Final Report

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY GRANT TO THE MULTI DONOR TRUST FUND FOR IMPROVING FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNANCE (FLEG) IN THE European Neighborhood Partnership (ENP) EAST COUNTRIES AND RUSSIA (Trust Fund No. 070964) Final Report June 2013 CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ............................................................................................................................. ii ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS...................................................................................................................... iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ iv 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 2. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design .............................................................................. 1 2.1 Context ............................................................................................................................................ 1 2.2 Design.............................................................................................................................................. 3 2.3 Beneficiaries and Stakeholders ....................................................................................................... 5 3. Development Objective .............................................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Results Areas ................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Assessment of Outcomes ........................................................................................................................... 7 4.1 Results ............................................................................................................................................. 9 4.1.1 Armenia ..................................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.2 Azerbaijan .................................................................................................................................. 12 4.1.3 Belarus ....................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1.4 Georgia ...................................................................................................................................... 17 4.1.5 Moldova ..................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1.6 Russian Federation .................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.7 Ukraine ...................................................................................................................................... 26 4.1.8 Regional Activities ..................................................................................................................... 28 4.2 Independent Monitoring .............................................................................................................. 32 4.3 Leverage for Further Sustainable Forest Sector Development .................................................... 33 5. Assessment of Risk to Development Objectives ...................................................................................... 34 6. Lessons Learned ....................................................................................................................................... 35 ANNEX 1: National Program Advisory Committee Meetings ....................................................................... 37 ANNEX 2: Results by Country and Activity .................................................................................................... 38 Armenia .................................................................................................................................................... 38 Azerbaijan ................................................................................................................................................. 42 Belarus ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 Georgia ..................................................................................................................................................... 50 Moldova.................................................................................................................................................... 55 Russia ...................................................................................................................................................... 59 Ukraine ..................................................................................................................................................... 67 Regional .................................................................................................................................................... 73 ANNEX 3: List of Publications, Newsletters, TV and Video Clips................................................................... 77 i Publications .............................................................................................................................................. 77 Newsletters and Leaflets (National and Regional) ................................................................................... 86 TV and Videoclips ..................................................................................................................................... 92 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1: Summary of the FLEG Program’s Ratings as Assessed by the EU’s Independent Monitor by Year..... vi Table 2: Forest area (% of land area) ................................................................................................................... 1 Table 3: Stakeholder and Target Groups by Countries ....................................................................................... 6 Table 4: Examples of FLEG Program Activities by Country ................................................................................. 8 Table 5: Summary of the FLEG Program’s Ratings as Assessed by the EU’s Independent Monitor by Year.... 33 Table 6: Selected Key Lessons ........................................................................................................................... 35 Figure 1: International FLEG and Forest Sector Processes ................................................................................. 3 Figure 2: The ENPI FLEG Program Management Structure ................................................................................ 4 Figure 3: Visitors statistics by country .............................................................................................................. 32 ii ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADA Austrian Development Agency CCC Country Communication Coordinators DFID The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development EC European Commission ENA Europe and North Asia ENPI European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FLEG Forest Law Enforcement and Governance FSC Forest Stewardship Council IO Implementing Organization GIS Geographic Information System IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature LPA Local Public Authorities NPAC National Program Advisory Committee NGO Non-governmental organization NTFP Non-Timber Forest Products OC Operational Committee PCT Program Coordination Team (country level) PMT Program Management Team (regional and program level) PEFC Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification PA Protected Area REDD Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation SFM Sustainable Forest Management WWF World Wide Fund for Nature iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. This report is the final report of the first phase of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) East Countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine), Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) Program. Funding for this program was provided initially by the European Commission (EC) (Euros 6 million). The program ran from January 2008 until December 2012. In November 2011 the Austrian Development Agency GmbH (ADA) provided additional funding of Euros 0.3 million. The objective of this report is to present the results of implementation of the ENPI FLEG Program. 2. The program was implemented by the World Bank in partnership with the international organizations IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature). 3. The Development Objective of the ENPI East Countries FLEG Program was: to contribute to legal and sustainable forest management and utilization practices, a strengthened rule of law and improved local livelihoods in the participating countries focusing on environmental sustainability, human rights and gender equity. 4. The specific purpose was: to put in place improved forest governance arrangements through the effective implementation of the main priorities set out in the Europe and North Asia (ENA) FLEG Ministerial Declaration,

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