Effective forest policy formulation in UgandaAt the request and with support of the Forestry Sector Support Department (DFSS) of the Ministry of Water and Environment of Uganda, a capacity-building workshop for facilitators of a forest policy process was organized on November 27-30, 2013 through joint efforts between FAO Forestry and FAO representation in Uganda.
Twelve highly motivated and well prepared participants, representatives of the ministry, forestry and ecological departments, regional forestry units, universities, academia and private sector were invited to participate in the workshop. Among other issues participants stressed the following ones: (i) to learn how to formulate an effective forest policy and how policies can address changes, eg. climate change, economic development, social changes etc; (ii) how to direct policy definition towards effective implementation and how to focus policy; (iii) how public policies may be influenced by stakeholders groups and how research can help in policy implementation, (iv) how international priorities/engagements could be “balanced” with the daily local priorities.
| Meeting documents
|
last updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014