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Towards Transparency, Participation & Accountability Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change 22 & 23 October 2009 Charles McNeill UNDP

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  • Towards Transparency, Participation & Accountability

    Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change22 & 23 October 2009

    Charles McNeill

    UNDP

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Thank you!

    Please see: www.un-redd.org