Strengthening Legal and Institutional Frameworks for REDD+ in Republic of Congo
The Ministry of Forest Economics in the Republic of Congo, along with the National REDD Coordination, is actively identifying, evaluating, and strengthening the legal and institutional frameworks for the REDD+ process. Progress reports highlight the establishment of institutional arrangements, implementation of Warsaw Framework tools, development of safeguard information systems, and adoption of various strategies and mechanisms. Initiatives such as grievance and redress mechanisms, national REDD registry, benefit-sharing mechanisms, and environmental and social safeguards are also being pursued. Regional knowledge exchange events further aim to enhance REDD+ safeguards and information systems in Africa.
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Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Identifying, evaluating and strenghtening legal and institutional Identifying, evaluating and strenghtening legal and institutional frameworks in the Republic of Congo s REDD+ process frameworks in the Republic of Congo s REDD+ process Presented by: Presented by: IKOUNGA , Head of the Strategic Environmental and Social AssessmentUnit AssessmentUnit - - Divine Fab na BABINDAMANA NIEMET GAMPIKA, Assistant at the Divine Fab na BABINDAMANA NIEMET GAMPIKA, Assistant at the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment Unit - - Henriette TSOH Henriette TSOH- -IKOUNGA , Head of the Strategic Environmental and Social Echange de connaissances r gional Sud-Sud sur les Sauvegardes REDD+ et les Syst mes d Information sur les Sauvegardes en Afrique Accra. 12 13 Juin 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Progress report on the REDD+ process (1) Progress report on the REDD+ process (1) Establishing institutional arrangements for the REDD+ process REDD+ management body (National REDD+ Committee: attached to the office of the President, National REDD Coordination, REDD departmental committees, independent REDD watchdog established by decree 2015-260 of 27 February 2015 Implementation of Warsaw Framework tools National REDD+ Strategy (prepared and validated in 2014, and adopted by government decree in 2018); Forest Reference Emissions Level (FREL) (prepared) Measurement, Notification and Verification system (MRV) (being developed) Safeguard Information system being prepared Africa Regional South-South Knowledge Exchange on REDD+ Safeguards and Safeguards Information Systems Accra. 12 13 June 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Progress report on the REDD+ process (2) Progress report on the REDD+ process (2) Implementation of other tools (FCPF, ONU-REDD, etc.): Grievance and redress mechanism at national level (being prepared) National REDD Registry (being prepared) Communication plan prepared (EFI) Environmental and social safeguards in connection with the operational policies of the World Bank (Environmental and Social management framework, as well as other instruments) Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) Environmental and social safeguards in connection with the Cancun safeguards Benefit sharing mechanism (ongoing) Africa Regional South-South Knowledge Exchange on REDD+ Safeguards and Safeguards Information Systems Accra. 12 13 June 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Process: what we did Establishment of a multi-stakeholder panel (made up of representatives from key ministries for REDD+, civil society and the network of indigenous people, resource- persons) and capacity building of members through technical support from UNEP; Interpretation of the Cancun safeguards based on national circumstances Situation analysis at national level Development of Principles, Criteria, REDD+/environmental and social safeguards based on the Cancun safeguards Held stakeholder consultations in in 12 departments (districts) through workshops grouping stakeholders into thematic groups related to the principles, Assessment of policies, laws and regulations (review of existing PLR documents at the national level, analysis of strengths and weaknesses, review of the major laws) Indicators and Verifiers of the Echange de connaissances r gional Sud-Sud sur les Sauvegardes REDD+ et les Syst mes d Information sur les Sauvegardes en Afrique Accra. 12 13 Juin 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Identifying, assessing and strengthening legal and institutional frameworks Identifying, assessing and strengthening legal and institutional frameworks Cancun safeguard c) Respect for the knowledge and rights of indigenous peoples and members of local communities, by taking into account relevant international obligations, national circumstances and laws, and noting that the United Nations General Assembly has adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Principle 2 Respect and protect the rights of stakeholders, in keeping with international obligations. Criteria PLRs Weaknesses Action taken Law n 5 2011 of 25 February 2005 on promoting and protecting the rights of autochthonous peoples, Art 3, 19. Decree 2013-280 of 25 June 2013 establishing, assigning and organizing the Management and Community Development Committee, art paragraph 4. Absence of implementing legislation for the Law on the promotion and protection of the rights of the autochthonous populations, Drafting of implementing legislation for Law n 5 2011 of 25 February 2005 on promoting and protecting the rights of autochthonous peoples Operationalising the Management and Community Development Committee Criterion 2.3: Obtain free, prior and informed consent from local communities and autochthonous peoples for all activities affecting the right to land and resources Non-operational and non- existent community management and community development committees in certain departments
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Process: what we did Consultation on PLRs in parallel with consultations on principle, criteria, indicators and verifiers (PCIV-REDD+), through workshops convening stakeholders in thematic groups as per the principles Stakeholders involved represented: representatives from REDD+ management bodies, representatives from sectoral Ministries (Agriculture, Land use planning, Mining, Environment, Forestry, Social Affairs, etc) from academia, civil society, autochthonous peoples, local authorities, etc.) Africa Regional South-South Knowledge Exchange on REDD+ Safeguards and Safeguards Information Systems Accra. 12 13 June 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Strengths and opportunities: what worked Opportunities : PLR assessment enabled us to achieve several objectives among which: Stakeholder capacity building; Awareness raising among various actors; Stakeholder involvement and engagement Risk assessment fell within the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment Framework, Funds allocated to respond to a number of requirements (FCPF or UNREDD/UNFCCC) enabled us to respond to other requirements such as the design of the Safeguard Information system and benefit sharing mechanism. Africa Regional South-South Knowledge Exchange on REDD+ Safeguards and Safeguards Information Systems Accra. 12 13 June 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Weaknesses & Challenges: what did not work Challenges Challenges faced faced : : Funds allocated to PLR did not allow for financing other relevant studies (risks assessment), Challenges linked to the timing of activites (defined time was relatively insufficient), Stakeholder consultatations suffered from logistical challenges (access to communities inside the departments), problem of insufficient funds to ensure full and effective participation Low owneship capacity of stakeholders consulted on the issue, translated into difficulties in obtaining technical contributions (confusion with the principles of sustainable mangement of existing forests at the national level) Echange de connaissances r gional Sud-Sud sur les Sauvegardes REDD+ et les Syst mes d Information sur les Sauvegardes en Afrique Accra. 12 13 Juin 2018
Republic of Congo Ministry of Forest Economics, National REDD Coordination Lessons learned: what we can share with others Lessons learned: Identification of gaps and reforms specifically tailored to respond to REDD+ requirements Identification of appropriate institutional arrangements to define and implement the country approach to safeguards Coaching and capacity building of concerned actors The technical panel must be made up of representatives from different sectors to enable response to crosscutting concerns; The PLRs assessment process is complementary to our general safeguard approach Stakeholder ownership and improved participation through technical Panel meetings , Increased PLR assessment duration could have ensured better planning towards achieving PLR assessment Our safeguards approach (or the results of the country approach to safeguards) will feed our SIS, building on binding indicators that we have defined taking UNFCCC requirements into account. Echange de connaissances r gional Sud-Sud sur les Sauvegardes REDD+ et les Syst mes d Information sur les Sauvegardes en Afrique Accra. 12 13 Juin 2018
