Year of publication 2015

The 2016-2020 strategic framework for the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (the UN-REDD Programme) has been developed through extensive consultations in 2014 and 2015 and with the active participation of the UN agencies involved: the FAO, the UNDP and the UNEP. The document comprises a short background introduction to REDD+ and the achievements of the Programme from 2008-2015 (section 2) followed by an outline of the theory of change (ToC) including specification of the Programme’s development goal, expected impacts, outcomes and outputs (section 3). Four cross-cutting themes are described in section 4 and section 5 deals with the delivery of the Programme including partnerships. Finally brief notes are included on preliminary cost estimates (section 6) and a proposed monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework (section 7).