NFP Facility News!
Malawi - Nfp lessons learnt and planning meeting in Salima - 5th August 2010
Mongolia - Workshop on the nfp process - 17-18 June 2010
Malawi - Workshop on Enhancing Stakeholder Participation in nfps - 7-11 June 2010
Eastern Africa - Regional Roundtable meeting on Forestry Education - 27-29 May 2010
23 participants from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Senegal, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ivory coast
at the Protea Hotel, Courtyard in Dar es Salaam - Tanzania.
Roundtable discussion based on key findings of a study undertaken in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania regarding the state of forestry education, the gaps in curricular and what actions need to be undertaken to bridge the gaps.
Organised by ANAFE in collaboration with Sokoine University of Agriculture.
Outcome: “Dar es Salaam Declaration”, 29th May, 2010 , Declaration on Revitalizing Forestry Education in sub-Saharan Africa.
ACICAFOC - Signature of the 2nd phase Facility agreement - San Jose, Costa Rica - 18 May 2010
Mr Chinchilla Cascante (Executive Director ACICAFOC) and Mr Thunberg (Manager of the NFP Facility)
Lesotho - Training Workshop on Enhancing Stakeholder Participation in nfps - 16-21 May 2010
Senegal - Launching workshop of the 2nd phase of the partnership - 17-18 May 2010
Mr. Amsatou Niang (National Focal Point); Mr. Baba Sarr (Director of Forestry); Mr. Sidy Gueye (Chief of Staff, Ministry of the Environment); Mr. Amadou Ouattara (FAOR, Senegal); and Mr. Atse Yapi (nfp Facility Coach)
Liberia - Mission to discut the Growing Forest Partnership (GFP) implementation plan - 3-7 May 2010
Non wood forest product: palm oil production
Paraguay - Mission to review progress on forest finance and strengthen linkages between forest and financing stakeholders - 3-7 May 2010
Financial representatives learn about sustainable forestry
Mozambique - Launching workshop the 2nd phase of the partnership - 27 April 2010
Signature of the 2nd partnership agreement
Tanzania - National workshop on climate change and nfp linkages - 13-14 April 2010
Asia - Training for Trainers on collaborative conflict management for enhanced nfp’s - 22 March-2 April 2010
Participants from Phillipines, Thailand, China, Vietnam and Cambodia. Venue: RECOFTC, Bangkok, Thailand.
This workshop is the second phase of this capacity building initiative organised by RECOFTC, FAO and the NFP Facility. The programme of the training is the following: 1st Phase: Pre-course assignment, 2nd Phase: Training-of-Trainers workshop, 3rd Phase: National level training (June to September 2010), 4th Phase: Lesson Learning Workshop (November 2010). The design of the course will involve participants in a process of ongoing critical reflection, allowing them to link the course contents with their own experiences and apply conflict management techniques and training methods in their specific contexts.
Nicaragua - Ceremony of signature of contracts with stakeholders related to forest and water activities - 15-16 March 2010, Estelí
Ivory Coast - 1st meeting of the National Multi-Stakeholder Steering Committee - 9 March 2010
Press Release, Soir info, N.4658, Jeudi 11 mars 2010. 
Priority actions were identified by the participants for civil society implementation through the support of the NFP Facility partnership.
Asia - 3d Executive Forest Policy Short Course (RECOFTC) for Greater Mekong Sub-region, Bangkok, 8 - 19 March 2010
NFP Facility and nfp processes session - 12 March 2010
(session facilitated by Jerker Thunberg, NFP Facility Manager, and Xiaojie Fan, NFP Facility Coach for Asia)
Vietnam - Training workshop: Monitoring and Evaluating the nfp process - 5 March 2010 - Hanoi
The Forest Sector Support Partnership Coordination Office, the NFP Facility National Focal Point and the NFP Facility coach have organized a training workshop for forest stakeholders on Result Based Management to monitor and evaluate the nfp process.
Facility Steering Committee 2010 at FAO HQ, Rome
- Facility Donor Support Group meeting: 09 February 2010 - Minutes
- Facility Steering Committee: 10-11 February 2010 - Minutes
Mozambique - Workshop on lessons learned and preparation of the 2nd phase of the partnership - 29 January 2010
