Towards Transparency, Participation & Accountability

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

2 Presentation Overview 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

3 What is the UN-REDD Programme? 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

4 UN Human Rights Based Approach 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

5 Operational Guidance: Engagement of IPs & Forest Communities 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

6 Alignment of UN-REDD & FCPF IP/CSO Engagement Guidelines 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

7 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

8 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

9 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)

10 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 Peoples UNDP Civil Society Advisory Committee to the Administrator UNDP s Information Disclosure Policy & IP Policies, etc.

11 Governance of the UN-REDD Programme: The Policy Board 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

12 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 Amazónica (COICA), Colombia

13 Civil Society Reps on Policy Board Africa: Pacifique Mukumba Isumbisho, Executive Director, Centre d Accompagnement des Autochtones Pygmées et Minoritaires Vulnérables, 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 Amazônia (IPAM), Brazil Industrialized Countries: Rosalind Reeve, Forest Campaign Manager, Global Witness, US/UK

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 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

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