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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)