PGA Pilots Overview Updated June 2013 Indonesia Vietnam Nigeria Ecuador The PGA in Indonesia Actors involved in the At the federal level, the In Ecuador, the Ministry is structured to involve PGA process in Vietnam Ministry of Environment has of Environment is the national and sub-national are VNForest, functional been a key partner, whereas key counterpart from the stakeholders throughout the departments at provincial at the Cross River State level government, whereas the process involving academia, level, state forest companies/ in addition to the Forestry following civil society actors government, civil society and management boards, Commission, the following are amongst those who have the private sector. Ministry of functional unit at district level, entities are some of those who participated: Fundacion Forestry, Indonesia’s REDD+ communities (communal have contributed until now are Pachamama, CONAIE, Actors involved Preparedness Task Force, level), local university, as well NGOCE, University of Calabar, CONAICE, Ceplaes – RFN, WWF, the Presidential Working as Vietnamese NGOs Representatives from local Care and Flora and Fauna. Unit for Supervision communities (Mbe Mountain) and Management of and Women Environmental Development (UKP4), the Programme. National Planning and Development Agency (BAPPENAS), Bogor Agriculture Institute and President of National Forestry Council, Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), Epistema and Walhi are among the stakeholders who have actively contributed to the process. Law and Policy Framework, Based on two PGA workshops In a workshop in Calabar in Pending 1 REDD+ Actors’ Capacity organized in Lam Dong in Cross River State in January (Government, Civil Society, 2013 where the governance 16-18 January this year, Indigenous/Local Community, situation was analysed with the following governance Business Entity) and the following key governance domains were agreed as Governance issues Implementation aspects in issues being highlighted thus priorities by stakeholders : the following issues: spatial far: - Broad and informed prioritized and forestry planning, rights - Participation of local participation of REDD+ regulation, forest organization, (commune) authority in stakeholders forest management, decision making process - Harmonization of policy and controlling and oversight and related forest management; legal framework for REDD+ REDD+ infrastructure. - law enforcement; - Transparency and - allocation of forest/ land, and accountability of the REDD+ - inter-sectorial collaboration process and finance - Inter-governmental relations and coordination The PGA process in Indonesia In addition to the national Federal and state level (Cross Discussion have thus far taken both involves stakeholders level, Lam Dong is selected as Rive State) place at the national level in and governance issues the first PGA pilot province in Quito only, while local level pertaining to the national Vietnam. involvement is still to be levels, and similarly in the Based on progress experience, determined/ agreed. Geographical following eight provinces; the PGA may be scaled up to Aceh, Riau, Jambi, South include additional provinces. scope at the Sumatra, West Kalimantan, country level Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, Papua and West Papua as well as two districts level actors in respective province. 1 The PGA process in Ecuador has had some delays in 2013, but progress is expected to improve from early June once the new PGA facilitator is on board..