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Evaluation of the FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade programme - Phase III

GCP/GLO/600/MUL and GCP/GLO/397/EC

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 102 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-136038-5

Series title Programme evaluation series

Series number apr/22

Synopsis (short abstract) The FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade (FLEGT) programme seeks to reduce and eventually eliminate illegal logging. With the support of its donors, the European Union, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme funds projects created by governments, civil society and private sector organizations in Latin America, Africa and Asia to improve forest governance and promote trade in legal timber products on domestic and international markets. The Programme works in support of the European Commission’s Action Plan on FLEGT to promote the legal production and consumption of timber. The evaluation looked at the third phase of the programme, which remained a significant contribution to the goals of the FLEGT Action Plan. The increased capacity of service providers (particularly beginner non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations) and micro, small and medium-sized enterprise associations was considered the most significant change generated by the programme. The promotion of South-South cooperation proved to be an important aspect of capacity enhancement. Thanks to increased capacities, but also multi-stakeholder platforms and improved policy and regulative tools, a positive incipient impact on more inclusive forest governance has been achieved. More information and independent forest monitoring provided an important contribution to improved enabling conditions for legal timber trade and on the information of timber legality, even though the actual market impact is still limited. Recommendations to FAO and its project partners and stakeholders include actions to take away institutional, fiscal, technical and political barriers to scale up results, and actions to strengthen the sustainability of results, gender equity and social inclusion, knowledge management as well as monitoring and evaluation.

Annex 1. Programme logical framework

Annex 2. Cambodia case study

Annex 3. Cameroon case study

Annex 4. Côte d’Ivoire case study

Annex 5. Honduras case study

Annex 6. Indonesia case study

Annex 7. Peru case study

Management response

Follow-up report

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FAO. 2022. Evaluation of the FAO-EU forest law enforcement, governance and trade programme - Phase III. Programme Evaluation Series, 04/2022. Rome.

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