ENPI East Countries FLEG II Program

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The development objective of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument East Countries and Second Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Program for Europe and Central Asia will support the participating countries strengthen forest governance through improving implementation of relevant international processes, enhancing their forest policy, legislation and institutional arrangements, and developing, testing and evaluating sustainable forest management models at the local level on a pilot basis for future replication. The program has three components. 1) The first component, regional program,will focus on strengthening the policy dialogue between participating countries and institutions regarding the 2005 St. Petersburg Declaration by organizing thematic meetings on FLEG issues of shared interest, monitoring the implementation of the St. Petersburg Declaration in the participating countries through stakeholder reporting and preparation and regular up-dating of tracking tables on implementation of the declaration; identifying areas of the St. Petersburg declaration where implementation needs more focus and support,-regional coordination of the program through annual meetings of the ENPI FLEG focal points, donors and implementing organizations. 2) The second component, National and Sub-National Program will focus on: supporting, continuation from Phase I, the formulation and implementation of forest policy, legal, administrative and institutional reforms on the national and sub-national levels,promoting a good investment climate for credible private sector operators,providing capacity building, training and advice on administrative/institutional reforms and on forest governance issues more directly,liaising and co-operating with forest sector experts from EU member states, and formulating national work plans and ensuring compliance with safeguards.3) The third component, program management overall management of the Program,ensuring compliance with World Bank and EU safeguard policies and directives,quality control of Program deliverables, Program reporting and monitoring of the results framework indicators, and organizing joint meetings for national focal points and other Program-level coordination events (such as Program Management Team tele-conferences, quarterly video conferences between the implementing partners and, as required, the relevant EU delegations), exchange of information between the participating countries and planning and coordination of national work plans.