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Outputs and expected results
The Action will
contribute towards achieving the above purpose and
objectives through realizing the following three
results/outputs and accomplishing the respective
activities.
Result 1: By the end of the programme period
at least 270,000 ha. of natural forest in four regions
of Ethiopia are under sustainable PFM, safeguarding
forest resources and user rights for more than 200,000
people
1.1 Establish PFM Unit (Addis Ababa) and mobile Regional
Advisory Support Units(RASUs) embedded within regional
government
1.2 Conduct programme inception planning meetings and
baseline surveys, including existing land certification
and user rights arrangements in programme areas
1.3 Build the capacity of regional governments to
negotiate, implement, monitor and review PFM plans and
agreements and develop strategies to adapt PFM
appropriate to their capacity and resource constraints
1.4 Set up at least 84 effective FMGs with institutional
and legislative arrangements which promote inclusion and
equity in decision making
1.5 Facilitate the negotiation and implementation of 84
PFM plans agreements that secure access and user rights
for communities, the private sector and governmental
authorities in the seven target forest areas
1.6 Build PFM capacity to implement, monitor, review and
enforce PFM plans and agreements through training,
exchange visits and organizational capacity building
1.7 Support FMGs established in previous project sites
to become centers of excellence and a learning ground
for the new PFM sites
1.8 Explore and adopt means of securing funding for PFM
through clean development mechanisms, payments for
environmental services and other sustainable financing
mechanisms
1.9 Work with communities surrounding the targeted
forest areas to enhance sustainable agricultural
production through integrating tree planting (buffer
plantation) and agroforestry system into local
forest/farming system
Result 2: By the end
of the programme period, viable non-timber forest
product enterprises have been established across 270,000
ha of sustainably managed forest, so improving the
livelihoods of more than 200,00 people in four regions
of Ethiopia. At least 50% of the beneficiaries will be
women
2.1Develop
field investigation methods and undertake forest-based
livelihoods assessments and participatory value chain
analysis
2.2
Support the establishment of at least one forest based
livelihood enterprise per FMG through training in
business skills and demonstrations in specific NTFP
production processes
2.3 Facilitate the
establishment of business start up funding mechanisms
for Small and Medium Scale Forest Enterprises
2.4 Facilitate the
participation of forest enterprises from the seven
programme sites in at least six trade fairs and product
exhibitions
2.5 Identify business mentors to help improve business
growth and innovation for at least 84 forest enterprises
through developing partnerships, market linkages,
product improvement, new product development
Result 3: By the
end of the programme period, federal and regional forest
regulations and practice incorporate PFM approaches to
sustainably mange resources and protect user rights of
local communities including indigenous populations
3.1 Facilitate the development of enabling regional and
federal policies, laws and guidelines for PFM including
clear policies that support forest-dependent community
access and user rights and benefit-sharing arrangements
3.2 Improve
environmental awareness and engagement in PFM at the
grassroots level through facilitating
community/government fora to discuss forest policy and
governance
3.3 Engage academic and research institutions such as
Wondo Genet Forestry Collage and the Ethiopian
Agricultural Research Institute to strengthen their
support for capacity building of government and
communities on PFM
3.4 Document and
disseminate programme innovations in PFM policy and
practice, PFM best practices and lessons learned to all
stakeholders, and the wider public including PFM policy
makers and practitioners in other countries in the
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