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Strengthening collective innovation capacity of
forest stakeholders in research and
development The role of IUFRO
By Michael Kleine Coordinator, IUFRO Special
Programme for Developing Countries IUFRO
Headquarters, Vienna, Austria International
Workshop on Small-holder Timber Production World
Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi, Kenya 29
November to 1 December 2004
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Sustainable development of forests a major
challenge

• Forces outside of the forestry sector
• Global and regional policies
• Market opportunities and support policies for
  agricultural production
• Unresolved land tenure issues
• Decentralisation of government and poor law
  enforcement
• Involvement of many stakeholders

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Multi-stakeholder innovation a new focus

• Many stakeholders decide how forests are managed
• Joint recognition of the issues
• Extensive debate and search for solutions
• Joint learning
• Definition of collective action in policy and
  forest management

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Multi-stakeholder innovation some examples

• Forest concessions under community management in
  the Mayan Biosphere Reserve (MBR) in Peten,
  Guatemala
• African Network for Agroforestry Education
  (ANAFE)
• Consortium for Scaling up Options for increasing
  Farm Productivity (COSOFAP)

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Multi-stakeholder innovation capacities needed

• To interact with policy levels
• To efficiently manage and share information
• To participate in social processes through
  effective communication
• To facilitate mutual learning processes

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Enhancing stakeholder innovation capacity
What can IUFRO do?
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• What is IUFRO?
• IUFRO is the global network for forest science
  cooperation
• IUFRO unites more than 15,000 scientists in about
  700 Member Organizations in over 110 countries
• IUFRO is non-profit and non-governmental,
  voluntary and non-discriminatory
• Founded in 1892, IUFRO has a long history of
  international forest science cooperation.

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• IUFROs Vision is
• of science-based sustainable management of the
  worlds forest resources for economic,
  environmental and social benefits.
• IUFRO's Mission is
• to promote the coordination of and the
  international cooperation in scientific studies
  embracing the whole field of research related to
  forests and trees.

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• IUFROs objectives are attained through
• generating knowledge by means of science and
  research cooperation in a global network
• providing access to and disseminating scientific
  knowledge
• assisting scientists and institutions to
  strengthen their research capacity.

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• IUFROs structure for cooperation
• Divisions

Silviculture
D1
D2
Physiology and Genetics
D3
Forest Operations
Inventory, Growth, Yield, Quantitative and
Management Sciences
D4
D5
Forest Products
Social, Economic, Information and Policy Sciences
D6
Forest Health
D7
Forest Environment
D8
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• IUFROs structure for cooperation
• Task Forces
• - In addition to Divisions, Task Forces are
  established on temporary basis for
  inter- disciplinary cooperation in
  inter-divisional forest research fields

Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
Task Force
D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
D6
D7
D8
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• IUFROs structure for cooperation
• Task Forces

Environmental Change
TF
Mountain Development
TF
Gene Resources
TF
Water and Forests
TF
Science/Policy Interface
TF
Public Relations
TF
Carbon Sequestration
TF
Information Technology and the Forest Sector
TF
Forest Biotechnology
TF
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• IUFROs structure for cooperation
• Special Programmes and Projects
• - Established to carry out activities in
  support of global and regional science
  cooperation
• - Located at the IUFRO Headquarters

IUFRO Headquarters
IUFRO Secretariat
SilvaVoc
WFSE
SPDC
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Multi-stakeholder innovation capacities needed

• To interact with policy levels
• To efficiently manage and share information
• To participate in social processes through
  effective communication
• To facilitate mutual learning processes

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Enhancing stakeholder innovation capacity
contribution by IUFRO
Forest Policy
IUFRO CPF Member
IUFRO Task Force on Science-Policy Interface
IUFRO SPDC Training Course on Role of scientists
in national forest programmes
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Enhancing stakeholder innovation capacity
contribution by IUFRO
Information Management
Global Forest Information Service (GFIS)

• Internet gateway to forest information resources
  from around the world
• Enhance access to and provision of quality
  forest-related information
• Initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on
  Forests (CPF)
• Main Partners CABI, CIFOR, FAO and IUFRO

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GFIS in Africa

• 5 GFIS Service Centres established
• Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Zimbabwe
• Computer hard- and software
• Training of staff
• Regional mandate to develop GFIS partnerships
• Focus on grey literature and other off- and
  online resources
• EC-funded Project 2000-2004 (1 million EUR)

www.gfis.net
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Enhancing stakeholder innovation capacity
contribution by IUFRO
PR and Communication
IUFRO Task Force on PR in Forest Science
IUFRO SPDC Training Course on Communicating
forest research Making science work for
policy and management
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IUFRO-SPDC
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Enhancing stakeholder innovation capacity
contribution by IUFRO
Mutual learning processes

• Working towards common understanding of complex
  problems
• Developing innovative solutions
• Integrating research, development actions and
  policy measures

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Enhancing stakeholder innovation capacity
contribution by IUFRO
EC-Project Application

• Familiarisation with mutual learning and
  selection of pilot cases Implementation
  agencies are familiarised with mutual learning
  and 2 mutual learning platforms are selected as
  pilot cases for each region.
• Capacity building for Facilitators and Promoters
  Educational, training and research institutions
  are able to effectively facilitate mutual
  learning processes amongst forest stakeholders.
• Set up six mutual learning platforms as pilot
  cases National level mutual learning platforms
  are implemented as pilot cases in Africa,
  Asia-Pacific and in Latin America.
• Establish additional mutual learning platforms
  Proposals to establish additional mutual
  learning platforms in Africa, Asia-Pacific and
  Latin America are developed and submitted to
  relevant funding agencies.
• Dissemination Communication among partners and
  dissemination of results is achieved through
  traditional instruments and state-of-the-art
  information technology tools.

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Project Partners

• ICRA International Centre for development
  oriented Research in Agriculture
• IUFRO International Union of Forest Research
  Organizations
• ETFRN European Tropical Forest Research Network
• FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
• FORNESSA Forestry Research Network of Sub-Saharan
  Africa
• APAFRI Asia-Pacific Association of Forestry
  Research Institutions
• CATIE Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher
  Education Centre

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• CONCLUSIONS
• IUFRO can contribute in many ways to enhancing
  innovation capacity of forest stakeholders
• Main players in this endeavour are IUFROs member
  organisations, supported by the IUFRO service
  units
• Coordination and mobilisation of resources
• Initiatives in support of small-holder timber
  production may benefit from IUFRO activities