Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MEFCC)

Institutional Strengthening for The Forest Sector Development Program

MEFCC

Program Overview

July, 2017
Adama
 Presentation Outline
Introduction– Refreshing the memory
Key achievements Update (Narrative)
Assessment against the purpose
Efficiency assessment of the program
Problems and risks
Budget Utilization
Challenges and Way forward
Program overview Institutional Strengthening for the Forest Sector
Program title Development in Ethiopia

Program Agreement Code ETH-13/0021 and Addendum No.1

Executing entity Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Reporting period Until June 2017
Program Period 2015-2019
o Total Program Budget required: USD22,464942
o Budget secured
 Norwegian Government through the CRGE
Facility $10,523,716
 UNDP: $500,000
Fund
o Unfunded budget: $10,191,226
o In-Kind contributions from the Government: $
1,250,000
o Sweden Government Support $5,000,000

Launched: October 5-6, 2015

Commencement Date: February 1, 2016
 Piloting
The complementary program outputs
 Piloting forest conservation and
management is targeted in selected
areas of the degraded areas of
-1- -2-
The institutional
Forest conservation
Tigray, Amhara and SNNPR
capacity of the National Regional States.
and development for
forestry sector is
their multiple benefits
strengthened at all
enhanced
levels
 Program monitoring and evaluation
by UNDP, MoFEC and MEFCC
-3- joint engagement
Private sector -4-
involvement in forest Science and
development
facilitated
innovation for
enhancing SFM
 Targets in three regions and
promoted nine woredas;
-5-  Integrated land use plans
Stakeholder piloted
engagement in forest
development  150, 000ha land
enhanced
rehabilitated
 10, 000ha plantations
Preparatory Activities achieved so far
• Conduct consultation with the regions
• Three regions, nine woredas selected for Piloting investment
on the ground
• Alaje and Endamehoni Districts from Tigray,
• Meket, Wadla, Delanta and Dessie Zuria from Amhara and
• Mirab Abaya, Lemo and Sodo Gurage from SNNPR were selected
by the regions to pilot implementation and this is officially
communicated to MEFCC;
• The MEFCC in collaboration with UNDP has organized a
national inception workshop from October 5-6, 2015 where
the feasibility study was presented
…..
• Action planning workshop conducted in the three regions
• Project Management Offices established at regional/woreda
and national levels
• Personnel deployed in the pilot districts
– 84 project experts and administrative staff are already
recruited so far
• Training for project and government experts on Forest
establishment and management
• Stakeholder consultation and awareness at various levels
• The 14 vehicles and 6 (six) tractors are delivered to the
Ministry and the Ministry has distributed the field vehicles
to project offices and national institutions
Output 1. Build Institutional Capacity
• Office equipment, facilities and field materials
• Personnel deployed in the pilot districts
• Procurement of 14 field vehicles and six tractors
through UNDP
• National Forest Sector Development program for
ten years on final draft
• Establishing national and Regional Forestry data
base infrastructure underway
National Forest Sector Development
program (NFSDP) for ten years
Three documents on final draft
– Situation analysis of the sector (including international
experience)
– Action programs
– Synthesis
• Investment plan and opportunities
Project sites
 Capacity building in each woreda

Community discussion and awareness

creation Kebelle St. Committee discussion
Practical Technical Trainings
Practical Training
Public mobilization
Physical soil and water conservation
 Nursery Activities and plantation site preparation

• Last year 8.1million seedlings of various indigenous

and exotic species have been prepared in 45
nurseries
• This year ????????????????? Seedlings are ready for
planting
Nursery
Teklehaimanot Nursery Site, Endamehoni
Nursery Sites
Plantation Site preparation
Plantation
establishment
Plantation one year achievement

Lisana Kenema plantation site, Lemo

Lay Kode rehabilitation site, Lemo
Dugda Geriye rehablitation site, Sodo Gurage
Agew Wuha Plantation Site, Meket
Selekula Plantation Site, Wadla
Kirbe Plantation Site, Dessie Zuria
Other livelihood activities
 Some Alternative Livelihood Activities

Beekeeping & Ezy Stove, Endamehoni

Apple production, Beekeeping & Biogas Plant, mango
Livelihood activities, beneficiaries
Activity Amhara SNNPR Tigray Total
Beekeeping 60(24F) 10(M) 72(26F) 142(50F)
Livestock 118(78F) - 100(F) 218(178F)

Energy 445(227F) 10(F) 57(F) 512(294F)

Tree planting 27,281(12,967F) - - 27,281(12,967F)
Agroforestry 598(65F) 475 54(7F- 1127(72F)
Total 28,502(13,361F) 495(20F) 283(190F) 29,280(13,496F)
 Science and innovation for enhancing SFM (Out put 4)

Joint Research Engagement

MEFCC

Generate
knowledge/technology
That will inform
•The extension system
•The education system

Ethiopian Research Institutes

Norwegian
(EEFRI, EDRI, Universities) University + SLU
 Outputs Activity
Description
1. Capacity Forest management offices
Building established at Regional and
National levels
Preparing National and
regional forest sector
development program
Skilled human resources
developed/recruited
Preparing ESMF for the
rehabilitation and
afforestation sites
Establish national and
Regional Forestry database
infrastructure
Planned Achieved
NPC and nine National Program Coordination (NPC) office
District offices established
Nine project coordination offices established in
consultation with the regions
One National and International consulting Firm hired, inception
11 regional workshop conducted. The firm is preparing the
programs National Forest sector Development Program. Due
date for this activity is extended to end of
September, 2017
Regional action program will follow soon
84 project staffs 84 Project staffs recruited and deployed to support
the implementation of the program at various levels
For all the nine sites A consulting firm is being recruited to undertake
this task
national and Required database infrastructure facilities is being
regional procured and some distributed
 Outputs Activity Planned Achieved
Description
2. Forest Define integrated Rural 160,000ha Preliminary data and reconnaissance survey started in
conservation and Land Use plans the nine project sites. Local land use planning is done
development for for 13,796ha so far
their multiple
benefits
Rehabilitate Degraded 75000ha 8.1million seedlings raised in 2008.E.C.
areas
Nursery establishment and 8.1million seedlings 12.3million seedlings in 2009 E.C
management for seedling
production
As the result afforestation is made on more than 3
Establishment of short 10,000 ha thousand ha new plantation sites and rehabilitation is
rotation plantation made on more than 72 thousand ha new
rehabilitation sites.

Key Activities Unit Tigray Amhara SNNPR Total

Seedling production No 1228986 4687572 2201395 8117953
Afforestation ha 1021 1308 1058 3387
Rehabilitation of Degraded lands ha 18500 43685 10500 72685
 Outputs Activity Description Planned Achieved
3. Private sector engagement Awareness of Private sector X

4.Science and Innovation Building capacity of the forestry X Procurement of research and
research and training institutions Laboratory equipment underway

Building the capacities of forestry X Not done so far

training institutions

5.Stakeholder involvement Mapping stakeholders involved in Not done so far

forestry

Establish national and Regional Facility procurement underway

Forestry data base infrastructure

6.Project management Vehicle purchase X 14 field vehicles and 6 tractors purchased,

field vehicles deployed for the project
activity
Office furniture & facilities purchased and
distributed to the Ministry, regions, NPCO
and district project offices
M&E X Periodic M&E being given by the federal
and regional staff
Assessment against the purpose
 The work carried out under this program represents a very significant contribution
towards the achievement of the forest sector in the green growth development
agenda of the country
 Moreover, piloting and field testing of afforestation models including the trainings
and discussions of the progress at various workshops were excellent avenues for
learning and scaling up and out to other areas in the country.
 The level of support provided by the people and government institutions at various
levels signifies a promising sustainability of the program
 Therefore, assessment of achievements so far in relation to purpose of the program
demonstrates promising result
 Stakeholders at various levels expressed interest in the program because they were
directly engaged and benefits were generated in the form of employment and forest-
based livelihood income generating options, while the entire afforestation-
reforestation area will be restored and converted to productive landscape.
 The effort through this program also augment the already existing on-going efforts
of the government through various programs and those efforts of non–government
organizations.
Efficiency assessment of the program
 This program has ample evidence to show that efforts from different stakeholders are quickly
mobilized for the actual implementation of the program
 Despite the delayed commencement of the program for various reasons, professionals from
national research institutions, local communities and government institutions have mobilized
efforts to fast track the implementation.
 Ministers have made direct field visits to project sites and routinely guided the delivery of
strategic studies including the National Forest Sector Development Program.
 Top Regional leaders in the three regions have directly dedicated personnel and institutions to
monitor this program and provided guidance on the selection of sites for its implementation.
Previous experiences in other similar projects like (e.g. SLM, PSNP, etc.) have helped to
quickly start the implementation of this one.
 The flow of funds and its reporting was through the government system and this has helped
to reach pilot sites within limited time.
 The enthusiasm for the result-based scheme was accepted amongst stakeholders; the
proposed scheme would provide ample opportunity to see early results and benefits to local
beneficiaries and may act as a positive trigger to scale up tree planting schemes in their
localities
 In practice, this will be translated into important outcomes of increased employment, income
generation and arrested land degradation; the main targets in the GTP II. The program is also
likely to contribute to biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Problems and risks
 The actual implementation of the program started late in 2015 as opposed to the proposed
commencement of early 2015.
 This has down-scaled our afforestation effort in 2016 due to limited planting stalk preparation
in our nursery sites. This may demand additional effort for the 2017 planting season and
beyond. This might equally require no cost extension at the end of the program period
 Community forestry scheme, which is the model for this program implementation in the
afforestation component, is not so much familiar in Ethiopian case and local communities in
some areas develop sense of State forest being established in their localities
 The level of support to be provided by UNDP is constrained by lack of budget support from
the donor and this will have significant repercussion on the project implementation and might
bear grab of the program itself. The technical inputs and human resource required for the
program implementation was planned to be born from the UNDP component and so far it
was only partially done due to budget constraint
 The sites selected for afforestation have significant environmental constraints and might
demand extra investments in site amelioration efforts. This might call for adjustments to
activity plans and/or inputs to reduce the risk of compromised results and their quality
 High staff turnover and skill gap
 Budget Utilization
S/ Distributed to Cash and Regions Outstanding
Region Utilized budget
n the regions balance
1 Amhara 23,396,782.94 14,729,590.56 8,667,192.38
2 SNNPR 14,862,956.35 12,829,338.21 2,033,618.14
3 Tigray 12,157,379.31 9,291,116.53 2,866,262.78
Sub-Total 50,417,118.60 36,850,045.30 13,567,073.30
National
Programs and
4 procurements 29,216,050.20 10,463,949.82 18,752,100.38
for regional
support
Total 79,633,168.80 47,313,995.12 32,319,173.68
 Challenges and Way forward
It all requires continuous, concerted and integrated
effort to:
– Maintain sustainability,
– scaling-up best practices
– Getting stable means of implementation
– System for Monitoring impacts
 Action Plan
• Action plan for 2010
 MEFCC

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