Updated Proposal by Brazil and France as co-chairs of the REDD+ Partnership:

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1 Updated Proposal by Brazil and France as co-chairs of the REDD+ Partnership: Plan of Action for the 1 st semester 2011 and organizational arrangements 1. Plan of action for the 1 st semester 2011 a. Proposal of themes In preparing this proposal for activities to be undertaken during the 1 st semester 2011, co-chairs have taken into account pending activities from the 2010 work program (see status report in Annex I), the activities outlined in the work program as well as the discussion in Cancun on immediate priorities for the next six months. From the 2010 work program, a number of operational activities need to be continued or started: Gaps and overlaps analysis: the report was finalized at the end of December but the Partnership has not had a chance to take ownership of its results and produce its own set of recommendations. Co-Chairs therefore propose to plan a discussion on this topic at the 1 st meeting of the Partnership, with a view to preparing recommendations from Partners. Study on the effectiveness of multilateral REDD+ initiatives: the concept note was finalized end of November 2010 but the procurement process has been delayed due to the need to open up the selection to additional candidates and the complexity in applying the World Bank procurement procedures. The procurement is now completed and the selected independent consultant is the IDL Group. A presentation of intermediary results by the consultant will take place in Bangkok to allow for input from partners. The final report will be delivered by May 31 and will be discussed at the meeting of the Partnership in June. This new deadline will allow better taking into account the results of the FCPF internal review due in April., Database of actions, finance and results: this is an ongoing activity of the Partnership. The first analysis was produced for the Oslo meeting last year with the release of the outcome of the initial data collection phase. Co-Chairs have requested FMT/PT to produce a proposal for a periodical bulletin on the database figures. The FMT/PT was also tasked by the co-chairs to present a report on the status of the database developments (with key statistics) for the 1 st meeting for partners to provide guidance on further developments. This discussion will be related to the one on the gaps and overlaps analysis. Assessment of capacities and capabilities of developing country institutions: this theme was defined as a priority issue of the 2010 work program but time was not available to initiate it last year and it is now folded into the work program. The work program refers to an independent report to assess the current 1

2 capacities and capabilities of developing country institutions involved with REDD+ activities in developing countries that voluntarily request to participate in the report, including case-studies, options, and recommendations, directed specifically to these participating developing countries. Co-Chairs have inquired from partners which countries are willing to participate in this exercise in their of February 1 st. Based on this information FMT/PT will prepare the terms of reference for the study, which will be submitted to partners. It is expected that this report can be commissioned by June. While the continuation of activities from the 2010 work program already represents a substantial workload, co-chairs intend to address the new themes of the work program.two workshops are planned for the 1 st semester 2011 to this end. It is proposed that the theme of the 1 st workshop is on the design and implementation of demonstration activities. Co-Chairs are seeking further feedback from partners and stakeholders to define the themes to be proposed at the 2 nd workshop. Overall, the plan of action covers components 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the work program respectively through the proposal to commission a report on institutional capacity in voluntary developing countries, the workshop on demonstration activities, building on the gap analysis and the further development of the database. The 2 nd workshop will be an opportunity to further cover the themes of the work program b. Proposal of meetings and scheduling of agenda items The rationale for the proposed meetings and scheduling of agenda items is premised on the need to build ownership by Partners regarding critical aspects of REDD+ implementation. Meetings and workshops are proposed with a view to allow proper time for discussion and recommendations by Partners on fundamental components. After considering potential options for organizing the 1 st Partnership meeting before mid-march to allow for 3 meetings this semester, Co-Chairs are planning to hold two two-day meetings in the margin of the UNFCCC sessions of Bangkok in April and Bonn in June, with one day for a Partnership meeting and one day for a workshop. Co-chairs are encouraging partners and stakeholders to send information on the REDD+ events they are promoting in 2011 as these may create outreach opportunities for the Partnership. 2

3 Proposed meetings and agenda items for the 1 st semester 2011: Location Date Format Operational items agenda 1st Meeting Bangkok (in the margin of the 3-8 April UNFCCC session) 2nd Meeting April June (date TBC) Partnership meeting and workshop Partnership meeting: Status of Partnership activities Bonn (in the margin of the 6-17 June UNFCCC session) Partnership meeting and workshop Partnership meeting: Status of Partnership activities Discussion on gaps and overlaps in REDD+ financing, including consideration of immediate needs of developing countries and gaps in financing (Component 2 WP 2010) Further development and use of the REDD+ database (Component 1 WP 2010/WP ) Discussion on effectiveness of multilateral initiatives: presentation and discussion of the final report (Component 3 WP 2010) Workshop: Content on themes from the work program to be defined, based on partners' views. Assessment of capacities and capabilities of developing country institutions: information on status of the activity and number of countries willing to participate and discussion of proposed way forward (Component 5 WP 2010/Component 1 WP ) Debriefing of recent UNFCCC decisions relating to REDD+ Workshop: Sharing of experiences on the design and implementation of demonstration activities (Component 2 WP ) Presentation of the preliminary results of the study on the effectiveness of multilateral initiatives (Component 3 WP 2010) 3

4 Organizational agenda items Expected outcomes 1st Meeting Selection of future co-chairs for the period June-December 2011 Presentation on working arrangements followed by the cochairs Exchange of views on the content of the Bonn workshop Set of recommendations on the gaps and overlaps Decisions on further work on the database development Sharing of lessons/best practices on the design and implementation of demonstration activities Input from partners to guide the finalization of the report on the effectiveness of multilateral initiatives 2nd Meeting Discussion on priorities for the 2 nd semester 2011 way forward Selection of future co-chairs for the period Jan-June 2012 Set of recommendations by Partners on effectiveness of multilateral initiatives 2. Preliminary organizational arrangements followed by the co-chairs a. Transparent communication All communications from co-chairs to the REDD+ Partnership Partners and stakeholders will be sent by the FMT/PT with the exception of case of urgent matters, which may require the co- Chairs to communicate directly. The co-chairs tasked the FMT/PT to work on the creation of an address at the domain reddpluspartnership.org to be used by authorized co-chairs and Secretariat teams (FMT/PT) only, which is now functional. The co-chairs tasked the FMT/PT to revise the stakeholders list based on the UNFCCC, the FCPF and the UN-REDD databases. The FMT/PT will contact these stakeholders requesting them for expressions of interest in participating in the REDD+ Partnership, taking into consideration the agreed modalities for stakeholders participation. A deadline will be provided for stakeholders requests to be included in the Partnership s list. The objective is to shorten the current mail list of over 1,300 addresses to a more manageable size and achieve a more targeted participation of stakeholders in the Partnership. Registration under the UNFCCC will be encouraged for stakeholders not registered under the UNFCCC. Regarding the participation of stakeholders in the REDD+ Partnership events, the co-chairs suggest that the Partnership communication about such events should encourage a selfselection process among NGOs, taking into consideration geographic and thematic 4

5 balance. This will be particularly helpful in case there is limited room capacity to accommodate all the stakeholders that have registered to a REDD+ Partnership meeting/workshop. The co-chairs tasked the FMT/PT to post all agreed documents to the documents section of the REDD+ Partnership website. The co-chairs tasked the FMT/PT to register on the Partnership website all the decisions made by Partners as recorded in the approved meeting summaries. b. Contact people Co-Chairs BRAZIL Thais Linhares-Juvenal (thais.juvenal@mma.gov.br, alternatively t.linhares.juvenal@googl .com) Ciro Russo (ciro.russo@itamaraty.gov.br, alternatively russociro@gmail.com) Support team from Brazil: Karen Cope-Silverwood, Eduardo Canina and Rodrigo Vieira FRANCE: Delphine Eyraud (delphine.eyraud@developpement-durable.gouv.fr, eyraud.delphine@gmail.com) Support team from France: Guillaume Choumert (guillaume.choumert@developpement-durable.gouv.fr) FMT/PT FMT: Leonel Iglesias (liglesias@worldbank.org) Stephanie Tam (stam@worldbank.org) cc Benoit Bosquet (bbosquet@worldbank.org) FMT includes the FCPF Facility Management Team and associated capacity within the World Bank. PT: Tiina Vahanen (tiina.vahanen@un-redd.org) cc Yemi Katerere (yemi.katerere@un-redd.org) 5

6 PT includes FAO, UNDP, UNEP and the UN-REDD Programme Secretariat. c. Budget The co-chairs tasked FMT/PT to provide a periodic cash flow analysis to the co-chairs to determine the alignment between the tasks envisaged in the Partnership s Work Program and the funding currently available in order to allow better informed decisions by Partners on the activities proposed and on further engagement in funding support. The co-chairs tasked FMT/PT to prepare an annual report on the REDD+ Partnership finance and activities. 3. Future co-chairs selection process a. Context The first selection of co-chairs took place in Oslo, on May 26th 2010, when Partners collectively decided to follow a flexible and informal process with a view to selecting one co-chair from a developing country and one from a developed country. This process led to the selection of Papua New Guinea and Japan for the period up to December 2010 and Brazil and France for the first half of Last November, the former co-chairs invited all interested Partners to present their nominations for the position of co-chair during the period July-December In response to this invitation, Germany indicated its interest in the position of co-chair from a developed country, while Mexico and Guyana presented their nominations for the position of co-chair from a developing country. The Democratic Republic of Congo also took this opportunity to indicate its interest in co-chairing the REDD+ Partnership, but for the period of January-June Since then, Australia has also expressed its interest for a candidacy during the 2 nd semester 2011 or the 1 st semester b. Proposed way forward With a view to finding convergence and consensus, the co-chairs have encouraged candidates to undertake consultations among themselves and other Partners. A teleconference channel, kindly offered by Norway, was made available for that purpose. Informal consultations among candidates have led to a compromise around the candidacies of Guyana and Germany for the 2 nd semester 2011, Australia and Mexico having decided to postpone their own candidacies to Co-chairs therefore are putting forward the candidacies of Guyana and Germany as next co-chairs for partners to approve on a nonobjection basis by March 1. The selection of co-chairs for the 1 st semester 2012 will be handled at the Bonn meeting. For information, at this stage the countries who have expressed their interest for a candidacy in 2012 include Australia, DRC and Mexico. 6

7 15 March 2011 ANNEX I Status Report on pending activities from the 2010 work program Activity status Pending actions and proposed way forward 1. Database of REDD+ financing, actions, and results Database was officially launched at FMT/PT to produce a progress report the Tianjin workshop on 2 October 2010 following an initial data on the database developments ahead of the April Partnership meeting. collection during the Paris-Oslo Conference call between co-chairs and process (33 data inputs), then presented at the Ministerial Meeting the PT database development team scheduled for the week of Feb.21. in Nagoya on 26 November and Improved version of the questionnaire presented at the side event in Cancun on 30 November. Data inputs on REDD+ financing in preparation. Next round of data collection to be launched before Bangkok. received from: Further developments to be discussed - 17 REDD+ countries (out of 54 in the Partnership) at the April Partnership meeting Donors (out of 17 in the Partnership) - 9 Agencies and Initiatives. 2. Analysis of financing gaps and overlaps Intermediary results presented at the Tianjin workshop on 2 October 2010 and a more advanced version at the Cancun side event on 30 November Final report posted on the website on 30 December Discussion by Partners on the results of the analysis of financing gaps and overlaps at the April Partnership meeting, with a view to produce an initial set of recommendations and agree on a process to regularly review gaps and overlaps (deliverables of 2010 work program). 3. Discussion of effectiveness of multilateral REDD+ initiatives Partners provided guidance on how Preliminary results to be released by to proceed in terms of process and March 25 and discussed at the April methodology during the Tianjin Partnership meeting. workshop and decided to postpone Final report on the effectiveness of the work for multilateral REDD+ initiatives and Revised concept note was approved Partners recommendations to be on 25 November discussed at the June Partnership Concept note updated on January 28 meeting (2010 work program to reflect need to adjust final report deliverable). delivery deadline (following procurement process delays). Request for Proposal to shortlisted independent consultants sent out on January 31. Consultant (IDL Group) contracted by 7

8 15 March 2011 FMT 4. Share Lessons on our REDD+ Initiatives, share best practices & promote and facilitate cooperation among Partners Workshops held Tianjin (database, gap analysis and effectiveness) and in Cancun (multi-stakeholder consultations, applying safeguards, and benefit-sharing mechanisms). Reports, presentations and papers are available on website. 5. Institutional arrangements Moved to work program. 8 Ongoing activity as per work program. 6. Website / communication platform Launched at the Tianjin workshop. The website content is updated as new documents, meetings or other information becomes available. The approved work program, report on the gap analysis and a list of 2011 forest-related events were posted on the website in January. Creation by FMT/PT of a unified address for the Partnership. 7. Organizational aspects 2010 work program agreed in Bonn in August Modalities for participation of stakeholders agreed in Tianjin in October work program agreed in December 2010 as requested by Ministers in Nagoya. Selection of future co-chairs initiated by previous co-chairs (call for candidates). Consultations among candidates on the selection of future co-chairs called by current co-chairs on Feb Budget indicative budget communicated to Partners in Cancun. Total amount $2'050'495. In Nagoya Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and US announced their readiness to support the operational costs of the Partnership in 2010 and In FMT/PT to continue to maintain the website content and develop interactive functions to enhance the communication platform. Partners to update country focal point information (co-chairs' request of Feb.1). Nomination of future co-chairs for 2nd semester 2011 to be formalized at the Bangkok Partnership meeting. Stakeholder distribution list to be streamlined after confirmation of interest to stay on list. Nomination of co-chairs for the first half 2012 at the Bonn June meeting. FMT/PT to produce a Partnership annual report. Funding to be secured by the donor Partners. Budget to be revised as needed and pending on new activities.

9 15 March 2011 addition, EC indicated that they are considering to contribute Funds transferred to FMT/PT by the donors as of 16 February (36% of the agreed budget): FMT: $450,000 (Germany) PT: $265,000 (Finland), $15,000 (Sweden) Budget revised to reflect extra cost of $21,000 incurred on gaps and overlaps analysis study (following additional work requested in 2010; agreed by previous co-chairs). 9

10 ANNEX II Timeline for implementing the proposed plan of action: Action Work program component (C) Gaps and overlaps in REDD+ financing C C Co-Chairs, supported by FMT/PT, to prepare and send to Partners a summary of findings of the analysis to inform a discussion among Partners with a view to setting recommendations from the Partnership. Partners discussion and set of initial recommendations. Document with consolidated recommendations prepared by the FMT/PT. Recommendations by Partners and steps forward. REDD+ database C C FMT/PT (PT) to provide a progress report on the database developments. Guidance by Partners on the further development and use of the database. Effectiveness of multilateral REDD+ initiatives C Launch of study Release of preliminary results Timeline One week before Bangkok session April meeting May June One week before the Bangkok session April meeting early March 25 March Presentation of preliminary results at the Partnership workshop Final report Institutional arrangements C C Assessment of capacities and capabilities of developing country institutions: call for expression of interest from voluntary Partners co-chairs to inform Partners on the number of countries willing to participate and to seek guidance from Partners to task FMT/PT to draft ToR April meeting 31 May Deadline extended from Feb.1 to March 1 April meeting FMP/PT to prepare ToR April/May 2011 Commissioning of report June st Workshop on design and implementation of demonstration activities FMT/PT to develop a concept note for the workshop C nd Workshop WP (components TBD) Partners and stakeholders to provide views on themes of the 2 nd workshop April meeting by end February June meeting By March 1

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