Component Coordination and Country Engagement

Component coordination Office efforts - coordination among the components Promote interaction among implementers of the 5 components at a practical level & use of MGD Leading the R&D Component Ensuring the input of R&D component to the Methods and Guidance Documents Reporting to Leads Development of GFOI Strategy Development of GFOI Communications Plan Link to other organisations UNFCCC, IPCC, JICA

Component coordination (Capacity building component contribution to other components) All GFOI components – Promote participation and interaction with countries through regional workshops Methods and Guidance – Authors of the methods and guidance are directly training the countries Training materials are being develop from the MGD to use at a technical level (SilvaCarbon, FAO, Norway, USAID) Prioritized the use of different guidance (MGD, GOFC GOLD, FCMC MRV) in capacity building Research and Development – Promote the participation of countries in the research workshop Sponsor researchers from SilvaCarbon involved in current research to attend and share their findings

Component coordination (Capacity building component contribution to other components) SDCG – Coordinate the participation of countries to provide information in their spatial data acquisition plans for wall to wall mapping and hot spots for validation Promote the interaction of the countries with the SDCG for bilateral opportunities Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Honduras, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal and Philippines Landsat distribution (all SilvaCarbon countries)

Coordination among capacity building providers Work plan sharing/ leverage funding (FAO, GIZ, USAID, World Bank, and others) Regional Coordinators Regular meetings with countries and partners First GFOI Capacity building component Capacity building best practice manual

Country Engagement Methods and Guidance (training materials) Structure work plan on filling gaps in capacity building Data acquisition plans revisions Spatial data interoperability advice Until SDCG FAO is operational, continue planning the distribution of data

Questions? Plans for moving forward with the GFOI countries in distribution and guidance of the use of news datasets