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Towards Transparency, Participation & Accountability
Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change22 & 23 October 2009
Charles McNeill
UNDP
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1. What is the UN-REDD Programme?
2. UN-REDD and the UN Human Rights Based Approach
3. Operational Guidance on Engagement of IPs & CS: Alignment of UN-REDD and FCPF Approaches
4. Emerging Good Practice for Consultation: Panama & DRC
5. Free Prior & Informed Consent (FPIC) and a Recourse Mechanism
6. Governance of UN-REDD: The Policy Board
7. Forest Governance in UN-REDD National Programs: Tanzania & Vietnam
8. Independent Advisory Group on Forests, Rights & Climate Change
Presentation Overview
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Partnership of FAO, UNDP & UNEP, in close collaboration with FCPF, to support:
1. National Programmes
9 pilot countries: Africa: DRC, Tanzania, Zambia; Asia & Pacific: Indonesia, PNG, Vietnam; Latin America & Caribbean: Bolivia, Panama, Paraguay
Focus on capacity building for readiness: i.e. MRV, Reference Scenario, Consultation, Institutional Arrangements, REDD Strategy (but prepared to
support countries in Phase II too)
2. Global Activities
Guidelines, analyses, advice to support country & global action on:
Monitoring, Reporting, Verification (MRV)
Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Benefits for Biodiversity
Payment Mechanisms / Benefit Sharing
What is the UN-REDD
Programme?
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UN Agencies have adopted the Human Rights Based Approach to development meaning that all policies and programs should further the realization of human rights
Based on advocacy for the vulnerable and building capacity for inclusion and engagement and do no harm / risk assessment perspective
The Human Rights Based Approach is supported by other UN instruments:
UN Charter & Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN Common Understanding of the Human Rights Based Approach to Development
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UN Development Group Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples Issues
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
UN High Commission on Human Rights
ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous & Tribal Peoples
UN Human Rights Based Approach
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To inform/guide the design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of all UN-REDD activities
1) Principles - on the rights of IPs and other forest dependent communities
2) Guidelines - for the engagement of IP and other forest dependent communities
3) Best Practice - for consultation
Currently being aligned with FCPF
Operational Guidance:
Engagement of IPs & Forest
Communities
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Agreement to uphold high standards & coordinate/align consultation processes in country
Draft of aligned Guidance adopts principles / guidelines of the UN-REDD Operational Guidance and maintains FCPF Practical Guidance to design and carry out consultations
FCPF & UN-REDD to agree on draft then circulate to PC and PB and others for consultation
Alignment of UN-REDD & FCPF
IP/CSO Engagement Guidelines
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Emerging Good Practice for Consultation:
Panama
National REDD stakeholder meetings for IPs, Govt, UN-REDD): agreed on
indigenous participation in preparation of National Program (Sept 2009)
IPs (COONAPIP) designated 6 IP reps to work with govt (ANAM) over 2 weeks to
finalize the draft National Program (Sept 2009)
COONAPIP organized national workshop on UN-REDD process for each of the11
IP congresses representing the 7 IP communities in Panama (6 Oct 2009)
Validation meeting for UN-REDD Programme in Panama convened UN system
(RC and UN-REDD agencies), Panama Ministries of Finance and Environment, IP
organizations (COONAPIP) (13 Oct 2009)
UN-REDD Panama Program Document will be submitted to the next Policy Board
(29 Oct 2009)
Close collaboration with FCPF throughout process
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Emerging Good Practice for Consultation:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Joint UN-REDD/FCPF scoping mission in Jan 2009 had broad stakeholder engagement, resulting in:
Formation of a Working Group on participation and consultation, with responsibility to liaise with govt and international stakeholders
Civil society workshops, attended by more than 40 IP organizations to advise government and series of regional workshops in rural areas
A National Decree - approved by Council of Ministers and signed by the Prime Minister - established coordination arrangements for REDD in DRC, including a National REDD Steering Committee with 4 reps from civil society and IPs + 1 business + 1 academic + 6 govt reps
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Free, Prior & Informed Consent
(FPIC)
What does FPIC mean for readiness activities and REDD?
At what level to apply: project, province, national, global?
When should it be applied? At inception, to the whole program? To specific activities or components of the program?
Engaging with Prof. James Anaya, UN Special Rapporteur on IP
Undertaking analysis of practical application of FPIC with Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
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Recourse Mechanism
UN-REDD committed to establishing mechanism to ensure accountability and provide proper recourse:
Currently complaints to be submitted to the UN-REDD Secretariat and to the UN Resident Coordinator in pilot countries to be reviewed by the UN-REDD Policy Board for decision
But exploring wide range of other options CIEL advising Use existing or new mechanisms? Will discuss with Policy Board next week
Mechanism to build on existing UN mechanisms: UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous PeoplesUNDP Civil Society Advisory Committee to the AdministratorUNDPs Information Disclosure Policy & IP Policies, etc.
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Composed of participating countries, donors, agencies, Indigenous Peoples, CSOs & observers
Decisions made by consensus among members
Informed by Independent Advisory Group on Forests, Rights and Climate Change
Governance of the UN-REDD
Programme: The Policy Board
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Indigenous Peoples Reps on
Policy Board
IP Policy Board Member: Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UNPFII Chair
Observers: Africa:
Elifuraha Laltaika Community Research and Development Services (CORDS), Tanzania
Asia & Pacific: Mina Setra Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), Indonesia
Latin America: Diego Escobar, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indigenas de la
Cuenca Amaznica (COICA), Colombia
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Civil Society Reps on Policy Board
Africa:Pacifique Mukumba Isumbisho, Executive Director , Centre
dAccompagnement des Autochtones Pygmes et Minoritaires Vulnrables, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Asia & Pacific: Effrey Dademo, Program Manager , The Papua New Guinea Eco-Forestry
Forum, Papua New Guinea
Latin America: Paula Moreira, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amaznia (IPAM), Brazil
Industrialized Countries:Rosalind Reeve, Forest Campaign Manager , Global Witness, US/UK
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Governance for REDD
Addressing forest governance is a key component of the UN-REDD Programme national pilot activities
At the global level, UN-REDD is developing work to support countries apply governance self-assessment indicators to
measure capacity to advance through the phases of readiness could benefit from collaboration with you
UN-REDD will assess progress of pilot countries in addressing forest governance issues, document and report
lessons learned
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Addressing Forest Governance
in National Programs: Tanzania
Outcome 1: Capacity building support to central and zonal
forest sector governance to shape a national REDD framework
and to clarify roles, structures and social safeguards for the
effective implementation of REDD
Outcome 3: Improved capacity to manage REDD and provide other forest ecosystem services at district and local levels
Output 3.1: Develop and test a decentralized REDD
Governance Framework
Output 3.2: Outline a payment distribution system
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Addressing Forest Governance
in National Programs: Vietnam
Output 1.1: Establishment of a broad stakeholder coordination mechanism
Outputs 1.4 and 2.3: Design a transparent and equitable REDD-compliant benefit-sharing mechanism
Output 2.1: Mainstreaming REDD into local socio-economic development planning, with a focus on the establishment of participatory approaches to the
formulation of District plans
Output 2.2: Build capacity among local stakeholders in participatory carbon monitoring
Outcome 3: Addressing international forest governance: Building regional consensus on cooperative approaches to reduce deforestation in the 4
countries of the lower Mekong basin
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Independent Advisory Group on
Forests, Rights & Climate Change
Established to provide independent advice and guidance to the UN-REDD Programme
Initial membership: Organizing Committee of Conference on Rights, Forests and Climate, Oct 2008, (RRI, RFN, Tebtebba, FPP, ACICAFOC, Civic Response, WRI, etc)
Activities:Presentations and advice to Policy Board; Counsel on policies and guidelines; Managed self-selection process for CSO reps to the Policy Board; Guidance on socio-economic aspects of REDD; Engagement in dialogues like this one
www.rightsandclimate.org
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Thank you!
Please see: www.un-redd.org