Transcript Document
READINESS TO IMPLEMENTATION
Lessons and Experiences from Zambia
Presented by: Deuteronomy Kasaro National REDD+ Coordinator [email protected]
7th November, 2014
1
Outline
1. Zambia's Approach to Strategy Development 2. Some Major Achievements to Date 3. Understanding the Support Required to Transit from Readiness to Implementations 4. Lessons Learned and Experiences from Readiness to Implementation 5. Challenges and Opportunities for Zambia 6. Proposed UN-REDD Support
From REDD+ Readiness to Implementation
2
Background to the REDD+ readiness process 01
ZAMBIA APPROACH TO REDD+ READINESS
.
05 Connecting the dots: bringing analytical work together Defining a strong national 02 vision to guide REDD+ strategy 06 Partnership building and coordination Zambia’s approach to REDD+ strategy Bringing REDD+ strategy development into the core of REDD+ Readiness 03 07 Institutionalization of the REDD+ developmet process Development of a REDD+ strategy roadmap 04 08 Stakeholder engagement 09 Mainstreaming and support to legal and policy processes
From REDD+ Readiness to Implementation
3
Some Major Achievements
● REDD+ integrated into Government budgetary frameworks ●
Completion of the draft strategy
: Draft REDD+ Strategy available and Zambia is demonstrating its global and national commitments to promote REDD+.
●
FREL/FRL:
Landcover Mapping (1990, 2000, 2010) completed and Forest Inventories in almost 10 Provinces conducted as a basis for FREL/FRL development. Approach to FREL/FRL integrated into draft REDD+ strategy ●
National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS): Web portal established for
NFMS and ready to be launched. GIS Unit (Laboratories) established in all the 10 provinces ●
Safeguards Information System (SIS):
Country approach to safeguards already outlined with strong stakeholder consultations in all the 10 provinces with representatives from the 104 Districts. To be integrated with
4
Understanding Support Required for REDD+
1 • Define National
Vision
• Develop Strategy • Forest Reference
Emission Levels
• Forest Monitoring
System
• Safeguards
information System
2 • National Policy
harmonization and improve planning
• Functional Local
level management structures
• Alternative
livelihoods
• Develop local level
incentive mechanisms
• Investments and
livelihood activities
3 • Emission Reduction
based on Strategy and local level action
• Assessment of
performance and Reporting
• Incentives for
actions Basis for Result Based Payments
● ●
5 Lessons Learned and Experiences from Readiness to Implementation All the 4 REDD+ elements (Strategy, FREL/FRL, FMS, Safeguards)
must be handled at the same time as it will help in sequencing of activities and building stronger synergies ●
Avoid over ambitious programme
so that a country can focus on the major elements leading to results based actions and future results based payments ●
Mainstream REDD+ into key national policies and legislations
to support REDD+ implementation (i.e. building on existing institutional arrangements in Zambia and mainstreaming core elements of REDD+ into national policies) ●
Recognise ongoing/initiatives and broker strategic partnerships at early stages
for potential investment financing. Zambia worked very closely with World Bank, Norway, Finland, USAID, GEF, UN-REDD agencies and other stakeholders for collaboration (note: upcoming Jurisdictional REDD+ in Eastern Province through BIOCF emerged from such partnerships. Also, ongoing GEF 5 and LDCF programmes (regeneration programme) are intended build foundation for REDD implementation
From REDD+ Readiness to Implementation
●
Need to enhance
capacity development for key stakeholders in order to facilitate an integrated approach and enable different work streams implemented concurrently in a coordinated manner ●
REDD+ is an incentive based mechanism
and hence there is need to explain it well to avoid creating over expectations.
●
Devolve financial and Programme Management
to implementing institutions to facilitate leadership and ownership during readiness ●
REDD+ Readiness should be facilitated by a single institution
in order to ensure coordinated efforts
From REDD+ Readiness to Implementation
●
5 Transiting from REDD+ Readiness: Some Challenges/Experiences
A good Strategy and effective consultative processes is not enough to move to Result-Based Payments stage ● There is a huge gap between the Strategy development and Result Based Payment stage (i.e. how to support countries in phase 2 on investments is generally assumed but has not been clearly thought through even at global level) ● The level of investment required in order to benefit from results based payments is huge and may not be readily available right after strategy development amidst competing demands at the country level and in the absence of an agreed financing
at global UNFCCC level
●
Therefore, there is need to support systems for Result-Based Actions investments and (act as motivators and incentives for action) since these are the basis for creating Result-Based Payments
● Transition from Readiness to implementation is fluid so REDD+ Readiness programmes should be designed keeping the transitional process in mind and how this will be done, that is have “a good exit strategy”
From REDD+ Readiness to Implementation
6 Transiting from REDD+ Readiness: Some Opportunities
● ● Zambia is concluding a robust strategy that defines how to address
and guide the country on how to reduce deforestation and forest degradation.
All the 4 key elements of the Warsaw framework are in place (Strategy, FREL, MFMS, SIS). However: ● ●
Zambia needs to be further supported as one of the “early movers” to continue putting in place effective systems for REDD+ (learning
by doing) as a process of building confidence and trust among stakeholders and partners towards REDD+ implementation
There is need to build on the good momentum built in line with
UNFCCC and to ensure that there are no major gaps from readiness to implementation (i.e. avoiding the risk of eroding all the major gains made and interest mobilized)
From REDD+ Readiness to Implementation
●
7 Proposed UN-REDD Support and Way Forward
Immediate actions: The government plans to seek for targeted support to help: – – – Develop an investment plan for the REDD+ strategy starting January for 2015; Put in place functional systems to trigger partnerships and investments based on strategy; Engage with key development partners and private sector ● UN-REDD: Countries with strategies including Zambia to be supported with: – – Financing of selected aspects of REDD+ implementation (enable functional systems) Its transitional plan from Readiness to implementation This is to ensure that the years of hard work are capitalized on and leveraged with minimal or no gaps.