Country Views & Expectations From the NC training
Presented by Drichi, P.
FRA National Correspondents Training Workshop, 17 – 21 November, 2003, Rome, Italy.
Basis of the Country views
Best after consultations with NCs
l Only choice was the use of supporting documents for FRA especially
– The Draft Guidelines, Specification of global Reporting Tables, Terms & Definitions etc
– Pilot Studies through the working papers of India, Guatemala and Sweden were used to discern what the countries’ views would be like
l Other basis will be from NCs during discussions
l Else, opinions expressed reflect that of the author
Outline of the presentation
l Views on recent developments in the FRA process
l Views on the concepts, design and reporting process of FRA 2005
l Expectations from the NC training
Recent developments in the FRA process
COFO 2001 recommendation of of a 5-year reporting and emphasis on broad based assessment to relate it with other international processes
l The Kotka IV recommendations e.g.
– the linkage between the national and international assessments
– The FRA structure based on international processes on C&I SFM, other processes e.g. IPCC, CBD, ITTO, etc
– Efforts in harmonization of terms and definitions
– The COFO endorsement of the above recommendations in March 2003: Hence FRA 2005!.
l These are positive developments
Concepts, design & reporting process:
l The classification system: Very simplified and good for many countries however…
l Terms and definitions - Likely differences to be encountered
l National Reporting Tables
– The 16 tables & 54 variables: workload?, sources? Gaps?:
l The reporting format: Uniformity, harmonization & Reporting?, working Paper – Good incentive
Expectations
l To understand the concepts, design and the reporting process of FRA2005 for better implementation
l Good opportunity for Feedback/clarification on issues arising from the above
l Agreed work plan for the implementation
l Kick-start the process of implementation
l Stronger linkage between countries & Rome
