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Photo by Frank Sullyvan Cardoza
The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) held the fourth in a series of five regional workshops on “Social Inclusion in the Preparation of National REDD+ Strategies” on January 20th – 24th in Antigua, Guatemala. The workshop was attended by government, indigenous, and civil society representatives engaged in REDD+ strategy development in Argentina and seven Mesoamerican countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Civil society and indigenous participants were nominated by each country’s REDD+ focal point, and BIC attended the workshop in its capacity as Northern CSO Observer to the FCPF.
The workshop focused on exchange of experiences among countries, consultation and participation, Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA), and grievance redress mechanisms. Throughout the course of the week, several topics repeatedly emerged as key themes or sources of concern to participants across countries: land tenure, safeguard identification and application, and political will to advance REDD+ processes on the part of the government. After the regional-level workshops conclude with a final workshop in Africa, the FCPF Facility Management Team plans to continue capacity building for FCPF countries through national level workshops.
Ana María Palomo from Guatemala presents. Photo by Frank Sullyvan Cardoza.
Workshop participants. Photo by Frank Sullyvan Cardoza.
Watch an interview about the workshop with Levi Sucre Romero from RIBCA:
Interview in Spanish
Resources:
Social Inclusion workshop, Antigua, Guatemala – Jan 20-24, 2014. Forest Carbon Partnership Facility webpage. FCPF holds workshop on social inclusion in REDD+ preparation in South America. Bank Information Center update. December 11, 2013. Forests. Bank Information Center webpage. Strategic Environmental and Social Assessments for REDD+: What they are, why they matter, and how to do them. Bank Information Center.