UN-REDD Programme Fund

Assistance Strategy

The collaborative programme will have two components: (i) assisting developing countries prepare and implement national REDD strategies and mechanisms; (ii) supporting the development of normative solutions and standardized approaches based on sound science for a REDD instrument linked with the UNFCCC. The programme will help empower countries to manage their REDD processes and will facilitate access to financial and technical assistance tailored to the specific needs of the countries.

Examples of areas of support include:

A. Country Actions

• Scope and Alliance Building
• Identification of relevant national development planning processes
• REDD Readiness for Monitoring and Assessment—Capacity support for:
• Procedures for national reporting to UNFCCC on forest greenhouse gas emissions
• Approaches for the development of a REDD monitoring strategy
• Forest resource assessments, which will provide the information needed for carbon and co-benefits inventory data
• REDD Dialogue—Bringing stakeholders together and ensure meaningful participation
• Identification of local stakeholders and communication channels
• Stakeholder consultation and awareness, especially resource owners, groups with traditional rights and economic agents
• National REDD strategy
• Assurance mechanisms and assessment techniques to ensure national REDD strategy is holistically integrated into existing national development planning processes
• Support for implementing REDD measures
• Technical and financial assistance in developing or mainstreaming existing tools and best practices for aligning forest management with driving forces outside the forest sector (e.g., in agriculture and energy sectors)
• REDD Payment Distribution
• Aligning REDD schemes with pro poor and environmental policies (for income, employment generation, biodiversity, etc.)

B. International Support Functions

• Technical and Scientific Support
• Enabling integrated and equitable approaches to REDD, through developing methodologies, safeguards, standards & tools.
• Knowledge Management
• Knowledge sharing between countries
• Data availability and interpretation
• Cutting edge science and policy networks

The UN-REDDProgramme is intended to facilitate and streamline the provision of donor resources to UN Joint Programmes to implement REDD activities at country level.