FOREST CARBON PARTNERSHIP FACILITY CAPACITY BUILDING ON REDD+ FOR FOREST-DEPENDENT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONS PROJECT
(P153585, FCPF Grant No. TF0A3570)
SIXTH PROGRESS REPORT
December 31, 2019
1. BACKGROUND
This Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Capacity Building Project (CBP) on REDD+ for forest-dependent indigenous peoples in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) and South Asia Regions (SAR) Project is funded under Phase two of the Readiness Fund of the (FCPF) which is managed by the World Bank (WB). The parent financing (PF) was to be implemented from October 31, 2016 to October 31, 2018 but it received a share from an additional financing (AF) approved by the 23rd PC in March 2017. To accommodate additional activities to be funded by the AF, the closing date was extended to December 31, 2019. A no cost extension (NCE) of the closing date to June 30, 2020 was also requested by Tebtebba to allow completion of project activities which was approved by the WB on the 20th of December 2019.
Its objective is to provide forest-dependent indigenous peoples with information, knowledge, and awareness on REDD+ to enhance their understanding on REDD+, and to enable them to engage more meaningfully in the implementation of REDD+ readiness activities. The aim is to support activities that empower and enable these stakeholder groups, to enhance and influence REDD+ development outcomes, and also to strengthen mechanisms for inclusion, accountability, and participation. It is being implemented through the WB’s “Procedures for Small Recipient-Executed Trust Fund Grants”.