ITTO presentation

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THE ITTO THEMATIC PROGRAMMES
COFO / World Forest Week Rome, 19 March 2009
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION
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Why The Thematic Programmes ?

• Strategic approach to tackle key problems of SFM
  in the tropics
• Issues-targeted, results-oriented, coherent
  interventions
• A fast-track mechanism to support member
  countries
• A new opportunity for funding
• Unearmarked allocations by multiple donors

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Five Thematic Programmes Approved

1. Tropical Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and
   Trade (TFLET)
2. Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and
   Enhancing Environmental Services in Tropical
   Forests (REDDES)
3. Community Forest Management and Enterprises
4. Trade and Market Transparency
5. Industry Development and Efficiency

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Funding Situation
Thematic Programme Indicative budget (million US) Donors
TFLET 15 Netherlands, Japan, USA, Switzerland, N. Zealand, Australia, Korea, Finland
REDDES 18 Norway, Japan, Switzerland, USA
Community Forest-ry and Enterprises 10 Consultations under way
Trade Market Transparency 5 Consultations under way
Industry Develop-ment Efficiency 10 Consultations under way
Underlined Donors that already pledged funds
(March 2009)
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TROPICAL FOREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT, GOVERNANCE
AND TRADE
TFLET

• Core Problem to Be Addressed
• Weak governance, illegal logging and trade
• Key factors
• Flawed policy and legal framework
• Minimal enforcement capacity
• Insufficient information
• Corruption
• Market conditions

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TFLET Objectives

• General objective To improve national forest law
  enforcement and governance in tropical ITTO
  member countries in order to enhance and
  diversify international trade in tropical timber
  from sustainably managed forests and to help
  alleviate poverty in those countries.
• Specific objectives
• Strengthen forest law compliance and governance
• Improve transparency and effective management of
  supply chains and increased domestic and
  international trade in legally produced tropical
  timber
• Improve capacity of community and small and
  medium-sized enterprises

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TFLET Programme Strategy
Programme scope -Capacity building in forest law
enforcement and governance - Trade
development - Capacity of forest communities,
the private sector (especially SMEs), civil
society organizations and other stakeholders
Specific objectives -strengthen
governance -improve transparen-cy, supply chains
and trade -improve community and SME capacity
Target groups -ultimate -inter-mediate
General objective -reduce poverty -improve
governance -diversify trade
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TFLET Expected Outcomes and Deliverables (1/2)
Outcomes Deliverables
Forest law enforcement contributing to international objectives (e.g. ITTA, UNFF, CITES, CBD, UNFCCC) Evidence on policy and legal changes. Evidence on participatory processes Adoption of national action plans to strengthen governance Improved regional and international cooperation
Better enforcement through chain of custody, tracking and tracing systems, improved verification and monitoring. Improved forest and trade statistical systems Reduced illegal logging and illegal trade Increased production of legal and sustainable timber Improved management systems, such as chain of custody, tracking and tracing systems Compendium of tracking and tracing technologies and evidence on dissemination
Efficiency and effectiveness of forest law enforcement and governance Functioning of information sharing mechanisms Improved regional and international cooperation
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TFLET Expected Outcomes and Deliverables (2/2)
Outcomes Deliverables
Market opportunities for legally and sustainably produced timber from tropical forests Traded tropical timber and timber products from legal sources Exports/avoidance loss of sales to markets with limited access for illegal timber Business to Business (B2B) initiatives implemented Convergence and comparability of market requirements for legally produced tropical timber and timber products
Enhanced capacity of trade associations and civil-society organizations Capacity among trade associations and civil society organizations in policy implementation Codes of conduct adopted, enterprises committed Effective partnerships
Enhanced capacity of forest-dependent and local communities Communities with evidence on improved capacity to effectively control and sustainably manage their forests Partnerships with community forest enterprises
Enhanced capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs with production from legal and sustainably managed sources Partnerships with SMEs SMEs registered as formal operators
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Added Value of TFLET

• Enhancement of trade and trade-related
  initiatives for improved forest governance and
  reduction of illicit operations
• Multilateral approach and dialogue between
  producers and consumers to implement ITTA
  commitments
• Creation of political will for legal and
  institutional reforms
• Track record in promoting converging approaches
  in market requirements
• Transparency of trade and the forest sector
• Engagement of the civil society and the private
  sector
• Synergies with REDDES programme

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TFLET Programme Budget (indicative, first 3
years)
Activity (US 1,000) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Per cent
A. Strengthening of forest governance 1 500.0 2 600.0 2 100.0 6 200.0 45.26
B. Support to international trade in legally/sustainably produced timber 707.8 1 051.1 939.7 2 698.6 19.70
C. Strengthening of capacity of community and other SMEs 500.0 1 600.0 2 700.0 4 800.0 35.04
SUBTOTAL 2 707.8 5 251.1 5 739.7 13 698.6 100.00
Programme Management (9.5) 257.2 498.9 545.3 1 301.4
GRAND TOTAL 2 965.0 5 750.0 6 285.0 15 000.0  
Already pledged US 4.8 million
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TFLET General Work Plan
Actions Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 3 Year 3 Year 3 Year 3
1. Programme launching and promotion
2. Call for proposals ? ? ? ? ? ?
3. Advisory Committee meetings ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
4. Implementation of TP activities
A. Strengthening forest governance
B. Support to production and marketing of legal tropical timber and supply chain management
C. Strengthening community and other SMEs
6. Annual monitoring reports ? ? ?
7. Review and evaluation of the TFLET pilot phase by the ITTC ?
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REDUCING DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION AND
ENHANCINGENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN TROPICAL
FORESTS
REDDES
Core Problem to Be Addressed Prevention and
reduction of deforestation and forest
degradation Key factors Deforestation extra
sectoral drivers Degradation unsustainable
forest utilization Undervaluation of forest
environmental services
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REDUCING DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION AND
ENHANCINGENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN TROPICAL
FORESTS
REDDES

• General objective To reduce deforestation and
  forest degradation, enhance environmental
  services and help improve forest dependant
  livelihoods through sustainable management of
  tropical forests, forest restoration and other
  related activities.
• Specific objective To strengthen the capacity
  of ITTO developing member countries and their
  stakeholders to
• reduce unplanned deforestation
• reduce forest degradation
• maintain and enhance climate change mitigation
  and other environmental services of tropical
  forests and
• contribute to the social and economic
  sustainability of forest-dependent communities by
  increasing forest values through forest
  restoration and rehabilitation as well as
  payments for forest-based environmental services
  .

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General objective -improved livelihoods -reduced
deforestation and forest degradation
REDDES Programme Strategy
Scope CC mitigat. adapta-tion Biodiver-sity S
oil water conser- vation Disaster
preven-tion Recrea-tion NTFPs
Specific objective - capacity strengthened
Target groups -ultimate local communi-ties,
forest owners -inter-mediate government
agencies, policy makers, CSOs, other
stake-holders
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REDDES Expected Outcomes and Deliverables (1/2)
Outcomes Deliverables
Reduced deforestation and forest degradation increased area of forest under sustainable management in tropical timber producing forests Area under conservation and/or SFM in the REDDES impact areas At least 10 of the degraded forests of participating countries being additionally managed Tropical forests under SFM Area of restored and rehabilitated secondary tropical forests.
Improved livelihoods for forest dwellers and other stakeholders directly involved in the supply of environmental services through the sustainable management of tropical forests Income generation realized through forest-related environmental services in REDDES impact areas Improved family income in communities directly involved in PES initiatives Willingness to pay for environmental services (incl. carbon) assessed
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REDDES Expected Outcomes and Deliverables (2/2)
Outcomes Deliverables
Improved resilience of tropical forest ecosystems and forest-dependent communities Reduced deforestation (gt 10-15) in the REDDES impact area Avoided deforestation areas measured and valued, incl. carbon. Positive changes in biological and physical characteristics of forests under REDDES
Improved capacities to develop and implement policies and incentive mechanisms to promote environmental services through sustainable forest management At least five forest related PES mechanisms developed / being implemented in producer countries Inclusion of forest related carbon and other forest environmental services in policy and planning documents. Countries with policy and legislative reforms implemented and governance strengthened, Investment in SFM Data bases and knowledge management systems incl. environmental services Trained human resources
Improved practices to promote community involvement in the supply of environmental services from SFM Communities trained and assisted in development and implementation of PES mechanisms Local communities directly involved in at least 5 PES mechanisms undergoing implementation
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Added Value of REDDES

• Comprehensive approach covering all environmental
  services
• Focus on SFM in reducing deforestation and
  degradation, particularly the second D
• In capacity building the focus on FMU/local
  implementation to deliver climate and other
  environmental benefits (upfront support)
• Country experience on payment schemes for ES
• Geographic coverage (incl. 17 countries not
  covered by other initiatives)
• ITTOs comparative advantage more than 300
  projects, guidelines, training, etc.

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Partnerships in Support to Countries

• CPF Strategic Framework on FCC
• UN-REDD
• FCPF and FIP
• Other initiatives

• Common pilot country approaches
• Harnessing synergies
• SFM, restoration, rehabilitation of degraded
  forests

COUNTRY LEADERSHIP
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REDDES ESTIMATED BUDGET
Activity (US 1,000) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total Per cent
A. Assessment and Diagnosis 850.0 1150.0 700.0 2,700.0 16.42
B. Enabling Conditions and Capacity-building 1,029.3 1,231,8 1,522.2 3,783.4 23,02
C. Demonstration Activities 550.0 2,330.0 4,260.0 7,140.0 43.44
D. Scaling up and Dissemination 210.0 795.0 1,810.0 2,815.0 17.12
SUBTOTAL 2,639.3 5,506,8 8292.2 16,438.4  100,00
Programme Management (9.5) 250.7 523.2 787.8 1,561.6
GRAND TOTAL 2,890,0 6,030.0 9,080.0 18,000.0
Already pledged US 3.5 million
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REDDES Work Plan
Actions Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 2 Year 3 Year 3 Year 3 Year 3
1. Programme launching promotion
2. Calls for proposals ? ? ? ? ? ?
3. Advisory Committee meetings ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
4. Country programming
- Country 1
- Country 2
- Country 3
5. Implementation of TP activities
- A. Assessment and diagnosis
- B. Enabling conditions and capacity building
- C. Demonstration projects
- D. Scaling up and dissemination
6. Annual monitoring reports ? ? ?
7. Review and evaluation by ITTC ?
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Upcoming Thematic Programmes

• COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISES
• TRADE AND MARKET TRANSPARENCY
• INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICIENCY
• ? Elaboration of Programme Documents pending
  funding

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COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ENTERPRISES
GENERAL OBJECTIVE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
Contribute to poverty reduction in tropical forest areas by (i) strengthening the ability of forest communities and smallholders to sustainably manage their tropical forest resources and (ii) assisting CFEs to add value to and market the products and services obtained from these resources Improved knowledge and skills in implementing sustainable forest management among communities, smallholders and their organizations Improved access by CFEs to capital and technology, and strengthened marketing capacities Increased value added of CFE production Strengthened organizations of com-munities and smallholders and Enabling policy and legal frameworks at the country level to implement community forest management.
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TRADE AND MARKET TRANSPARENCY
GENERAL OBJECTIVES ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
Increase the capacity of producer member countries to develop and employ market intelligence and marketing skills and Improve market transparency through improved data and analysis Improved market transparency for tropical timber and timber products and NTFPs Strengthened country capacity in market intelligence, information systems and trade promotion and Improved market conditions that promote trade in tropical timber and timber products and NTFPs.
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INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICIENCY
GENERAL OBJECTIVES ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
Increase the production, further processing and trade of tropical timber and other forest products and services from sustainably managed and legally harvested forests and Improve efficiency in the processing and utilization of tropical timber and timber products and non-timber forest products (NTFPs) the increased supply and trade of forest industry products and services with higher value added improved efficiency in the harvesting and processing of timber and NTFPs reduced emissions from industrial operations improved policies to promote investment, facilitate the development and transfer of technology and improved management capacity, particularly in SMFEs
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Operational Elementsof Thematic Programmes
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TP Advisory Committee

• Advisory Committee of experts (7 members from
  producers, donors and interested institutions,
  ITTO ED)
• Tasks
• Selection of activities/pre-projects/projects for
  financing under the Thematic Programme
• Monitoring and evaluation of progress in
  implementing the Thematic Programme
• Identification of potential additional sources of
  voluntary financial contributions

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How Do the Thematic Programmes Operate?

• TPs finance approved project/preproject and
  activity proposals submitted by stakeholders in
  the ITTO member coutnries
• Calls for proposals (bi-annual)
• Assessment and approval process
• Implementation and monitoring arrangements
• Secured funding before the TP is started

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Selection Criteria of Funding (1/2)

1. Conformity with the Thematic Programme Document
   and ITTA objectives
2. Technical feasibility
3. Cost effectiveness
4. Environmental and social effects
5. Linkages or relevance to programme interventions
6. Applicability/extension of results
7. Clear quantitative and qualitative indicators to
   evaluate progress towards achieving programme
   objectives

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Selection Criteria of Funding (2/2)
h) Measures to verify the coherence and
effectiveness of individual programme
interventions i) Overall impact and
sustainability of outputs and outcomes j)
Mechanisms for effective stakeholder
participation. k) Potential impact to the
achievement of the specific Programme
objectives l) Contribution to the Programme
deliverables
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Submission of proposal to the ITTO country focal
point by proponent
Clearance by country focal point and submission
to ITTO Secretariat
No
Yes
No
ITTO Secretariat screening
Yes
No
Appraisal by Advisory Committee (recommendation)
Yes
Funding decision by Executive Director
No
Yes
Project implementation
Approval Process of Submissions
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Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

• Monitoring and evaluation procedures
• Monitored according the procedures of the ITTO
  Manual for Project Monitoring, Review, Reporting
  and Evaluation
• ITTOs on-line monitoring system.
• The Advisory Committee monitors the progress of
  Programme implementation as a whole
• Annual reporting to the Council by the Executive
  Director
• Review and evaluation of the pilot phase in 2012
• Technical and financial reporting procedures
• Standardized reporting formats
• Common reporting framework for participating
  donors

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How to Participate?

• TFLET and REDDES will be fully operational from
  April 2009
• Stakeholders in member countries will be informed
  on the dates to submit proposals (through ITTO
  official contact points)
• More donors welcome
• Additional information at
• www.itto.or.jp
• or write to
• itto_at_itto.or.jp