2012

• The PMU was established and the first PEB meeting was held in Jul 2012.

• Initial awareness on good governance and FPIC was raised among two national REDD+ focal points from The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management & Meteorology (MECDM) and Ministry of Forestry and Research (MFR) and one Civil Society Organization (CSO) representative from Live & Learn through a regional knowledge-sharing event in Bogor, Indonesia in Apr 2012.

• With Targeted Support funds, the Solomon Islands together with PNG has requested FAO in May 2012 to develop a regional monitoring and MRV support structure for Pacific Island Countries to collectively attain and share technical capacity.

2011

• MRV and monitoring workshop was organized to provide an overview of national MRV and monitoring systems, as well as various capacity, data and resource requirements for the implementation of REDD+. The event was attended by technical staff members of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology, Ministry of Forests and Research, experts from the UN-REDD Programme and several NGOs (Oct 2011)

• The programme inception workshop was held in collaboration with the national project planning meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)/GIZ Regional Project, “Climate Protection through Forest Conservation in Pacific Island Countries” A process of awareness-raising among national and local stakeholders and potential NGO was initiated through an inception meeting (Jun/Jul 2011).  

• Preliminary assessment of baseline conditions was done through this inception to inform the design of a national REDD+ roadmap process (Jun/Jul 2011).