activities (hunting, fishing and forest product harvesting), they support community forest development, as part of thebenefits will be allocated to them for community social-related work (education, health, water points); (ii) an information
meeting will be held before harvesting any felling area. It will provide an opportunity for clarifying the roles, expectations
and concerns of the various stakeholders (municipalities, economic operators and local people) during operation anddevelopment activities; (iii) young people of equal skills from neighboring villages should be recruited to maintainharmony in the villages during logging; (iv) associative structures are not very developed. It will be necessary to establish
and form forest management structures such as "farmers-forest committees", which should be responsible for controllingthe various access trails to community forests, for fear of seeing community forests invaded by non-official milling
operations with the opening of parallel roads; (v) it will also be necessary to facilitate the establishment of a committee
in charge of managing revenues from community forest use; (vi) it will be appropriate to contribute to the creation of
conflict management structures to prevent recurring conflicts; (vii) an analysis of sectors and the development of value
chains for some products should be carried out at the level of the community forestry unit; and (viii) improving accessroads (opening of roads, regular maintenance of trails in rural areas) will promote the flow of agricultural products to themost attractive markets and boost farming production.
Stakeholder consultations conducted as part of pre-project studies made it possible to collect data on their state of mind,
including their concerns, behaviors, interests and vision with regard to the objectives of promoting and sustainably
managing the Mono plain community forests as well as the nature and forms of their participation in the future project
activities. Data collected provided information on: the identity of people surveyed (local authorities, traditional chiefs,
district and village grassroots development committees, communities bordering community forests, including
management ecotourism and monitoring committees, AVGAP/UAVGAP and MERF decentralized infrastructure
personnel); issues pertaining to forest resource management and land tenure in the area; extent of knowledge of thecommitments made by the Government in terms of protection measures, regulatory and legal texts for the managementof forest resources, in particular the Forest Code; consequences that often result from non-compliance with theprovisions of these texts; the concept of community forest and the reasons that motivate communities to establish
community forests as well as the choice between community management and state management; the existence offorest and land-related claims in the area; respect for customary law by official bodies in the resolution of forest conflicts;
and the needs of local communities as well as other related actors in capacity building to effectively play their role in the
management of the Mono plain community forests.

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Guidance will be needed to facilitate appropriate stakeholder participation in project implementation,as follows: (i)Strengthen the capacity of grassroots actors involved in the implementation of programs and policies related to thepromotion and sustainable management of community forests; (ii) Develop regulatory texts relating to the participationof grassroots populations; the distribution of benefits derived from the management of protected area resources between
stakeholders in order to encourage people’s participation in improving protected area protection; and the fight against
poaching, illegal logging and trade in forest and wildlife products; (iii) Ensure permanent collaboration between
operational structures for the management of community forests and other stakeholders; and (iv) Strengthen the
involvement of NGOs and associations in program implementation in the field, including for community forest promotion
and sustainable management.
f) Cultural aspects
More than elsewhere in West Africa, the past is intimately linked to the present in Togo. Customs and traditions verymuch alive everywhere alongside imported religions. Traditional beliefs are very present in Togo; the other religions are
Christianism and Islam. In the project area, the majority is Christian with Islam coming second.
Countless ethnic festivals and ceremonies punctuate daily life and include lively and colorful events. The population of
the area is organized around cultural associations.
Women have a lower status than men. They are treated differently in the division of labor. In their vast majority they are
subject to disparities in education and suffer from discriminatory practices (forced marriage, levirate, etc.), all of which
has an impact on their health as well on their position within their family and in society.
Regarding religion-related aspects, sacred sites are found in each district of the project area. Rituals arecelebrated in sacred sites to ask for protection, purification of local people, etc.
Although the main religion is islam in the Centrale Region, animism remains widely in practice. There are also
a number of christian groups.
Regarging culture, village people celebrate various events such as: Traditional festivals:
o Evala, (ritual ceremony for males aged 15-22 years, July)o Kondona (follows Evalas festival, August) ;o Gnouhoumin (final initiatic rite allowing young people to become part of adulthood, May)o Akpéma (ritual ceremony for girls of marriageable age, August)o Kamou (November)o Habyè (ceremony demonstrating mystical power, every five years in November)o Funerals (Kingbing, funeral dance)o Weddingso Godja (festival for young Peuhls initiates, December) Religious festivals: Ramadan, Tabaski, Christmas, New Year, Easter Political meetings Administrative bank holidays
1.3.2.2. Environmental aspects
The Mono plain abounds in natural ecosystems, in particular community forests, which are the main providers of goods
and services for local communities. The utilization of biological resources and many other products from community
forests are important sources of income for the Mono plain local populations who depend on them for their subsistence.
Currently, severely degraded community forests are located in a number of districts such as Tado (8 ha); Agadjahoe(91 ha); Amou-Oblo (24 ha); Koussountou (3144 ha); Bago (6296 ha) where the forest is better managed by a wellstructured organization under the supervision of the District Chief of Bago District who reported in December 2019 that
"Before the forest was in conflict with our populations but the reality is quite different today: the forest is like a church ora mosque where we can pray, and we are now reconciled with it”; Aouda (70 ha) where the community forest wasplanted by the very motivated District Chief; he emphasized his support for his community forest project in November
2019 as follows: "Those who never had children, if they plant a tree, they will not only have a child but also shade,enough to eat, take care of themselves and keep himself warm, but provided that he takes care of that tree”.
The Government of Togo and the association "Les Amis de l'Environnement (AMEN)", with the financial support of theInternational Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), was able to carry out an environmental and social impact assessment(ESIA) in order to promote and improve community forest sustainable management, which made it possible to (i) assess
the environmental impacts of human activities in rural areas, particularly agricultural and grazing activities; (ii) identify
and develop solutions to environmental issues related to human activities; (iii) identify and define a sustainable
development policy with positive impacts on the natural environment.
The ESIA found that (a) community land is degraded and experiencing infertility due to overuse of land, flora and fauna,and to transhumance as a result of climate change; (b) soils and subsoils are not very contaminated by the use offertilizers and pesticides, especially for cash crops (cotton, coffee and cocoa). However, over 90% of the total food9
production chain in these environments is based on organic agriculture and market gardening. The Centrale Region
municipalities are more impacted by slash-and-burn agriculture; (c) the Plateaux Region municipalities are subject toovergrazing by transhumant herders areas, and are also intensive agriculture and deforestation areas for timber or
charcoal, among other things. To this end, recommended solutions in relation to human activity impacts on theenvironment will be addressed in this project by the reforestation of areas unsuitable for agricultural crops, private plots
and degraded forests, considering that this type of reforestation presents fewer risks for the beneficiary populations
compared to reforestation in intensive farming areas, which fails to take into account the environmental protection masterplan and would result in food shortages in the medium term due to a significant reduction in food and cash crop
production.
The ESIA found that project implementation would have very low intrinsic negative impacts (scarcity of savanna wildlife
species; soil contamination by solid waste; risk of labor accidents; loss of original vegetation), and extrinsic positive
impacts (ecosystem restoration and landscape attractiveness; improved ecosystem quality; increase in water infiltration;
improved climate and local rainfall cycle; increased agricultural production: maintenance of soil stability and fertility;
protection of watersheds to combat soil erosion; supply of high value timber and other products including fruit, fibers
and wood energy; maintenance of a significantly high stock of genetic material; meeting of vital needs and provision ofincome for forest communities inhabitants; provision habitats for wildlife species and opportunities for tourism
development; etc.).
To address project potential negative impacts, mitigation and compensation measures for sustainable development will
be taken in the project area. These include: (i) providing workers with appropriate PPE, raising their awareness andensuring that they are actually worn; (ii) raise awareness of users about the harmful effects of chemical fertilizers andpesticides on the environment; (iii) provision of bins/garbage cans on reforestation sites for all solid waste disposal; (iv)reuse of reusable solid waste and commissioning of non-reusable waste to an approved recycling company; and (v)environmental integrity will be guaranteed by the Environmental and Social Management Plan drawn up for this purposeby the ESIA. The impacts and risks as well as the proposed mitigation/compensation measures should make it possible
to maximize the beneficial impacts to be derived from forest utilization.
1.4.
Project expected outcomes
Outcomes expected upon project completion are as follows:• By project completion, young people and adults from villages in the vicinity of vulnerable forests will be aware of theenvironmental and economic role of forests. As a result, communities will uptake community forest restoration andwill be able to monitor them effectively and use community resources rationally on the basis of simple management
plans as they will be in closer contact with forest resources.
• 50 nursery operators/region are trained in nursery-based forest seedling growing techniques and
50 beekeepers/region are trained in modern beekeeping techniques.
• 50 farmers/region are trained in environmentally sound farming techniques, in particular agroforestry, which will
provide an opportunity for promoting reforestation in rural areas and for establishing community forests. To
encourage farmers to take ownership of agroforestry, 1 hectare-agroforestry pilot plots will be established in eachregion area.
• 50 women and youth groups are trained in modern beekeeping and improved traditional poultry farming.
• 50 groups of women and young people are provided with equipment for processing agricultural products and utilizing
non-timber forest products• 350 women and young people are trained in environmentally-sound charcoal production techniques, with benefits
and significant added value for the environment.
• 50 groups of women and youth have the skills required for generating added value to priority non-timber forest
products (honey, shea kernels, nere seeds…), and 50 additional groups have the skills required for processing
farming products.
• Promoting farming micro-enterprises in rural areas and increasing charcoal production profitability will provide local
communities will additional income enabling them to improve their living conditions.
• Local people will have improved knowledge of forest resources, and will contribute to forest rehabilitation,conservation and valorization through its rational use (energy wood, honey, shea butter, mustard, etc.)
Outcomes will include: (i) mobilization of communities for reforestation work; (ii) benefiting from 2,600 ha of plantations
in full; (ii) quantity and quality with high quality 3,000,000 forest seedlings produced and 15,000 liters of honey harvested
per year; (iv) organizing people into women's groups supported in the development of non-timber forest products(NTFPs); (v) availability, quantity and quality of off-season farming products, number of agouti cats and poultry bred
per year in the project area.
Project outcomes will enable women, young people and other vulnerable people to be provided with income-generating
activities for improving their living conditions and combat poverty.
All above efforts will help Togo progressing towards the sustainable management objectives promoted bu the ITTO.

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PART II: PROJECT RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES
2.1. Rationale
2.1.1. Institutional set-up and organizational issues
Project implementation will involve several stakeholders whose primary beneficiaries will be those that will establish the
habilitating institutional framework, and will include all other organizational aspects required for project implementation.
This will fundamentally ensure that there are no missing links and project success.
Friends of the Environment (AMEN) is a non-profit association created on August 11, 2002 and registered on January
3, 2005 under receipt No. 0003 / MISD-SG-DAPSC-DSC. Endowed with administrative and financial autonomy, AMEN
will be the host structure of the project. The Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources (MERF) will supervise theproject through its key department, the Directorate of Forest resources (DRF). A Steering Committee will be set up
within AMEN to validate the annual work plans and ensure project monitoring and evaluation at the central level. For
increased efficiency, the regional focal points (in particular the ODEF and MERF regional offices), through theirdecentralized services at the local level, will be responsible for coordinating project implementation to ensure better
execution and daily monitoring of planned activities throughout the project area. The DRF is in charge of forest resources
and the centerpiece of government action in the management of forest resources. DRF missions, inter alia, are todevelop and implement Togo’s forest policy; and to provide support and advice in terms of forest development. The
DRF will chair the project Steering Committee and Technical Support Committee. The DRF will remain the key structure
responsible for the management of community forests in Togo. The DRF requires communities wishing to create and/or
manage community forests to establish a legal entity in compliance with the various ones provided for by current laws.
Such legal entity may be a Development Village Committee (CVD); a Township Development Committee (CDQ); a
Union of CVDs (UCVD); a District Development Committee (CCD); a CCD Union (UCCD); Village Association for theManagement of Protected Areas (AVGAP), a Union of AVGAPs (UAVGAP); or any other committee representing thecommunity. For management, such structures can be supported by associations, NGOs, cooperatives, Common
Initiative Group (CIG), Economic Interest Grouping (GIE), joint resource management committees advisory committeeof stakeholders, offices of specialized studies, etc. The legal entity will manage the community forest in the name andon behalf of the community. All resulting income will be used for the development of the whole community. In order tocreate and/or manage a community forest, the legal entity can be created by the community prior to the consultation
meeting.
As work will relate to field activities, the project implementation structure will be based in Blitta in the Central Region
and will cover the entire project area. The project implementation structure will be responsible for hiring thesubcontractors and NGOs necessary for project implementation; coordinating their actions; monitoring and evaluation
at the local level; and periodic reporting on project activities.
The MERF and the Ministry of Agriculture with its decentralized services, as well as other institutions with technicalcapacity will be an essential source of expertise and support in terms of training/capacity building provided for in thisproject.
The contribution of other institutions to project implementation is of a systemic nature. To this end, other public and nongovernmental institutions in the region may be requested to contribute to project implementation through service
provision or subcontracting agreements.
2.1.2. Stakeholder analysis
The project will be implemented following a participatory approach and will involve all stakeholders. Their livelihoods
are closely linked to the utilization of local biological resources and numerous other products which constitute major
sources of income. However, the advanced degradation of local biological resources has a significant impact on theirwell-being. Stakeholders are impacted in various ways, and are characterized as follows:
Primary stakeholders- Local communities: Are proactively involved in the process of establishing and sustainably managing community
forests, in reforestation, rehabilitation, restoration and sustainable management of forest resources. They derive
substantial profits from income-generating activities to improve their living conditions and environment;- Village Development Committees and Canton Development Committees (CVDs & CCDs): Play a liaising role
between the populations and other stakeholders. They define the development plan for their municipality and supervise
its implementation. They are generally made up of opinion leaders and will be used as local guides and facilitators during
the various project activities;- Farmers: Are extremely poor and carry out slash-and-burn agriculture on degraded land and use wood as their only
source of energy. Derive their income from agriculture. Poorly organized for carrying out their activities and face major
issues such as soil not very favorable to agriculture; low income; lack of water; natural resources access-related conflicts
with animal farmers; and use of inappropriate charcoal production techniques. Will benefit from project direct jobs and11their technical and organizational capacities will be strengthened during project implementation. They will also benefit
from established plantations.
- Herders: Exert strong pressure on natural resources. Involved in natural resources access-related conflicts with
farmers as they don’t respect transhumance corridors and exert strong pressure on crops and pasture as well as on
agroforestry parks and forest patches. Contribute to people’s protein supply. Will benefit from project direct impacts andtheir technical and organizational capacities will be strengthened during project implementation. They will also benefit
from established plantations.
- Energy wood producers and sellers: Derive their income from the production and sale of firewood and charcoal.
Are poorly organized and use inappropriate techniques for charcoal production requiring considerable volumes of timberwhereas resource availability is low. It results in biodiversity loss and land degradation. Will benefit from awarenessraising, training and organizing sessions during project implementation. Will also benefit from established plantations.
Secondary stakeholders- Traditional chieftains: Are the guarantors of the habits and customs. Have knowledge of the resources in the area.
Will contribute to social mobilization through their decision-making power. The project may provide them with anopportunity to establish their image. Their knowledge of local resources will be an asset for potentially settling landissues.
- NGOs and associations: Are actively involved in the implementation of rural development activities. Liaise between
the population and the forest administration. Will significantly contribute to activities implementation and w realization of
the activities of sensitization, organization and training of the project.
- Forestry Administration: Seeks to curb deforestation and forest degradation, and to find ways and means to minimize
the negative impacts of climate change in the area. The fact that people are willing to give up their land for the benefitof the project provides the forest administration with a new avenue for developing forests while avoiding disputes anddamages.
It is responsible for the development and implementation of the country's forest policy and advisory support for forest
development. To facilitate the popularization of techniques, training and supervision at the base, the forest
administration has decentralized services throughout the territory; it is limited by the lack of human, financial andmaterial resources to effectively control fraudulent logging.
Tertiary stakeholders- Private sector: An emerging sector in forestry development. They have their own financial means to fight against
poverty and create jobs (purchase of seedlings, payment for reforestation work, etc.);- Research and training centers: Responsible for the development and dissemination of techniques and technologies.
They will contribute their skills and infrastructure for experimentation and training;- Technical and Financial Partners: Support all development initiatives order towards improved living conditions forpeople.
- Media: Ensure the dissemination of information to the population, but often do not have any information onsustainable forest management tools.
Members of Parliament: As representatives of local populations in the national assembly, they are often required topromote integrated community development and to communicate appropriately for raising public awareness among
local people.
In view of the various concerns of stakeholders identified above, it was necessary to find appropriate solutions agreed
by all concerned regarding their shared forest heritage in the region. To this end, several consultation meetings between
the AMEN association, the decentralized services of the MERF and stakeholders were held in 2019 during pre-project
PPD191/18 Rev.1 (F) implementation. As a result, all stakeholders agreed on actions to be undertaken, such as:i. Establish community forests for timber production;
ii. Promote income-generating activities based on beekeeping; off-season crops; seedling production; poultry and rabbit
farming;iii. Establish 2,600 ha of community forests;
iv. Train stakeholders in appropriate improved techniques for charcoal production;
vi. Train stakeholders in community forest restoration;vii. Train stakeholders in beekeeping and sustainable agriculture, and in the use of sustainable forest management
tools; and12ix. Establish and operationalize a consultation framework for the participatory management of community forests.
The project will contribute to the implementation of ITTO Strategic Action Plan 2013-1018 (SAP), helping member
countries to achieve SAP objectives. As the main project donor, the ITTO will provide Togo, an ITTO member country,with a development project which will contribute to the preservation of Togo’s forest heritage and to the well-being of
local populations.

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Table 1: Stakeholder analysis

Stakeholders
Characteristics
Primary stakeholders (key stakeholders)

Local
communities

Actively involved in the process ofcreation and sustainable
management of community
forests, in reforestation,
rehabilitation and biodiversity
restoration work. Draw substantial
profits from IGAs in order toimprove their condition and living
environment.

District
Development
Committees(CCDs)/Village
Development
Committees(CVDs)

Draw substantial profits fromincome-generating activities inorder to improve their living
conditions and environment;
Leadership;
Liaising between populations andother stakeholders

Farmers

Herders

Energy wood
producers andsellers

Extreme poverty, Derive income
from agriculture, extensive
agriculture, use of wood as the
only source of energy

Derive income from animalfarming, Nomadic

Derive income from charcoal andwood production and sales

Problems, needs and interests

Potential

Involvement in project14
Job creation and increased income;Availability of resources;
Local development; Ecosystems andbiodiversity in the area under threat;
Deforestation and biodiversity
degradation; Reduction and scarcity offorest and fishery resources;
Uncontrolled use of resources andland

Low income

Endogenous and local
knowledge
Knowledge of the resource
Landowners

Endogenous and local
knowledge; Mobilization of
populations; Structured andrecognized groups; Experiencein working with villages

Contribution and active participation
as a guide for field work with teams of
consultants
Awareness-raising and taking into
account local people’s interests

Contribution to the creation andsustainable management ofcommunity forests and toreforestation work in degraded
mountain sides in the area.
Awareness-raising and taking into
account the interests of local
populations

Soil unsuitable for agriculture,
Poorly organized,
Low income, lack of water,
Natural resources access-related
conflicts with herders,
Inappropriate charcoal production
techniques

Agroforestry park,
Patches of community forests,
Endogenous knowledge of land
management

Non-respect of transhumancecorridors; Strong pressure on crops
and grazing; Pressure on agroforestry
parks and forest patches; Natural
resources access-related conflicts ofaccess with farmers, lack of drinking
holes for cattle

Familiar with physicalenvironment in the area, Supply
population with protein

Beneficiaries of training, participate inproject activity implementation

Unorganized; Unavailability ofresources; Unaware of using
inappropriate practices; Biodiversity
loss and land degradation

Purchasing power, Resource
enhancement

Participate in awareness-raising,training and organizing sessions

Beneficiaries of training, Participate inproject activity implementation

Secondary stakeholders
Responsible for the respect of
Traditional
practices and customs, local level
chieftains
decision-making

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Knowledge of environment
resources

Contribute to awareness-raising andsocial engagement

Able to provide broad guidance
and technical advice toconsultant team;Has the expertise to carry out
development work
Owner of state forests
Structured and recognizedgroupsExperience working withvillages
Availability of financial
resources

Direct involvement in project
implementation
Facilitate implementation
Boost funding
Ensure project viability
Project monitoring and evaluation

Lack information on sustainable forest
management

Skills for facilitation andoutreach work among local
communities

Participate in outreach anddissemination of information onsustainable forest management

Need information on forest
management in their circumscription

Are opinion leaders

Contribute to engaging people inparticipating in project activities

Can contribute to technicaltraining and validation of studies

Conduct of various studies
Infrastructure serve as demonstrationsites during practical training

Use of project to enhance their image

Forestryadministration

Development and implementationof policies and strategies for theconservation, restoration andsustainable management of forest
resources

Reconciling development andconservation
Insufficient updated statistical data on
forest resources
Insufficient human, financial andmaterial resources

Development
NGOs and private
sectorActively involved in theimplementation of ruraldevelopment activities and liaising
between the population and theforest administration

Job creation
Lack of skills in development microplanning

Subcontracting of awareness-raising
activities and some studies

Tertiary stakeholders
Media

Disseminate information amongcommunities-

Members of
Parliament

Research andtraining centers(Universities,
INFAs)--

Represent local people in
Parliament
Vote laws and engage thegovernment on forest
management-related issues
Research & development
Advice and consulting
Carrying out studies
Development of curricula onforest resources-

Use research results fordevelopment
Insufficient financial resources fordisseminating research results

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2.1.3. Problem analysis
The increasing loss of national forests (-1.8%; World Bank 2010) has become a considerable challenge for Togo, both
environmental and social as it is a source of economic and environmental disturbances, including the degradation ofpeople’s living conditions. It results in biodiversity loss, desertification, increased reliance on timber imports, low farming
productivity, and the impoverishment of populations with multiple impacts on economic and social development.
Togolese forests are today at a crossroads—the choice is simple, (i) to continue on the path of losing forests and heading
towards a drastic decline in their contribution to the socio-economic and environmental interests of the nation; or (ii) to
shift towards the long-term and sustainable economic contribution of forests. There is no doubt that the costs of the first
option will be higher for the nation and the world. In view of which, after realizing the true value of the threats to forests,
Togo adopted a vision aiming to curb forest loss and increasing forest cover to 30% of the national territory by 2050. To
this end, Togo included sustainable forest management based on the effective participation of all stakeholders in theorientations of the Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Promotion of Employment (SCAPE).
It will not be possible to be part of sustainability and to support any effort as long as the “peripheral” constraints of forest
management are not lifted and addressed. Among key issues Togo is committed to address feature curbing forest loss
and bringing its forest cover to 30% of the national territory by 2050, and this project will focus on the restoration andrehabilitation of local community forests. In view of which, the problem analysis focuses on deforestation and the ongoingdegradation of community forests, as follows:
Natural resource utilization is one of the main sources of income for rural communities in Togo. Moreover, over 71% of
the energy needs of households in both rural and urban areas were covered by biomass in 2008, according to theEnergy Information System of Togo (SIE-TOGO). It results in increasingly strong pressure on natural resources (largescale charcoal production, extensive agriculture, etc.) and an accelerated destruction of sensitive ecosystems (mountainsides, gallery forests, etc.) associated with a decline in land productivity, soil erosion, siltation of waterways, landslides
and flooding. It also contributes to plant cover loss in general and forest species in particular. Goods and services
provided by forests, which are essential in people’s daily life, have become extremely rare, compounding the precarious
state of these populations. This precariousness is also aggravated by people’s low capacity in terms of managing
environmental problems, resulting into the increasing degradation of their living conditions.
In such a context characterized by a high rate of population growth and uncontrolled use practices, competition foraccess to resources between the different stakeholders generally generates conflicts that are detrimental to local
development.
All this is exacerbated by the severity of poverty in rural areas, estimated at 74.3%, which represents 79.9% of the poor
(DSRP, 2008).
Furthermore, current agroforestry practices are closely related to the traditional land tenure system. The customary land
tenure system stems from the clan organization of the Togolese population, characterized by the settlement inautonomous territories of communities made of all the descendants from a common ancestor. The basic principle of thiscustomary land tenure system is collective ownership; all land within the territorial limits of a clan constitutes an entity
available to all members of the clan. The customary land tenure system is perfectly suited to the extensive nomadic
farming carried out to this day by the populations concerned. To summarize, the land estate of communities is larger
than that of the state.

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Problem tree

Biodiversity
loss

Low farming
productivity

Degradation of people’s
living conditions

Forest coverloss

Ongoing degradation and deforestation in the Mono plain community forests

Increasing pressure
on forest resource

Low developmentof localsilvicultures

Increasing
poverty among
population

Increasing
charcoalproduction fromforest resources

Community leaders
are not trainedin the principles ofsustainable
resource
management

Inappropriate
farmingpractices

Lack ofmanagement
plans for CFs

Insufficient
resource
regenerations

People are notaware of forest
law andregulations

Low awarenessof people

Lack ofknowledge ontree plantation
among people

Nondisseminationofendogenous
techniques

Lack offorest tree
seedling
production

Lack oftraining in CF
management

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Objective tree

Decrease inbiodiversity loss

Forest coverrehabilitation

Improved living
conditions for people

Increase in farming
productivity

Specific
objective
Mono plain community forests are restored

Reduced pressure on
forest resources

Incomegenerating
activities
developed

Local silviculture has been developed

Charcoalproduction
techniques
improved

Community
leaders have been
trained insustainable forest
management

Appropriate
farmingtechniques

Local
communities
have
resources fordeveloping CF
management
plans

Forest law andregulations
have been
largely
disseminatedamong local
stakeholders

2,600 haof community
forests
establishedLocal
communities
have
incentives forestablishing
CFs

Awarenessraising ofpeople on acontinued
basis

People are aware
and trained in
production offorest tree
seedlings forestablishing CFs

Endogenous
techniques
disseminatedTechnical
capacities of local
communities in CF
management havebeen enhanced

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2.1.4. Logical framework matrix
OBJECTIVES/OUTPUTS
Development objective:
To rehabilitate the vegetation
cover and biodiversity, and toincrease farming productivity inorder to contribute to improving
local people’s living conditions in
the Mono plain

Specific objective:
To restore the Mono plain
community forests

INDICATORSMEANS OF VERIFICATIONASSUMPTIONS

1)
2)
3)
4)

1) Forestry statistics2) Balance of payments

Political will

At project completion, plant cover has been increased by 3%
Timber prices have decreased by 20-30% on local market
Timber import rate has been reduced by 50% by 2050
Forest sector contribution to GDP has increased by 3% by
2035
5) 90% of private growers have skills in nursery establishment
and silvicultural treatments

1) 2 600 ha of community forests established2) Sustainable farming practices are disseminated3) Community forests are preserved and sustainably managed

Output 1:
Pressure on forest resources has
decreased

1) 50 women’s and youth groups supported for valorizing farming
and priority NTFPs;
2) 50 farmers from local village groups have knowledge ofbreeding (poultry and rabbit breeding) and disseminate theirknowledge
3) 350 women and youth have been trained in appropriate charcoal
production techniques4) 50 reforester leaders are trained5) 50 farmers trained in agroforestry techniques6) 5 workshops (35 participants/workshop) held7) 10 meetings/region held
8) 50 representatives from local village groups have been provided
with knowledge of beekeeping, poultry and rabbit breeding and are
disseminating it

Output 2:
Local silviculture has beendeveloped

1) 2 600 ha of community forests established2) 3 workshops (35 participants/region) held3) 3 000 000 forest tree species seedlings produced4) 1 pilot agroforestry plot of 1 ha established in each region

document

1) Progress reports
2) Workshop/symposium
reports

3) Local charters

1) Progress reports
2) Workshop reports
3) Receipt
4) Meeting minutes5) Attendance list

1) Reforestation work reports
2) Progress reports
3) Workshop reports

1) Land availability andland tenure security

2) Community support andcollaboration

1) Community support
and collaboration
2) Community support

1) Land availability andland tenure security

2) Community support andcollaboration

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2.2. Objectives
2.2.1. Development objective and impact indicators
The project development objective is to rehabilitate the vegetation cover and biodiversity and to increase farming
productivity in order to contribute to improving local people’s living conditions in the Mono plain.
Improving environmental conditions and local people’s standard of living will need to be strongly initiated to this end, as
follows:
Impact indicators are as follows:• At project completion, plant cover has been increased by 3%;• Local market timber prices have been reduced by 20-30%;• Timber import rate has been reduced by 50%;
• Deforestation rate in timber-producing stands has been reduced by about 50%;
• 90% of private growers have acquired appropriate skills and techniques for seed collection, nursery establishment,
plot reforestation, etc.
2.2.2. Specific objective and outcome indicators
The specific objective is to restore the Mono plain community forests.
Outcome indicators will be as follows:• 2,600 ha of community forests established;• Sustainable farming practices are disseminated;• 50 reforester leaders are trained;• 3 000 000 good quality forest seedlings are produced;• 350 women and young people trained in appropriate charcoal production techniques;• 3 workshops (35 participants/region) held;• 25 meetings/region held;• 50 women’s and youth groups supported for valorizing farming and priority non-timber forest products (NTFPs);• 50 representatives from local village groups have been provided with skills in beekeeping, poultry breeding andrabbit breeding;• 50 women’s and youth groups have been provided with beekeeping, poultry and rabbit breeding equipment;• Purchase of computer equipment (1 PC et 1 desktop computer);• Purchase of vehicles (1 all-terrain vehicle and 1 all-terrain motorbike)21PART III: DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT INTERVENTIONS
3.1.
Outputs and activities
3.1.1. Outputs
Project specific objective includes two outputs as follows:
Output 1: Pressure on forest resources has decreased
Output 2: Local silviculture has been developed
3.1.2. Activities
Output 1: Pressure on forest resource has decreased
Activity 1.1: Develop the most important and promising income-generating activities for local people in ten Mono plain
districts: Off-season crops initiated in the lowlands (1 women's group/off-season crop per district); Promotion of modern
beekeeping by women's groups in 10 Mono plain districts (1 women's group per district); Poultry and agouti cat
breeding for the benefit of local people.
Activity 1.2: Train rural women in improved charcoal production techniques
Activity 1.3: Train farmers in new and sustainable farming practices
Activity 1.4: Train community leaders in sustainable forest management
Activity 1.5: Encourage local communities to develop management plans for CFs
Activity 1.6: Disseminate forest law and regulations among local stakeholders
Output 2: Local silviculture has been developed
Activity 2.1: Produce forest tree species seedlings by trained private nursery operators in 10 Mono plain districts
Activity 2.2: Establish 2 600 ha of community forests in village land
Activity 2.3: Disseminate endogenous techniques
Activity 2.4: Conduct awareness-raising and education sessions for target local villages on community forestry on an
ongoing basis
Activity 2.5: Build the technical capacity of local communities for community forest management
Activity 2.6: Encourage local communities to establish community forests in target villages
3.2.
Implementation approaches and methods
A national coordination will be responsible for project implementation. Project activities will be implemented with theparticipation of all stakeholders, namely the forest administration, farmers, people living in forest areas, local,
administrative and traditional authorities, NGOs and local associations, and other actors involved in the management offorest resources. It is in line with Principle 8 of the ITTO Guidelines through recommended actions 24 “Identify all local
actors and facilitate consultations in decisions and planning at the territorial level” and 25 “Create opportunities for thetransfer of responsibilities in favor of all local forest-dependent economic actors”.
Tasks to be subcontracted during the project are as follows:- Hiring of subcontractor for the production of forest tree species seedlings to be used for reforestation by local people
with a view to establishing their own plantations for timber and energy wood;- Hiring of subcontractor for the promotion of modern beekeeping with a view to training women's groups andproviding them with equipment for the production of quality honey and enabling them to increase their annual
household income,- Hiring of subcontractor for the promotion of off-season crops with a view to improving the socio-economic living
conditions of grassroots communities following a sustainable and participatory development approach in the Central
and Plateaux Regions.
- Hiring of subcontractor for training women's groups for the development of poultry and rabbit breeding, and providingthem with necessary equipment to enable them to increase their annual household income.
- Hiring of an NGO working in the field of reforestation and production of forest tree species seedlings and with along-standing relationship of trust with rural people for the reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forests.
This project will take into account the gender approach through planning and implementation of activities such as thepromotion of income-generating activities (production of honey, shea butter, vegetables, etc.); capacity building ofstakeholders (proficiency in good land use practices); establishment of plantations for timber and energy wood;establishment and operationalization of local joint committees; and dissemination of forest regulations among
stakeholders and related awareness-raising. Prior to carrying out plantation establishment activities, a brief assessmentof environmental and social risks will be conducted, whose costs have been included in the reforestation costs.
Developing skills in the use of sustainable forest management techniques based on the participatory management
approach will make it possible to unify and harmonize efforts of all stakeholders in the forestry sector to achieve
ecologically-sound and sustainable forest management. The project team, in collaboration with the local population,
will encourage the development of community forests in target villages. Consultations between the various stakeholders
will be ongoing and mass-awareness raising will be ensured through the media and workshops held to this end.

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In terms of restoration and rehabilitation of local community forests, the project aims to be inclusive and multistakeholder to capture all sensitivities and opinions that can contribute to establishing local community forests. It willcontribute effectively to addressing poverty in communities living in and around community forests.
Given the fact that some forests belong to local people, the new concept of community forest will apply in such a context
as the communities will have the assurance that their interests will be respected and that the income from community
forest-derived products and other services will be shared equitably. Village communities will be assisted to form legally
recognized entities (Associations, Cooperatives, Common Initiative Groups (CIGs) or Economic Interest Groups (GIE)
for managing their community forests.
Awareness-raising sessions aimed at each component communities will be held by AMEN officials and legal entities forthe establishment and management of community forests to ensure the participation of the whole community anddetermine the objectives and priority uses of community forests. Village communities will be responsible for the
management of community forests, with the technical assistance of the DRF. Each community forest will develop a
simple management plan including the potential of available resources and the planning of activities to be carried out inthe forest; land uses and methods of resource use. Simple management plans will be developed in a participatory
manner by communities with technical assistance from the forest administration and NGOs already working among
these communities.
In this perspective and with a view to developing an innovative community forestry model, project implementation will
follow a dialogue approach. Consultations will be held with communities living in and around forests to collect theirperceptions, aspirations, priorities and development visions and ensure they are taken into account. This community
dialogue will be supplemented by debates and reflections held at the national level, and by research/action aimed at
introducing innovative approaches for community forestry. Income generating activities will be promoted during project
implementation.
Awareness-raising and consultation meetings will be held in connection with community forest establishment andmanagement and will target all community segments to ensure the participation of all community members and to
determine the objectives and priority uses for these forests.
.

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3.3.

Work plan
Outputs and activities

Output 1: Pressure on forest resource has decreased
Activity 1.1: Develop income-generating activities
Activity 1.2: Train women in improved charcoal production techniques
Activity 1.3: Train farmers in new and sustainable farming practices
Activity 1.4: Train community leaders in sustainable forest
management
Activity 1.5: Encourage local communities to develop
management plans for their CFs
Activity 1.6: Disseminate forest law and regulations among local
stakeholders
Output 2: Local silviculture has been developed
Activity 2.1: Produce forest species seedlings by trained private
nursery operators
Activity 2.2: Establish 2 600 ha of community forests in village land

Party in charge

Q1

Year 1
Q2
Q3

Q4

Q1

Schedule (quarterly)Year 2Q2Q3Q4Q1Year 3Q2Q3Q4NC/AMEN/PCA/CVD/P
NC/AMEN/PCA/TSC
NC/AMEN/PCA/TSC

CN/AMEN/CA/DRF/
P
NC/AMEN/PCA/P/
DRF
NC/AMEN/CVD
NC/AMEN/PCA/TSC

Activity 2.3: Disseminate endogenous techniques
Activity 2.4: Conduct awareness-raising and education sessions fortarget local villages on community forestry on an ongoing basis
Activity 2.5: Build the technical capacity of local communities for
NC/AMEN/PCA/DRF
community forest management/MERF-Cab
Activity 2.6: Encourage local communities to establish community
NC/AMEN/PCA/DRF
forests in target villages/MERF-Cab
Prepare project annual reports
NC/AMEN/PCA
Prepare project completion report
NC/AMEN/PCA
Conduct project audit
NC/AMEN/PCA/ C
NC = National Coordinator; TSC = Technical Support Committee; DRF= Directorate of Forest Resources; PCA = Party in charge of activities; CVD = Village Development
Committees; NO = Nursery Operators; P = People; C = Consultants; AMEN= Friends of the Environment association; MERF-Cab=Cabinet of the Ministry of the Environment

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3.3.
Budget3.4.1 Master budget schedule
OUTPUTS/ACTIVITIESDESCRIPTION

Output 1:
Activity 1.1

Pressure on forest resource has decreased
Develop income-generating activities through beekeeping, poultry breeding, oil production and off-season crops
National coordinator11.1.1
12
12
12
p-m
1800
Finance assistant
11.3.1
1
1
1
p-m
600
Driver/courier
12.1
1
1
1
p-m
333
Allowance for Support Committee +4
31.13
10
5
10
p-d
25
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
10
5
10
p-d
25
Training workshop
15.2
1
1
1
p-d
1000
Modern beekeeping
20.1
5
5
0
p-m
7560
Off-season crops
20.2
0
5
5
p-m
1500
Poultry and agouti cat breeding
20.4
0
12
0
p-m
2500
Allowance for NC study trip
31.1.1
1
1
0
p-m
1050
Mission allowance for project participants (2)
32.12
5
5
5
p-d
12
Mission allowance for project communities (4)
33.1
5
0
0
p-d
25

Total 1.1
Activity 1.2

Total 1.2
Activity 1.3

Total 1.3
Activity 1.4

Budgetcomponent

Train women in improved charcoal production techniques
National coordinator11.1.1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
Driver/courier
12.1
Training workshop
15.4
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
Train farmers in new and sustainable farming practices
National coordinator11.1.1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
Driver/courier
12.1
Training workshop
15.4
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
Train community leaders in sustainable forest management
National coordinator
11.1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
Driver/courier
12.1
Training workshop in sustainable management
15.4
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12

Quantity
Year 1 Year 2

1
1
1
1
10
10
1
5
5

1
1
1
0
10
10
1
5
5

1
1
1
0
10
10

1
1
1
0
5
5
1
5
0

1
1
1
1
5
5
1
5
0

1
1
1
1
5
5

Units
Year 3

1
1
1
0
10
10
0
5
0

1
1
1
0
10
10
0
5
0

1
1
1
0
10
10

p-m
p-m
p-m
p-d
p-d
p-d
p-m
p-d
p-d

p-m
p-m
p-m
p-d
p-d
p-d
p-m
p-d
p-d

hm
hm
hm
hj
hj
hj

Unit
costs
US$

1800
600
333
4500
25
25
1050
12
25

1800
600
333
3000
25
25
1050
12
25

1800
600
333
3000
25
25

Total
cost
US$

Year 1

ITTO
Year 2

Year 3

Year 1TOGO
Year 2

Year 3

4 050
1 350
750
420
420
3000
75600
15000
30000
1400
85
420
132495

850
150
150
150
150
0
37800
0
0
500
85
0
39750

850
150
150
150
150
3000
37800
7500
30000
500
0
420
80670

850
150
150
120
120
0
0
7500
0
400
0
0
10440

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

4 050
1 350
750
4500
420
420
1400
85
420
13395

850
150
150
1500
150
150
500
85
00
3535

850
150
150
1500
150
150
500
0
420
3870

850
150
150
1500
120
120
400
0
0
3290

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

4 050
1 350
750
3000
420
420
1400
85
420
11810

850
150
150
0
150
150
500
85
00
2035

850
150
150
3000
150
150
500
0
420
2035

850
150
150
0
120
120
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

4 050
1 350
750
3000
420
420

850
150
150
0
150
150

850
150
150
3000
150
150

850
150
150
0
120
120

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

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Allowance for NC study trip
Mission allowance for project participantsMission allowance for project communities
Total 1.4
Activity 1.5

Total 1.5
Activity 1.6

Total 1.6
Output 2
Activity 2.1

Total 2.1
Activity 2.2

Total 2.2
Activity 2.3

31..1.1
32.12
33.1

1
5
5

Encourage local communities to develop management plans for their CFs
National coordinator
11.1
1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
1
Driver/courier
12.1
1
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
10
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
10
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
1
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
5
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
5
Disseminate forest law and regulations among local stakeholders
National coordinator
11.1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
Driver/courier
12.1
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1

1
1
1
10
10
1
5
5

1
5
0

1
1
1
5
5
1
5
0

1
1
1
5
5
1
5
0

Local silviculture has been developed
Activity 2.1: Produce forest species seedlings by trained private nursery operators
National coordinator11.1.1
1
1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
1
1
Driver/courier
12.1
1
1
Seedling production contract
20.3
5
5
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
10
5
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
10
5
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
11Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
5
5
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
50
Establish 2,600 ha of community forests in village land
National coordinator11.1.1
Finance assistant
11.3.1
Driver/courier
12.1
Reforestation and installation of fencing/prohibition
20.1
of entry-related contract
Training workshop on CF restoration
15.3
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
Disseminate endogenous techniques

0
5
0

1
1
1
10
10
0
5
0

1
1
1
10
10
0
5
0

1
1
1
0
10
10
0
5
0

hm
hj
hj

hm
hm
hm
hj
hj
hm
hj
hj

hm
hm
hm
hj
hj
hm
hj
hj

p-m
p-m
p-m
p-d
p-d
p-d
p-m
p-d
p-d

1050
12
25

1800
600
333
25
25
1050
12
25

1800
600
333
25
25
1050
12
25

1800
600
333
1000
25
25
1050
12
25

1400
85
420
11895

500
85
0
2035

500
0
420
5370

400
0
0
1790

4 050
1 350
750
420
420
1400
85
420
8895

850
150
150
150
150
500
85
0
2035

850
150
150
150
150
500
0
420
2370

4 050
1 350
750
420
420
1400
85
420
8895

850
150
150
150
150
500
85
0
2035

4 050
1 350
750
10000
420
420
1400
85
420
8895

1050

1050

900

850
150
150
120
120
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

850
150
150
150
150
500
0
420
2370

850
150
150
120
120
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

850
150
150
5000
150
150
500
85
00
2035

850
150
150
5000
150
150
500
0
420
2370

850
150
150
0
120
120
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

1
1
1
0

1
1
1
6

1
1
1
6

p-m
p-m
p-m
p-m

1800
600
333
11267

4 050
1 350
750
135200

850
150
150
0

850
150
150
67600

850
150
150
67600

1
10
10
1
5
5

1
5
5
1
5
0

1
10
10
0
5
0

p-d
p-d
p-d
p-m
hj
hj

1500
25
25
1050
12
25

4500
420
420
1400
85
420
156695

1500
150
150
500
85
0
3535

1500
150
150
500
0
420
71470

1500
120
120
400
0
0
70890

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National coordinator
Finance assistant
Driver/courier
Allowance for Support Committee
Allowance for Steering Committee
Allowance for NC study trip
Mission allowance for project participantsMission allowance for project communities

11.1.1
11.3.1
12.1
31.13
31.12
31.1.1
32.12
33.1

1
1
1
10
10
1
5
5

1
1
1
5
5
1
5
0

1
1
1
10
10
0
5
0

p-m
p-m
p-m
p-d
p-d
p-m
p-d
p-d

1800
600
333
25
25
1050
12
25

4 050
850
1 350
150
750
150
420
150
420
150
1400
500
85
85
420
0
Total 2.3
8895
2035
Activity 2.4
Activity 2.4: Conduct awareness-raising and education sessions for targeted local villages on community forestry on an ongoing basis
National coordinator11.1.1
1
1
1
p-m
1800
4 050
850
Finance assistant
11.3.1
1
1
1
p-m
600
1 350
150
Driver/courier
12.1
1
1
1
p-m
333
750
150
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
10
5
10
p-d
25
420
150
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
10
5
10
p-d
25
420
150
Allowance for NC study trip
31.1.1
1
1
0
p-m
1050
1400
500
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
5
5
5
p-d
12
85
85
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
5
0
0
p-d
25
420
0
Total 2.4
8895
2035
Activity 2.5
Activity 2.5: Build the technical capacity of local communities for community forest management
National coordinator11.1.1
1
1
1
p-m
1800
4 050
850
Finance assistant
11.3.1
1
1
1
p-m
600
1 350
150
Driver/courier
12.1
1
1
1
p-m
333
750
150
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
10
5
10
p-d
25
420
150
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
10
5
10
p-d
25
420
150
Allowance for national expert
31..1.1
1
1
0
p-m
8000
16000
8000
Allowance for NC study trip
32.12
5
5
5
p-d
1050
1400
500
Mission allowance for project participants
33.1
5
0
0
p-d
12
85
85
Mission allowance for project communities
33.2
0
5
0
p-d
25
420
0
Total 2.5
24895
10035
Activity 2.6
Encourage local communities to establish community forests in target villages
National coordinator11.1.1
1
1
1
p-m
1800
4 050
850
Finance assistant
11.3.1
1
1
1
p-m
600
1 350
150
Driver/courier
12.1
1
1
1
p-m
333
750
150
Allowance for Support Committee
31.13
10
5
10
p-d
25
420
150
Allowance for Steering Committee
31.12
10
5
10
p-d
25
420
150
Allowance for NC study trip
31..1.1
1
1
0
p-m
1050
1400
500
Mission allowance for project participants
32.12
5
5
5
p-d
12
85
85
Mission allowance for project communities
33.1
5
0
0
p-d
25
420
0
Total 2.6
8895
2035
Activity-related subtotal
36189073135
Non-activity-related expenses
All-terrain vehicle
43.11
u50 00050 00050 000Motorbikes
43.2
1
u
2 400
2 400
2 400
Fuel and lubricants
51.1
4000
4000
2000
liter
10 0004000
Servicing and spare parts
52
12
12
12
month
3 000
0
Telephone, Internet and electricity costs
53
12
12
12
month
3 000
1 000
Offic supplies
54
12
12
12
month
2 000
2 000
Vehicle and motorbike insurance
63
1
1
1
u
900
300
Laptops44.1.1
2
u
700
1 400
1 400

850
150
150
150
150
500
0
420
2370

850
150
150
120
120
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

850
150
150
150
150
500
0
420
2370

850
150
150
120
120
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

850
150
150
150
150
8000
500
0
420
10370

850
150
150
120
120
0
400
0
0
1790

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050

1050

900

850
150
150
150
150
500
0
420
2370
188025

850
150
150
120
120
400
0
0
1790
100730

500
300
100

500
300
100

500
300
100

1050
9450

1050
9450

900
8100

0
0
4000
1 500
1 000
0
300
0

0
0
2000
1 500
1 000
0
300
0

0

0

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Printers, etc
InverterCamera-video camera/Android, etc.
Reports and printing

44.1.444.1.244.1.661

1
1
1

Seeds for seedling production
Audit
Materials for constructing project headquarters
SundryNon-activity related subtotal
GRAND TOTAL

51.2
62
41.1
64

1000

lump
sum
1
10

u
u
u
lump
sum
kg
p-m
month

500
200
1 300
lump
sum
4 000
242 600

500
200
500
4 000

500
200
500
1 000

0
0
0
2 000

0
0
0
1 000

1 000
4 000
242 600
5 000
330500741000500
012 0002 000
77 800150935

500
0

0
4 000

2 000
11300
199325

1 000
10800
11153023060000230600240050

0
9450

0
8100

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3.4.2 Consolidated yearly project budget by component (including inputs and unit costs)
No
Budget components
InputsUnit costs
10
Project personnel
11. National experts (long term)
11.1 National Project Coordinator (NPC)
36,00
1 350,00
12. Other personnel
12.1 Finance assistant
36,00
450,0012.1 Driver/Courier
36,00
250,0015. Fellowships and training
15.1 Training workshop in beekeeping and sustainable farming
1,00
6 000,00
15.2 Training workshop in community forest restoration
3,00
1 500,00
15.3 Training workshop in improved charcoal production
3,00
1 500,00
15.4 Training workshop in sustainable forest management
19. Component total
20
Subcontracting
2.1 Promote modern beekeeping
2,00
37 800,00
2.2 Promote off-season crops
2,00
7 500,00
2.3 Promote forest species seedling production
2,00
5 000,00
2.4 Promote poultry and agouti cat breeding
2,00
15 000,00
2.5 Support for reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forests
2600
52
29. Component total
30
Duty travel
31. Living allowance
31.1.1 National experts
2,00
8 000,00
31.1.2 Allowance for Steering Committee
100,0050,00
31.1.3 Allowance for Technical Support Committee
100,0050,00
32. International travel
0,00
0,00
32.1.2 Study trip of project coordinator in Kenya and Equatorial
2,00
8 400,00
Guinea
33. Local transport costs
0,00
0,00
33.1 Field travel of participants
5,00
200,0033.2 Study trips for local communities
1,00
5000,00
39. Component total
40
Capital items
41. Premises
0,00
0,00
41.1. Purchase of community forest land and land for project head
1,00
242 600,0
office43. Vehicles
0,00
0,00
43.1 Vehicles (all-terrain vehicle)
1,00
50 000,00
43.2 All-terrain motorbikes
1,00
2 400,00

TOTAL

Year 1

Year 2

Year 348 600,00

16 200,00

16 200,00

16 200,00

16 200,00
9 000,00

5 400,00
3 000,00

5 400,00
3 000,00

5 400,00
3 000,00

6 000,00
4 500,00
4 500,00
3 000.00
91 800,00

0,00
1 500,00
1 500,00
3 000.00
30 600,00

6 000,00
1 500,00
1 500,00
0,00
33 600,00

0,00
1 500,00
1 500,00
0,00
27 600,00

75 600,00
15 000,00
10 000,00
30 000,00
135 200.00
265 800,00

45 000,00
0,00
5 000,00
0,00
0,00
50 000,00

30 600,00
7 500,00
5 000,00
30 000,00
67 600.00
140 700,00

0,00
7 500,00
0,00
00
67 600.00
75 100,00

16 000,00
5 000,00
5 000,00
0,00
16 800,00

8 000,00
2 000,00
2 000,00
0,00
8 400,00

8 000,00
1 000,00
1 000,00
0,00
8 400,00

0,00
2 000,00
2 000,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
1 000,00
5 000,00
48 800,00

0,00
1 000,00
0,00
21 400,00

0,00
0,00
5 000,00
23 400,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
4 000,00

0,00
242 600,00

0,00
242 600,00

0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00

0,00
50 000,00
2 400,00

0,00
50 000,00
2 400,00

0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00

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50

60

70

80

90
100

44. Capital goods
44.1 Computers and accessories
44.1.1 Computers44.1.2 Inverters
44.1.4 Printers44.1.6 Camera/video camera
49. Component total
Consumable items
51. Raw materials
51.1 Fuel and lubricants
51.2 Purchase of seeds for seedling production
52. Repair/servicing and spare parts (vehicles and motorbikes)
53. Telephone, electricity, Internet and water costs
54. Office supplies
59. Component total
Miscellaneous
61. Reports and printing
62. Audits
63. Car and motorbike Insurance
64. Sundry
69. Component total
Component subtotal (19-69)
Local management costs
71. Executing agency management costs
79. Component total
Subtotal
Project monitoring and administration
81. ITTO monitoring and review
82. ITTO Mid-term, final and ex-post evaluation costs
83. ITTO program support costs (12% on items 10-82 above)
84. Donor monitoring costs
89. Component total

Reimbursement of pre-project costs
GRAND TOTAL

0,00
0,00
2,00
1,00
2,00
2,00

0,00
0,00
700,00200,001 250,00
1 300,00

0,00
0,00
1 400,00
200,002 500,00
2 600,00
301 700,00

0,00
0,00
1 400,00
200,002 500,00
2 600,00
305 700,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

2,00
1,00
2,00
1,00
1,00

5 000,00
1 000,00
1 500,00
3 000,00
2 000,00

10 000,00
1 000,00
3 000,00
3 000,00
2 000,00
19 000,00

4 000,00
500,000,00
1 000,00
2 000,00
7 500,00

4 000,00
500,001 500,00
1 000,00
0,00
7 000,00

2 000,00
0,00
1 500,00
1 000,00
0,00
4 500,00

1,00
1,00
2,00
1,00

4 100,00
4 000,00
450,005 000,00

4 000,00
4 000,00
900,005 000,00
13 900,00
741 000,00

2 000,00
0,00
300,002 000,00
4 300,00
412 600,00

1 000,00
0,00
300.002 000,00
3 300,00
205 300,00

1 000,00
4 000,00
300.001 000,00
6 300,00
123 100,00

97 800,00
97 800,00
838 800,00

97 800,00
97 800,00
354 080,00

0,00
0,00
205 600,00

0,00
0,00
123 400,00

30 000,00
15 000,00
63 408,00
0,00
108 408,00
0,00
943 248,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
,000

0,00
0,00
0.00
0,00
0,00

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3.4.3 Yearly project budget contribution by source – ITTO

No
10

20

30

40

Budget components
Personnel du projet
11. National experts (long term)
11.1 National Project Coordinator (NPC)
12. Other personnel
12.1 Finance assistant
12.2 Driver/Courier
15. Fellowships and training
15.1 Training workshop in beekeeping and sustainable farming
15.2 Training workshop in community forest restoration
15.3 Training workshop in charcoal production
15.4 Training workshop in sustainable forest management
19. Component total
Subcontracting
2.1 Promotion of modern beekeeping
2.2 Promotion of off-season crops
2.3 Promotion of forest species seedling production
2.4 Promotion of poultry and agouti cat breeding
2.5 Support for reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forests
29. Component total
Duty travel
31. Living allowance
31.1.1 National experts
31.1.2 Allowance for Steering Committee
31.1.3 Allowance for Technical Support Committee
32. International travel
32.12. Study trip of project coordinator in Kenya and Equatorial
Guinea
33. Local transport costs
33.1 Field travel of project participants
33.2 Study trips for local communities
39. Component total
Capital items
41. Premises
41.1. Input of materials for constructing project head office
43. Vehicles

InputsUnit costs

TOTAL

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

0,00
36,00

0,00
850,000,00
30 600,00

0,00
10 200,00

0,00
10 200,00

0,00
10 200,00

36,00
36,00

300,00150,0010 800,00
5 400,00

3 600,00
1 800,00

3 600,00
1 800,00

3 600,00
1 800,00

2,00
3,00
3,00

3 000,00
1 500,00
1 500,00

6 000,00
4 500,00
4 500,00
3 000.00
64 800,00

0,00
1 500,00
1 500,00
3 000.00
21 600,00

6 000,00
1 500,00
1 500,00
0,00
24 600,00

0,00
1 500,00
1 500,00
0,00
18 600,00

2,00
2,00
2,00
1,00
2600

37 800,00
7 500,00
5 000,00
30 000,00
52

75 600,00
15 000,00
10 000,00
30 000,00
135 200.00
265 800,00

45 000,00
0,00
5 000,00
0,00
0,00
50 000,00

30 600,00
7 500,00
5 000,00
30 000,00
67 600.00
140 700,00

0,00
7 500,00
0,00
00
67 600.00
75 100,00

0,00
50,00
100,00100,00
0,00
2,00

0,00
320,00
50,00
50,00
0,00
8 400,00

0,00
16 000,00
5 000,00
5 000,00
0,00
16 800,00

0,00
8 000,00
2 000,00
2 000,00
0,00
8 400,00

0,00
8 000,00
1 000,00
1 000,00
0,00
8 400,00

0,00
0,00
2 000,00
2 000,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
5,00
1,00

0,00
200,005 000,00

0,00
1 000,00
5 000,00
48 800,00

0,00
1 000,00
0,00
21 400,00

0,00
0,00
5 000,00
23 400,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
4 000,00

0,00
1,00
0,00

0,00
12 000,00
0,00

0,00
12 000,00
0,00

0,00
12 000,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00

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50

60

80

90
100

43.1 Vehicles (all-terrain vehicle)
43.2. All-terrain motorbikes
44. Capital goods
44.1 Computers and accessories
44.1.1 Computers44.1.2 Inverters
44.1.4 Printers44.1.6 Camera/video camera/Android
49. Component total
Consumable items
51. Raw materials
51.1. Fuel and lubricants
51.2 Purchase of seeds for seedling production
52. Repair/servicing and spare parts (vehicles and motorbikes)
53. Telephone, electricity, Internet and water costs
54. Office supplies
59. Component total
Miscellaneous
61. Reports and printing
62. Audits
63. Car and motorbike insurance
64. Sundry
69. Component total
Subtotal
Project monitoring and administration
81. ITTO monitoring and review
82. ITTO Mid-term, final and ex-post evaluation costs
83. ITTO program support costs (12% on items 10-82 above)
84. Donor monitoring costs
89. Component total
Reimbursement of pre-project costs
GRAND TOTAL

1,00
1,00
0,00
0,00
2,00
1,00
2,00
2,00

50 000,00
2 400,00
0,00
0,00
700,00200,001250,00
1 300,00

50 000,00
2 400,00
0,00
0,00
1 400,00
200,002 500,00
2 600,00
71 100,00

50 000,00
2 400,00
0,00
0,00
1 400,00
200,002 500,00
2 600,00
71 100,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

2,00
1,00
2,00
1,00
1,00

5 000,00
1 000,00
1 750,00
3 000,00
2 000,00

10 000,00
1 000,00
3 000,00
3 000,00
2 000,00
19 000,00

4 000,00
500,000,00
1 000,00
2 000,00
7 500,00

4 000,00
500,001 500,00
1 000,00
0,00
7 000,00

2 000,00
0,00
1 500,00
1 000,00
0,00
4 500,00

1,00
1,00
2,00
1,00

4 000,00
4 000,00
450,005 000,00

4 000,00
4 000,00
900,005 000,00
13 900,00
483 400, 00

2 000,00
0,00
300,002 000,00
4 300,00
175 900,00

1 000,00
0,00
300.002 000,00
3 300,00
199 000,00

1 000,00
4 000,00
300.001 000,00
6 300,00
108 500,00

30 000,00
15 000,00
63 408,00
0,00
108 408,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00
0,00

0,00
0.00
0,00
0,00
0,00

591 808,00

0,00

0,00

0,00

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3.4.4 Yearly project budget contribution by source - TOGO (including inputs and unit costs)
No
10

20
30
40

50
60

70

80
90
100

Budget components
Project personnel
11. National experts (long term)
11.1 Project national coordinator (PNC)
12. Other personnel
12.1 Finance assistant
12.2 Driver/courier
19. Component total
Subcontracting
29. Component total
Duty travel
39. Component total
Biens d'équipement
41. Input of materials for constructing project headquarters
49. Component total
Consumables
59. Component total
Miscellaneous
61. Insurance
69. Component total
Sub-total (components 19-69)
Local management costs
71. Executing Agency management costs
72. Monitoring by Focal Point
79. Component total
Sub-total
Project monitoring & administration
Reimbursement of pre-project costs
GRAND TOTAL

InputsUnit costs

TOTAL

Year 1

Year 2

Year 336,00

500,0018 000,00

6 000,00

6 000,00

6 000,00

36,00
36,00

150,00100,005 400,00
3 600,00
27 000,00

1 800,00
1 200,00
9 000,00

1 800,00
1 200,00
9 000,00

1 800,00
1 200,00
9 000,00

0,00
1,0

230 600,00

230 600,00
230 600,00

230 600,00
230 600,00

0,00
0,00
257 600,00

0,00
0,00
257 600,00

97 800,00
97 800,00
355 400,00
355 400,00

Note: A Party in charge of operations will assume the responsibilities of the Party in charge of activities in each target district for establishing community forests.
The Party in Charge of operations will be designated by consensus among the target community for establishing each community forest.

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3.5. ASSUMPTIONS, RISKS AND SUSTAINABILITY
3.5.1. Assumptions and risks
The project will be efficiently implemented provided:• People are receptive to disseminated message
The concept of community forest is not fully understood at the community level. During awareness-raising sessions,particular emphasis will be placed on law and regulations governing community forests and the benefits that these
populations can derive from their sustainable management. To this end, relevant texts will be disseminated among local
people and various communication media used to this end to facilitate their ownership of the local forestry development
process.
In addition, as local people have become used to utilizing forest resources, challenges are to be expected incommunicating messages. However, opinion leaders will assist with public awareness-raising. Documents on forest
regulations in force will also be distributed.
• The issues of grassroots support and land tenure have been addressed
The major risks likely to negatively affect project implementation are, among others, land tenure issues and low support
from local people.
The project plans to support local people in their effort to create 2,600 ha of community forests in their land. However,in view of past enforcement management experiences, people, in this case landowners, may be reluctant to give up
their land plots for this purpose. Strong support from local people will therefore be essential for project implementation.
• Local population benefit from planned project income-generating activities
People have free access to forest products which they’re able to harvest fairly easily and free of charge. However, theproject will encourage them to adopt alternative activities involving physical and financial costs, which will result in
reluctance towards the uptake of income-generating activities (IGAs). This is why as part of the promotion of IGAs
(production of honey, poultry, rabbits, vegetables, shea butter, etc.) the project will take charge of people’s training andsupport by providing them with the necessary equipment.
At project completion, techniques will have been acquired by trained populations. Advice will continue to be provided
through other Ministry Departments to ensure project outcome sustainability.
• Delays are avoided in reforestation activity implementation
Delays in the start-up and implementation of project activities could also constitute a risk, albeit to a lesser extent, as
reforestation activities have a strong link with the rainy seasons and people’s primary activities.
• All stakeholders collaborate
If local people fail to come together, they will not be able to work towards the sustainable forest management. This is
why a consultation framework involving all parties will be set up through the establishment of a local joint management
committee, including 10 sub-committees in villages in charge of mobilizing people towards sustainable forest
management.
3.5.2. Sustainability
Project sustainability depends on its appropriation by all stakeholders at the technical, institutional and political levels.
In terms of technical sustainability, the production of seedlings and reforestation are routine activities carried out by the
AMEN association and are also core activities of the ODEF and Forest Resources Department (DRF) which are provided
with independent budgets to continue to secure project outcomes. In addition, ODEF and DRF have decentralized
seedling production sites in the various regional and prefectural directorates, which the project will use. The nurseries
are managed by the ODEF and the DRF and will make it possible to produce good quality seedlings for reforestation
activities in the state-owned forests, and also to sell them directly to relevant private growers. The distribution of
produced improved seedlings will be carried out by ODEF and DRF. The extension of improved seedlings will be carriedout by ODEF and DRF directly on the demonstration sites established by ODEF and DRF that the project will use.
Project outcomes will also be partly achieved by local research structures, in particular the National Institute for
Agricultural Training (INFA) and the University of Lomé. These structures train Forestry Engineers and Senior Forestry
Technicians each year. They will monitor and inventory the reforested plots as part of their end-of-training courses.
Verification of selected clones timber quality will also be performed by those same structures after the project. At thelevel of private growers, the leaders to be trained by the project in 10 Districts will be resource persons. During themeetings, many private growers claimed to have seedling propagation sites. Private growers trained by the project will
support efficient seedling propagation directly on these sites. Guides setting out conditions required for highperformance seedling propagation will be produced by the project. Nurseries and plots established directly on theirprivate properties will also be used to sustain the demonstrations recommended by the project.
In terms of institutional sustainability, as the MERF (Ministry of the Environment and Forest Resources) is currently inthe process of rehabilitating the national forest cover, the expansion of community forests after the project would find a34
favorable response. The MERF has a budget available for its technical services and has also established the National
Forest Development Fund to support forestry activities carried out by the forestry administration and civil society
organizations involved in forest resource management. These funds will enable the AMEN association to maintainestablished plantations after the project.
In terms of political sustainability, AMEN will take advantage of the National Tree Day and reforestation campaigns topromote the material developed by the project. In addition, the MERF is resolutely committed to a forest development
policy based on several programs: the PAFN, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) 5, the National Reforestation
Program, REDD+. Program implementation will be based on project outcomes. Togo's new PAFN (National Forest
Action Plan 2011-2035) adopted in 2011 provides for funding mechanisms to ensure the extension of forest plantations
with a view to increasing Togo's forest cover to 30%. Forest development policy in Togo is currently supported by several
financial and technical partners (FAO, UNDP, World Bank, etc.). The project will constitute one outcome, among others,
for all of these programs that the Governement of Togo cannot ignore. Several other institutions will play an importantrole after project completion. For instance, the GNT/GDF-Togo is very active in the dissemination, extension and trainingof stakeholders in the sector. They will use the association of private growers currently being established as a channel.
The extension and dissemination of seedlings will be carried out on a large scale not only in Togo but also in neighboring
Benin to make the production of the seedlings profitable.
In view of the current popularity for establishing plantations in Togo and the proliferation of forest seedling nursery
centers, it is possible that they will become more specialized and appropriate project equipment, and even create alabelling system for plant production. Revenue from improved seedling sales by these centers will be used to fund further
research. This mechanism will make it possible to continue the phase of forest species diversification.

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PART IV: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS
4.1. Organizational set-up and stakeholder participation mechanism
4.1.1. Executing agency and partners
The project Executing Agency will be the Friends of the Environment Association (AMEN). Administratively, it will be
under the supervision of AMEN’s Board of Directors (BD-AMEN). Since its establishment in 2005, AMEN now has over
20 years of experience in reforestation and forest resource management. The AMEN association initiated theparticipatory management of forest resources by involving local people through ITTO projects (PD 51/99 Rev.2 (F)project and PD 9/99 Rev.2 (F). AMEN has a total staff of 71, including 25 qualified executives, forest management
engineers, forest engineers specializing in ecology and natural resource management, water and forest work engineers,sociologists, environmentalists and managers. The AMEN association will play a direct role in project implementation.
Project personnel will be largely drawn from the AMEN association and will be responsible for the recruitment andcoordination of all project activities. AMEN also has real estate infrastructure and an average annual budget of
US$75,000.00 (2019 to 2022). AMEN’s main needs are financial.
The MERF will participate in project monitoring through the Directorate of Forest Resources (DRF) and will collaborate
with the AMEN Association in project implementation. The DRF also has extensive experience in ITTO project
implementation in Togo. In addition, DRF has skilled and multidisciplinary staff distributed over its various regional anddepartmental directorates which will take over from the DRF in the Region Centrale and the Plateaux Region coveredby this project.
Partners
AMEN will be supported by other MERF technical departments through the Technical Support Committee of at least fivemembers and each department will be represented and will participate in activities through workshops and consultation
meetings. The MERF departments are as follows:a) Agency for Forest Development and Use (ODEF): In terms of technical sustainability, the production of seedlings
and reforestation are core activities of the ODEF, which has an autonomous budget from the Government to continue
to secure the achievements of state-owned plantations. In addition, ODEF has decentralized seedling production sites
in the various teak plantation areas, which this project will use. These nurseries are managed by ODEF and will makeit possible to produce improved seedlings for reforestation activities in state-owned forests and also to sell them directly
to relevant private planters. The distribution of produced improved seedlings will be covered by ODEF’s budget.
Improved seedling dissemination will be carried out by ODEF directly in the demonstration sites established by the
project.
b) Directorate of Forest Resources (DRF)
The DRF is responsible for:• developing forest regulations;• proposing elements for the national policy on forest resources;• ensuring the implementation of policies, strategies, programs and projects for the protection of forest resources andthe management of fragile ecosystems and wetlands;• ensuring the coordination of fauna and flora inventories;• monitoring compliance of flora and fauna product utilization;• monitoring procedures for gazetting and ungazetting protected areas;• participating in the development and implementation of management plans for forests and protected areas;• developing and controlling the standards of intervention in the forest environment;• concluding agreements for the management of State-owned natural forests;• proposing incentives to be offered to individuals in the context of sustainable forest management;• promoting the participation of local people in forest resource management and biodiversity conservation;• facilitating an intersectoral consultation framework involving all stakeholders in the forest sector;• managing conventions, agreements and treaties relating to flora and fauna.
The Directorate of Forest Resources comprises three divisions:- the standardization and monitoring division;- the division of forests; and- the protected areas and wildlife division.
The DRF is responsible for the management of some protected areas of floristic nature in the country and will be able
to contribute its experience such as, for example, the lessons learned from project PD 9/99 Rev.2 (F) "Sustainable
Management of the MIssahoé Reserved Forest Forestry Resources with the participation of the Local Rural
Communities for Optimal Timber Production (Kpalimé-TOGO)".
The DRF implements and monitors each year reforestation and forest management operations throughout the national
territory through its regional services. It is also directly involved in the implementation of the National Forestry Action

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Plan (PAFN) whose overall vision by 2035 is to achieve 20% forest cover and to fully cover Togo’s wood energy
needs; conserve its biodiversity; and ensure sustainable protection of vulnerable areas as well as wildlife habitats.
c) Directorate of the Environment: Serves as the instrument for managing environmental issues in Togo. Its role will
not be negligible in the implementation of certain project activities, particularly for identifying and minimizing its
environmental impacts.
This Directorate is responsible for implementing the Stockholm Convention in Togo, for which the national plan wasdeveloped in 2006, including the definition of three types of POPs: POP pesticides, POP PCBs (toxic diuretic oils) andPOP dioxins and furans. These are produced by burning biomass. As a result, pollution is also caused by fires. Basedon this, the implementation plan also includes ”participatory forest fire prevention”. The Directorate will therefore be an
ideal partner.
The AMEN association will also be supported by other ministry departments responsible for agriculture and livestock,social action, security and civil protection, territorial administration and local communities, education and literacy etc.
Private reforesters will also collaborate with the executing agency through their union (SYTREBACT).
4.1.2. Project management teamRegarding technical and scientific aspects, the project will be managed by a team made up of a national coordinator
assisted by an officer responsible for community forest promotion in rural areas, and by village committees for themonitoring and management of community forests nominated by people in all project districts. The Coordinator will be
assisted by a financial administrator, a secretary and a courier/driver. In addition, the national coordinator will be assisted
by an expert unit from various specialties (technical support committee) for the pre-validation of documents produced
during project implementation as well as the periodic evaluation of project activities. For greater efficiency, thecoordination will have regional focal points (in particular the ODEF and MERF regional directorates) with theirdecentralized department at the local level in order to ensure better execution and daily monitoring of planned activities
throughout the Mono plain area. The project headquarters will be built with funding from the AMEN association and withthe financial contribution of ITTO. The headquarters will be based in Blitta and made available to the AMEN association
serving as the project executing agency.
The Technical Support Committee will be made up of the following experts from the department and other institutions
in Togo: forest management expert; forest planning expert; rural economy expert; community forest management expert;
sustainable farming/agroforestry expert.
4.1.3. Project Steering Committee
The Project Steering Committee will be responsible for monitoring project activities. The committee will be made up
of: one representative of the Ministry of the Environment and Forest Resources; one representative of the Ministry ofAgriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; one representative of ODEF; representative of the Forest Resources Directorate;
one representative of civil society organizations; two representatives of local communities; two representatives of private
reforesters; the chairman of AMEN’s Board of Directors; one representative of the funder; one representative of ITTO;
and the project national coordinator.
4.1.4. Stakeholder participation mechanisms
Consultation and validation workshops will be held at each stage of activity implementation. The workshops will bring
together all stakeholders and will provide an opportunity to report on to project progress and initial results. Stakeholders
taking part in these consultations will be as follows: project staff; NGOs from relevant municipalities; representatives of
local people; administrative and traditional authorities; representatives of training institutions; representatives of thegovernment and private entities working in natural resource protection, etc. These non-physical project entities will be
included in the support committee (bringing together the partners).
The stakeholder participation mechanism will revolve around:➢
Consultation and validation workshops for the participatory management of existing natural forests will beheld to provide stakeholders involved in the sustainable management of the Mono plain forests an opportunity to express
themselves and to convey their interests by consensus. Production forest restoration activities will involve paid laborfrom local communities. Simple plans for the development and management of existing natural forests will involve theparticipation of researchers from universities and resource persons with endogenous knowledge from local communities.
➢
The restoration and rehabilitation of local community forests to be established will be carried out with theparticipation of all stakeholders involved in project development, namely the populations, the local NGOs and thetechnical departments of the forest administration, agriculture, social affairs and other actors involved in the
management of natural resources. Particular emphasis will be placed on awareness-raising to arouse enthusiasm
among communities, as well as their availability for project implementation and expectations. Given the fact that theforest areas to be developed are community forests belonging to the local people, their interests will be taken into
account and income from products and other services derived from these community forests will be shared equitably.
The national coordinator, the local forest administration representatives as well as the community development NGOs

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working in the region will need to assist the communities to this end. Legal entities will be established for this purpose,in particular Cooperatives, Common Initiative Groups (GIC) or Economic Interest Groups (EIG) for the management ofthese forests. Awareness-raising and consultation meetings for the establishment and management of community
forests, targeting each community entity will be held by forest administration officials to ensure the participation of allcommunity members and to define the objectives and priority uses of these forests.
To summarize, the participatory approach will be fully developed and will make it possible to involve and closely
associate populations in the assessment, identification, programming, implementation and monitoring of actions to be
carried out at the local level, and also to determine the responsibilities of the various partners in monitoring andmanaging the project. It will involve the concerted management of adopted solutions to meet the needs and expectationsof local people. The ultimate aim is to improve people’s living conditions while ensuring local development on asustainable basis for their benefit.
To this end, various methods can be used such as MARP, DIGRAP, PCESH, ASEG, ZOPP. During project
implementation, the use of the MARP method would be more appropriate as it has been widely recognized achieved for
its contribution to enhancing diagnostic, planning and evaluation techniques in rural areas in particular. Its success isundoubtedly due to the fact that it is based on local knowledge and a multidisciplinary team of stakeholders using a
range of flexible tools encouraging the participation of people. These tools can be grouped into three main groups,
namely:(i) Participatory information collection tools; (ii) Participatory planning tools; and (iii) Participatory monitoring andevaluation tools.
Although project development was based on local people’s concerns expressed during the various studies and others,
it will be necessary to place particular emphasis on certain categories of stakeholders during project activity
implementation, in particular landowners who may think that the development of their lands on behalf of the community
will make them lose these lands in the long term.To address this core issue, the project team will need to increaseawareness by strongly involving the traditional chiefs. To this end, a consultation workshop with the landowners could
be held to have their agreement in order to guarantee the success of the future project.
In addition, communities benefiting from the project will actively participate in the surveys of the studies to be carriedout and will dispatch representatives to the workshops. It will allow people to become aware of the development of theirenvironment and to discuss the land issue.

4.2. Reporting, review, monitoring and evaluation
Upon project funding, the system for monitoring project achievements and progress will be operationalized. Monitoring
will ve carried out by the management team, the main stakeholders, and non-personnel parties directly involved in the
project implementation as well as the ITTO monitoring and evaluation committee.
The steering committee will ensure that project objectives are achieved from the start of project implementation. A
monitoring committee will be set up before the first activities of the project are implemented to this end. It will becomposed of representatives of the Steering Committee, the Advisory Committee and the ITTO as well as the
Coordinator.
- Inception report
One month after the start of project activities, the monitoring committee will ensure that planned work implementation
has effectively started. The project inception report will be produced at the end of the first semester following project
start.
- Progress Report
The progress report detailing the progress of project activities will be produced six months following project start. The
annual reports, the first of which will serve as a guide for the monitoring team, will be produced by the executing agency
after every 12 months following project start. It will describe the progress of the activities already carried out and thefinancial state of the project, including that of the last year in particular. From the second year, technical reports will be
produced as needed by the project.
- Mid-term evaluation mission
The project steering committee will carry out a mid-term monitoring and evaluation no later than the 18th month following
project start. Based on the annual report, this internal mid-term evaluation mission which will involve the participation ofother stakeholders. ITTO representatives will then be able to carry out their second monitoring mission and the resulting
reports will give a clear idea of project progress and will include suggestions, as appropriate.
- ITTO monitoring and evaluation mission

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Following 30 months after project start, the ITTO monitoring and evaluation team will visit the project. The ITTO teamwill verify the outcome indicators described in the logical framework and already verifiable according to the work plan.
- Project completion report
No later than the third month after the effective end of the time scheduled for project implementation, the completion
report will be produced. Apart from its evaluative nature, this report will mention the achievements and recall themeasures taken to ensure the technical, institutional and political sustainability of the project. All these reports and otherfollow-up documents such as technical reports, will be submitted to the steering committee and the executing agency
by administrative mail of the project. They will then be made available to ITTO and other interested structures.
4.3. Project learning dissemination and mainstreaming
4.3.1. Project learning dissemination
Project results should extend to all areas of intervention, including sites managed by other government departments
and private individuals, i.e. over the entire Mono plain area. Resource persons from these departments will be involvedin the workshops to report on initial results, as well as in project evaluation. In the meantime, the various training courses
provided for in the project activities will involve a number of stakeholders able to disseminate acquired knowledge.
Project reports as well as the media, especially from rural areas, and television spots will help to disseminate project
outcomes. Project outcomes in terms of local community forest restoration and rehabilitation will be made available toother actors and stakeholders (researchers, technical departments, private sector, NGOs, local authorities, etc.). The
steering committee in charge of management and implementation will disseminate all project outcomes nationally andinternationally. Validated reports and the main outcomes will be posted on the MERF and ITTO websites where thevarious stakeholders will be able to view these documents. Training and information workshops for development actors
and NGOs involved in the promotion of community forestry will serve as a framework for discussions and project
outcomes dissemination. Training materials will be widely distributed to stakeholders unable to attend workshops andmeetings.
Workshops and seminars will be covered by public and private media. Media coverage will contribute to raisingawareness of the importance of community forests for local people and will also give good exposure to project actions.
4.3.2. Mainstreaming of project learning
For mainstreaming project learning, the support committee will be reinforced after the project with other members fromdepartments working in the same fields and representatives close to communities. Promoting community forestry is partof the core role of the Forest Resources Department (DRF). Project implementation achievements will therefore besustained through continuing similar programs such as the national reforestation program (PNR) as well as the national
vegetation fire prevention campaigns implemented each year by the FRD. Both programs will help with the take over at
project completion. Awareness-raising and the various training courses aimed at local communities and NGOs will build
their capacity with a view to ensuring project sustainability.

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ANNEXESANNEX 1: PROJECT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

CA-AMEN

Steering
Committee

Executing Agency:
AMEN

National Coordinator

Secretary

Officer in charge ofpromoting community
forests in rural areas

Technical Support
Committee

Finance Administrator

Village Committees forCommunity Forest
Management and Monitoring

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ANNEX 2: PROFILE OF THE EXECUTING AGENCY

1)

Background:– Name, address of headquarters and mission profile
AMEN has its headquarters in Adeticopé, rue des cocotiers, S/C BP: 355, Tél: +228 90 35 01 35– Year of creation: March 2001
– Fields of specialism: Education, Environment and health– Staff Chart: The civil society organization “Les Amis de l’Environnement” (AMEN) promotes development
at grassroots level and is affiliated to several NGO networks. It is the body in charge of designing,
coordinating and implementing the grassroots-level development policy in agriculture, environment andconservation, especially forest resources. For this purpose, it is in charge of:(i)Forest ecosystem protection and rehabilitation;(ii)
Control of soil fertility degradation, combat against desertification;(iii)
Control of coastal environment and lagoon ecosystem degradation;(iv)
Outreach campaigns on environmental protection targeting communities;(v)
Introducing entrepreneurship to the youth; etc.
2) Organization:
At central level, it includes:– The General Assembly;– The Board of Directors;– The Executive Office.
The Executive Office includes:
One Chairperson,
One General Secretary,
One Treasurer GeneralIn the hinterland, AMEN has its own chapters in each region to coordinate its activities. At present, there are three ofthem:• Kara chapter for the Kara region,• Blitta chapter for the Central and Plateaux Region,• The chapter for the Maritime region is assumed by the headquarters in Adéticopé.
AMEN undertakes its development projects through its local chapters present in a number of regions of the national
territory. Under the leadership of its Executive Office, very early in its history it set out to implement the tasks identified
under its objectives:• Combat desertification,• Protect and rehabilitate forest ecosystems,• Control soil degradation• Raise awareness of rural communities to the protection of their environment, Promote entrepreneurshipamong the youth,• etc.
While not producing an in-depth review of all activities conducted in these different areas, the most significant aspectsof their action should be highlighted as follows:
Participation in all meetings organized by ONG groups and related umbrella organizations;
Organization of training programs and symposia; etc.
AMEN self-finances its operational costs through its members’ contributions, both monthly and ad hoc, which hasenabled it to initiate a number of projects pending further funding. Among projects initiated in pursuance of theirobjectives, there are:
• The Atamtou reforestation project (Binah Prefecture, Kara region);• The beekeeping project in Blitta (Blitta Prefecture; Centrale Region);• The forest surveys of pre-project PPD 37/02 Rev.1 (F) (Lacs Prefecture; Maritime Region);• The forest surveys of pre-project PPD 136/07 Rev.1 (F) (Kara and Centrale Regions);• The implementation of PPD 191/18 Rev.1 (F) “Support to the local communities of the Mono plain for thepromotion and sustainable management of community forests in Togo”

3) Infrastructure:
AMEN does not have sufficient resources. However, for training and retraining of their personnel, they resort
to training equipment of training centers built by the Government for this purpose. Training props are often
provided by the Association and/or NGO Groups. For long-term training, the assistance of specialist training
institutes in the African sub-region is often needed.

414) Budget: (in US$)
Years
Components

2019

2020

2021

Personnel
Duty travel
Missions
Capital Goods
Consumables
TOTALS

21588
5000
4005
1200
1200
32993

21451
3000
6018
1200
2500
34169

19130
3500
3252
1200
2600
29682

5) Personnel:
Categories(g) University Graduates (Baccalaureate + 5, 6 or 7
years)(h) Trainers, Assistants, Extension workers(i) Admin. Personnel.
(j) Support staff
Personnel total

Staff
21
8
9
33
71

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ANNEX 3: CVS OF PERSONNEL PROVIDED BY THE EXECUTING AGENCY

1. CV Of Project National Coordinator
Name: SAMAH Komlan
Date and place of birth: 1963 : Kara, Togo
Nationality: Togolese
Marital status: Married, five children
Postal Address: BP: 355 Fax. (228) 90 35 91 35 LOME – TOGO
E-mail: skomlan@yahoo.fr / amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr
Occupation: Forest management engineer; Survey officer, Directorate of forest resources / Chair of Les Amisde l’Environnement Association / Consultant/researcher.
Years of experience: 27 years
MAIN QUALIFICATIONS
Diploma of Forest and water engineer, Major: Forest management;
African regional expert in plant conservation strategies (GSPC);
African regional expert in environmental economic valuation and biodiversity valorization;
National Expert /researcher in tropical forestry.
International expert in management and valorization of biodiversity for bamboo and rattan.
African regional expert in monitoring and evaluation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2019-September 2020: Coordinator for ITTO pre-project PPD191/18 Rev.1 (F)Since January 2008: Teacher & researcher, INFA, Tové, Kpalimé.
Since January 2006: Head of Inventory and Forestry Statistics Division, Directorate of Water and Forest, Ministry of
the Environment, Tourism and Forest Resources.
Since March 2006: Focal Point for Atlas-Togo and for Togo Multisector Energy Committee (COMET).
Since February 2005 : Consultant & researcher
September 2003-2004: Head of National Center for Forest Species seeds; Officer for forest species seeds in Togo; In
charge of studying the phenology of selected forest species to establish seed production plots;
September 2002-2003: Regional Director of the Agency for Forest Development and Use (ODEF), responsible for
implementing the forest management policy in the Kara and Savanes regions.
July 2001-September 2002: In charge of operations for the reforestation and forest management project, Fazao,
Sotouboua Prefecture, ODEF.
Since June 2000: Chair of Les Amis de l’Environnement association; in charge of designing, coordinating andimplementing grassroots development in the fields of environment and nature, and education and health.
April 1998-September 2002: Vice-chair of Togo NGO Union, in charge of promoting NGO activities and facilitating fundraising.
April 1994-October 2004: General coordinator for the Réveil de la Jeunesse Rurale association; in charge ofdeveloping, coordinating and implementing the grassroots development policy in the fields of agriculture andenvironment.
SPECIALTY FIELDS▪ Development, planning and management of development projects and programs;▪ Agroforestry (training and supervision in rural areas);▪ Land management and development;▪ Participatory management and development of natural and planted forest resources;▪ Promotion of grassroots initiatives;▪ Tropical forestry;▪ Sustainable management resources;▪ Economic valuation of biodiversity;▪ Research & development;▪ Monitoring & evaluation.
DUTIES IN PROJECTS, SURVEYS AND CONSULTATIONS
2019-2020: Coordinator for ITTO pre-project PPD191/18 Rev.1 (F) “Support to the local communities of the Mono plain
for the promotion and sustainable management of community forests in Togo”.
2008: National Coordinator for ITTO pre-project PPD136/OR Rev.1 (F) Rev.1 (F) “Study for the conservation, land
management and sustainable mountain biodiversity management in the centre north region of Togo”.
2008: Consultant for surveys “Additional surveys” and development of “Local baseline program for people’s access tomodern energy services”, including the component “Multifunctional Platform” for the Joint Millenium Municipality in
Togo through the Regional Energy-Poverty Program/PTF) and UNDP.

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2005-2008: Development of projects submitted by the Government of Togo to development partners titled (i) Study on
the timber industry in Togo; (ii) Priority projects in Togo in the fields of biological diversity; (iii) Special Presidential
Program; (iv) Mechanism for national forestry programs; (v) Study for the conservation, development and sustainable
management of mountain biodiversity in the sub-septentrional region, Togo; (vi) Support to local communities for theconservation and sustainable management of mangrove forest biodiversity, south east Togo; (vii) Support to local
communities for forest conservation and sustainable management, Centrale Region, south-west Togo; and participatory
and sustainable management of mangrove forests in Togo; etc.
2005: National Coordinator ofr ITTO pre-project PPD 37/02 Rev.1 (F) “Study for the conservation, restoration andsustainable management of mangrove forests in Togo”
2004: Development of project “Support to primary education schools for establishing school forests in the northern partof Togo” funded by TC – DIALOGUE ;2003: Coordinator for project “Support to farmers for the development of beekeeping in Togo” (funded by theIntergovernmental Agency for Francophonie); In charge of project monitoring & evaluation;
2002: In charge of conducting forestry surveys for ITTO pre-project PPD 11/00 Rev. 2 (F) “Developing an integrated
forest master plan for ecofloristic zone IV to develop participatory forest management”;
2001: In charge of operations for the reforestation and forest management project, Fazao; a reforestation project for
timber production over a 500 ha land area using mainly teak;
2001: Consultant for the survey “Analysis of change in forest resources, land utilization and diagnostic of supply andconsumption of traditional energy sources in major urban centers”; General Directorate of Energy/World Bank;
2000: Development of pre-projects and projects submitted by the Government of Togo to ITTO, as follows: (i) PPD 37/02
Rev.1 (F) “Study for the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of mangrove forests in Togo”; (ii) PPD
11/00 Rev.2 (F) Developing an integrated forest master plan for ecofloristic zone IV to develop participatory forest
management”; (iii) PD 122/01 Rev.1 (F) “Support for the establishment of a cuttings propagation unit for the productionof Samba and other local species”;
1999: (i) Support to development of key document for the Review of Policies, Strategies and Programs in the traditionalenergy sector in Togo; (ii) Support to the development of the National Program for Environment Management (PNGE–
Togo);
1998: Member of the National Environment Committee and natural resources sub-committee responsible for the study
on the exploitation and sustainable use of natural resources, the conservation of biodiversity and the fight against
desertification and meeting energy needs;
1998: Support to development of ITTO project PD 9/99 Rev. 2 (F) “Sustainable Management of the MIssahoé
Reserved Forest Forestry Resources with the participation of the Local Rural Communities for an Optimal
Timber Production”;
1998: In charge of reviewing issues relating to the utilization and sustainable use of natural resources, theconservation of biological diversity and the fight against desertification and meeting of wood energy needs in Togo;
1998 : Counterpart for Senior Technical Consultant (CTP) in implementation of ITTO pre-project PPD 11/96 Rev.2 (F):"Identification and planning of measures for the sustainable management of Kloto community forests based on
Missahoé gazette forest with the participation of farming communities";
1997: In charge of programs and projects for the development and restoration of natural forests and the managementof the ITTO-related activities related to green areas and the implementation of conventions on biodiversity and thefight against desertification; Directorate of Flora, Togo;
1995: Assistant to the Director of the National Forest Seed Center(CNSF);
Identification of arboretum sites to be installed in the country and their experimental system; Phenological studies ofsome forest species in order to constitute seed plots, Directorate of Forest Production, Togo.
LANGUAGES:
French reading, writing, speaking and typing ability: Excellent.
English reading, writing, speaking and typing ability: Low
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ANNEX 4: TERMS OF REFERENCE OF KEY PERSONNEL FUNDED BY ITTO
4.1 Tasks of project national Coordinator (NC)The project coordinator will be in charge of making all arrangements required to implement the project; he/she will workin close collaboration and various experts; develop the detailed work plan; facilitate consultations and collaboration withall institutions involved in project implementation; he/she will prepare appropriate documentation for the experts; he/shewill organize and convene the project results evaluation seminar; he/she should become familiar with ITTO procedures,in particular with financial management and reporting.
He/she will prepare the annual reports and project completion report; he/she will produce a brief review of the projectsituation, detail the terms of reference of the various studies in connection with the project situation and will brief thevarious experts, and finally conduct consultations with stakeholders and some directors of the Ministry of Forests.
4.2 Tasks of national expert in charge of project activities
The national expert in charge of activities will:• Raise public awareness on an ongoing basis on sustainable forest management;• Disseminate and facilitate uptake of sustainable agricultural practices among local people;• Develop income-generating activities in the Mono plain area;• Supervise private nursery operators trained in the production of forest species seedlings in the Mono plain 15
Districts• Supervise project beneficiary communities for the restoration of 2,600 ha of community forests in village land;• Supervise farmer training in new and sustainable agricultural practices; training in beekeeping and training in
improved charcoal production;•

Disseminate endogenous techniques.

The National expert should have at least five years of experience in developing project proposals according to the
ITTO Manual for Project Formulation.

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ANNEX 5: POTENTIAL SITES FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY FORESTS OR FORMER/ENDANGERED CF
AREAS IN TARGET DISTRICT VILLAGES SELECTED BY THE PROJECT IN THE MONO PLAIN
Source: Areas identified by consultant, 2019.
ANNEX 5-1: Existing community natural forests for enrichment in the Mono plain
Natural community
forests

Land areaha

Geographical coordinated
North
East
LatitudeLongitude

Altitude

CF AGBANDI
CF KOUSSOUNTOU
CF BAGO
CF AMOU OBLO
CF TADOCF GLEICF AOUDA
CF WAHALLATOTAL LAND AREA
Source: Field work, 2019.

3 597
3 144
6 296
24
8
170
70
91
13 400 ha

08º20ʹ42,0"08º50ʹ07,7"
08º31ʹ11,6"
07º23ʹ20,3"
07º08ʹ59,0"07º18ʹ45,4"08º43ʹ59,8"
07º10ʹ31,5"

343
365
330
289
176
170
372
127

N°

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

001º00ʹ32,6"001º30ʹ53,9"001º24ʹ03,9"000º52ʹ15,2"001º35ʹ56,5"001º09ʹ47,2"001º02ʹ54,5"000º09ʹ57,8"

ANNEX 5-2: Community forests to be established by the project in the Mono plain
No

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Community Forests(CF)Land area(ha)

CF - ASSOUKOKO
CF - AOUDA
CF - WELLY
CF - TCHAREBOHOU
CF - ATITJOUWOUE
CF - WAHALA
CF – KAZAN-COPE
CF – ANIE-COPE
CF – KOUI
CF - MORETANTOTAL LAND AREA

1 200
100
100
100
300
100
200
300
100
100
2 600 haGeographical coordinates
North
East Longitude
Latitude
08º00ʹ25,4"000º39ʹ25,0"08º43ʹ59,8"001º02ʹ54,5"08º04ʹ29,3"000º52ʹ39,1"
08º04ʹ29,3"000º52ʹ39,1"
07º08ʹ59,0"001º35ʹ56,5"
07º10ʹ31,5"000º09ʹ57,8"
08º25ʹ41,1"001º04ʹ48,6"07º50ʹ11,9"001º06ʹ02,2"
08º04ʹ29,3"000º52ʹ39,1"
08º06ʹ16,2"
001º21ʹ03,7"

Altitude
605
372
335
335
176
127
313
195
335
276

ANNEX 5-3: Highly degraded community forests for rehabilitation/establishment after projectCommunity Forests(CF)Land area(ha)

CF - ASSOUKOKO
CF - AOUDACF KPLELE TUTU
CF PALLAKOKO
CF AKPARE
CF AVETONOU
CF – KAZAN-COPE
CF - MORETANTOTAL LAND AREA
Source: Field work, 2019.

250
85
300
60
300
40
80
85
1 200 ha

No

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Geographical coordinates
North
East Longitude
Latitude
08º00ʹ25,4"000º39ʹ25,0"08º43ʹ59,8"001º02ʹ54,5"

605
372

07º06ʹ04,7"
07º50ʹ11,9"07º28ʹ20,6"06º47ʹ34,7"08º25ʹ41,1"
08º06ʹ16,2"

258
195
162
124
313
276

000º44ʹ07,1"
001º06ʹ02,2"
001º19ʹ24,2"000º47ʹ49,0"001º04ʹ48,6"001º21ʹ03,7"

Altitude

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Figure 2: Selection of project area maps
Figure 2.1: Map of the Plateaux Region showing potential areas for CF establishment andformer/endangered CF sites in target district villages

Source: DGC map, (2013) edited by consultant, 2019.

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Figure 2.2: Map of the Centrale Region showing potential areas for CF establishment and former/endangered
CF sites in target district villages

Source: DGC map, (2013) edited by consultant, 2019.

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Figure 2.3: Map of Togo administrative regions, including project target areas

Source: DGC map, (2013), edited by consultant, 2019.

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Figure 3: Map of eco-floristic zones, Togo
Note: The Central Plain Zone shows the extent of the Mono plain targeted by the project.

Project area

Legend: Ecological subdivisions, Togo (Ern, 1979).
I: Northern plain zone (soudanese savana); II: Northern mountain zone (savanna + dry dense forest); III: Central plainzone (Guinean forested savannah); IV: Southern Mount Togo zone (semi-deciduous dense forest) ; V: Southern coastzone (savanna mosaics, forest patches, fallows, etc.).

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ANNEX 6. MEETING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES OF THE MONO PLAIN MUNICIPALITIES
Annex 6.1. Data and information collection report of the Support Project for local communities in the Monoplain for the promotion and sustainable management of community forests in Togo
As part of the environmental and social impact study of the support project for local communities in the Mono plain forthe promotion and sustainable management of community forests in Togo, information, awareness-raising and datacollection sessions were held for the people of the prefectures and districts in Ecological Zone 3. The sessions wereorganized by a multidisciplinary team during 8-17 October, 2019.
The team included :- SAMARO Bimounam-Brèw, Expert environmentalist, Head of mission- MOUSSA TOKOFAYI Djorpka, Expert socio-environmentalist, Assistant hed of mission- PIBOSSO PITIKI-Abalo, Sociologist.
The objective of this mission was to inform the project area communities about the state of the forests, to discuss withthem the needs and activities to be carried out, to identify the potential impacts of project implementation, and propose
mitigation/compensation measures for the negative impacts and improvement measures for the positive impacts. The
methodology used was based on individual interviews using an interview guide previously prepared and on direct
observation. The interviewees were randomly selected from among the people and authorities in the project area.
Fifteen Districts across 11 Prefectures were taken into account.
In all Prefectures and Districts, various needs and grievances were expressed.
ANNEX 6.2: DISTRIBUTION OF NEEDS EXPRESSED BY MUNICIPALITY
Prefectures

Districts

Villages

MOYEN
MONO

TADO

TADO

HAHO

WAHALAAGADJAHOE

GLEI

GLEI

AKPARENAGBETOANIEPALAKOKOPALAKOKO

EST – MONOMORETANMORETAN

WELLY

WELLY

AGOU

BLITTAASSOUKOKOAOUDA

SOTOUBOUAKAZABOUAASSOUKOKOAOUDAKAZABOUA

Various needs expressed by people- Continue community reforestation activities- Protect and extend existing forests- Finance IGA projects for communities- Finance agricultural activities and IGAs
- Address the water issue by constructing wells- Support the construction of schools and healthcenters- Provide women with improved stoves- Train people in modern charcoal production- Grant credits to women- Identify forest neighboring local women and provide
training in beekeeping- Support women with grain sales- Develop breeding and beekeeping activities- Establish a reforestation belt along the Akaba-river- Establish private forests- Carry out enrichment planting- Restore gallery forests- Develop rural trails- Support for IGAs
- Reforestation- Support for reforestation- Provide seedlings for reforestation- Support for IGAs
- Construction of wells- Support for IGAs
- Restoration of the Sassako community forest- Private reforestation- Need for roads and bridges along the Aou-river- Technical and financial support for developing
agricultural activities- Support for IGAs
- Construction of secondary schoo- Restoration of lost forest- Construction of wells to address the water issue

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KOUSSOUNTOU

KOUSSOUNTOU

TCHAMBABAGO

KPELE TUTU

AVETONOUAMOUKPELE TUTU

AVETONOU

BAGO

Ziolétou

Odi-copé
Djato-copéAmou Oblo

Assogba-copé- Construction of toilets- Address the chieftaincy issue- Support to communities for addressing the land
tenure issue- Carry out enrichment activities in community
forests- Reforestation- Construction of wells- Support ofr IGAs.
- Support community in addressing transhumancerelated issues- Develop rural trails- Provide seedlings for reforestation.
- Establish 10 hectares of community forests- Develop trails- Establish 40 hectares of community forests- Support for IGAs AGR- Restore 20 hectares of community forests- Support with development of management plan
and location plan of community forest

Ng
The findings of the data collection show that the majority of the people support the project for the following reasons:• Improved plant cover in project area;• Development of community environment;• Poverty alleviation;• Improved access to drinkable water;• Employment generation for youth;• Contribution to decreased urban migration.
Economic activities in the project area Prefectures and Districts include large and small businesses, various craft
activities (hairdressing, sewing, carpentry,) and agriculture.
The religions are Islam, Christianity and Animism.
Finally, the exchanges with the populations were fruitful. They made it possible to collect their expectations,perceptions and possibly suggestions in order to improve the project.
People interviewed were looking forward to project completion and hoped that the promoter would take theirgrievances into account.
The mission took place and was completed in perfect harmony and with enthusiasm.
Blitta, 18 October, 2019
Survey team

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ANNEX 7: ITTO Environmental and Social Screening Checklist Questionnaire
Project document number (included in project document): PD 925/22 (F)Evaluator: CARD-NGO
Date: December 2019
This environmental and social (es) checklist questionnaire is for use by project proponents in conducting initial ES
screening of the potential risks/impacts of a project proposal based on available data and information.1For each question,please provide one of the following answers: yes, no, unknown or not applicable (n/a). Based on the completed checklist,
please rate potential project risks/impacts as category A (high risk), category B (moderate risk) or category C (low/no
risk)
Answer (yes, no,Part 1—Principles for questions 1–11: Do project activities/interventions have the potential to—unknown or N/A)
Principle 1: Environmental sustainability
1. Adversely affect the essential functions of forest ecosystems, for example by reducing carbon
Nosequestration, increasing disaster risk or impairing forest health, water quality or air quality?
2. Adversely affect (directly or indirectly) nationally or internationally threatened or endangeredNo
species (listed or proposed for listing) or their habitats?
Brief justification of answers to questions 1 and 2.
Environmental sustainability encompasses the essential functions that forest ecosystems provide, including soil andwater conservation, carbon sequestration and disaster risk reduction, as well as the values of forest biodiversity. In linewith Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 and Global Forest Goals (GFG) 2 and 3, ITTO is committed toconserving, maintaining and, where possible, restoring forest ecosystem services, conserving and using sustainably
biodiversity, and enhancing forest health and vitality.
Principle 2: social sustainability
3. Adversely affect the livelihoods, subsistence or well-being of communities of people, includingNomarginalized or vulnerable individuals or groups or people living in poverty?
4. Adversely affect forest-based socioeconomic benefits and opportunities, working conditions
Noor cultural heritage?
Brief justification of answers to questions 3 and 4.
Social viability refers to the populations, households, communities, workers and other groups of society living in a given
place or in its vicinity, or participating in an initiative, and which are likely to be positively impacted by the project. In linewith SDG 8 and GFG 2, ITTO is committed to maintaining and enhancing the socio-economic benefits andopportunities derived from forests, supporting job creation and decent and healthy working conditions, and preserving
cultural heritage.
Principle 3: gender equality and empowering women
5. Adversely affect gender equality or the situation of women and girls?
No
6. Discriminate against women based on gender or make it difficult for women to participate in,Noinfluence and benefit from project design and implementation?
Brief justification of answers to questions 5 and 6.
Gender equality is a human rights issue and a core value of ITTO. Gender will be taken into account in the project andemphasis will be placed on the employability of women and young girls. In line with SDG 5 and the ITTO Guidelines on
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, ITTO is committed to mainstreaming gender issues and improving
gender equality-related results in all of its policy and project work. ITTO recognizes that projects and other activities
that strive to reduce gender gaps and empower women at all levels will accelerate the achievement of its goals.
Principle 4: Good governance
7. Provide less than meaningful stakeholder participation during any part of the project processNoor demonstrate a lack of transparency, accountability or inclusive decision-making?
8. Foster a non-cross-sectoral approach to issue identification and resolution?
No
9. Fail to follow the rule of law?
No
Brief justification of answers to questions 7 to 9.
Governance refers to the process of decision-making and implementation. In line with SDG 17 and GFG 5, ITTO
recognizes that good governance is part of a decision-making process that should be participatory, transparent,
responsive and inclusive; coherent intersectoral policies; accountable and effective institutions; and the rule of law.
ITTO is committed to promoting good governance, which is essential to achieving project objectives. Consultation andpermanent consultation remain will be key to project success. In case of resistance or rejection of the project, no action
will be taken. Stakeholders will be empowered to promote project support and ownership. Decisions will be taken by
consensus with relevant stakeholders (traditional authorities, opinion leaders, representatives of the diaspora, youth
leaders, women's associations, etc.).
Principle 5: Security of tenure to forest land and access to forest resources

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10. Trigger land conflicts or worsen unresolved issues concerning legal or customary rights toNoforest land or access to forest resources?
11. Negatively affect indigenous peoples in terms of their rights, lands, resources or traditional
No
livelihoods, or encroach on territories customarily used or occupiedby indigenous peoples?
Brief justification of answers to questions 10 and 11.
Forest tenure security and access to forest resources are important aspects of good governance. Security of tenure isessential to ensure the livelihoods, sustenance, well-being and resilience of forest-dependent communities, and toachieve sustainable forest management (SFM) at the local level. In line with SDG 1, ITTO is committed to fullyrecognizing and supporting the ownership, control and customary rights of local communities and indigenous people
over forest lands and their resources.
To ensure the security of tenure, the project will be carried out on land belonging to the communities, there will be norisk that the project will have a negative impact on their rights, their lands, resources or traditional livelihoods.
Part 2: Environmental and socIal standard
answer (yes, no,
Questions 1 to 30 – Si le projet est mis en œuvre, est-il susceptible de:unknown or N/A)
ESS 1: Stakeholder analysis
1. Ensure that stakeholders will be engaged in all stages of the project cycle, including
Yes
implementation, monitoring and evaluation?
2. Improve existing forest-related land-tenure arrangements?
Yes
ESS 2: Gender analysis
3. Provide equitable opportunities for men and women in stakeholder consultations and decisionYes
making during project formulation, implementation and evaluation?
4. Generate gender co-benefits in project interventions?
Yes
5. Include the collection of quantitative or qualitative sex-disaggregated data?
Yes
ESS 3: Conservation of biodiversity and protection of ecosystem services
6. Reflect an integrated conservation and development approach in defining project interventions
Yes
to manage impacts?
7. Adhere to the ITTO/IUCN Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
Yes
in Tropical Timber Production Forests?
8. Comply with relevant national/subnational/local environmental laws and regulationYes
9. Comply with your country’s international obligations (e.g. as a party to the Convention on
Biological Diversity, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna Yes
and Flora and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance)?
10. Exacerbate human–wildlife conflicts or bushmeat issues?
No
11. Degrade primary forests, critical habitats or environmentally sensitive or high-conservationNovalue areas, or pose risks to endangered or threatened species?
12. Increase forest vulnerability to diseases, pests, invasive alien species or wildfire?
No
13. Increase the risk of disasters (e.g. floods, landslides)?
No
ESS 4: Forest-based climate-change mitigation (including carbon storage in wood products) and adaptation
14. Maintain or increase/enhance forest area and/or carbon stocks?
Yes
15. Increase the risk of wildfire?
No
16. Maintain or increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of forest ecosystems and local
Yes
communities to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change?
17. Comply with your country’s relevant international obligations as a party to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement on climate change and Yes
contribute to its forest-related nationally determined contributions?
ESS 5: Sustainable management of natural tropical forests
18. Benefit local communities?
Yes
19. Adhere to the ITTO Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical
Yes
Forests?
20. Apply reduced impact logging techniques?
Yes
21. Comply with applicable national/subnational/local SFM performance standards and safety
Yesstandards for forest workers (e.g. loggers and equipment operators)?
22. Comply with your country’s relevant international obligations (e.g. as a member of the
Yes
International Labour Organization)?
ESS 6: Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded forest landscapes
23. Adhere to the ITTO Guidelines for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics?
Yes
24. Adhere to the ITTO Guidelines for the Establishment and Sustainable Management ofYes
Planted Tropical Forests?
25. Select tree species for planting in close consultation with local stakeholders, taking intoYes
account the ecological, social, cultural and economic values of the species?
ESS 7: Forest product production and processing (wood and non-wood)
26. Create local employment, business or market opportunities?
Yes

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27. Promote the efficient and innovative production and processing of forest products?
28. Comply with national/subnational/local air- and water-quality standards and labour standards
for production workers (e.g. regarding health and safety, child labour and sexual harassment)?
29. Comply with your country’s relevant international obligations (e.g. as a party to theConvention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance, or as a member of the International Labour Organization)?
30. Reduce waste and/or increase recycling?

Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes

Based on the completed questionnaire, project potential risks/impacts were classified in Category C considering thatthe project will have no harmful environmental and social impacts. The project will also involve small-scale
reforestation/restoration activities using local species; capacity building operations; community forest management
activities; and field studies and inventory work in existing natural forests within the project area. Project objectives, aswell as the various activities to be carried out, are fully in line with the ITTO guidelines which endorse five principles
derived from the Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Forest Goals, and are essential to achieve ITTO core
objectives, namely: 1) environmental sustainability; 2) social viability; 3) gender equality and empowerment of women;4) good governance; and 5) forest tenure security and access to forest resources.

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ANNEX 8: Findings from the ESM screening checklist for the assessment of environmental and social aspects
linked to project implementation
The monitoring indicators below have been identified in relation to the impacts and the mitigation/compensation
measures of the project. These indicators have been determined in relation with the biophysical and humanenvironments, and based on the three project stages, namely: preparation, implementation and operation.
Annex 8.1: Monitoring indicators for proposed measures in connection with the biophysical component - Project preparation stage
Project
phase

Activities
with impact

Effects/Impacts
HUMAN
ENVIRONMENT*Risk of labor accidents

PREPARATION

in work area;
Demarcation,clearing anddeforestation*Risk of massive arrivalof local people, serving
as potential projectworkers; and risk ofdegradation of social
fabric.

Mitigation and compensation

Monitoring
indicators*Raise awareness of and monitor workers for this purpose;
provide medicine boxes and health workers. Strictly follow
measures provided for risk management.

*Number ofsupervisors per site

*To prevent the spread of Sexually transmitted
infections/HIV/AIDS, the DRF and AMEN, in collaboration witha local specialized NGO and with the support of CVDs, will
undertake an information and education campaign during thestart-up phase of the project. The campaign will raise theawareness of people in general and young people in particular
as well as of project personnel and the workers about the
adoption of responsible behavior before during and after
project in the environment.

*Number of outreachcampaigns conducted

Annex 8.2: Monitoring indicators for proposed measures in connection with human environment - Project preparation
stage

PREPARATION

Project
stage

Activities
with impacts

Demarcation,clearing.

Effects/Impacts

Mitigation andcompensation measures

Monitoring
indicators

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Soils*Bare soils more exposed to the sun
increased insolation)*Reduce delay between clearing andreforestation.

*Delay between clearing
and reforestation*Quantity of destroyed
plant species

Flora and vegetation *Destruction ofsome (rare) plant species.

*Avoid overuse; and conduct
compensatory
reforestationindestroyed forest ecosystems.
*Conduct compensatory
reforestation in destroyed forest
ecosystems.

Wildlife*Destruction of some wildlife habitats andreproduction areas.

*Quantity of destroyed
plant and wildlife
species.

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Annex 8.3: Monitoring indicators for proposed measures in connection with the biophysical environment - Project implementation
stage

Project
stage

Activities with
impacts

Effects/Impacts

IMPLEMENTATION

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Soils*Pollution of soil resulting from use offertilizers and pesticides

Nursery
establishment

Mitigation and compensation
measures

Monitoring
indicators*Ensure moderate use*Quantity offertilizers andpesticides used*Contaminated soil resulting from thepresence of plastic bags.

*Install a bin or container in work areas
for recuperating all solid waste

Water*Change in hydrological system of aquifers
and surface water*Decrease in recharging level of aquifer*Destruction of some vulnerable aquatic
species
Pollution of water used for human andanimal consumption due to high level ofextraction.

*Construction of wells for nurseryestablishment and reforestation work
itself in order to avoid conflicts of interests
between workers and people inconnection with water use and thedestruction of some vulnerable aquatic
species.

Air*Air pollution from use of pesticides.

*State of work areas*Number of wells
constructed*Avoid overuse*Quantity offertilizers andpesticides used.

Annex 8.4: Monitoring indicators for proposed measures in connection with the human environment - Project implementation stage
Project
stage

Activities
withimpacts

Effects/Impacts

IMPLEMENTATIONHUMAN ENVIRONMENT*Use of space due to project
Slowdown of some economic activities,
in this case farming activities for the
benefit of the project*Conflict of interests between workers
and people over water use

Reforestation*Risk of massive arrival of local people,
serving as potential project workers; andrisk of degradation of social fabric.

Mitigation and compensation
measures

Monitoring
indicators*Signature of contracts between operator
and village communities*Number of contract
documents*Construction
of
wells
for
nursery
establishment and reforestation work itself inorder to avoid conflicts of interests between
workers and people in connection with water
use and the destruction of some vulnerable
aquatic species.

*Number of wells
constructed*Workers’ working hours*Inform people and implement working
schedules with less negative impact onsocio-collective equipment.

*invasion of living environment.
*Inform people and implement working
schedules with less negative impact onsocio-community equipment.

*Number of villages
informed

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Annex 8.5: Monitoring indicators for proposed measures in connection with the biophysical component - Project operation stage

Project
stage

Activities with
impacts

OPERATION

Production of solid
waste (wood shavings
and waste)from wood sawing

Timber harvesting (saleof poles and steres)

Effects/Impacts
BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Soils*Soil pollution
Water*Pollution of surface water fromwood waste production
Flora and vegetation*Deforestation resulting fromtimber harvesting
Wildlife
Destruction of some wildlife
habitats and reproduction areas
Air
Air pollution

Mitifation and compensation
measures

Monitoring indicators*Avoid timber overharvesting*State of sites*Educate people about theimportance of placing covers on
wells*Number of villages madeaware/
State of wells/watering
points*Undertake compensatory
reforestation for destroyed forest
ecosystems*Reforested area

*Undertake compensatory
reforestation for destroyed forest
ecosystems* Reforested area

*Avoid timber overharvesting* Deforested area

Annex 8.6: Monitoring indicators for proposed measures in connection with the human component - Project operation stage
Project stage

Activities with
impacts

Effects/Impacts

Mitigation/compensation measures

Monitoring activities

OPERATION

HUMAN ENVIRONMENT*Risk of labor accidents at work
sites
Timberharvesting (saleof poles andsteres)* Slowdown in some economic
activities, in this case farming
activities for the benefit of the
project (conversion of farmers inproject workers)* Regarding the risk of labor accidents, raiseawareness of and monitor workers; provide
first-aid boxes and health officers. Strictly
followmeasuresprovidedforrisk
management.
*Regarding the risk of local labor conversion
in project workers, work should start before orafter farming work as agriculture is the main
activity in the area.

*Number ofsupervisors per site

*Number of hired
workers

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ANNEX 9: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONSULTANTS AND SUBCONTRACTING FUNDED BY ITTO UNDERBUDGET ITEM 20 (SUBCONTRACTING)
ANNEX 9-1: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR CONSULTANTS
Terms of reference - Promoting modern beekeeping
Profile and experience
The subcontractor should be at least an agronomist or forestry engineer or holder of a master's degree in ecology or
any other similar qualification in the field of animal production, with sufficient professional experience in the field ofwildlife planning and management as well as in the field of veterinary medicine. A mastery of the participatory approach
would be an asset.
PurposeTo train and equip women's groups for the production of quality honey in order to enable them to increase their annual
household income.
Tasks
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Consult, raise awareness and identify young future beekeepers in the 120 localities targeted by the project;b) Train 180 young future beekeepers in modern beekeeping techniques and methods;c) Order/manufacture 900 hives; 500 packets of puffed wax; 180 smokers; 4,500 tubes of bee attractant; 450 rolls of
stainless-steel wire; 75 extractors; and 180 solar kits;d) Organize the 180 young beekeepers into groups;e) Order/manufacture 900 hives; 500 packets of puffed wax, 300 smokers; 4500 tubes of bee attractant; 450 rolls of
stainless-steel wire; 75 extractors; and 900 solar kits;f) Process and distribute the processed hives to young farmer-beekeepers;g) Set up 900 processed hives in the farms of young farmer-beekeepersi) Monitor the hives set up in farms until the harvest of raw honey by the young farmer-beekeepers;j) Harvest of raw honey by young farmer-beekeepersk) Transport the raw honey harvested by the young peasant beekeepers to sales outlets in each prefecture;l) Set up 900 processed hives in the farms of farmer-beekeepers and monitor young beekeepers;m) Harvest of raw honey by the farmer-beekeepers;n) Condition the raw honey in the Micro-center;o) Market 300,000 liters of pure honey per year;p) Build and equip the project headquartersq) Drill the water well at the project headquarters to supply the Micro-center;r) Set up a savings and loan fund for young beekeepers in rural areas.
Duration: 3 months
Terms of reference - Support to the reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forests
Profile and experience
The subcontractor should provide evidence of upper level university education and of professional experience of atleast five years. The following qualifications are required:-

The applicant should be a natural or legal person and provide evidence of university-level education in one of thefollowing fields: forestry (expert in forest management, forest ecology), agroforestry, agriculture, etc.;
A multidisciplinary team combining useful complementary skills in relation to studies is desired.

PurposeTo organize rural populations to establish 2,600 ha of community forests in order to combat poverty in the Mono plain.
Tasks
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Contact/inform local authorities of the existence of the project;b) Officially launch the project;c) Strengthen the technical capacities of local communities in CF management;d) Establish a framework for ongoing collaboration between the actors;e) Encourage local communities to create CFs in the target villages;f) Purchase quality forest tree species seedlings in the ten project target districts;g) Planify 2,600 ha of community forest on village lands;

59h) Disseminate endogenous techniques;i) Develop the most important and promising IGAs for local populations in the 10 project target districts in the Monoplain as follows:- Promotion of forest seedling production- Promotion of off-season crops- Promotion of poultry and rabbit breeding- Promotion of modern beekeeping- Reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forestsj) Train rural women in improved charcoal production techniquesk) Train farmers in new sustainable agricultural practicesl) Establish local CF management and protection cooperatives and a Union of CF Management and Protection
Cooperatives in the Mono plain.
Duration: 6 months
Terms of reference - Promoting the production of forest tree species seedlings
Profile and experience
The subcontractor should provide evidence of upper level university education and of professional experience of at least
five years. The following qualifications are required:-

The applicant should be a natural or legal person and provide evidence of university-level education in one of thefollowing fields: forestry (expert in forest management, forest ecology), agroforestry, agriculture, etc.;
A multidisciplinary team combining useful complementary skills in relation to studies is desired.

PurposeTo produce forest seedlings to be planted by the local population for establishing their own plantations for timber andenergy wood production.
Tasks
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Raise awareness of and identify young future nurserymen across the 10 project target districts;b) Train and organize 110 young future private nurseries;c) Set up groups of nurserymen in the 10 project target districts;d) Order forest seeds of precious forest tree species targeted by the project beneficiaries;e) Identify nursery sites throughout the project area;f) Establish and organize nurseries;g) Dig a well in the nursery site;h) Produce 1,500,000 forest seedlings in polyethylene bags per year on all selected sites.
Duration: 3 months
Terms of reference – Promoting the production of off-season crops
Profile and experience
The subcontractor should provide evidence of upper-level university education and of professional experience of atleast five years. The following qualifications are required:-

The applicant should be a natural or legal person and provide evidence of university-level education in one of thefollowing fields: agriculture (expert in lowland development, gardening, agro-economist), agroforestry, etc.;
A multidisciplinary team combining useful complementary skills in relation to studies is desired.

PurposeTo promote off-season crops to improve the socio-economic living conditions of grassroots communities following asustainable and participatory development approach in the Central and Plateaux Regions.
Tasks
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Raise awareness of local people in the project target districts about the advantages and benefits of off-season
crops in Togo;b) Determine the kinds of off-season crops to be farmed in consultation with local people in project target districts;c) Assist local people with searching for desired off-season crop seeds in project target districts;

60d) Assist local people with the purchase of equipment and materials for off-season crops in project target districts;e) Assist local people with securing farming land in the lowlands in project target districts;f) Assist local people with the construction of reservoirs and market gardening wells in off-season farming areas inproject target districts;g) Assist local people with farming off-season crops on land secured in project target districts;h) Assist local people with harvesting the various off-season crop products (tomatoes, lettuce, vegetables, etc.) in
project target districts;i) Assist local people with securing equipment for processing off-season crop products in project target districts;j) Assist local people with processing tomatoes into tomato powder; tomato jam; tomato ketchup and tomato pulp in
project target districts;k) Assist local people with marketing off-season crop products in major cities and outside Togo.
Duration: 3 months
Terms of reference - Promoting poultry and rabbit breeding
Profile and experience
The subcontractor should provide evidence of upper level university education and of professional experience of atleast five years. The following qualifications are required:-

The applicant should be a natural or legal person and provide evidence of university-level education in one of thefollowing fields: medicine (veterinarian, zootechnician), agronomy, (agro-economist, socio-economist), etc.;
A multidisciplinary team combining useful complementary skills in relation to studies is desired.

PurposeTo train and equip women's groups for the development of poultry and rabbit breeding to enable them to increase theirannual household income.
Tasks
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Raise awareness of local people about the economic profitability of poultry and rabbit breeding in projecttarget districts;b) Assist local people with securing a one-hectare land area for establishing a pilot center for breeding poultry
and rabbits;c) Assist local people with ordering/purchasing brood rabbits and poultry for breeding;d) Assist local breeders with purchasing basic foods and complementary foods for poultry and rabbit breeding;e) Assist local breeders with ordering equipment and materials for poultry and rabbit breeding;f) Assist local breeders with building facilities for poultry and rabbit breeding;g) Assist local breeders with purchasing veterinary products for rabbit and poultry care;h) Assist local breeders to hiring a veterinarian at specific times for vaccinating rabbits and poultry;i) Assist pilot centers with the provision of solar panels for the lighting of livestock premises;j) Assist pilot centers with purchasing vehicle and motorcycles for livestock services;k) Assist pilot centers with the provision of solar kits for lighting during night checks of unlit breeding places;l) Assist pilot centers with marketing rabbits and poultry.
Duration: 6 months
OTHER PROVISIONSApplications should be submitted in sealed envelopes at the following address:
Association «Les Amis de l’Environnement (AMEN)»S/C BP: 30327 LOME – TOGO; Telephone: (228)-90 35 91 35 /90 28 21 14
E-mail: amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr / skomlan@yahoo.fr
PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)--------------------Note:
The technical and financial bids should be submitted separately in two stamped and sealed envelopes bearing thementions "Technical Bid" and "Financial Bid";
The two envelopes per tender should be enclosed in a large sealed envelope bearing the mention, "Bid for the study………… of PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)”.

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Annex 9.2: SUBCONTRACTING CONTRACTS FUNDED UNDER ITTO BUDGET COMPONENT 20(SUBCONTRACTING)
Annex 9.2.1: Subcontracting Contract #1: Promoting modern beekeeping
ASSOCIATION LES AMIS DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT (AMEN)
S/C BP: 30327 LOME - TOGO
Facebook: AMEN KARA; Tel: 00(228) 90 35 91 35 / 90 28 21 14
e-mail: amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr / skomlan@yahoo.fr--------------------PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)“Support to the local communities of the Mono plain for the promotion and sustainable management ofcommunity forests in Togo”--------------------N° ___________/ 2023/AMEN
Article 1: The partners
This Contract is entered into between:
PROJECT AMEN/ITTO PD 925/22 (F) – BP 30327 Tel: 90 35 91 35/ 90 28 21 14 represented by its Vice-president –Project Manager, Mr. xxxxxxxxx.
On the one handAnd
The association named “Amis de l’Environnement Mondial TOGO (AEM-TOGO)”, having its registered office at
Adéticopé (Togo) and represented by its President Mr. xxxxxxxxxx, hereinafter referred to as “the Subcontractor”.
On the other hand
Article 2: Purpose of service provision
The Project outsources the implementation of beekeeping-related work in connection with the AMEN/ITTO PROJECT
PD 925/22 (F) to the Subcontractor, who hereby agrees under the conditions provided below and according to the Termsof Reference (ToR) as defined in Appendix 9.1 above, which shall form an integral part of this Contract.
The subcontractor shall be required to carry out the following tasks:(a) Consult, raise awareness and identify young future beekeepers in the 120 localities targeted by the project;(b) Train 180 young future beekeepers in modern beekeeping techniques and methods;
Training will be provided in a center located in Blitta on four topics, as follows:(1) Importance of natural resources for combating poverty;(2) Sustainable management of natural resources and alleviation of poverty in rural areas;(3) Importance of honey in socio-economic life;(4) Organization rural areas for sustainable development.
(c) Order/manufacture 900 hives; 500 packets of puffed wax; 180 smokers; 4,500 tubes of bee attractant; 450 rolls of
stainless-steel wire; 75 extractors; and 180 solar kits, to be made available to beneficiaries for modern beekeeping in
the 54 villages targeted by the Micro-center, i.e. three beekeepers/village.
(d) Organize 180 young beekeepers into groups;(e) Process hives (hives will be consolidated with stainless-steel wire and fitted with puffed wax before spraying bee
attractant in hives to attract and retain bees);(f) Distribute processed hives among young farmer-beekeepers;(g) Set up 900 processed hives in the farms of young farmer-beekeepers(h) Monitor hives set up in farms until the harvest of raw honey by the young farmer-beekeepers;(i) Harvest of raw honey by young peasant beekeepers(j) Transport the raw honey harvested by the young peasant beekeepers to sales outlets in each prefecture;(k) Set up 4,500 processed hives in the farms of peasant beekeepers and monitor young beekeepers;(l) Monitor the hives set up in farms until the harvest of raw honey by the young farmer-beekeepers;(m) Harvest of raw honey by the farmer-beekeepers;

62(n) Transport the raw honey harvested by the young peasant beekeepers to sales outlets in each prefecture (21prefectures under the Micro-center (Kéran, Doufelgou, Bassar, Plaine de Mô, Tchamba, Sotouboua, Blitta, Anié, EstMono, Moyen Mono, Haho, Ogou, Amou, Wawa, Akébou, Kpélé, Daye, Kloto, Agou and Avé.);(o) Condition the raw honey in the Micro-center, organized as follows:- Headquarters, including two offices, a honey processing and packaging room and a storage room for marketing;- Human resources, including Director of the Micro-center; Production Manager; Processing and Packaging
manager; Administrative and Financial Manager; courier/driver; and workers. The Production Manager is
responsible for receiving the raw honey sent by the farmer-beekeepers. The farmer-beekeepers are registered aswell as the volumes of raw honey supplied. The raw honey is forwarded to the processing and packaging unit
under the supervision of the Processing and Packaging Manager.
(p) Market 300,000 liters of pure honey per year (after processing raw honey using an extractor/masturbator, pure
honey is poured into one-liter cans, packed and stocked in a room for marketing);(q) Build and equip the project headquarters (computer units; office supplies and equipment; telephone, Internet;
electricity and water);(r) Drill the water well at the project headquarters to supply the Micro-center;(s) Set up a savings and loan fund for young beekeepers in rural areas.
The Subcontractor shall work in close collaboration with the Project steering committee; the technical support committee
and in consultation with other relevant agencies and non-government organizations operating in the area.
The Subcontractor shall participate in the workshop for reporting the outcomes of various subcontracting services
performed throughout Project implementation.
The Subcontractor shall report the outcomes of performed services to a group of national experts for evaluation andfinalization upon his mandate completion.
Article 3: Contract duration
The Subcontractor shall have a period of three months to carry out the provision of services.
However, the deadline may be amended in the event of force majeure (interruption due to any dispute whatsoever) on
the basis of a justified written request at the initiative of the Subcontractor.
Article 4: Contract price
The price of this Contract is set at US$75,600.00 in accordance with the estimate submitted by the Subcontractor andaccepted by the Project. (90% for the Subcontractor and 10% for project administration costs).
This price shall cover labor and personnel costs, miscellaneous allowances, depreciation costs, the purchase of supplies
and miscellaneous equipment, the cost of preparing and reproducing reports, map and miscellaneous.
Article 5: Terms of payment
The amounts due to the Subcontractor under this Contract shall be paid in CFA francs according to the schedule
below:
50% upon signature of this contract;
20% upon receipt of the interim report;
30% upon final approval of all services by the Project.
Article 6: Stamp and registration duties
Stamp and registration fees shall be borne by the Subcontractor.
Article 7: Project obligations
The Project undertakes to provide the Subcontractor with all necessary financial means in strict compliance with thisContract.
Article 8: Subcontractor obligations
The Subcontractor is required to strictly respect the deadline set for completing service performance. The
Subcontractor undertakes to use all the means at his disposal to complete service performance within the deadline
and conditions established in this Contract and the provisions of the Terms of Reference included as annexes.
Article 9: Penalties

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In the event of a delay attributable to the Subcontractor, the latter shall incur penalties equal to one two hundredth of
the Contract price and per calendar day up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the Contract price.
Article 10: Force majeure
Cases of force majeure will consist of all unforeseeable factors beyond the control of the contracting parties (strike,armed conflict, etc.). Cases of force majeure shall be notified by the Project to the Subcontractor in agreement withITTO and may give rise to an extension of the Contract duration for a period equivalent to the duration of said force
majeure without financial impact for the organization. The notification shall be submitted within seven clear days at thelatest following the occurrence of the said cases by all possible means (fax, letter, telex, telephone, etc.) to the
Subcontractor.
Article 11: Litigation
Any dispute arising from the interpretation or intervention in the execution of this Contract shall be settled amicably. If
the disagreement persists, the two parties will appeal to the relevant legal authorities of the country.
Article 12: Termination
This Contract may be terminated by any of the parties, subject to informing the other party by registered letter, clearlystating the issues encountered, the grievances or the reasons. The latter shall have a period of eight clear days toaddress the comments or to correct the deficiencies notified. Beyond this period and failing any agreement, thetermination will be pronounced as of right.
In the event of termination, the payment of rights and damages will be made in application of the clauses of article 5.
Article 13: Liability – Insurance
Each party shall bear all the risks of civil liability for which it is liable under the terms of common law. To this end, eachparty shall maintain its own liability policy in accordance with the laws and provisions in force in Togo.
It is also specified that the Subcontractor shall take responsibility for the coverage of risks of all kinds likely to arise(illness, accident, etc.) as well as the accidents that it could cause to others and undertakes to reimburse the Project
for the costs that the latter may incur in this regard.
Article 14: Validity
This Agreement shall take effect from the date of its signature by the contracting parties and of taking up service.
Lomé, (date)…………….
The Subcontractor

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The National Coordinatorxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Project Manager

xxxxxxxxxx

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Annex 9-2.2: Subcontracting Contract #2: Promotion of off-season crops
ASSOCIATION LES AMIS DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT(AMEN)
S/C BP: 30327 LOME - TOGO
Facebook: AMEN KARA; Tel: 00(228) 90 35 91 35/90 28 21 14
e-mail: amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr / skomlan@yahoo.fr--------------------PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)“Support to the local communities of the Mono plain for the promotion and sustainable management ofcommunity forests in Togo”--------------------N° ___________/ 2023/AMEN
Article 1: The partners
This Contract is entered into between:
PROJECT AMEN/ITTO PD 925/22 (F) – BP 30327 Tel: 90 35 91 35/ 90 28 21 14 represented by its Vice-president –Project Manager, Mr. xxxxxxxxx.
On the one handAnd
The association named “Amis de l’Environnement Mondial TOGO (AEM-TOGO)”, having its registered office at
Adéticopé (Togo) and represented by its President Mr. xxxxxxxxxx, hereinafter referred to as “the Subcontractor”.
On the other hand
Article 2: Purpose of service provision
The Project outsources the implementation of off-season crop production-related work in connection with the
AMEN/ITTO PROJECT PD 925/22 (F) to the Subcontractor, who hereby agrees under the conditions provided below
and according to the Terms of Reference (ToR) as defined in Appendix 9.1 above, which shall form an integral part ofthis Contract.
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Raise awareness of local people in the project target districts about the advantages and benefits of off-season
crops in Togo;b) Determine the kinds of off-season crops to be farmed in consultation with local people in project target
districts;c) Assist local people with searching for desired off-season crop seeds in project target districts;d) Assist local people with the purchase of equipment and materials for off-season crops in project target
districts;e) Assist local people with securing farming land in the lowlands in project target districts;f) Assist local people with the construction of reservoirs and market gardening wells in off-season farming areas
in project target districts;g) Assist local people with farming off-season crops on land secured in project target districts;h) Assist local people with harvesting the various off-season crop products (tomatoes, lettuce, vegetables, etc.)
in project target districts;i) Assist local people with securing equipment for processing off-season crop products in project target districts;j) Assist local people with processing tomatoes into tomato powder; tomato jam; tomato ketchups and tomato
pulp in project target districts;k) Assist local people with marketing off-season crop products in major cities and outside Togo.
The Subcontractor shall work in close collaboration with the Project steering committee; the technical support committee
and in consultation with other relevant agencies and non-government organizations operating in the area.
The Subcontractor shall participate in the workshop for reporting the outcomes of various subcontracting services
performed throughout Project implementation.
The Subcontractor shall report the outcomes of performed services to a group of national experts for evaluation andfinalization upon his mandate completion.

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Article 3: Contract duration
The Subcontractor shall have a period of three months to carry out the provision of services.
However, the deadline may be amended in the event of force majeure (interruption due to any dispute whatsoever) on
the basis of a justified written request at the initiative of the Subcontractor.
Article 4: Contract price
The price of this Contract is set at US$15,000.00 in accordance with the estimate submitted by the Subcontractor andaccepted by the Project. (90% for Subcontractor and 10% for project administration costs).
This price shall cover labor and personnel costs, miscellaneous allowances, depreciation costs, the purchase of supplies
and miscellaneous equipment, the cost of preparing and reproducing reports, map and miscellaneous.
Article 5: Terms of payment
The amounts due to the Subcontractor under this Contract shall be paid in CFA francs according to the schedule
below:
50% upon signature of this contract;
20% upon receipt of the interim report;
30% upon final approval of all services by the Project.
Article 6: Stamp and registration duties
Stamp and registration fees shall be borne by the Subcontractor.
Article 7: Project obligations
The Project undertakes to provide the Subcontractor with all necessary financial means in strict compliance with thisContract.
Article 8: Subcontractor obligations
The Subcontractor is required to strictly respect the deadline set completing the service provision. The Subcontractor
undertakes to use all the means at his disposal to complete the service provision within the deadlines and conditions
established in this Contract and the provisions of the Terms of Reference included as annexes.
Article 9: Penalties
In the event of a delay attributable to the Subcontractor, the latter shall incur penalties equal to one two hundredth of
the Contract price and per calendar day up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the Contract price.
Article 10: Force majeure
Cases of force majeure will consist of all unforeseeable factors beyond the control of the contracting parties (strike,armed conflict, etc.). Cases of force majeure shall be notified by the Project to the Subcontractor in agreement withITTO and may give rise to an extension of the Contract duration for a period equivalent to the duration of said force
majeure without financial impact for the organization. The notification shall be submitted within seven clear days at thelatest following the occurrence of the said cases by all possible means (fax, letter, telex, telephone, etc.) to the
Subcontractor.
Article 11: Litigation
Any dispute arising from the interpretation or intervention in the execution of this Contract shall be settled amicably. If
the disagreement persists, the two parties will appeal to the relevant legal authorities of the country.
Article 12: Termination
This Contract may be terminated by any of the parties, subject to informing the other party by registered letter, clearlystating the issues encountered, the grievances or the reasons. The latter shall have a period of eight clear days toaddress the comments or to correct the deficiencies notified. Beyond this period and failing any agreement, thetermination will be pronounced as of right.
In the event of termination, the payment of rights and damages will be due in compliance with provisions set out inarticle 5.
Article 13: Liability – Insurance
Each party shall bear all the risks of civil liability for which it is liable under the terms of common law. To this end, eachparty shall maintain its own liability policy in accordance with the laws and provisions in force in Togo.

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It is also specified that the Subcontractor shall take responsibility for the coverage of risks of all kinds likely to arise(illness, accident, etc.) as well as the accidents that it could cause to others and undertakes to reimburse the Project
for the costs that the latter may incur in this regard.
Article 14: Validity
This Agreement shall take effect from the date of its signature by the contracting parties and of taking up service.
Lomé, (date)…………….
The Subcontractor

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The National Coordinatorxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Project Manager

xxxxxxxxxx

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Annexe 9.2.3: Subcontracting contract #3: Promoting the production of forest tree species seedlings
ASSOCIATION LES AMIS DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT(AMEN)
S/C BP: 30327 LOME - TOGO
Facebook: AMEN KARA; Tel: 00(228) 90 35 91 35/90 28 21 14
e-mail: amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr / skomlan@yahoo.fr--------------------PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)“Support to the local communities of the Mono plain for the promotion and sustainable management ofcommunity forests in Togo”--------------------N° ___________/ 2023/AMEN

Article 1: The partners
This Contract is entered into between:
THE PROJECT AMEN/ITTO PD 925/22 (F) – BP 30327 Tel : 90 35 91 35 /90 28 21 14 represented by AMEN’s VicePresident – Project Manager, Mr. xxxxxxxxxxx.
On the one hand
And
The ESSO-WAZA Group having its headquarters at Pagala-Gare (Togo) and represented by its President
Mr. xxxxxxxxxx, hereinafter referred to as “the Subcontractor”.
On the other hand
Article 2: Purpose of service provision
The Project outsources the implementation of seedling production-related work in connection with the AMEN/ITTO
PROJECT PD 925/22 (F) to the Subcontractor, who hereby agrees under the conditions provided below and according
to the Terms of Reference (ToR) as defined in Appendix 9.1 above, which shall form an integral part of this Contract.
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Raise awareness of and identify young future nurserymen across the 10 project target districts;b) Train and organize 110 young future private nurseries;c) Set up groups of nurserymen in the 10 project target districts;d) Order forest seeds of precious forest tree species targeted by the project beneficiaries;e) Identify nursery sites throughout the project area;f) Establish and organize nurseries;g) Dig a well in the nursery site;h) Produce 1,000,000 forest seedlings in polyethylene bags per year on all selected sites.
The Subcontractor shall work in close collaboration with the Project steering committee; the technical support committee
and in consultation with other relevant agencies and non-government organizations operating in the area.
The Subcontractor shall participate in the workshop for reporting the outcomes of various subcontracting services
performed throughout Project implementation.
The Subcontractor shall report the outcomes of performed services to a group of national experts for evaluation andfinalization upon his mandate completion.
Article 3: Contract duration
The Subcontractor shall have a period of three months to carry out the provision of services.
However, the deadline may be amended in the event of force majeure (interruption due to any dispute whatsoever) on
the basis of a justified written request at the initiative of the Subcontractor.
Article 4: Contract price68
The price of this Contract is set at US$10,000.00 in accordance with the estimate submitted by the Subcontractor andaccepted by the Project. (90% for Subcontractor and 10% for project administration costs).
This price shall cover labor and personnel costs, miscellaneous allowances, depreciation costs, the purchase of supplies
and miscellaneous equipment, the cost of preparing and reproducing reports, map and miscellaneous.
Article 5: Terms of payment
The amounts due to the Subcontractor under this Contract shall be paid in CFA francs according to the schedule
below:
50% upon signature of this contract;
20% upon receipt of the interim report;
30% upon final approval of all services by the Project.
Article 6: Stamp and registration duties
Stamp and registration fees shall be borne by the Subcontractor.
Article 7: Project obligations
The Project undertakes to provide the Subcontractor with all necessary financial means in strict compliance with thisContract.
Article 8: Subcontractor obligations
The Subcontractor is required to strictly respect the deadline set completing the service provision. The Subcontractor
undertakes to use all the means at his disposal to complete the service provision within the deadlines and conditions
established in this Contract and the provisions of the Terms of Reference included as annexes.
Article 9: Penalties
In the event of a delay attributable to the Subcontractor, the latter shall incur penalties equal to one two hundredth of
the Contract price and per calendar day up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the Contract price.
Article 10: Force majeure
Cases of force majeure will consist of all unforeseeable factors beyond the control of the contracting parties (strike,armed conflict, etc.). Cases of force majeure shall be notified by the Project to the Subcontractor in agreement withITTO and may give rise to an extension of the Contract duration for a period equivalent to the duration of said force
majeure without financial impact for the organization. The notification shall be submitted within seven clear days at thelatest following the occurrence of the said cases by all possible means (fax, letter, telex, telephone, etc.) to the
Subcontractor.
Article 11: Litigation
Any dispute arising from the interpretation or intervention in the execution of this Contract shall be settled amicably. If
the disagreement persists, the two parties will appeal to the relevant legal authorities of the country.
Article 12: Termination
This Contract may be terminated by any of the parties, subject to informing the other party by registered letter, clearlystating the issues encountered, the grievances or the reasons. The latter shall have a period of eight clear days toaddress the comments or to correct the deficiencies notified. Beyond this period and failing any agreement, thetermination will be pronounced as of right.
In the event of termination, the payment of rights and damages will be due in compliance with provisions set out inarticle 5.
Article 13: Liability – Insurance
Each party shall bear all the risks of civil liability for which it is liable under the terms of common law. To this end, eachparty shall maintain its own liability policy in accordance with the laws and provisions in force in Togo.
It is also specified that the Subcontractor shall take responsibility for the coverage of risks of all kinds likely to arise(illness, accident, etc.) as well as the accidents that it could cause to others and undertakes to reimburse the Project
for the costs that the latter may incur in this regard.
Article 14: Validity

69This Agreement shall take effect from the date of its signature by the contracting parties and of taking up service.
Lomé, (date)…………….
The Subcontractor

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The National Coordinatorxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Project Manager

xxxxxxxxxx

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Annex 9.2.4: Subcontracting Contract #4: Promoting poultry and rabbit breeding
ASSOCIATION LES AMIS DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT (AMEN)
S/C BP: 30327 LOME - TOGO
Facebook: AMEN KARA; Tel: 00(228) 90 35 91 35/90 28 21 14
e-mail: amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr / skomlan@yahoo.fr*--------------------PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)“Support to the local communities of the Mono plain for the promotion and sustainable management ofcommunity forests in Togo”--------------------N° ___________/ 2023/AMEN
Article 1: The partners
This Contract is entered into between:
PROJECT AMEN/ITTO PD 925/22 (F) – BP 30327 Tel: 90 35 91 35/ 90 28 21 14 represented by its Vice-president –Project Manager, Mr. xxxxxxxxx.
On the one hand
And
The SOLIM-HARA Group, having its headquarters at Assoukoko, Togo, and represented by its Executive Director
Mr. xxxxxxxxxx, hereinafter referred to as “the Subcontractor”.
On the other hand
Article 2: Purpose of service provision
The Project outsources the implementation of poultry and rabbit breeding-related work in connection with the
AMEN/ITTO PROJECT PD 925/22 (F) to the Subcontractor, who hereby agrees under the conditions provided below
and according to the Terms of Reference (ToR) as defined in Appendix 9.1 above, which shall form an integral part ofthis Contract.
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Raise awareness of local people about the economic profitability of poultry and rabbit breeding in projecttarget districts;b) Assist local people with securing a one-hectare land area for establishing a pilot center for breeding poultry
and rabbits;c) Assist local people with ordering/purchasing brood rabbits and poultry for breeding;d) Assist local breeders with purchasing basic foods and complementary foods for poultry and rabbit breeding;e) Assist local breeders with ordering equipment and materials for poultry and rabbit breeding;f) Assist local breeders with building facilities for poultry and rabbit breeding;g) Assist local breeders with purchasing veterinary products for rabbit and poultry care;h) Assist local breeders with hiring a veterinarian at specific times for vaccinating rabbits and poultry;i) Assist pilot centers with the provision of solar panels for the lighting of livestock premises;j) Assist pilot centers with purchasing vehicle and motorcycles for livestock services;k) Assist pilot centers with the provision of solar kits for lighting during night checks of unlit breeding places;l) Assist pilot centers with marketing rabbits and poultry.
The Subcontractor shall work in close collaboration with the Project steering committee; the technical support committee
and in consultation with other relevant agencies and non-government organizations operating in the area.
The Subcontractor shall participate in the workshop for reporting the outcomes of various subcontracting services
performed throughout Project implementation.
The Subcontractor shall report the outcomes of performed services to a group of national experts for evaluation andfinalization upon his mandate completion.

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Article 3: Contract duration
The Subcontractor shall have a period of six months to carry out the provision of services.
However, the deadline may be amended in the event of force majeure (interruption due to any dispute whatsoever) on
the basis of a justified written request at the initiative of the Subcontractor.
Article 4: Contract price
The price of this Contract is set at US$30,000.00 in accordance with the estimate submitted by the Subcontractor andaccepted by the Project. (90% for Subcontractor and 10% for project administration costs).
This price shall cover labor and personnel costs, miscellaneous allowances, depreciation costs, the purchase of supplies
and miscellaneous equipment, the cost of preparing and reproducing reports, map and miscellaneous.
Article 5: Terms of payment
The amounts due to the Subcontractor under this Contract shall be paid in CFA francs according to the schedule
below:
50% upon signature of this contract;
20% upon receipt of the interim report;
30% upon final approval of all services by the Project.
Article 6: Stamp and registration duties
Stamp and registration fees shall be borne by the Subcontractor.
Article 7: Project obligations
The Project undertakes to provide the Subcontractor with all necessary financial means in strict compliance with thisContract.
Article 8: Subcontractor obligations
The Subcontractor is required to strictly respect the deadline set completing the service provision. The Subcontractor
undertakes to use all the means at his disposal to complete the service provision within the deadlines and conditions
established in this Contract and the provisions of the Terms of Reference included as annexes.
Article 9: Penalties
In the event of a delay attributable to the Subcontractor, the latter shall incur penalties equal to one two hundredth of
the Contract price and per calendar day up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the Contract price.
Article 10: Force majeure
Cases of force majeure will consist of all unforeseeable factors beyond the control of the contracting parties (strike,armed conflict, etc.). Cases of force majeure shall be notified by the Project to the Subcontractor in agreement withITTO and may give rise to an extension of the Contract duration for a period equivalent to the duration of said force
majeure without financial impact for the organization. The notification shall be submitted within seven clear days at thelatest following the occurrence of the said cases by all possible means (fax, letter, telex, telephone, etc.) to the
Subcontractor.
Article 11: Litigation
Any dispute arising from the interpretation or intervention in the execution of this Contract shall be settled amicably. If
the disagreement persists, the two parties will appeal to the relevant legal authorities of the country.
Article 12: Termination
This Contract may be terminated by any of the parties, subject to informing the other party by registered letter, clearlystating the issues encountered, the grievances or the reasons. The latter shall have a period of eight clear days toaddress the comments or to correct the deficiencies notified. Beyond this period and failing any agreement, thetermination will be pronounced as of right.
In the event of termination, the payment of rights and damages will be due in compliance with provisions set out inarticle 5.
Article 13: Liability – Insurance
Each party shall bear all the risks of civil liability for which it is liable under the terms of common law. To this end, eachparty shall maintain its own liability policy in accordance with the laws and provisions in force in Togo.

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It is also specified that the Subcontractor shall take responsibility for the coverage of risks of all kinds likely to arise(illness, accident, etc.) as well as the accidents that it could cause to others and undertakes to reimburse the Project
for the costs that the latter may incur in this regard.
Article 14: Validity
This Agreement shall take effect from the date of its signature by the contracting parties and of taking up service.
Lomé, (date)…………….
The Subcontractor

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The National Coordinatorxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Project Manager

xxxxxxxxxx

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Annex 9.2.5: Subcontracting Contract #5: Support to the reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forests
ASSOCIATION LES AMIS DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT(AMEN)
S/C BP: 30327 LOME - TOGO
Facebook: AMEN KARA; Tel: 00(228) 90 35 91 3590 28 21 14
e-mail: amen2002_kara@yahoo.fr / skomlan@yahoo.fr--------------------PROJECT PD 925/22 (F)“Support to the local communities of the Mono plain for the promotion and sustainable management ofcommunity forests in Togo”--------------------N° ___________/ 2023/AMEN
Article 1: The partners
This Contract is entered into between:
PROJECT AMEN/ITTO PD 925/22 (F) – BP 30327 Tel: 90 35 91 35/ 90 28 21 14 represented by its Vice-president –Project Manager, Mr. xxxxxxxxx.
On the one handAnd
HYDRAUTEX-TOGO, a non-government organization having its headquarters in Lomé, Togo, and represented by its
Executive Director Mr. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, hereinafter referred to as “the Subcontractor”. HYDRAUTEX-TOGO NGO will
subcontract reforestation work for establishing community forests in the target districts to the District Development
Committees (Comités cantonaux de développement—CCDs). Economic and environmental development plans are
already in place among District Development Committees for their respective area.
On the other hand
Article 2: Purpose of service provision
The Project outsources the implementation of reforestation-related work in connection with the AMEN/ITTO PROJECT
PD 925/22 (F) to the Subcontractor, who hereby agrees under the conditions provided below and according to the Termsof Reference (ToR) as defined in Appendix 9.1 above, which shall form an integral part of this Contract.
The subcontractor will be required to carry out the following tasks:a) Contact/inform local authorities of the existence of the project;b) Officially launch the project;c) Strengthen the technical capacities of local communities in CF management;d) Establish a framework for ongoing collaboration between the actors;e) Encourage local communities to create CFs in the target villages;f) Purchase quality forest tree species seedlings in the ten project target districts;g) Planify 2,600 ha of community forest on village lands;h) Disseminate endogenous techniques;i) Develop the most important and promising IGAs for local populations in the 10 project target districts in the Monoplain as follows:- Promotion of forest seedling production- Promotion of off-season crops- Promotion of poultry and rabbit breeding- Promotion of modern beekeeping- Reforestation of 2,600 ha of community forestsj) Train rural women in improved charcoal production techniquesk) Train farmers in new sustainable agricultural practicesl) Establish local CF management and protection cooperatives and a Union of CF Management and Protection
Cooperatives in the Mono plain.
The Sub-contractor shall work in close collaboration with the Project steering committee; the support committee and in
consultation with other relevant agencies and non-government organizations ONGs intervenant dans la zone.
The Subcontractor shall participate in the workshop for reporting the outcomes of various subcontracting services
performed throughout Project implementation.

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The Subcontractor shall report the outcomes of performed services to a group of national experts for evaluation andfinalization upon his mandate completion.

Article 3: Contract duration
The Subcontractor shall have a period of six months to carry out the provision of services.
However, the deadline may be amended in the event of force majeure (interruption due to any dispute whatsoever) on
the basis of a justified written request at the initiative of the Subcontractor.
Article 4: Contract price
The price of this Contract is set at US$135,200.00 in accordance with the estimate submitted by the Subcontractor andaccepted by the Project. (90% for Subcontractor and 10% for project administration costs).
This price shall cover labor and personnel costs, miscellaneous allowances, depreciation costs, the purchase of supplies
and miscellaneous equipment, the cost of preparing and reproducing reports, map and miscellaneous.
Article 5: Terms of payment
The amounts due to the Subcontractor under this Contract shall be paid in CFA francs according to the schedule
below:
50% upon signature of this contract;
20% upon receipt of the interim report;
30% upon final approval of all services by the Project.
Article 6: Stamp and registration duties
Stamp and registration fees shall be borne by the Subcontractor.
Article 7: Project obligations
The Project undertakes to provide the Subcontractor with all necessary financial means in strict compliance with thisContract.
Article 8: Subcontractor obligations
The Subcontractor is required to strictly respect the deadline set completing the service provision. The Subcontractor
undertakes to use all the means at his disposal to complete the service provision within the deadlines and conditions
established in this Contract and the provisions of the Terms of Reference included as annexes.
Article 9: Penalties
In the event of a delay attributable to the Subcontractor, the latter shall incur penalties equal to one two hundredth of
the Contract price and per calendar day up to a maximum of 10 per cent of the Contract price.
Article 10: Force majeure
Cases of force majeure will consist of all unforeseeable factors beyond the control of the contracting parties (strike,armed conflict, etc.). Cases of force majeure shall be notified by the Project to the Subcontractor in agreement withITTO and may give rise to an extension of the Contract duration for a period equivalent to the duration of said force
majeure without financial impact for the organization. The notification shall be submitted within seven clear days at thelatest following the occurrence of the said cases by all possible means (fax, letter, telex, telephone, etc.) to the
Subcontractor.
Article 11: Litigation
Any dispute arising from the interpretation or intervention in the execution of this Contract shall be settled amicably. If
the disagreement persists, the two parties will appeal to the relevant legal authorities of the country.
Article 12: Termination
This Contract may be terminated by any of the parties, subject to informing the other party by registered letter, clearlystating the issues encountered, the grievances or the reasons. The latter shall have a period of eight clear days toaddress the comments or to correct the deficiencies notified. Beyond this period and failing any agreement, thetermination will be pronounced as of right.
In the event of termination, the payment of rights and damages will be due in compliance with provisions set out inarticle 5.

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Article 13: Liability – Insurance
Each party shall bear all the risks of civil liability for which it is liable under the terms of common law. To this end, eachparty shall maintain its own liability policy in accordance with the laws and provisions in force in Togo.
It is also specified that the Subcontractor shall take responsibility for the coverage of risks of all kinds likely to arise(illness, accident, etc.) as well as the accidents that it could cause to others and undertakes to reimburse the Project
for the costs that the latter may incur in this regard.
Article 14: Validity
This Agreement shall take effect from the date of its signature by the contracting parties and of taking up service.
Lomé, (date)…………….
The Subcontractor

xxxxxxxxxxxxx

The National Coordinatorxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The Project Manager

xxxxxxxxxx

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Annex 10: Technical Sheet for key species to be used for project implementation
The key species to be used for project implementation are listed below:(1) Forest tree species
Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev
Terminalia superba Engl. et Diels
Triplochiton scleroxybn K. Schum
Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. et Perr.
Entandrophragma utile Sprague
Erythrophleum ivorense A. Chev.
Khaya ivorensis A. Chev
Khaya grandifoliola C. DC.
Khaya senegalensis A. JUS
Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir
Pycnanthus angolensis Exell.
Gmelina arborea Roxb.
Tectona grandis L. f.
Anogeissus leiocarpus Guill. et Perr
Antiaris toxicaria Lesch
Antiaris africana Engl.
Daniellia oliveri Hutch et Dalz

(2)

Agrifood and medicinal species
Vltellaria paradoxa Gaertn.
Leocaena leucocephala (Lam) de Wit.
Bombax costatom Vuill.
Borassus aethiopium Mart
Ceiba penfandra Gaertn
Parkia biglobosa BenthAlbizzia lebbek (L.) Benth
Cassis siamea Lam.
Zadlrachta indica A. JU~S
Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth77
RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE 58TH EXPERT PANEL AND RESULTING AMENDMENTS
PD 925/22 Rev.1 (F): Support to the Local Communities of the Mono Plain for the Promotion and Sustainable
Management of Community Forests in Togo

A)

Overall Assessment

The Panel recognized the importance of this proposal intending to contribute to the development andsustainable management of the Mono Plain forests in Togo, as a way of improving environmental conditions and local
community’s standard of living.
The Panel acknowledged that efforts had been made to address most of the comments in the overall
assessment, as well as most of the specific recommendations, made by the Fifty-seventh Expert Panel. However, thePanel noted that there was still a need for improvement of some sections and sub-sections of the revised project
proposal.
This proposal was considered as Category C because it potentially has minimal or no adverse environmental or social
impacts in relation to the ITTO Environmental and Social Management Guidelines.
The Panel noted that the 11th specific recommendation was not appropriately addressed because of the lackof consistency between the number Activities (6) under Output 2 and the number of equivalent elements (3) under thesecond Output in the Objective Tree. The 13th specific recommendation (with the work plan) and the 16 th specificrecommendation (with the master budget table) are related to the abovementioned lack of consistency. The Panelalso noted that interesting information and data were included in Annex 5 instead of being in Section 1.3 (Target area)in the core part of the project document.
B)

Specific Recommendations

The proposal should be revised taking into account the overall assessment and the following recommendations:
1.

Further improve Section 1.3 (Target area) by appropriately inserting the elements of Annex 5 which should be
included in the core part of the project document for its better understanding.

2.

Improve the Problem Tree with appropriate number of Sub-causes (6) under the second Cause of the Key Problem,
while mirroring that improvement in the Objective Tree, so that the improvement could justify the number of Activities(6) under Output 2 in the work plan and in the master budget table.

3.

Add as an annex, a technical sheet briefly describing the main species to be used for the project implementation:
Vitellaria paradoxa (C.F.Gaertn) and Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don.

4.

Include an annex that shows the overall assessment and specific recommendations of the 58th Expert Panel andrespective modifications in tabular form. Modifications should also be highlighted (bold and underline) in the text.

C)

Conclusion

Category 1: The Panel concluded that the proposal could be commended to the Committee with incorporationof amendments.
Category C on the Environmental and Social Management Guidelines (ESM) checklist.

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Annex 11: Table of specific recommendations by the 58th Expert Panel and resulting amendments

No
1

Recommendations by the Expert Panel
Further improve Section 1.3 (Target area) by appropriately inserting theelements of Annex 5 which should be included in the core part of the project
document for its better understanding.

2

Improve the Problem Tree with appropriate number of Sub-causes (6)under the second Cause of the Key Problem, while mirroring that
improvement in the Objective Tree, so that the improvement could justify
the number of Activities (6) under Output 2 in the work plan and in themaster budget table.

3

Add as an annex, a technical sheet briefly describing the main species tobe used for the project implementation: Vitellaria paradoxa (C.F.Gaertn)
and Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don.

4

Include an annex that shows the overall assessment and specificrecommendations of the 58th Expert Panel and respective modifications intabular form. Modifications should also be highlighted (bold andunderline) in the text..

Resulting amendments
Section 1.3 (Target area) was
improved by inserting elements ofAnnex 5.
See 1.3.1. Geographic location,
p. 6-7.
The Problem Tree was improved byadding trois additional sub-causes, andthe improvement was mirrored in the
Objective Tree.
See 2.1.3. Problem Analysis, pp. 1617.
The Technical Sheet of the main
species to be used for projet
implementation was added in annex.
See Annex 10, page 76.
All recommendations were addressedin accordance with the assessment by
the 58th Expert Panel and resulting
amendments were highlighted in bold
and underlined in the body text andincluded in annex to this document.

Category C based on the ITTO Environmental and Social Screening Checklist Questionnaire (ESM)

The project proposal was classified in Category C: Low/no risk.
Based on the completed ITTO Environmental and Social Screening Checklist Questionnaire, project potential
risks/impacts were classified in Category C considering that the project will have no harmful environmental
and social impacts. The project will also involve small-scale reforestation/restoration activities using local
species; capacity building operations; community forest management activities; and field studies andinventory work in existing natural forests within the project area. Project objectives, as well as the various
activities to be carried out, are fully in line with the ITTO guidelines which endorse five principles derived fromthe Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Forest Goals, and are essential to achieve ITTO core
objectives, namely: 1) environmental sustainability; 2) social viability; 3) gender equality and empowerment of
women; 4) good governance; and 5) forest tenure security and access to forest resources.

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ANNEX 12: ITTO Environmental and Social Screening Checklist Questionnaire
Project document number (included in project document): PD 925/22 (F)Evaluator: CARD NGO
Date: December 2019
This environmental and social checklist questionnaire is for use by project proponents in conducting initial ES screeningof the potential risks/impacts of a project proposal based on available data and information.1For each question, pleaseprovide one of the following answers: yes, no, unknown or not applicable (n/a). Based on the completed checklist, please
rate potential project risks/impacts as category A (high risk), category B (moderate risk) or category C (low/no risk).
Answer (yes, no,Part 1—Principles for questions 1–11: Do project activities/interventions have the potential to—unknown or N/A)
Principle 1: Environmental sustainability
1. Adversely affect the essential functions of forest ecosystems, for example by reducing carbon
Nosequestration, increasing disaster risk or impairing forest health, water quality or air quality?
2. Adversely affect (directly or indirectly) nationally or internationally threatened or endangeredNo
species (listed or proposed for listing) or their habitats?
Brève justification des réponses aux questions 1 et 2.
Brief justification of answers to questions 1 and 2.
Environmental sustainability encompasses the essential functions that forest ecosystems provide, including soil andwater conservation, carbon sequestration and disaster risk reduction, as well as the values of forest biodiversity. In linewith Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 and Global Forest Goals (GFG) 2 and 3, ITTO is committed to conserving,
maintaining and, where possible, restoring forest ecosystem services, conserving and using sustainably biodiversity, andenhancing forest health and vitality.
Principle 2: Social sustainability
3. Adversely affect the livelihoods, subsistence or well-being of communities of people, includingNomarginalized or vulnerable individuals or groups or people living in poverty?
4. Adversely affect forest-based socioeconomic benefits and opportunities, working conditions
Noor cultural heritage?
Brief justification of answers to questions 3 and 4.
Social viability refers to the populations, households, communities, workers and other groups of society living in a given
place or in its vicinity, or participating in an initiative, and which are likely to be positively impacted by the project. In linewith SDG 8 and GFG 2, ITTO is committed to maintaining and enhancing the socio-economic benefits and opportunities
derived from forests, supporting job creation and decent and healthy working conditions, and preserving cultural heritage.
Principle 3: Gender equality and empowering women
5. Adversely affect gender equality or the situation of women and girls?
No
6. Discriminate against women based on gender or make it difficult for women to participate in,Noinfluence and benefit from project design and implementation?
Brève justification des réponses aux questions 5 et 6.
Brief justification of answers to questions 5 and 6.
Gender equality is a human rights issue and a core value of ITTO. Gender will be taken into account in the project andemphasis will be placed on the employability of women and young girls. In line with SDG 5 and the ITTO Guidelines on
Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, ITTO is committed to mainstreaming gender issues and improving genderequality-related results in all of its policy and project work. ITTO recognizes that projects and other activities that strive
to reduce gender gaps and empower women at all levels will accelerate the achievement of its goals.
Principle 4: Good governance
7. Provide less than meaningful stakeholder participation during any part of the project processNoor demonstrate a lack of transparency, accountability or inclusive decision-making?
8. Foster a non-cross-sectoral approach to issue identification and resolution?
No
9. Fail to follow the rule of law?
No
Brief justification of answers to questions 7 to 9.
Governance refers to the process of decision-making and implementation. In line with SDG 17 and GFG 5, ITTO
recognizes that good governance is part of a decision-making process that should be participatory, transparent,
responsive and inclusive; coherent intersectoral policies; accountable and effective institutions; and the rule of law. ITTO
is committed to promoting good governance, which is essential to achieving project objectives.
Consultation and permanent consultation remain will be key to project success. In case of resistance or rejection of the
project, no action will be taken. Stakeholders will be empowered to promote project support and ownership. Decisions
will be taken by consensus with relevant stakeholders (traditional authorities, opinion leaders, representatives of thediaspora, youth leaders, women's associations, etc.).
Principle 5: Security of tenure to forest land and access to forest resources

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10. Trigger land conflicts or worsen unresolved issues concerning legal or customary rights toNoforest land or access to forest resources?
11. Negatively affect indigenous peoples in terms of their rights, lands, resources or traditional
No
livelihoods, or encroach on territories customarily used or occupiedby indigenous peoples?
Brief justification of answers to questions 10 and 11.
Forest tenure security and access to forest resources are important aspects of good governance. Security of tenure isessential to ensure the livelihoods, sustenance, well-being and resilience of forest-dependent communities, and toachieve sustainable forest management (SFM) at the local level. In line with SDG 1, ITTO is committed to fully recognizing
and supporting the ownership, control and customary rights of local communities and indigenous people over forest lands
and their resources.
To ensure the security of tenure, the project will be carried out on land belonging to the communities, there will be no riskthat the project will have a negative impact on their rights, their lands, resources or traditional livelihoods.
Part 2: Environmental and social standard
answer (yes, no,
Questions 1 to 30 – If project is implemented le projet est mis en œuvre, will it:
unknown or N/A)
ESS 1: Stakeholder analysis
1. Ensure that stakeholders will be engaged in all stages of the project cycle, including Yes
implementation, monitoring and evaluation?
2. Improve existing forest-related land-tenure arrangements?
Yes
ESS 2: Gender analysis
3. Provide equitable opportunities for men and women in stakeholder consultations and decision- Yesmaking during project formulation, implementation and evaluation?
4. Generate gender co-benefits in project interventions?
Yes
5. Include the collection of quantitative or qualitative sex-disaggregated data?
Yes
ESS 3: Conservation of biodiversity and protection of ecosystem services
6. Reflect an integrated conservation and development approach in defining project interventions Yes
to manage impacts?
7. Adhere to the ITTO/IUCN Guidelines for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity Yes
in Tropical Timber Production Forests?
8. Comply with relevant national/subnational/local environmental laws and regulation?
Yes
9. Comply with your country’s international obligations (e.g. as a party to the Convention on Yes
Biological Diversity, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance)?
10. Exacerbate human–wildlife conflicts or bushmeat issues?
No
11. Degrade primary forests, critical habitats or environmentally sensitive or high-conservationNovalue areas, or pose risks to endangered or threatened species?
12. Increase forest vulnerability to diseases, pests, invasive alien species or wildfire?
No
Increase the risk of disasters (e.g. floods, landslides)?
No
ESS 4: Forest-based climate-change mitigation (including carbon storage in wood products) and adaptation
14. Maintain or increase/enhance forest area and/or carbon stocks?
Yes
15. Increase the risk of wildfire?
No
16. Maintain or increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of forest ecosystems and local Yes
communities to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change?
17. Comply with your country’s relevant international obligations as a party to the United Nations Yes
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement on climate change andcontribute to its forest-related nationally determined contributions?
ESS 5: Sustainable management of natural tropical forests
18. Benefit local communities?
Yes
19. Adhere to the ITTO Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainable Management of Natural Tropical Yes
Forests?
20. Apply reduced impact logging techniques?
Yes
21. Comply with applicable national/subnational/local SFM performance standards and safety Yes
standards for forest workers (e.g. loggers and equipment operators)?
22. Comply with your country’s relevant international obligations (e.g. as a member of the Yes
International Labour Organization)?
ESS 6: Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded forest landscapes
23. Adhere to the ITTO Guidelines for Forest Landscape Restoration in the Tropics?
Yes
24. Adhere to the ITTO Guidelines for the Establishment and Sustainable Management of Yes
Planted Tropical Forests?
25. Select tree species for planting in close consultation with local stakeholders, taking into Yes
account the ecological, social, cultural and economic values of the species?
ESS 7: Forest product production and processing (wood and non-wood)
26. Create local employment, business or market opportunities?
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27. Promote the efficient and innovative production and processing of forest products?
28. Comply with national/subnational/local air- and water-quality standards and labour standards
for production workers (e.g. regarding health and safety, child labour and sexual harassment)?
29. Comply with your country’s relevant international obligations (e.g. as a party to theConvention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International
Importance, or as a member of the International Labour Organization)?
30. Reduce waste and/or increase recycling?

Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes