The eighth UN-REDD Programme Policy Board meeting was held in Asunción, Paraguay from 25-26 March 2012. There was also a joint meeting of the governing bodies of the UN-REDD Programme and the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility on 27 March 2012 at the Granados Park Hotel back-to-back with the UN-REDD Programme Eighth Policy Board meeting.

Press release:

Asunción, Paraguay, 28 March 2012 - UN-REDD Programme Approves US$8 million in Critical Funding for REDD+ in Republic of Congo and Sri Lanka
The UN-REDD Policy Board also endorses the Programme's Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria as a guiding framework for REDD+ countries. Read full release...
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For any questions related to the Policy Board meeting, please contact us at: policyboard@un-redd.org.

• Session I - Opening:

Provisional Agenda English French Spanish Mandate and membership of working group to support national programming efforts English French Spanish

• Session II - Sharing Information & Progress:

Interim Progress Report on Activities Implemented under the UN-REDD Programme Fund English French Spanish Annexes to Interim Annual Report Bolivia English Cambodia English DRC English  Indonesia English  Panama English  Paraguay English  Philippines English  Solomon Islands English  Tanzania English  Viet Nam English  Zambia English  Global Programme English  UN-REDD Programme Funding Framework English French Spanish Tier 2 Terms of Reference English French Spanish Best practices of governing boards English French Spanish Review of UN-REDD Programme Policy Board structure draft Terms of Reference English French Spanish

• Session III - Strategic & Policy issues:

Draft methodology of country needs assessment English French Spanish Procedures for Accessing UN-REDD Programme Targeted Support English French Spanish Policy Board member disclosure of interests form English French Spanish

• Session IV - Funding Allocation Requests:

Independent Technical Reviews - Republic of Congo S. Cobb English T. Legrand English A. Sinafasi English  Independent Technical Reviews - Sri Lanka M. Herold English MJB. Green English M. Skutsch English  Republic of Congo Submission form English French Spanish Programme to support the REDD+ Process English French Spanish Sri Lanka Submission form English French Spanish Validation Meeting Minutes English French Spanish Readiness Preparation Proposal - NPD English French Spanish

• Session V - International Support Functions:

UN-REDD Programme SEPC supporting document English French Spanish UN-REDD Programme SEPC English French Spanish

Presentations

• Overview of Progress
  English
• Land Tenure Issues Paper Progress & Process
  English
• Interim Annual Report and Funding Framework
  English
• Country Needs Assessment
  English
• Consideration of options for addressing conflict of interest
  English
• Sri Lanka submission request
  English
• RoC submission request
  English
• UN-REDD Programme Communications Resources
  English
• Targeted Support
  English
• Roadmap to Global Programme Budget Review Update
  English
• Progress update on REDD+ readiness in Mongolia
  English
• Progress update on REDD+readiness in Paraguay
  English
• FPIC progress update
  English
• Monitoring and Information for REDD+
  English
• SEPC Proposal
  English
• Progress update on REDD+ readiness in Sudan
  English

• Logistics Information Note
  English French Spanish

UN-REDD Programme and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility meeting documents:

• Agenda
  English
• Draft Methodology for the Country Needs Assessment
  English French Spanish
• Joint meeting summary report
  English
• Presentations
  

  1. Clarifications on MRV and Monitoring
     English
  2. Linking community monitoring to national MRV development
     English
  3. Lessons learned for REDD+ from PES and conservation incentive programs
     English
  4. Introduction to the country needs assessment
     English
  5. FCPF/CSO capacity building program
     English
  6. The forest tenure challenge and a new initiative to leverage greater effort and funding
     English
  7. Results of the mapping exercise of global level capacity building programs for indigenous and forest-dependent peoples and southern civil society (FCPF, UN-REDD, FIP)
     English
  8. REDD+ biodiversity safeguards
     English
  9. Progress in the voluntary guidelines
     English
  10. Participatory forest monitoring
      English
  11. Update on UN-REDD FPIC guidelines
      English
  12. Update on the country needs assessment
      English
  13. Update on regional and global dialogues with IPs
      English
  14. UN-REDD & FCPF harmonized guidelines for stakeholder engagement
      English
  15. Update on readiness package and FCPF & UN-REDD collaboration
      English