Forum for Environment (FfE)

Negusu Aklilu

(Director, FfE and Co-chair of the ECSNCC)

Nile BDC Workshop, Addis Ababa, April 8, 2011

Forests FWG

Climate Change

Ethiopian Civil Society Network on

Climate Change

Urban Environment

Renewable Energy TEA

Protected Areas

PAWG

Cross-cutting Activities

THEMATIC AREAS

MAJOR AREAS OF ACTIVITY

Public engagements

Research and publications

Establishing and strengthening local

groups

Capacity building for CSOs/CBOs

Networking

Incentive schemes

APPROACHES

• Government Organizations

• Non-governmental Organizations

• Youth Groups

• Academic and Research

Institutions

• Media institutions

MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS

Lessons learned

• Strong networking with relevant stakeholders is extremely useful

• Building critical mass support is key

• Collaborative advocacy could be effective

• Engaging the media is necessary

• Incentive schemes are useful

• Good policy instruments• Encouraging rehabilitation efforts • Better national commitment for environmental and climate change issues• Good practices here and there

Opportunities

Main challenges• Global processes and local implications• Lack of Land Use plans• Poor enforcement of laws• Underestimating the values of the environment• Capacity of institutions

Future plans

‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going.’

………..• Better coordination and harmonization• Upscale good practices• Better science-policy interface

Thank you.