Royal Norwegian Government
Institutional Strengthening for the Forest
Sector Development in Ethiopia
MINISTRY of ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST
MEF
4/13/2015
MEF
7.2 FAST TRACK PROJECT PROPOSAL TEMPLATE: TEMPLATE B
Fast Track Investment
PROJECT PROPOSAL FORM
Please note the following page limits:
Sections 1-2 : 3 sides of A4
Sections 3-4 : 3 sides of A4
Sections 5-7 : 3 sides of A4
Please complete all sections even if some responses are the same as those
submitted at the Concept note stage.
SECTION 1: SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT DATA
1.1
Project title (State your Project Institutional Strengthening for the Forest
title in a clear statement that Sector Development in Ethiopia
shows what you are intending to
do)
1.2
Project summary (The
summary paragraph should
provide an overview of the
proposed Project, useful for
potential donor or parties
interested in gaining a better
understanding of the Projects in a
word limit of 150 words. The
executive summary should
include:
Severe land degradation are major threats to not only the
livelihoods of millions of rural households but also to the
ecosystem services from these areas.
The government of Ethiopia has a strong commitment
and recognition for the importance of the forest sector,
considering the sector as one of the four pillars in the
Climate Resilient Green Growth (CRGE) strategy and
having established the Ministry of Environment and
Forest (MEF). The newly established MEF urgently
requires institutional strengthening support at all levels,
 the problem statement;
 the Project’s objectives;
 implementing
organizations;
 key Project activities; and
 the total Project budget)
so that the sector can effectively and efficiently discharge
its responsibilities.
Associated with global and national environmental and
economic problems, Ethiopia has developed and enforced
the climate-resilient green economy strategy (CRGE
Strategy, FDRE, 2011) that focuses on development and
management of forests and reduction of emission from
the use of biomass based energy since March 2014.The
country has set targets of reducing deforestation and
forest degradation significantly and increasing
afforestation, reforestation and forest management to
increase carbon sequestration by conducting afforestation
(2 million ha), reforestation (1 million ha) and by
managing 5 million ha of forests and woodlands. Thereby
the country hopes to create 50% of the total domestic
abatement potential (CRGE, 2011).
In order to realize the forestry components of the CRGE
strategy, implement REDD+ strategy, realize the targets
set in the GTP, adequately plan and implement GTP2, the
newly established Ministry of Environment and Forest
and its replica in regional states and city administrations
are facing significant capacity constraints at systemic,
institutional
and
individual
levels.
Therefore,
strengthening the institutional capacity of the sector to
implement sustainable forest management is critically
important. The forest sector needs an innovative and
holistic approach to realize its strategic role in supporting
the sustainable development of the country. However,
such efforts require strong local capacity and system that
can handle substantial changes as the result of emerging
issues. Therefore, this project becomes more imperative
as it focuses on institutional strengthening efforts at all
levels, which eventually may evolve to sustainable forest
management activities on the ground.
The overall objective of this project is to strengthen
government capacity in the forest sector at all levels and
spearhead the implementation of the forestry component
contained in the GTP2 and CRGE Strategy.
The present project is targeting to achieve a number of
results : enhanced capacity of the forest sector to fulfil its
mandate at all levels; increased forest coverage that
boosts carbon sequestration and other environmental
services, enhanced biodiversity conservation and other
environmental services of the forest resources, as well as
the promotion of sustainable supply of wood and wood
products; the promotion of broad-based stakeholder
engagement in forest conservation and development,
including popular participation; strengthened private
sector involvement in forest development and marketing.
The Regional Bureaus of Environment and Forest/the
Project management offices in collaboration with MEF
and UNDP will be responsible for coordination,
implementation, M&E and reporting requirements of the
Project. The Regional Bureaus and MEF will be major
implementers. The total Project cost is USD
7.947million.
1.3
Lead organisation (indicate MEF
the organization by which the
execution of the Project will be
conducted)
1.4
Anticipated start date
(DD/MM/YYYY)
1.5
Project duration(in number of 33 months
months: please also show as,
dd/mm/yy to dd/mm/yy)
1.6
Total funding requested (in $ 7.947million
USD) (You are expected to
provide budget details in
Activity Schedule and budget
Section 7)
1.7
Please list all acronyms used in your application (Please list all acronyms
used in your application, spelling out each one in full:)
01/03/ 2015
SFM = Sustainable forest Management
CRGE= Climate Resilient Green Economy
CSOs= Civic society Organizations
GTP= Growth and Transformation Plan
SLMP = Sustainable Land Management Project
FCPF = Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
GHG= Green House Gas
PFM= Participatory Forest Management
UNDP= United Nations Development Project
MEF= Ministry of Environment and Forest
MoFED= Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
NFAP= National Forestry Action Project
BoEF= Bureau of Environment and Forest
MRV= Measurement Reporting and Verification
REDD= Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
PMU = Project Management Unit
PSC = Project Steering Committee
AWP = Annual Work Plan
SECTION 2: INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPLICANT
2.1
Organisation name
2.2
Office address (please write Kirkos sub-city, Bole Road,
Region,
Woreda,
city, [email protected]; website www. epa.gov.et
Tel. +251 (0) 115580552
KifleKetema, Tel No,(cell and
Fax. +251 (0) 115580529/78
fixed) Fax, E-mail)
P. Box. 12760
2.3
Website
applicable)
2.4
Contact person/ Project Lead Tefera Mengistu (PhD), Advisor to the State Minister
phone. +251 (0) 912021945
(the person who has ultimate Cell
Fixed phone +251 (0) 1115580571
responsibility for delivering this
Project who is the CRGE focal
address
MEF
(if Website: www. epa.gov.et
person. Write his/her Tel No,
(cell and fixed) Fax, E-mail).
SECTION 3: INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
3.1
Project Background: (Outline the overall aim of the project, the expected
impact, outcome and outputs of the project. Describe clearly what change it
intends to achieve, and who will benefit).
Most of the rural people in Ethiopia live in the highlands where land degradation and wood shortage
are severe. Forest resources are among the natural capital that provide substantial socio-economic,
cultural and ecological importance. They are important for soil and water conservation, watershed
protection, nutrient recycling, nitrogen fixation, amenity and recreation, creation of microclimate,
wildlife habitat, gene conservation and carbon sequestration from the atmosphere.
The development, conservation and sustainable utilization of forests plays a significant role in the
enhancement of the national economy, helps to mitigate and adapt to climate change and helps to
meet the needs of the society for forest products. As such, the beneficiaries from the sector range
from smallholders for firewood, soil fertility and feed improvement in agroforestry, industries from
commercial forestry to the international community through REDD+ and CDM. The Tourism,
Wildlife, Agriculture, Energy and Water sectors also directly or indirectly benefit from forest sector
development.
The government of Ethiopia has strong commitment and recognition on the importance of the forest
sector by considering the sector as one of the four pillars in the CRGE strategy and by establishing
the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MEF). The newly established MEF urgently requires for
institutional strengthening support at all levels so that the sector can effectively and efficiently
discharge its responsibilities.
Moreover, in order to realize the forestry components of the CRGE strategy, implement REDD+
strategy, realize, adequately plan and implement GTP2, the newly established Ministry of
Environment and Forest and its replica in regional states and city administrations are facing huge
capacity constraints at systemic, institutional and individual levels.
Therefore, strengthening institutional capacity of the sector to implement sustainable forest
management is critically important. Therefore, the forest sector needs an innovative and holistic
approach to realize its strategic role in supporting the sustainable development of the country.
However, such efforts require strong local capacity and system that can handle substantial changes
as the result of emerging issues. Therefore, this project becomes more imperative as it focuses on
institutional strengthening efforts at all levels, which eventually may evolve to sustainable activities
on the ground. The institutional capacity building will be done for MEF; the 9 regional states and
two city administrations. However, field based investment on afforestation and reforestation will be
done in the four major regional States (Amhara, SNNPRS, TIGRAY and Benshangul Gumuz).
The overall objective of this project is to strengthen government capacity in the forest sector at all
levels and spearhead the implementation of the forestry component contained in the GTP 2 and
CRGE Strategy. The other objective of this Project is to build technical capacity and skill of the
local institutions in the forestry sector including their experts and development agents.
More specifically, the project will address the following objectives: 1) Enhance and stimulate
sustainable forest development in line with GTP 2 and CRGE; 2) Foster institutional strengthening
at all levels; 3) Promote popular participation; 4) Strengthen Science and Innovation; 5) Promote
private sector engagement.
The expected results of the project include enhanced capacity of MEF to fulfil its mandate at all
levels; increased forest cover that boost carbon sequestration and other environmental services;
biodiversity conservation and other environmental services of the forest resources enhanced;
sustainable supply of wood and wood products promoted; broad based stakeholders engagement in
forest conservation and development promoted; the private sector involvement in forest
development and marketing strengthened; forest development policies, strategies and interventions
led by innovation and science. The lessons drawn from the implementation of the project will be
used for informed decision. Identify opportunities and challenges for scaling upon good practices
including development of scaling up strategy.
3.1.1
Whyis this project needed (Problem Statement)? (Clearly state evidence based justification
of why the implementation of this Project is necessary in terms of climate change
adaptation and/or mitigation/ what type of environmental, social and economic problems
will be solved because of the implementation of the project. Define the problem observed in
relation to the targeted group, targeted institutions and give concrete examples on the
problems).
Associated with global and national environmental and economic problems, Ethiopia has developed
and enforced the climate-resilient green economy strategy (CRGE Strategy, FDRE, 2011) that
focuses on development and management of forests and reduction of emission from the use of
biomass based energy since March 2014.The country has set targets of reducing deforestation and
forest degradation significantly and increasing afforestation, reforestation and forest management to
increase carbon sequestration by conducting afforestation (2 million ha), reforestation (1 million ha)
and by managing 5 million ha of forests and woodlands. Thereby the country hopes to create 50% of
the total domestic abatement potential (CRGE, 2011).
In order to realize the forestry components of the CRGE strategy, implement REDD+ strategy,
realize the targets set in the GTP, adequately plan and implement GTP2, the newly established
Ministry of Environment and Forest and its replica in regional states and city administrations are
facing significant capacity constraints at systemic, institutional and individual levels. Therefore,
strengthening the institutional capacity of the sector to implement sustainable forest management is
critically important.
3.1.2
Who are the beneficiaries of this project and what expected impact will this have on their
present circumstance? (Clearly state the direct beneficiaries of the project as well as the
indirect beneficiaries. It is also necessary to clearly state what type of change and impact
will the implementation of the Project will bring on their current situation of those direct and
indirect beneficiaries).
The institutional capacity building will be done for MEF; the 9 regional states and two city
administrations. However, field based investment on afforestation and reforestation in various forms
including expansion of short rotation forestry will be conducted in all regions and city
administrations.
The expected results of the project include enhanced capacity of forest sector to fulfil its mandate at
all levels; increased forest cover that boost carbon sequestration and other environmental services;
biodiversity conservation and other environmental services of the forest resources enhanced;
sustainable supply of wood and wood products promoted; broad based stakeholders engagement in
forest conservation and development promoted; the private sector involvement in forest
development and marketing strengthened; forest development policies, strategies and interventions
led by innovation and science. Local communities, implementing institutions, the private sectors and
the public at large will benefit from the implementation of the Project. The country at large will also
benefit from achieving the CRGE targets at regional and local level while reducing vulnerability to
climate change.
3.1.3
What change is this project intended to achieve? State project impact, outcome and
outputs on the environment, biodiversity condition, land degradation, pollution, etc. as
appropriate) (these should be taken from the Project logframe/result matrix in section 9).
The expected impact of this project is to contribute for building climate resilient natural and socioeconomic system in the regional states and the country at large. More explicitly, the project will help
to achieve,
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Enhanced capacity of forest sector to fulfil its mandate at all levels;
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Increased forest cover that boost carbon sequestration and other environmental services
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Biodiversity conservation and other environmental services of the forest resources enhanced
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Sustainable supply of wood and wood products promoted
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Broad based stakeholders engagement in forest conservation and development promoted
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The private sector involvement in forest development and marketing strengthened
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Forest development policies, strategies and interventions led by innovation and science
Impacts related to climate change;
1. Mitigation impacts: This project will directly contribute to climate change mitigation through
forest restoration on degraded landscapes, a process that captures carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere.
2. Adaptation impacts: The successful implementation of the proposed project will reduce
vulnerability of local communities to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change
and build resilience
3. Biodiversity conservation: The project will contribute to the conservation of biodiversity
directly through indigenous species tree planting and restoration of degraded habitats and
indirectly through improved land use planning to reduce degradation of existing native
forests and subsequent habitat fragmentation.
4. Socio-economic impacts: The project will provide diverse opportunities to support local
livelihoods through increased food, feed and energy security, private sector engagement and
provide employment opportunity for the unemployed youth
The expected higher level outcomes include:
CRGE and GTP outcomes:
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Institutional capacity of the Forestry sector strengthened at all levels
Forest conservation and development for their multiple benefits enhanced
Private sector involvement in forest development facilitated;
Science and innovation for enhancing sustainable forest management promoted
Stakeholders engagement in forest development enhanced
The complementary outputs of the project are:
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Output 2. National Forest Action Plan and regional forest management programs prepared
Out put3 Environmental and Social Management Framework for the rehabilitation and afforestation
program prepared
Output 4.Regional forestry data base established and operationalized
Output5 Degraded areas mainly (water towers) of the Amhara, Beneshangul, SNNPR and Tigray NRS
rehabilitated
Output6 Short rotation forestry expanded for fuel and construction wood consumption
Output 7 Promoted private sector participation in forest sector development
Output8. Capacity of the forestry training and research institutions for science and innovation and
in providing skill training enhanced
Output 9 Put in place Platform for the engagement of stake holders in forestry activities
3.2
APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY
3.2.1
How will the Project impact, outcome and outputs be achieved? Clearly describe the
approach and methodology to be followed and list out activities planned in logical
sequence(you will include a work plan and activity log in section 8 and 9).
Effective implementation of the designed Project requires working closely and actively with key
Project partners at all levels and at different stages of the Project’s phases. Accordingly, the
community and Project partners at federal, regional and woreda levels will be made to fully
participate throughout the Project’s cycles. Project design, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation and lessons learning will be done by involving appropriate partners.
The project will be implemented by MEF in collaboration with UNDP and other relevant
responsible parties (the Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Education, Ministry of Water, irrigation
and energy, EWCA, etc). The overall responsibility for execution rests on the Ministry of
Environment and Forests with the regional bureaus. The Implementing agency shall establish
Project management offices with the required staff and office facilities.
Achieving the Project intended objectives requires well-coordinated planning, implementation and
monitoring. The Federal Ministry of Environment and Forest , Regional Governments, Regional
Bureaus will play critical role in the leadership ensuring that the concerned regional and district
level offices and also communities in the selected districts and watersheds will be actively engaged
and own the process. MEF and UNDP will ensure technical appropriateness of the interventions.
The major field level implementations will begin with engaging communities in identifying the
areas for rehabilitation, afforestation and reforestation, short rotation forestry expansion and
demarcation. The communities and relevant regional Bureaus will work to identify and map
degraded lands and gullies that can be converted in to productive landscapes in a watershed. Those
lands should be neither currently occupied by the local community nor used for any economic
activity so as to ensure no displacement of the people and their benefits as the result of the project.
Such lands will ultimately be certified for use by the local authorities before engaging in any
investment activity. Moreover, there will be Environmental and Social management framework
preparation so that the project will be implemented with no safeguard issues. Baseline survey will be
carried out during the first phase of implementation. The Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of
Education and Higher Learning Institutions will be the key partners for the project implementation.
Ethiopia has demonstrated experiences from large scale programs including SLM, Agricultural
Growth Program (AGP), CRGE fast track, and REDD+ under Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry
of Environment and Forest. Therefore, there is a great potential to learn from these projects and
scale-up their best practices during this project implementation.
3.3
PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
3.3.1
Who will be carrying out the different Project activities?
(Describe the Project
implementation and management arrangements, including a clear description of the roles
and responsibilities of each of the partners and the coordination role. (make sure that this
will be consistent with the description you showed in the log frame/result matrix in section 8
and stakeholders analysis matrix in section 11. You may wish also to present this as an
appendix in the form of an organogram of how partners relate to each other).
The project implementation oversight and guidance will be given by the Project Steering Committee
(PSC). The Project Steering Committee will be composed of MEF, MoFED, MoWEE, MoA, MoE
Representatives, UNDP, Norway, Private sector representative and regional representatives from the
four regions. Similar structure will be followed at regional and woreda levels. In order to effectively
implement the investment component of the project, project management offices will be established
to support the new institutional structure at different levels. The project will be embedded at the
most relevant government institution at the regional and woreda levels but will be enhanced by
additional capacities in human and material resources. The project coordination/management offices
will be used as additional capacities to strengthen the existing government structures at different
levels while serving as a nucleus for the new MEF structure to evolve at regional and woreda levels.
The final list of the PSC members will be completed at the outset of Project operations and
presented in the Inception Report by taking into account the envisaged role of different parties in the
PSC. Based on the approved annual work plan (AWP), the PSC reviews and approves project
quarterly plans when required and authorizes any major deviation from quarterly or annual work
plans. The PSC will meet quarterly. Other members can be invited at the decision of the PSC on an
as-needed basis, but taking due regard that the PSC remains sufficiently lean to be operationally
effective. The Project Coordinator will participate as a non-voting member in the PSC meetings and
will also be responsible for compiling a summary report of the discussions and conclusions of each
meeting.
The day-to-day management of the Project will be carried out by a Project Coordination Office
(PCO) under the overall guidance of the PSC and the daily supervision of the Project Coordinator.
The PCO will be institutionally configured within the existing MEF structure to maintain
sustainability. The PCO will be based in Addis Ababa and reports to the State Minister of Forest
Sector at the Ministry of Environment and Forest. The State Minister also chairs the PSC. The PCO
will be composed of a national project coordinator, project assistant and administrative assistant.
The Project Coordinator will be responsible to mobilize national technical experts within MEF and
beyond to back stop the implementation of the project effectively and on schedule. The project
implementation will also be supported by the international technical adviser.
UNDP Ethiopia maintains to provide technical support and facilitate most of the capacity building
activities of the Project. UNDP will work closely with MEF for monitoring Project implementation,
timely reporting of the progress as per the reporting format of the CRGE Facility. It also supports
MEF in the procurement of the required expert services and other Project inputs and administers the
required contracts. Furthermore, it supports the co-ordination and networking with other related
initiatives and institutions in the country.
For successfully reaching the stated objective and outputs of the Project, it is essential that the
progress of different components will be closely monitored both by the key local stakeholders and
authorities as well as by project’s international technical advisors. The purpose of this is to facilitate
early identification of possible risks to successful completion of the project together with adaptive
management and early corrective action, when needed.
SECTION 4: MONITORING, EVALUATION, LESSON LEARNING
4.1
How will the performance of the Project be monitored and evaluated? (Describe the
responsible bodies and actors who will involve in the M&E, lessons learning as consistent
with the log frame. Please also describe how the logframe will be used as a key monitoring
tool).
This project will be monitored by UNDP, MOFED and MEF joint engagement at federal level while
equivalent technical and administrative bodies will be engaged in monitoring at the regional and
woreda levels. The project will be monitored based on the Monitoring and Evaluation guidelines of
the CRGE Facility and the MEF.
An Annual Review Report shall be prepared by the Project Coordinator and shared with the Project
Steering Committee.
Implementing regions (project offices) will submit quarterly technical report to MEF through the
PCO. They will submit quarterly financial report to BOFEDs. Regions will undertake quarterly
visits to the Project sites. MEF through the project Coordinator will submit quarterly technical
reports to MOFED. The project manager at UNDP and the national Project Coordinator will prepare
an annual narrative and financial report on the supported activities, which will be shared to the
Royal Norwegian Government.
4.2
In brief, outline how this Project will contribute towards providing the information required
for national climate resilience and mitigation agenda. (please describe how the Project
contributes to the initiatives of the Ethiopian Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy
agenda).
The CRGE strategy is set to increase productivity and income while also reducing deforestation and
degradation. The Project through a capacity building for forestry development and integrated
watershed management practices will result in better managed and more productive landscapes that
overall contribute to reducing vulnerability and enhance resilience of the socio-ecological system. In
doing so, it increases the abatement potential (through better vegetation cover) and reduces
vulnerability of population and ecosystems to the impacts of climate variability and change.
1. Mitigation impacts: This Project will directly contribute to climate change mitigation
through forest restoration on degraded landscapes, a process that captures carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere.
2. Adaptation impacts: The successful implementation of the proposed Project will help
diversify income and reduce vulnerability of local communities to extreme weather
events exacerbated by climate change
4.3
How will you involve beneficiaries in monitoring and evaluation? (Clearly show how the
beneficiaries themselves will be involved in the day to day and/or timely Project monitoring and
evaluation. Please note that M&E plans that are more inclusive will be favored).
Participatory M&E at local level and the involvement of high level regional authorities and project
beneficiaries in assessing progress ensures that key stakeholders take part in measuring progress and
assessing Project impacts. Local stakeholders will be active participants in selecting and adopting
technologies and in drawing lessons for scaling-up. The members will be from the communities and
direct beneficiary youths.
4.4
How will you monitor organizational capacity building and change over the life of the Project?
(Please describe the monitoring mechanism of capacity built and change obtained during the Project
life).
The organizational capacity and changes over time will be monitored very closely. MEF will take
the lead in this regard. The basis for monitoring changes in the organizational capacity is the targets
set in the logframe. Moreover, the identified gaps during the capacity need assessment will serve as
benchmark to track the organizational capacity changes due to the project intervention.
4.5
Lesson learning: (Please list the learning activities and lesson sharing strategy of the Project).
This Project will investigate innovative models for long term engagement and scaling-up to enable
replication. Besides, periodic visits by steering committee and technical committee will help identify
and address technical and institutional challenges throughout the process.
4.6
Develop MRV plan: Please show what the MRV will look like [The MRV guide will be worked out
and will be communicated in the mean time until the concept not and proposal is prepared by the
prospective Project developers ]
Baseline reference levels will be taken at the commencement of the Project and any biophysical and
socio-economic impacts at the completion of the Project will be measured against the state during
Project commencement.
SECTION 5: PROJECT RISKS AND MITIGATION
5.1
Please outline the main risks to successful delivery of this Project indicating whether they are high,
medium or low. How will these risks be mitigated? If the risks are outside your direct control, how
will the Project design address them? (Please complete the risk matrix in Section 10)
As the Project focuses on capacity building, afforestation, forest management and employment and
income generation, no major environmental risk is envisaged. People who are involved in the
expansion of forest stands will be targeted to be direct beneficiaries. Rather, the Project has
tremendous advantages for the local communities and to the environment.
Inadequate participation and ownership by the local communities including lack of incentive
mechanism could delay the Project implementation. However, series of meetings with local
communities and local authorities and reach consensus and demarcate the degraded lands for the
project activities and get endorsement of the local leaders and local authorities will reduce the risk.
Moreover, designing and implementing incentive mechanism for the active involvement of the local
communities will be beneficial and it will be based on the operational manual. Delay in the approval
process of incentive mechanism for the active involvement of the private sector in the conservation
and management of forest resources as well as marketing with forest products will be another
challenge. However, awareness raising and effective communication strategy including collating,
analyzing and availing the experiences of other countries in involving the private sector in the
forestry sector can significantly minimize the impacts of the envisaged risks.
Lack of baseline data on forestry for the project sites could be another risk for the project
implementation. On the other hand, data could be more costly than anticipated and this may risk
delay in the implementation of region specific restoration and afforestation project. However,
Considering multiple sources of data and combining a bottom-up and top-down data gathering and
least cost option will help to reduce cost and improve scalability.
Delay in procurement process may also risk the timely implementation of the Project. Procurement
by delegation and direct payment modalities will minimize the risk. Lack of technology, climate
change and low survival of planted seedlings will be potential challenges for this Project. However,
procurement of appropriate technology from elsewhere and using previous best practices in the
regions will help minimize this risks. Challenges associated with lack of local capacity in relation to
timely planning and implementation by the respective bureaus may risk the timely implementation
of this Project. However, these risk remains minimal.
Delay in MEF structure at regional and woreda levels may delay the project implementation.
However, project offices as interim arrangement will help to minimize risk related with regional
and woreda level structures of MEF. Moreover, MEF will work closely with the regions and city
administration to put in place feasible and region specific institutional arrangement to effectively
deliver its mandate.
5.2
What risks, if any, does this Project pose to the environment, people or institutions affected
by the Project and how will these be managed and/or mitigated? Please complete Annex X
environmental and social impact checklist and consider safeguard policy measures.
As the Project focuses on institutional capacity building coupled with rehabilitation and afforestation
efforts, no major environmental risk is envisaged. As one of the project component through the UNDP
support, ESMF will be prepared for sites that require direct investment. Depending on the findings of the
ESMF, project impact mitigation measures will be planned and implemented. People who are likely to lose
benefits from the watersheds to be rehabilitated will be targeted to be direct beneficiaries in the process.
Hence, attempts will be made to mitigate any social externalities. Moreover, Communities will be fully
informed and educated about their rights prior to participatory watershed management activities and their
consent will be ensured.
SECTION 6: STANDARDS FOR APPLICATION
6.1
Scale up: How do you insure that the Project results can be scaled up?
From the beginning, partners will be documenting opportunities and challenges for scaling-up. As
lessons are drawn, critical assessment will be on how to scale up and out good practices. Also the
selection of sites and watershed will also be made taking into account areas from which lessons can
be drawn to wider areas and to as many people as possible.
Scale-up of technology i.e., an increased uptake of Project results that are found more successful in
the Project areas to more new users requires considering the fundamental elements of the process.
This includes the different activities and technologies introduced in the Project, the approach
followed while implementing the Project and the livelihood status of the users. The approaches and
technologies planned in this Project will be based on success stories of the long years’ experience
shared from other countries and locally. Up on implementation of the Project, lessons to learn will
be critically considered and tailoring technologies to fit the “needs” or “demands” of particular users
is important.Best practices identified by innovation platforms and scientific experts will be
published and utilized for a wider communication through various media outlets.
6.2
Impacts and benefits to the poor: How will the proposed Project activities
contribute to poverty reduction?
The Project aims at institutional capacity building of the forest sector including restoring degraded
lands and making them more productive through afforestation/reforestation and thereby be sources
of livelihoods for the job seeking youths and poor women. Hence the Project has direct contribution
to employment creation and poverty alleviation by allowing youths to have a self-employed
livelihood option. Proper and early planning to improve livelihood of the poor and a rigorous
evaluation of the Project implementation can be very powerful in assessing the appropriateness and
effectiveness of projects for the poor.
Maximizing productivity of forest stands and creating more communally and individually owned
stands maximizes volume of production that can be used for sale and own consumption of wood
products for the poor. The jobless people and the poor will also be certified on ownership and use
rights of the presently communal lands hence finally bring about poverty reduction in the
community.
6.3
Impacts and benefits on gender: What are the expected benefits towards
gender equality and equity from your proposed activities?
The plan is to include women and men equally throughout the process. As much as possible girls
will be encouraged to be beneficiaries as they can be engaged in such activities as seedling
production.
6.4
Partnership: How will the Project foster greater partnership between climate actors in Ethiopia,
and/or between Ethiopian climate actors and international counterparts?
In the context of Ethiopia, broad based stakeholder’s engagement in forest conservation,
management and marketing is highly required. Therefore, the meaningful participation of Civil
Society Organizations (CSOs), Research Organizations, Higher learning Institutions, Community
Based Organizations, relevant Professional Associations such as Ethiopian Foresters Association,
etc will be supported by the project. New partnership will be established with environment, research
and academia organizations in Norway and Ethiopia.
6.5
Results based: What results will the Project deliver?
The results can be seen in the form of capacitated institutions in the forestry sector to fulfill
mandates at all levels; better managed landscapes (area under improved land management), and
improved forest cover and livelihoods. The other results are reduced land and natural resources
degradation in the watershed, better biomass, food, feed and wood production from rehabilitated
landscapes, broad based stakeholders engagement including the private sector; enhanced
contribution of science and innovation for SFM and improved benefits to communities.
The results can be seen in the form of better managed forests (area under improved forest
management), and improved livelihoods (the number of youth and women engaged in the process).
The other results are increase in carbon sink and reduced land and natural resources (forests of
indigenous species, soil) degradation in the area, better biomass, and improved benefits to
communities. The result of this Project will be three fold. On the one hand results should be seen in
the form of increased forest cover while on the other hands improved livelihoods to local
community and increase carbon capture. Establishment of market linkages will be a sustainable way
of managing forests for their economic, environmental and social benefits.
6.6
Sustainability: How will the benefits delivered by the Project be sustained after FTI funding comes
to an end?
The institutional capacity building at various levels as a core process will help maintain momentum
on some of the activities after the Project period. Moreover, Federal government institutions will
provide continuous support to access finance from all possible sources as this is one of the targets in
the green growth strategy. At the local level, making sure that plans provide economic incentives to
communities, and clarifying the issues of responsibility and benefit sharing from the onset of the
process will contribute to the sustainability of Project impacts. Project offices at the regional and
woreda levels will be embedded at the most relevant government institution at the regional and
woreda levels but will be enhanced by additional capacities in human and material resources.
6.7
Safeguard measures: What is the expected negative social and environmental impacts (FDRE
Proclamation 299/2002 and Regulation No. 1/2007 for the national environmental and safeguards
requirements when responding)
No obvious one. But, environmental and social management framework (ESMF) will be part of the
Project activity and future project impact mitigation measures will be designed as per the results of
the ESMF.
6.8
Occupational Health: How will the Projects take into account occupational health and safety
aspects in line with Ethiopia’s has a specific Proclamation on occupational health and safety (Proc.
No. 377/2002)? (As appropriate, please indicate what type of occupational health and safety
practice will be considered during the implementation of the Project)
No specific occupational health risk is envisaged. The necessary precautions will however be taken.
SECTION 7. BUDGET AND SUPPORT NEEDS
7.1
Total cost of the
Project (USD)
7.2
Indicate if there is similar imitative/s which this Project would complement (Its name and
remaining budget)
$7.947million
The Project will complement and inform the massive land rehabilitation Projects the government is
engaged including SLMP, MERET, other fast track investment through the CRGE facility, REDD+
through the FCPF.
7.3
What information, training and technical support does your organization need for the proposed
Project activities to have a high impact? How will this support be obtained (e.g. onsite support,
training, workshop, etc.).? What is the best way to deliver this training and technical support?
The staff of implementing institutions may need tailored training on forestry extension and
development. Capacity on GIS/Remote sensing applications for forest cover and conditions
monitoring strengthened through provision of facility and on-job training. There will be training
based on the identified gaps from the capacity need assessment.
8. ACTIVITY SCHEDULE AND BUDGET (USD '000')
Component
s
1. Capacity
Building
1
Outputs
Activity
Description
Forest
management
offices
established at
Regional and
National
levels
1.1
Conduct
consultation with
the regions
1.2.
Establish
Project
Management
Offices at regional
and national levels
Output 2.
National Forest
Action Plan and
regional forest
management
programs
prepared
1
Output1.
2.1:Preparing
National
forest
action plans and
regional
forest
management
programs
2.2. conduct
consultative
meeting and
discuss on the draft
docs
Budg
et
total
($)
75
2015
Q2
Q3
25
50
2016
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
2017
Budget description
Q4
Conduct consultation with
the regions on the location
of the project offices
conduct consultative
meeting to draft the action
plan
discuss the draft and
Conduct federal level
validation
This activity is part of the project but will be executed by UNDP through a project support specifically designed to supplement this project
Impleme
nting
organizat
ion
MEF
1.4. BOEF structure
designed
and
required
skilled
human
resources
developed/recruited
264
8
56
68
61
47
12
12
Prepare a long term human
resource development plan for
the sector
Develop regional organogram.
Recruit consulting firm
Organize consultative meeting
Out put3 ESMF
for the
rehabilitation
and
afforestation
program
prepared
Output
4.Regional
forestry data
base
established and
operationalized
2.
Rehabilitatio
n and Forest
development
1
Output5
Degraded
areas mainly
(water towers)
of the Amhara,
Beneshangul,
SNNPR and
Tigray NRS
rehabilitated
1
1.5.
Preparing
ESMF
for
the
rehabilitation
and
afforestation project
prepared
1.6.
Establish
national
and
Regional
Forestry
data
base
infrastructure
2.1 Define
integrated Rural
Land Use plans
that
support
development
and
conservation of
forest resources
in pilot sites
2.2 demarcate and
map forest lands
Validate and publish
Provide training ESMF
Equip the data base
infrastructures with the
required facilities
Train staff
390
92
100
30
26
18
18
100
100
90
Build capacity of stakeholders
on integrated land use
planning
Prepare integrated land use
plan for pilot areas in the four
regions
This activity is part of the project but will be executed by UNDP through a project support specifically designed to supplement this project
MEF
Output6 Short
rotation
forestry
expanded for
fuel and
construction
wood
consumption
3. Private
sector
engagement
Output 7
Promoted
private sector
participation in
forest sector
development
2.3 Rehabilitate
Degraded areas
mainly (water
towers) of the
Amhara,
Beneshangul,
SNNPR
and
Tigray NRS
2.4 Nursery
establishment
and
management
2.5 Establish Short
rotation forestry
for fuel and
construction
wood
consumption
2.6 Plantation
management
3.1 Awareness of
Private
sector
enhanced on various
issues around forest
sector development
3.2. Support the
private sector for
technology piloting
for value addition in
high NTFP potential
regions
3.3. Support the
youth to establish
and
run
small
forestry
business
enterprises
as
alternative
livelihoods
1636
184
200
215
202
220
215
215
185
Develop criteria for the
selection of the degraded areas
Prepare restoration map for
the degraded areas of each
region.
Support the rehabilitation of
some of the identified areas
MEF
and
Regio
ns and
distric
ts
2100
263
332
500
245
245
145
145
425
Prepare identification criteria
for site selection
MEF,
Regio
ns,
distric
ts,
other
stakeh
olders
Prepare sites to establish
plantations
1000
100
100
100
produce required seedlings in
nurseries and Establish
plantations
100
21
100
21
100
100
100
Post-planting handling
Organize awareness raising
workshops
Organize study tours for key
private sectors
Disseminate best practices in
country
Promote investment and technology
transfer
300
50
100
100
50
Conduct value chain analysis of NTFP
including technology adoption and
market linkages
Technology selection and
demonstration
Piloting
Conduct market study before and after
value addition
MEF
4. Science
and
Innovation
Output8.
Capacity of the
forestry
training and
research
institutions for
science and
innovation and
in providing
skill training
enhanced
4.1 Capacity of the
forestry
research
institutions
for
science
and
innovation enhanced
4.2 The capacities of
forestry
training
institutions
in
providing
skill
training
strengthened
555
100
50
100
100
105
100
Identify gaps
MEF
Support Developing the
national forest research
strategy
398
277
20
20
20
25
43
85
100
145
20
47
75
10
65
4.3. Connect the country
to forest knowledge and
innovation through a
twing
arrangement
(Norway, Ethiopia and
one s-s institution) for
continuous
capacity
building
Screening of indigenous and
exotic tree species/genotypes
for plantation expansion
Support curriculum revision to
prepare graduates for “green
jobs”
Support in-service refreshment
training for professionals and
skill training for farmers
Staff exchange between
Ethiopian and Norwegian
partner institutions
Develop capacity building
model among environment,
research and training
institutions in Ethiopia and
Norway
MEF
MEF
publish and disseminate research
findings
4.4. Support research
130
Joint Research support
relevant to forest policy
development and forest
management
and
extension
5.
Stakeholder
involvement
Output 9 Put
in
place
Platform for
the
4.5.
Vocational
training for forest
based
enterprise
development
provided
5.1
Stakeholders
involved in forestry
sector mapped
50
40
40
200
50
Provide short term vocational
training on green jobs and
forest based business
50
50
10
MEF
50
3
3
4
Undertake Forestry Action
Intelligence and produce
master data base.
MEF
engagement of
stake holders
in
forestry
activities
5.2
Stakeholder
platform
and
network established
5.3
Future
Engagement
road
map prepared for
forestry sector actors
47
6
35
14
27
Operationalize a functioning
forestry Plat form
Establish forest conservation
and development Plat form at
regional level
identify the respective roles
and responsibilities of the
major Stakeholders in forestry
35
MEF
MEF
prepare road map on the short
and long term engagement of
the major stakeholders in the
forestry sector
6.
Project
management
Project
management
strengthened
2
6.1 Vehicle
purchase (doublecap field)
6.2 Monitoring and
evaluation,
including
communication
6.3 Project
management and
administration cost,
including vehicle
running cost
Project total cost
166
20
20
21
22
22
22
21
18
MEF
251
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
41
MEF
1446
1267
871
838
670
544
7947
0
1032
2
1279
This activity is part of the project but will be executed by UNDP through a project support specifically designed to supplement this project
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Prepare a long term human resource development
plan for the sector
30000
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2015
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2015
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2016
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2016
Develop regional organogram.
20000
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Regional Forestry data base infrastructure
establishment
Equip the regional database infrastructure with
facilities
National consultant to train integrated land use
plan for pilot areas in the four regions
Procure satellite images and other required
softwares
Purchase nursery materials and goods
15000
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2015
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2015
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2015
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2015
Purchase technology for value addition
126000
Recruit national consultant to identify gaps and
resources requirement for the new Environment
and Forest Research Institution
Recruit national consultant to establish forest
biomass estimation modeling tools
Recruit national consultant to review curricula of
forestry training in order to prepare graduates for
green jobs
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Remarks
9. RESULT/LOGICAL FRAMEWORK
Impact:

The impact of this project is to create strong local capacity and other required enabling environment for innovative and holistic approach to promote sustainable forest
management in the country. The project will create new forests thereby creating alternative livelihoods and employment opportunities for the poor while making the
landscapes more productive and climate resilient in the districts and the regions at large.
Project outcomes

CRGE and GTP outcomes and indicators:
Outcome 1. Institutional capacity of the Forestry sector strengthened at all levels
o
o
o
o
Indicator:
Existence of sub national structures in nine regional state and two city administrations;
Presence of National forest conservation and development action plan and regional programs;
Existence of functional offices at national and sub-national levels;
Existence of forest conservation and development database operational at national and regional levels;
Outcome 2. Forest conservation and development for their multiple benefits enhanced
o
o
o
o
Indicator:
Presence of clearly defined and integrated Rural Land Use plans that support development and conservation of forest resources in pilot sites;
Proportion of degraded land demarcated and mapped;
Proportion of degraded land rehabilitated ;
Number of areas covered per region and city administration through short rotation plantation programmes;
Outcome 3. Private sector involvement in forest development facilitated;
o
o
o
o
o
Indicators:
Number of awareness raising workshops and study tours organized to enhance the involvement of the private sector;
Number of best practices disseminated
Number of disseminated technologies with value addition
Number of poor women and youths organised to establish and run small forestry business enterprises as alternative livelihoods
Number of forest sector initiatives with the engagement of the private sector
Outcome 4: Science and innovation for enhancing sustainable forest management promoted
Indicators







National forestry research strategy put in place
Number of research proposals developed with relevance to policy, extension and curricula
Number of revised curricula;
Number of professionals who received refreshment training;
Number of toolkits for environmental training produced,
Number of research papers published
Number of staff exchange in the context of twing arrangement
Outcome 5: Stakeholders engagement in forest development enhanced
Indicators


Number of forestry action data base and website established for information and knowledge sharing
Presence of plat forms for the engagement of stake holders in forestry
Intended
Indicators
Activities
Results/outputs
Means of
Respon
Verification
sible
Key assumptions
Parties
 No of offices established at
Forest
management offices regional and federal levels
established at
 Existence of sub national
Regional and
structures
National levels
Output1.
 Number
of
forest
officers
recruited
 Existence of functional offices
at national and sub-national
Establish Regional Forest Management
 Number
offices in regions and provide the required
offices
equipment and other office facilities
of
MEF
and
Modalities of engagement defined
between Stakeholders at all levels
established and
Conduct consultation with the regions
and select the location of project offices
Continued political support from the
regions
officers
recruited
Recruit project staff for federal and
regional forest offices
 Number
Provide technical assistance at federal
level to support program implementation
of
consultative
meetings
and
major
levels;
actors
participated
in
the workshop
 Report
of
project
offices,
MEF, regions
 periodic
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Output 2. National
Forest Action Plan
and regional forest
management
programs prepared
 Presence of National forest
Develop
national
conservation
action plan;
strategy and regional programs for
conservation and
the regional states.
development
of
forest
conservation and development
regional programmes
development
forest
conservation and development
 Presence
and
forest  Number national
strategy
 Number
regional
programs
of
MEF
Continued technical and political support
from the regions
Out put3 Environmental
and Social Management
Framework for the
rehabilitation and
afforestation program
prepared
Output 4.Regional
forestry data base
established and
operationalized
Presence of ESMF for the pilot
sites
Produce ESMF document for the
pilot sites
Number of ESMF
produced
MEF
Key technical and political support from the
regions and local communities
Existence of forest conservation
and development database
Establish national and regional
database
Number of data
bases established
MEF
On time delivery of procured materials
Output 5 Degraded areas  Number
of
sites
with 
mainly (water towers) of
integrated land use plan
the Amhara,
Beneshangul, SNNPR and  No of identified and mapped 
degraded sites
Tigray NRS rehabilitated
Prepare integrated land use plan

Maps
for pilot areas in the four regions.

MEF reports
Develop criteria for the selection

Regional

Prepare restoration map for the
 Degraded areas rehabilitated
in Ha
of the degraded areas;
degraded areas of each region

Support the rehabilitation of the
identified areas;
offices reports
MEF
and
regiona
l
offices
Local administration and the community
actively engaged in watershed selection
Modalities of engagement defined
between Stakeholders at all levels
Continued political support from the
regions
Output6 Short rotation
forestry expanded for
fuel and construction
wood consumption
No of sites with short rotation 
Identify sites /region and establish
plantation
plantations
Regional offices
produce required seedlings in
reports


MEF reports
MEF
and
regiona
l
offices
nurseries and commence



Local administration and the community
actively engaged in watershed selection
Modalities of engagement defined
between Stakeholders at all levels
Continued political support from the
regions
implementing the short rotation
plantation projects

Prepare sites to establish
plantations

Prepare management plan for the
plantations and site guarding

Undertake silvicultural treatments
(weeding, thinning, pruning) for
the plantations
Output 7 Promoted
private sector
participation in forest
sector development
 Number of private sectors  Conduct diagnostic study on the  Proceedings
engaged
on
forest
constraints and challenges
conservation and development  Organize
 No
of
best
practices
on
involvement of the private
sector
 approved Incentive mechanism
awareness
addition
 No of workshops, seminars,
meetings
the workshops
MEF
Full commitment of the private sector
Modalities of engagement defined
between Stakeholders at all levels
raising  New
workshops at federal and regional
levels
 Organize study tour in country and
abroad for key private sectors
 No of technologies with value  piloting technologies
of
technologies
Continued political support from the
regions
Output8. Capacity of
the forestry training
and research
institutions for
science and innovation
and in providing skill
training enhanced
 Number of revised curricula;
 Number
of
 Support
professionals
received refreshment training
 Number
of
toolkits
for
 Number of students involved
 Number of research conducted
forestry
and
natural
resource  Regional offices
projects
of
higher
learning
 Modalities of engagement defined
between Stakeholders at all levels
 Continued political support from the
reports
institutions in order to prepare
regions
 Support development of in-service
training projects for federal and
 Generation of knowledge through
 Number of staff exchange
twing
joint research
arrangement between Ethiopia  Publish
research
and other partner institutions
innovations
in the framework of s-s and n-s
science
 Promote
cooperation
MEF
regional institutions
and papers published
of
of  MEF reports
revision
graduates for “green jobs”
environmental training
 existence
curriculum
outputs
in
and
forest-climate
inter-institutional
information sharing and linkages
through networking
 Staff exchange between Ethiopian
and other partner institutions
Output 9 Put in place
Platform for the
engagement of stake
holders in forestry
activities
 Number
of
plat
established
 Road map produced
forms  Stakeholders involved in forestry
 Regional
sector mapped
 Stakeholder platform and network
established
 Future
Engagement
 MEF reports
road
map
prepared for forestry sector actors
offices reports
MEF
 Modalities of engagement defined between
Stakeholders at all levels
10. STAKEHOLDERS MATRIX (with Examples): (Identify key stakeholders (including
civil society organizations, indigenous people, gender groups, and others as relevant; and
describe how they will be engaged in project preparation)
Stakeholders
Relevant roles in the project
Regional government
The regional government will provide overall guidance and coordination. Project
evaluation will be guided by the regional government.
The Ministry of Environment and
Forest (MEF)
MEF will be the national Implementing agency for this project providing a national
project director and ensuring quality and timely results, monitoring and reporting of
the project.
UNDP
Together with MEF, UNDP will provide technical support for the appropriation of
the project and monitoring. Will be engaged in project coordination, implementation,
M&E and reporting requirements of the project.
Ministry of Finance and Economic
Development (MoFED)
MoFED will guide and allocate resources for the project implementation as per the
proposal from MEF and UNDP.
Forest Enterprises
project offices will work closely with regional forest enterprises and bureaus to
benefit from field experience and ensure sustainability of the project.
Royal Norwegian
Government/Norwegian Embassy
Will provide support and guidance to ensure the achievements of the higher level
impacts and objectives of the project. Help establish linkages with Norwegian
stakeholders including the Norwegian Forest Group and Norwegian Forest and
landscape Research Institute
National REDD+ Secretariat
The project will work in close collaboration of the national REDD+ secretariat for
aligned action, reporting and monitoring. The project coordinator will also
coordinate the activities of the project and its overall implementation. The REDD+
secretariat at the Ministry will work towards ensuring the implementation of this
project inline with the national REDD+ mechanism and Framework agreement
Bureaus of Environmental
Protection and Land Use
Administration, Bureau of
Agriculture
The regional bureaus will be key stakeholders and implementers of the project. The
district offices are in charge of the day-to-day project implementation while the
regional bureaus provide technical backstopping and monitoring roles.
Federal level research and higher
learning institutions
Will engage directly in the research and training components of this project. Will
provide technical support upon request – e.g. baseline data, information regarding
species and site matching of tree species planted, etc.
National Planning Commission
The national planning commission will provide support in planning procurement,
physical activities and its financial disbursement.
Local communities
Local communities are key stakeholders and will engage in the project
implementation process from site identification/planning to M&E. Local
communities will contribute free labor in some activities.
11. RISK MATRIX: (Indicate risks, including climate change, potential social and
environmental risks that might prevent the project objectives from being achieved, and, if
possible, propose measures that address these risks to be further developed during the
project design).
#
Risk Description
Impact &Probability
1
Inadequate participation and
 Probability –Unwillingness/ delay in
ownership by the local
the decision of the local authorities to
communities including lack of
allocate degraded lands for
incentive mechanism
afforestation/ reforestation;
 Impact –Poor survival of seedlings/
 Risk level = Medium
Counter measures/ Management response
Conduct series of meetings with local
communities and local authorities and reach
consensus and demarcate the degraded lands
for the project me activities and get
endorsement of the local leaders and local
authorities
Design and implement incentive mechanism
for the active involvement of the local
communities
2
Delay in the approval process  Probability – Low level of awareness
of incentive mechanism for
of the decision makers on the
the active involvement of the
importance of involving the private
private sector in the
sector in forestry
conservation and management  Impact – Poor participation of the
of forest resources as well as
private sector
marketing with forest products  Risk level = medium
3
Lack of baseline data on
forestry for the project sites or
data is more costly than
anticipated
Awareness raising and effective
communication strategy including collating,
analyzing and availing the experiences of
other countries in involving the private sector
in the forestry
 Probability – Lack of reliable baseline
data on forestry in the project sites.
 Impact –.delay in the implementation
of region specific restoration and
afforestation project me
 Risk level = low
Consider multiple sources and combine a
bottom-up and top-down data gathering and
identify least cost option
Procurement by delegating UNDP and using
Bulk procurement procedure
.Establish appropriate data gathering and
analysis tools to reduce cost and improve
scalability;
4
Delay in procurement process
 Probability – Lengthy procurement
process affects the timely
implementation of the project me
 Impact – attaining the project me
objectives constrained
 Risk level = low
5
Youths commitment
The selection of youth and women group
 Probability – Youth and women
will be done carefully to identify needy and
groups may show reluctance for
motivated ones.
engagement
 Impact – Lack of youth and women
group commitment on to engage in the
various projects
 Risk level = Low
6
Low survival of planted
seedlings
 Probability – The survival of seedlings Proper species-site match, plantation site
may be below the expected due to the management, protecting free grazing on
plantation areas
species site mismatch, free grazing
and climate effects
 Impact – Low survival of seedlings
and delayed afforestation benefits
 Risk level = Medium