Partner countries

The Facility has established partnerships with 57 countries and 4 sub-regional organizations through the following 6 phases:
Phases Partnerships with
Partnerships launched by FAO in 2002 Asociación Coordinadora Indígena Campesina de Agroforestería Comunitaria (CICAFOC), Chile , China , Malawi , Mongolia , Nigeria , Thailand , Tanzania
Partnerships launched in early 2003 (Steering Committee decision / December 2002) Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD), Ghana, Indonesia, Mali, Namibia, Philippines, Senegal
Partnerships launched in mid- 2003 (Steering Committee decision / July 2003) Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Honduras, Kenya, Lesotho, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda
Partnerships launched in early 2004 (Steering Committee decision / December 2003) Congo , Equatorial Guinea , Guatemala , Georgia , Jamaica , Pakistan , Sudan , Vanuatu
Partnerships launched in early 2005 (Steering Committee decision / November 2004) Armenia, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), Kyrgyzstan , Nicaragua , Palau , Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Viet Nam , Zambia
Partnerships launched in 2007 (Steering Committee decision / January 2007) Angola, Belize, Benin, Brazil*, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guinea, Laos, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Uzbekistan, Yemen*
(* In these countries, the launching of the partnership has not yet been initiated)
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  • Facility partnerships in Africa (), in Latin America and Caribbean (), in Asia Pacific () and in Western and Central Asia ().

Topics supported by the Facility

nfp-related topics supported by the Facility include the following:

Informed participation of stakeholders

Training and developing capacities of and government and non-government stakeholders; raising awareness of stakeholders on the nfp process and of decision makers at national and local levels on forest-related issues; establishing consultation processes; establishing or developing forest information systems as well as web-based, knowledge sharing or management initiatives. Policy and strategy development and management at different geographical and administrative levels Developing and implementing regional or subregional forest strategies; developing, updating or reviving national forest policies and programmes; developing subnational forest programmes and subsector strategies (e.g. afforestation/reforestation, agroforestry, protected areas, non-wood forest products, forest utilization, forestry education and research). Broadening the scope of nfps

Integrating proposals of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests (IPF) and the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF) into national policy development plans; integrating nfps into broader national strategies (poverty reduction, combating desertification, land use planning), and cross-sectoral coordination in nfp implementation. Legal, fiscal and institutional instruments

Developing and adopting new forest legislation and awareness raising on forest-related laws and regulations; developing new mechanisms to fund forestry (e.g. payment for environmental services); enabling private investment in the forestry sector; decentralizing the forestry sector.