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Tanzania, United Rep of Tanzania, United Rep of

The first Partnership Agreement between Tanzania and the NFP Facility was signed in 2002. The main objective of that Agreement was to promote the involvement of the private sector (PS) and civil society organizations (CSO) in Tanzania's nfp implementation. More specifically, the Partnership focused on (i) creating enabling conditions for PS participation in forest management; (ii) improving the information systems in forestry and beekeeping; and (iii) improving human resource capacities to implement forestry programmes in light of responsibilities shifting to local authorities, communities and private individuals.

In 2009, following an assessment and evaluation conducted using the nfp-Matrix of outputs and impacts of the first seven years of work, the NFP Facility and Tanzania renewed their commitment to working together on the national forest programme process by signing a new Partnership Agreement. Objectives of the new Partnership are: (i) to improve income generation capacity and livelihoods of forest dependency communities; (ii) to improve the institutional and human resources capacity of civil society and private sector participation in forest management; (iii) to improve forest governance at community, NGO, private sector and government levels, (iv) to promote private sector investments in forestry and bee-keeping; (iv) to improve information systems in forestry and bee-keeping; and (v) to enhance coordination and cooperation between various sectors and stakeholders. Also a key component of the new Partnership Agreement is the implementation of regular monitoring and evaluation of Tanzania's progress and accomplishments by a monitoring team.

Points of Contact

11 Oct 2011

Assessment of the nfp

In order to assess the progress and status of the nfp process, the Facility and FAO have designed a matrix to provide a clearer picture of how the country nfp processing are evolving, which elements are well developed and which elements remain weak and in need of further attention. The matrix has been tested in the countries to ensure the relevance of its indicators.

The matrix contains indicators for each phase of the nfp process: analysis, policy formulation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. The indicators are clustered according to the primary nfp principles: country ownership, inter- and intra-sectoral linkages, partnerships and participation.

The matrix below was completed by stakeholders, in a participatory way, during a national workshop.

Each indicator was rated as follows:

the indicator has not been developed
the indicator is absent from the country nfp process
the indicator exists but is incipient
the indicator is progressing well within the country nfp process
the indicator is completed to the country’s full satisfaction - can serve as a model for others to follow

Implemented Activities