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4th CBFP Plenary Session
Agenda
Thursday September 20, 2012
6.30 – 7.30
7.30-7.45
7.45-7.55
Registration and installation of participants at the CBFP partnership meeting
Arrival of Officials at the 4th CBFP Plenary Session
Arrival of the Prime Minister, Head of Government of Chad
8.00 – 9.00 Opening Speech at the CBFP Partnership Meeting
Master of ceremony : Protocol of the Ministry of Environment and Fishery Resources and CBFP Facilitation
A word from the CBFP Facilitator Speech by the Regional Counselor Development, CIDA Speech by ECCAS Speech by the Minister of Environment and fishery resources Speech by the Minister of the DRC, COMIFAC’s current chairman Opening speech by the Prime Minister Head of Government of Chad
9.00 –9.30 Family Picture + Coffee Break
Session1.1 CBFP Facilitation Roadmap : From Kinshasa to N’Djamena (via Bujumbura
and Douala) – in a plenary session
9.30 –10.30
Facilitation : USA
CBFP Facilitation 2010-2012 - Gaston Grenier, CBFP Facilitator ; Cléto Ndikumagenge, CBFP Associate Facilitator
Effectiveness of COMIFAC-China Dialog- HE Bavon N’SA MPUTU ELIMA, current President of COMIFAC; Hans Schipulle, Head of Delegation-Germany and former CBFP Facilitator
Scientific research at the service of sustainable development in Central Africa - Aboubakar Njoya, CORAF/WECARD ; Patrice LEVAANG, IRD ; Alain Billand, CIRAD)
General conclusion of CBFP Thematic Day “ Integrated Management of Natural Resource in Central Africa: rural, urban landscapes and their convergence” – Gauthier Michelle, FAO; Sven Martin Walter, World Mechanism
10.30 – 11.10
Exchanges, discussions and recommendations
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Session1.2 New Vision in the implementation of the COMIFAC Convergence plan :
contribution from CBFP partners and the Civil Society
11.10-12.00
Facilitation : Vincent Kasulu, DRC
COMIFAC Convergence plan: implementation and its future changes - H.E. Bavon N’SA MPUTU ELIMA, current COMIFAC chairperson; Raymond Mbitikon, COMIFAC Exec. Sec.
Including gender in the COMIFAC convergence plan : stakes and challenges - Ad hoc committee on Gender, COMIFAC
Towards a new dynamics of national Networks and CEFDHAC fora: Contribution of PACEBCo and GIZ support Project at COMIFAC - Louis Roger ESSOLA ETOA, President of CPR/CEFDHAC ; Bihini Won wa Musiti ; Paul Scholte, GIZ
12.00 – 12.30 Exchanges, discussions and recommendations
12.30-13.30 Break - Lunch
Session 2 Background - International, Regional and Sub-Regional Environment -
13.30 – 14.30
Facilitation : Michel PRE, France
Rio+20 Agreement and perspectives for Central Africa - ECCAS Secretary General
From the declaration of intention of REED+ to the implementation of the N’Djamena roadmap - Josep Gari, UNREDD ; Lindland Jostein, Norway
Funding the COMIFAC Convergence Plan: Towards a strategic and operational vision of FFBC – Mollo Ngomba Clotilde Louisette, FFBC/BAD
International Committee of the Congo Basin-Oubangui-Sangha abbreviated as CICOS : Contributions of water resources to the development of forest ecosystems - Secretary General of CICOS
14.30 -15.00 Exchanges, discussions, recommendations
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
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Session 3 Information market place – Partnership Fair
15.30-18.00
Facilitation : Canada
Introduction to the information market - Poster Session
See the complete Partnership Fair programme at the end of the agenda
18.00-18.30
Panel of moderators in a plenary session
19.30-21.30
Welcome cocktail - 10th Anniversary of CBFP
Welcome address by the Host Country
Welcome address by CBFP Facilitator
Brief background and highlights by Ex- facilitations of CBFP
Cultural performances
Cocktail
Friday September 21, 2012
Session 4 Problems arising in the Congo Basin
8.00-9.00
Facilitation Hans Schipulle, Germany
Poaching problem in Central Africa: Current tools and initiatives - Jean-Pierre Agnangoye, Executive Secretariat RAPAC - Sébastien LUHUNU, CITES - Mike
Institutional governance of resources in the Congo Basin : Implications, perspectives and challenges ; Dr. Mariteuw Chimere Diaw, Director of the RAFM Secretariat
Agents of deforestation, new pressures and the implications of land use restoration of the Congo Basin, Alain Billand, CIRAD
2012 Forest condition – Findings of the 2040 prospective study, Francois Hiol Hiol, OFAC; Carlos de Wasseige, OFAC; Jean Noel Marien, CIRAD
Emphasizing on cross-cutting themes: Capacity building - Gender Equality and sustainable
development of the Congo Basin
9.00-9.30
Exchanges, discussions, recommendations
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9h30-9h50 Coffee Break
Session 5 Sessions on different themes – The harmonization, coordination and partnership in the
major regional and international sites Highlighting cross-cutting themes in all thematic sessions :(a) Gender Equality for sustainable development in
the Congo Basin - (b) A greater implication of the Civil Society in the governance of resources - (c) Develop
human resources (training-research) for a better management of forest ecosystems.
Session 5.1 Workshop 1 : Follow up of the joint Durban declaration on REDD
9.50-12.50
Presided by H.E. Bavon N’SA MPUTU ELIMA, Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and
Tourism of DRC
Spokesperson : Michel PRE, France Resolutions of the COMIFAC Council of Ministers of N’Djamena - Decoding the implications of
Doha (Qatar) - Vincent KASULU, Focal Point DRC Climate Database on REDD+ : Projections and perspectives - TenjohOkwen Okwen (NRC),
FAO/UNREDD – Carlos de Wasseige, CE-OFAC Implementing REDD+ regional projects : Norad /Climate and Forest Initiative funding scheme
for the Civil Society (Ekman Lars, Norway) ; GEF-BM (Carole MEGEVAND, BM); FAO/FFBC (Maniatis, Danae (FOM)) ; UICN (Léonard USONGO, UICN)
Land tenure : A major challenge for REDD+ in Central Africa – Local initiatives and on REDD, Hortence Ngono, RRI
Climate Governance Integrity Programme, Brice Boehme, Transparency International Rationalization of reports relating to forests and the capacity building programme of FRA/FAO ;
Pina, Leticia (FOM) Discussion to identify the complementarities between the different initiatives and for a better coordination and synergy between partners in the development of the sub-regional approach
Session 5.2
Workshop 2 : RIO + 20 - World transition towards a green economy in the Congo Basin
9.50-12.50
Presided by H.E. Henri DJOMBO, Minister of Sustainable Development, Forests and Environment
of Congo
And by H. E. Mahamat Okormi, Minister of Environment and Fishery Resources of Chad
Spokesperson : Canada
Pertinent key results of Rio+20 for the Congo Basin and its perspectives and opportunities for the promotion of a green economy in the region- Roadmap after Rio + 20, Martin Tadoum, SEA COMIFAC
Green economy and sustainable production of palm oil in the Congo Basin, WWF CARPO Implementation of the Brazzaville Declaration on the development and promotion of green
economy in Central Africa ,General Secretariat of ECCAS Implementation of the agreement protocol on the creation of Funds for the Green Economy in
Central Africa, Michaël ADANDE, BDEAC President Discussion to identify the complementarities between the different initiatives and for a better coordination
and synergy between partners in the development of the sub-regional approach
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Session 5.3 Workshop 3: Intensification of the fight against poaching in the Congo Basin
9.50-12.50
Presided by H.E. KALSOUMI ALHADJI épouse BOUKAR, Secretary of State, Minister of Forest
and Fauna of Cameroon
Spokesperson : Samuel Makon, Germany
Intensification of poaching in Central Africa: state of affairs, main causes and perspectives - Dr. Paul Scholte, Regional Coordinator of the Project. GIZ Support to COMIFAC
Focus on the recommendations of the Libreville Workshop for Central Africa on the trade of wildlife and the dismantling of the transnational unauthorized networks, USA-USFS / APN Gabon
Focus on the implementation of the Sub-regional Action Plan of COMIFAC countries. This is to reinforce the application of national legislations on wildlife (PAPECALF) 2012- 2017 - Roland Melisch, TRAFFIC - Martin Tadoum, SEA COMIFAC & Marc Languy WWF
Results of the tripartite encounter (Cameroon, Chad, CAR, June 2012) on regional cooperation for the fight against poaching, Executive Secretariat, RAPAC
Discussion to identify the complementarities between the different initiatives and for a better coordination
and synergy between partners in the development of the sub-regional approach
Session 5.4
Workshop 4 : Agents of deforestation, new pressures and implications of land-use management
in the Congo Basin
9.50-12.50
Presided by H. E. Gabriel TCHANGO, Minister of water and Forests of Gabon
Spokesperson : USA
Analysis of the agents of deforestation and degradation of the forest - - Alain Billand, CIRAD Political interventions dealing with the agents of deforestation in the Congo Basin : Zoning and fight
against deforestation in DRC - Ndaukila Godefroid, National Coordinator COMIFAC DRC Multisectorial Approach in land-use management, USAID/CARPE Implication of the Civil Society in the initiatives of Governance within the framework of CARPE
Country teams, Brigitte Kapinga. UICN-DRC Discussion to identify the complementarities between the different initiatives and for a better coordination and synergy between partners in the development of the sub-regional approach
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Session 5.5
Workshop 5 : Strengthening the institutional and financial framework for the sustainable
management of forest ecosystems in the Congo Basin
9.50-12.50
Presided by H.E. Emmanuel BIZOT, Minister of Water, Forests, Fishing and Hunting of the CAR,
Secretary : MOLLO NGOMBA CLOTILDE LOUISETTE, Coordinator of CBFF / BAD
Coordination framework of CBFP partners : SWOT analysis, Gaston Grenier, CBFP Facilitator
Impact of institutional and financial audit on the functioning of COMIFAC and its organs - M. Raymond Mbitikon, SE COMIFAC
Institutional and financial framework for management, coordination and the effective follow up of regional programmes and initiatives for the implementation of the Convergence Plan – . Ellen Shaw, USA - Hans Schipulle, Germany
Which strategic vision for the funding of COMIFAC? Innovative funding mechanism for COMIFAC- MOLLO NGOMBA CLOTILDE LOUISETTE, Coordinator of FFBC / BAD
Exchanges on the conclusions of the council of ministers of N’Djamena on the funding of
COMIFAC
12.50-13.50
Break – Lunch
Session 6
Plenary session for the restitution of group works open to all partners and observers
14.00-15.00
Session 6.1 : Plenary session for the restitution of workshops 1 and 2
15.00-16.00
Session 6.2 : Plenary session for the restitution of workshops 3 and 4
16.00-16.30
Session 6.3 : Plenary session for the restitution of workshop 5
16.30-16.50
Coffee Break
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Session 7
Closing ceremony
17.00-18.00
Facilitation : New Facilitator or the coalition of Ex-Facilitations countries
Next meeting of CBFP partners - Reading of the conclusions of the CBFP plenary meeting
Handing of the trophy from Canada to COMIFAC
Speech from the COMIFAC chairperson
Speech from the Ambassadors of ex-Facilitations Ambassador of the United States Ambassador of France Ambassador of Germany Canada representative Executive Director of the Gulf of Guinea and ACDI Regional programme
Closing remarks by the Prime Minister Head of Government of Chad
Saturday September 22, 2012
8.00 –16.00
Field trips - Excursion: Guided visit : Of Forests - Men – Second edition
Group 1 - Visit to Lake Chad
Group 2- Visit of the green belt - Great green wall - Plantation of acacias albida in the South
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2nd edition of the information marketplace - CBFP Partnership Fair
Thursday 20 September 2012 from 3.30pm-6.30pm / Duration 3h00
Presentations centred on results of partners’ contributions to the roadmap
and Convergence Plan « Harmonization of emerging and innovative results achieved by partners on support training in the
implementation of the Convergence plan and the facilitation’s roadmap: From Kinshasa to N’Djamena via
Bujumbura – Douala »
Marketplace 1
Forestry and Environmental Training in the Congo Basin
15.30-18.30
Facilitator: Damase P. Khasa, FOGRN-BC, U.Laval
Projections on concrete actions and harmonization of technical and financial partners’
interventions on the « training » axis of the COMIFAC convergence plan – A synopsis of
all training projects in Central Africa (AFD, Japan/OIBT, BAD, Germany, Canada/Uni-Laval,
TFT…), IBRAHIM SAMBO Soulémane, RIFFEAC Coordinator
Partnership between the University of Wisconsin and RIFFEAC : Implications and
perspectives ; Aliko SONGOLO ; Don Waller ; University of Wisconsin
Implications and opportunities of the new Training programme of the United States, CARPE,
USAID
Career Fair - Reconciliation between trainers and users, Experience of the support project in
the training of natural resources management in the Congo Basin (FOGRN-BC), Prof.
Khasa Damase, University of Lava,l Canada
Resource person : CBLT-ATIBT/IFIA-ALIPCAM-GIZ-RIFFEAC partnership-Doctorate and Masters programme of the
FFBC Project-Project of Scholarships - PACEBCo --PAPESAC project-Training Project –OIBT-Japan-
SEEAC : Considering environmental assessment in the current training of actors, Dr Bitondo, SEEAC
–SEEAC-United States (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service)-AFD-TFT
Marketplace 2 REDD+ Mitigation and Adaptation
15.30-18.30
Facilitator : Lindland Jostein, Norway
Overview and harmonization of technical and financial partners’ intervention in
« REDD+ »
Synopsis of on-going initiatives in the Congo Basin. State of implementing the REDD+ project
in the Congo Basin : GEF-BM ; FFBC-FAO ; FFBC-UICN ; UNREDD ; GT Climate ; COBAM,
WWF, Carlos de Wasseige, OFAC ; Martin Tadoum, SEA COMIFAC
Funding of REDD+ - Fast Start, Norway
Implementing Climate / REDD projects of WWF in DRC ; WWF CARPO
Implementing FFBC project of UICN on REDD+ - lessons learned from the Pro poor REDD
project – Results of the studies on the contribution of forests in household income, Forests-
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Poverty Toolkit and REDD Project, UICN
Resource personsUNREDD-WWF-CIFOR-FAO (MNV)-CIFOR-FCFP-FFBC-RAFM-REDD project -
GEF-BM -UICN - IUCN's Pro-poor REDD project-PACEBCo-COBAM-USAID/CARPE, U.S. Forest
Service
Marketplace 3 Fight against poverty - Contribution of forests to sustainable development in the
Congo Basin
15.30-18.30
Facilitator : Chimere Diaw, African Networks of Model Forests (RAFM)
Presentation of flagship products from women’s groups in Model Forests in Cameroon, Hélène
EBOTO, Nyam Christine Louise, RAFM
Promotion of legal production and exportation of wood from community forests (PEL FC) –
Accompany community forests in the implementation of APV/FLEGT in Cameroon : Lessons
learned (Joseph Mougou ; Nzoyem Saha Horly Nadège ; Albert Bokkestijn, PEL-FC Project
coordinator, SNV)
Forests’ contribution to sustainable development in DRC : case of Small Grant of CARPE, Brigitte
Kapinga, UICN- RDC
Resource persons
SNV-FAO-CBLT-Green Safe-ICRAF-TRAFFIC Central Africa-CIFOR (Handicraft)-RACOPY Network
(Network for Research and Cooperative Action on Pygmies) - Theme Leader for «Native Populations »
in Cameroon-CARPE Smal grant - CARPE III-UICN/CARPE: Landscape restoration -HIPC Initiative,
Fight against poverty and biodiversity conservation, UICN-RAFM
Marketplace 4 Landscapes – Protected Areas within a context of national and cross-border
landscapes : Lessons learned – Stakes and challenges
15.30-18.30
Facilitator: WWF CARPO
Overview and harmonization of technical and financial partners’ intervention in focus
theme 4 «Conservation of biological diversity»
Effectiveness of cross-borders protected areas, Sébastien Luc Kamga Kamdem, RAPAC
The Sangha Tri-National (TNS) DJA-ODZALA-MINKEBE TRIDOM Tri-National Sena-Oura National park (Chad) and perspective of the creation of an APT Chad-
Cameroon Mayombe Initiative (Congo, DRC ; Angola)
USAID/CARPE experience in landscapes management,
Presentation of the first results of the study on the capitalization of cross-border protected areas experiences in Central Africa- Danièle Fouth, GIZ/Consultant
Contribution of the private sector in the implementation of COMIFAC convergence plan –(private sector and bank) - Contribution of forests to the social and economic development and innovative funding
mechanisms for the implementation of COMIFAC convergence plan
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Innovative protected areas’ funding mechanisms – Experience in the implementation of trust funds for environment – Experience of a German private investor, the Krombacher Brewery Company, Brigitte Carr-dirick, WWF CARPO
Resource persons
GTBAC – APA strategy, PFNL SG; Protected Areas and Bush Meat -RAPAC-ECOFAC V-Mayombe
project-« Geoffroy Mauvais » -RAFM-Principles and guidelines for the application of management
categories to protected areas, UICN-Handbook for landscape management, COMIFAC-USFS-CARPE-
WCS-Marine ecosystems management-TRAFFIC-Brasseries du Tchad; -GEOVIC – Rio Tinto; Artel –
Orange-MTN; ATIBT/IFIA; Brasseries du Tchad; Chadian telephone companies; ALIPCAM; Precious
Wood; FORM International, TFT...
Marketplace 5 Harmonizing the existing and emerging initiatives as regards support and governance
of the Congo Basin forests ecosystems
15.30-18.30
Facilitator : Gerard Daraspe, German financial cooperation - KfW
Focus on APV / UE negotiations in Central Africa, Alain Penelon, SE COMIFAC
Governance of resources in the Congo Basin : Lessons learned from the Forum on Forest Governance, Sébastien TCHEBAYOU, Andrew Sutherland, Germain Djontu, the IDLgroup
Forest Governance Integrity Programme, lucas Olo Fernades, Transparency International
Implementation of projects and programmes on governance : GT Governance and its sub-groups :(1) S.G Legality – Cross-border Flow (2) S.G Development-
Certification (3) S.G Utilisation plan of forest lands, Roger Foteu, SE COMIFAC ; Peter Schauerte, GIZ ; André Kamdem, USFS
COMIFAC support programme for Forestry Certification in the Congo Basin, Lorent Romain, KFW-GFA ;
FLEGT/CEEAC-COMIFAC cell, ECOFAC V/UE, Tabuna Honoré, CEEAC General Secretariat ;
Resource persons
IDLgroup-GIZ-OFAC-CEEAC-KFW-FAO-ATIBT-PNUE/WRI/RA-CIRAD-ECOFORAF-FORM
International / IDH
Marketplace 6
Urban and sub-urban forestry (USUF) and sustainable land management (SLM) in
Central Africa: Present and Future Stakes
15.30-18.30
Facilitator : Jean Noël Marien, CIRAD
FAO, Urban planning and USUF: Global stakes, acquired expertise and zoom on Central Africa,
Michelle Gauthier and Gilles Milles, FAO, Italy
Strategy and Priority Action Plan for USUF in N’Djamena (Djimramadji Alrari and Kara Pierre
Rimgoto, Chad) – launching of Chadian publications on USUF, FAO Project: TCP/CHD/3203
Innovative initiatives for the town of Yaoundé, Government Delegate for Yaoundé
UNCCD and the world mechanism: global stakes and lessons learned from the world mechanism
SLM projects, Sven Walter, MM, Italy
UNCCD and COMIFAC: Lessons learned from COMIFAC Executive Secretariat and from the co-
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facilitation of COMIFAC CCD working group
IUCN experience in SLM in the Lake Chad Basin, Remi Jiagho, IUCN
DRC experience in SLM within the framework of climate change adaptation, Jean Ilunga
Muneng and Pr Jean Ndembo, DRC
Different experiences of Kinshasa in forest and town issues: Wood-energy and Makala Project,
Kinshasa Botanic Garden , Kisantu Garden, IBI Bateke Project and Bonobo Project, Jean-Noel
Marien, France
Innovative initiatives for the town of Yaoundé with the Government Delegate (wood Technocity)
(Joseph-Léon Samba, Congo)
Resource persons-USUF
Chimène Diaw (African Model Forest Network, Cameroon); Didja-Djaili Garga (Green Safe NGO,
Cameroon); Josué Yanéya (Centre for Study and Applied Research on traditional therapy and
environement protection-CERATPRE, Cameroon).
Resource persons – SLM
Remi Jiagho (IUCN); Jean Llunga Muneng (UNCCD Working Group Pilot), Dr Jean NDEMBO LONGO, University of Kinshasa, Chouaibou Nchoutpouen (COMIFAC) Sven Walter (UNCCD Global Mechanism)