Available assistance for non-VPA countries
Who are Non-VPA countries?Non-VPA countries are all the countries that are not included in the list of VPA countries. The countries targeted by the programme include:
Africa:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chad, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe East Asia Pacific:
Cambodia, Fiji, Dem. Rep. Korea, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu South Asia:
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka Latin America and Caribbean:
Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname
The EU FAO FLEGT programme will issue one call for proposals in the year 2012 and in 2013. Calls for proposals are opened to local stakeholders (government, civil society and private sector organizations). Each project is limited to a maximum of 100 000 EUR. Projects selected through the call for proposals mechanism will support initiatives that improve forest governance as defined in a national programme, advance the FLEGT process or address one element of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. Projects will address specific targeted thematic areas that are defined in the guidelines. GuidelinesGuidelines contain the following information: eligible criteria; selection process; format of the proposal; and how to submit proposals. Click here to download the guidelines and the budget. Requests for direct assistance may be targeted to develop FLEGT strategies and priorities that can eventually be submitted as proposals. Requests can also provide a response to urgent needs that address an element of the EU FLEGT Action Plan. Only government institutions are eligible to submit direct assistance requests. Requests can be submitted at any time during the programme and are evaluated on a rolling basis. Each request is limited to a maximum of 25 000 EUR. GuidelinesGuidelines contain the following information: - eligible criteria;
- selection process;
- format of the proposal; and
- how to submit proposals.
Click here to download the guidelines and the budget. | 
