Sustainable Forest Management Initiatives in Central Africa an inventory of forest organizations/ on-going projects (national and internationally) funded in Central Africa PALLA Florence Project Coordinator AfriGEOSS Symposium 2017 Thur. 14-June

Information and tooling needs Collection Mechanism Results SUMMARY Information and tooling needs Collection Mechanism Results

OFAC NETWORK Ensure permanent availability of information on the forests in the region (10 countries) to decision makers and the broader public. This presentation shows how we have built an application to provide a dashboard on Forests Initiatives in Central Africa. The development was done on the basis of an inventory with a dozen priorities.

INFORMATION NEED Recenser les thématiques abordées dans une zone d’intérêt Identify the topics addressed in an area of interest Disposer d’une vue transversale des initiatives appuyant la mise en œuvre du PC2 A cross-sectional view of the initiatives supporting the implementation of FP2 Disposer d’une vision exhaustive des financements selon les thématiques Have a comprehensive view of funding according to topics Disposer d’une vision exhaustive des financements selon les régions Have a comprehensive view of funding by countries Suivre l’avancement des projets et les résultat obtenus Monitor project progress and results Avoir une connaissance des résultats et leçons apprises par les projets échus Knowledge of results and lessons learned from past projects Mettre en évidence les synergies potentielles entre différents acteurs To highlight potential synergies between different actors Recenser les expertises disponibles en Afrique Centrale Identify expertise available in Central Africa

TOOLS NEED Fiches d’information sur les initiatives entreprises dans une zone donnée Fact sheets on initiatives undertaken in a given area Cartographie des acteurs en AC Mapping AC actors Cartographie des initiatives en AC Mapping of AC Initiatives Mécanisme de mise en évidence des synergies potentielles Mechanism for identifying potential synergies Cartographie des financements en AC dans le domaine de l’environnement Mapping of AC funding in the field of the environment Cartographie des initiatives d’appui à la mise en œuvre du PC2 COMIFAC Mapping of initiatives to support the implementation of regional forest management policies Outil de recensement des leçons apprises et résultats obtenus Tool to identify lessons learned and results

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PLATFORM New tools to address users needs and build a DSS : Mapping interface  To show at a glance where are located the initiatives responding to users queries Projects/Experts/trainings register  To give an exhaustive list with all the information available on the initiatives Graphic/analytical tools  To (cross-)analyze the contributions to the COMIFAC PC and forest ecosystems by localization, funding, topics, PC axes, … Fact sheets  To allow the user to print all the elements (map, graphs, and/or lists) in a fact sheet

State of play OFAC website (Public) BD OFAC Queries/filters Fiches Projets Fiches Experts Fiches Formations OFAC website (Public) Listes « projets » Listes « experts » Listes « formations » BD OFAC Queries/filters Librairie Projets Experts Formation Institutions

COLLECTION MECHANISM Communication plan Incentives

RESULTS Results to date include the PREREDD program which will present a study on the REDD theme http://observatoire-comifac.net/pages/activity_competencies/projects.php

Thank you! http://www.observatoire-comifac.net http://observatoire-comifac.net/pages/activity_competencies/projects.php