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The UN-REDD Programme supports countries in developing national REDD+ strategies and implementing readiness activities. It has established social and environmental principles and criteria to ensure REDD+ benefits and safeguards risks. It is also developing participatory governance assessment approaches and guidelines on stakeholder engagement and free, prior, and informed consent. The tools are being piloted and implemented in partner countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, and Ecuador to help operationalize safeguards at the national level.
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- 1. UN-REDD Programme’s Approach to Safeguards Bonn, 7 June 2011
- 2. UN-REDD Programme • Supports countries to benefit from REDD+ – National REDD+ Strategies and Readiness • Established in 2008 by FAO, UNDP & UNEP – Response to UNFCCC Bali Action Plan • Endorsed five-year Strategy • Offers UN Joint Program: Delivering as One UN • Agreed delivery platform with FCPF and FIP • Builds on wider UN agency roles
- 3. UN-REDD Work Areas MRV and Monitoring National REDD+ Strategies REDD+ Governance Transparent Equitable Accountable Management of REDD+ Payments Stakeholder Engagement Multiple Benefits of forests and REDD+ REDD+ as Catalyst of Green Economy
- 4. UN-REDD and Safeguards 1. Social & Environmental Principles and Criteria (and tool) 2. Participatory Governance Assessments 3. Guidelines and Guidance
- 5. 1. UN-REDD Social & Environmental Principles and Criteria Goals: • To provide the UN-REDD Programme with a framework to ensure that its activities promote social and environmental benefits and reduce risks from REDD+. • To support countries in operationalizing Cancun Agreements on safeguards for REDD+. Status: • First Draft presented to Policy Board March 2011. Consultations and revision ongoing.
- 6. Principles 1. Democratic governance 2. Stakeholder livelihoods 3. Policy coherence 4. Protect and conserve natural forest 5. Maintain and enhance multiple functions of forest 6. Minimize indirect adverse impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity
- 7. Risk Identification and Mitigation Tool Goals • Support the implementation of Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria • Aid in formulation of National Programmes and national REDD+ strategies • Can be used for assessment of Programme delivery Status • Tool under development
- 8. 2. Participatory Governance Assessments (PGA) Goals : • Identify governance challenges and risks and recommend responses • Provide a framework for a participatory process at the country level to conduct governance assessments for information sharing on how safeguards are promoted, addressed and respected in a systematic manner Status: • Process initiated in Nigeria and Indonesia • Ecuador and Viet Nam will start this process in 2011
- 9. Principles of PGAs for REDD+ • PGAs for REDD+ emphasize the inclusion of various stakeholders from the very beginning to ensure that there is a broad-based agreement on the governance targets and indicators framework • PGAs – increase the legitimacy of the process and of the information generated – act as an accountability mechanism – stress transparency through unbiased access to information about the assessment process and results
- 10. 3. Guidelines and Guidance • Guidelines on stakeholder engagement – Harmonized with FCPF – Now open for public consultation on UN-REDD web site • Guidelines on free, prior and informed consent – Regional consultations with civil society conducted in 2010- 2011 – Draft to be finalized by July and circulated for comment • Draft guidance on provision of information on REDD+ governance
- 11. Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance Goal: • Provide guidance for establishing a national information system on REDD+ governance • Structured around three main questions: – what information to provide? – how to generate and provide this information? – who should be involved in providing it? Status: • Result of a year long consultative process hosted by Chatham House and the UN-REDD Programme • Draft presented at the Expert Meeting for the Governance of Forests and REDD+ • Under development
- 12. How does UN-REDD support translate in partner countries? • All countries: Multi-stakeholder consultations to promote the right to participation • Viet Nam: – Benefit Distribution System – Piloted FPIC process – Piloting PGA – Regional workshop on displacement of emissions • Indonesia: – Piloting FPIC – Piloting PGA • Ecuador : – Piloting PGA – Piloting principles and criteria
- 13. Concluding remarks • UN-REDD provides coherent tools that can help countries • operationalize safeguards • provide information on safeguards • Tools will be incorporated in UN-REDD National Programme Guidelines • Lessons learned to be disseminated to UNFCCC community and REDD+ stakeholders
- 14. For more information… Visit www.un-redd.org Email un-redd@un-redd.org