ACTIVITIES AND IMPACTS BY THEMATIC WORK AREA GOVERNANCE
2012: UN-REDD PROGRAMME GUI-
DANCE ON CONDUCTING CORRUPTION RISK ASSESSMENTS
2012: ADOPTION OF THE FIRST
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE OF TENURE
2013: FIRST PARTICIPATORY GO-
VERNANCE ASSESSMENT LAUNCHED (INDONESIA)
2013: VIET NAM FINALIZES GENDER ANALYSIS STUDY FOR PHASE II
2013: KENYA - FIRST GOVERN-
MENT-OWNED REDD+ CORRUPTION RISK ASSESSMENT RELEASED
2013: DRC MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND ENVIRONMENT ESTABLISH NATIONAL REDD+ FUND
Target outcome NATIONALLY OWNED, CREDIBLE AND INCLUSIVE NATIONAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS ARE DEVELOPED FOR REDD+ IMPLEMENTATION
Good governance of forest resources and effective, transparent management of REDD+ funding and payments for performance are essential to the success of REDD+. The challenge of ensuring good governance encompasses a wide range of issues. At one level is the legal, policy and institutional framework associated with a country’s forest sector and, more broadly, with land-use planning and land tenure as a whole. There are often major shortcomings in these areas, including capacity problems and institutional corruption. These can be among the key underlying elements that allow the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation to proceed unchecked. In such cases, raising the baseline of forest and land-use management can greatly contribute to the success of REDD+ efforts. Another important area is governance of the REDD+ process itself. Considering the novelty of many aspects of REDD+, participating countries generally need to establish a variety of new policies, processes, mechanisms, regulations and, in some cases, laws and institutions to ensure its effective governance. Systems for governing MRV and benefits distribution—along with REDD+ roadmaps and strategies and participatory processes for their development—are important examples. These and other new systems must be carefully integrated with the kinds of upgraded systems described above. For many pilot countries, UN-REDD Programme NPs were among the first steps taken in building REDD+ readiness. As such, they impelled governments to establish new units or sections, typically within forestry ministries, in order to manage and implement the NPs. In some cases, the same governmental structures were also given broader responsibility for managing REDD+ co-operation and for
The [UN-REDD Programme] support was targeted at strengthening our capacity to
address corruption risks, support stakeholder consultations on carbon rights and benefit sharing and ensure an enabling policy and legal regime for REDD+ implementation. A number of findings and recommendations have been made that are crucial to a successful strategy formulation process. Alfred Gichu, National REDD+ Coordinator, Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
ON THE ROAD TO REDD+ The UN-REDD Programme 2008-2013
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