Year of publication 2011

The UN-REDD Programme, Chatham House, FAO and the World Bank organised the Expert Meeting on Governance of Forests and REDD+ on 19-20th May 2011, at FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. The meeting aimed to encourage coordinated information provision and assessment of REDD+ and forest governance. It marked the joint delivery of two new guides to assist practitioners: - Draft Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance developed by UNREDD and Chatham House; - Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance emerging from the 2010 Stockholm meeting on forest governance led by the World Bank and FAO. The meeting?s objective was to present the two documents, discuss their utilisation and possible subsequent refinement, and more generally consider the governance information needs of different stakeholders (governments, private sector, local communities, etc.). The meeting drew together a variety of participants, including government officials from donor and recipient countries interested in forest and REDD+ governance; experts drawn from international institutions and academia; national and international civil society organizations; and the private sector.