Training/Consultation Report headings

Training Title

Present training title:

Overview of Oromia Forested Landscape Program (OFLP), Oromia REDD+ Program

Brief overview Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are being altered by

Human activities, thus causing global climate change. These activities,

intensified after the Industrial Revolution at the end of the eighteenth

century result from the use of natural resources such as fossil fuel burning,

deforestation and other land use changes. The atmospheric concentration of

carbon dioxide (CO2) has reached levels significantly higher than in the last

650 thousand years. Since 2000, the growth rate in CO2 concentration is

increasing more rapidly than in the previous decades. Similar trends have

been observed for methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and other

greenhouse gases.

Consequently, several changes in the climate have been registered. The

average global surface temperature has increased by 0.2°C per decade in

the past 30 years. Eleven of the twelve warmest years ever registered by

instruments since 1850 occurred between 1995 and 2006 with the exception

of 1996, world level. Alterations in the water cycle have also been

observed. Changes will probably continue to happen even if greenhouse gas

concentrations stabilize, due to the system’s thermal inertia and to the long

period necessary for returning to a lower equilibrium.

Therefore, in order to mitigate these climate problems, the world has tried

to put a mechanism that help reduce its prolonged negative impact. Among

those investigated means of climate change reduction, environmental

protection, particularly forest management is unquestionable action that

should not be given time. Accordingly, great attention is given to how

forest conservation and utilization should be carried out in different parts of

the world. Thus, Ethiopia is also acting forest conservation and utilization

to reduce carbon emission that contribute to greenhouse gas concentrations.

Currently the Government of Ethiopia is preparing and implementing

different strategies to reverse the trend of anthropogenic greenhouse gas

emissions and has got project funds from international agencies working

mainly on reducing deforestation and forest degradation and at the same

time transforming lives of rural livelihoods. The Oromia National Regional

State Forested Landscape Program (OFLP) has been identified as the first

large-scale jurisdictional REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation

and forest Degradation, Plus the role of conservation, sustainable forest

management and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing

countries) in this concern in which all Woredas in Oromia are incorporated

as one pilot under this Program.

The Program is programmatic umbrella and coordination platform for

multi-sector, multi-partner intervention on all forested landscapes and will

encourage land-use choices that retain forests for multiple purposes and

optimize the productivity capacity of forest-surrounding landscapes in

Oromia. In order to promote such a transition into a sustainable and

economically viable land use sector, OFLP will foster equitable and

sustainable low carbon development through promoting a series of: (I) on-

the-ground activities that address deforestation, reduce land-use based

emissions, and enhance forest carbon stocks (enabling investments); and

(ii) state wide and local enhancements to institutions, incentives,

information, and safeguards management to scale up investment (enabling

environment), including coordinating and leveraging multiple REDD+-

relevant interventions.

 Objective/s The objective of the training was to address following hub points.

2.1. To discuss on the level of pollution in the world and how to cope with it

in future.

2.2. To discuss on the role of Ethiopia in pollution reduction through

Carbon Reduction.

2.3. To discuss on Oromia Forested Landscape Program (OLFP), Oromia

REDD+ Program and how it is being implemented in Ethiopia as well

as Oromia Regional State, at zonal and Woreda Levels.

 Training process/methods

The processes or methods used during this training were: 1st, Development Agents of Natural Resources Experts were selected from each Kebele based on the allocated budget for the training. 2nd, Technical Committee from EFCCA, Agriculture and Natural Resource, Rural Land Administration and Use, of Water, Minerals& Energy and Livestock and Fish Development offices were participated in the training. Entailing these two groups of experts, the training was held two consecutive days.

Date Present date: 14-15/09/2010 E.C.

Location(where the trainee come from)

Name of Zone: Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfine

Name  of Woreda: Mullo

Number of kebeles: 10

Responsible bodyTraining institution: ORCU

Responsible person/group: Woreda Coordinator

Number of Participants: 25

Present the number of Female participants: 7

Present the number of male  participants: 18

Training costs Present training costs: 10,090 Birr

Results/output

The result achieved as indicator is that, good integration is created among aforementioned sectors to work in a coordinated way. Furthermore, Grievance Redressing Committee (GRMC) is mostly established at kebele level and the objective of REDD+ Program is well understood by the community through awareness creation role of the developmental agents who were trained from natural resource experts.

Result Contribution The result or output contributes a lot towards accomplishment of the objective of Oromia REDD+ Program.

Conclusion and Recommendation

Present additional observationsDuring the training session and the consultation made, we observed that

there was good wellness of different sectors as well as individuals and community interest to work for the achievement the program in contributing their part as much as they could. But in order to uniformly address the aim of REDD+ Program there was limitations like; budget, logistics and follow-up of accountable person from head office and experience sharing or on time evaluation of the program implementation process.

Photo

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Fig 1. Mullo Woreda Training for Developmental Agents

Fig 2. Mullo Woreda Training for Developmental Agents

list of participant Affix scanned copies of lists of participants if not links that is made online

Fig 1. Mullo Woreda DA Training Attendance for Technical Committee

Fig 22. Mullo Woreda DA Training Payroll for Technical Committee

Fig 3. Mullo Woreda DA Training Attendance

Fig 4. Mullo Woreda DA Training Payroll

Total training cost component by components

-  WOREDA OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICETOTAL MONTHLY BUDGET VS EXPENDITURE

-  WOREDA OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICE

-  WOREDA OF FINANCE AND EC TOTAL MONTHLY BUDGET VS EXPENDITURE(TRAINING ) $49730

No

Woreda No of Participant

No of coordinator

Per diem

No of days

Total per diem

Refreshment

Fuel

Stationary

Total Expenditure by Woreda

1 Sululta 23 - 210 2 9660 453 0 “ 11 100 2 2200 0

0 123132 Berek 26 210 2 10920 700

“ 6 100 2 1200 0 00 12820

3 Mullo 18 210 2 7560 500 “ 7 100 2 1400 0

1 210 2 420 10090210

4 G/Jarso(Fiche)

23 210 2 9660 320.16 500

“ 8 100 2 1600 0 00 12080.160 2409.73 2409.73

Total 91 32 44,847.11 1973.16 500 2409.73 49,712.89