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 23 April 2013 Fourteen projects have been endorsed since expansion to Latin America and Asia began last year. They include enabling effective timber monitoring and traceability in Nepal ; improving legality, governance and trade for smallholders in Myanmar ; developing strategic alliances to improve forest governance in Guatemala ; instituting sustained mechanisms to combat forest illegality in Belize ; revising Ekiti State Foresty Law and Governance in Nigeria ; implementing and supporting a forestry administration system in Sierra Leone ; carrying out a socio-economic study on the trans-boundary timber commodity chain and legal compliance levels in Kenya ; building capacities of civil society on FLEGT processes in Côte d’Ivoire ; and enhancing compliance and regulation of timber harvesting and trade in Uganda . The Programme has also responded to direct assistance requests from the governments of Honduras , Côte d’Ivoire , Guyana and Vietnam . [more] |
| 19 April 2013 The deadline for project proposals for the EU FAO Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Programme has been extended to 30 June 2013. [more] |
 1 March 2013 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announces a call for proposals for projects through the EU FAO Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Programme (EU FAO FLEGT Programme) . The four-year initiative has two main components: providing assistance to stakeholders in putting the European Union FLEGT Action Plan into practice, and supporting the collection, analysis and dissemination of FLEGT-related information and lessons learned among stakeholder groups. [more] |
| 13 August 2012 The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme is recruiting 2 experts in the following fields of expertise: 1. Consultant ‘’Traceability-Legality’’ 2. Consultant ‘’Civil society and Governance’’ The objective of the consultancy is to analyze Lessons Learned in the implementation of VPA in West and Central African countries. CV and cover letter should be sent by August, 31. [more] |
| 7 August 2012 The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme seeks an expert in the Communications sector for a four-month consultancy contract based in Rome, Italy, to develop and support the implementation of a communications strategy and communications activities for the Programme. Applicants are kindly requested to send a motivation letter together with their curriculum vitae to Ms Sophie Lemaitre ( sophie.lemaitre@fao.org ). The deadline for submission of applications is 17 August 2012. [more] |
 4 July 2012 The EU FAO FLEGT programme is recruiting a forestry officer to coordinate the implementation of programme activities in support of forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) in Asia. The position will be based in Rome, Italy with possible relocation to Asia. [more] |
| 4 July 2012 The EU FAO FLEGT programme is recruiting a forestry officer to coordinate the implementation of programme activities in support of forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) in Latin America. The position will be based in Rome, Italy with possible relocation to Latin America. [more] |
 3 July 2012 Following the success of last year's photo competition, the ACP-FLEGT Support Programme is organizing another photo competition. The competition is open to all implementing organizations that have a project funded through the ACP-FLEGT Support Programme. Entries close 16 September 2012. [more] |
 2 July 2012 The European Commission is launching a call for proposals under its Thematic Programme for Environment and sustainable management of natural resources, including energy (ENRTP). The deadline for proposals submission is 25 September 2012, 16h00 Brussels time . [more] |
| 28 May 2012 The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme in partnership with the Forestry Commission of Ghana and the EFI EU FLEGT Facility, is soliciting papers for a regional workshop on “ Experiences from the FLEGT/VPA process in West and Central African countries ”, scheduled for 23 - 25 October 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The major objective of the workshop is to bring together government authorities, civil society organizations, private sector organizations, professionals, researchers and technicians involved in the implementation of the FLEGT/Voluntary Partnership Agreement process in West and Central Africa to share and discuss experiences and lessons learned from 7 main thematic areas of the FLEGT/VPA process. To date VPAs were signed in Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia, Republic of Congo and Central African Republic and more are still negotiating (Gabon and DRC). [more] |
last updated: Friday, September 28, 2012