About the Facility
The National Forest Programme Facility is a funding mechanism and an information initiative created in response to recent intergovernmental dialogue on forests which recognizes the essential role of national forest programmes (nfps) in addressing forest sector issues.
The Facility supports active stakeholder participation at country level in the development and implementation of nfps with a focus on capacity building and information sharing. It also offers information services on nfps worldwide.
The Facility's trademark is to stimulate participation in the nfp process by providing grants directly to stakeholders in partner countries, based on a competitive and transparent process to call and select proposals by stakeholders interested in Facility support.
The Facility operates under the authority of a steering committee representing the key partners for forestry development in the developing world; it is financed through a multidonor trust fund supported by 13 funding partners. The Facility has been operational since mid-2002 and is hosted by FAO in Rome.