Enabling Environments Points for Policy Brief

Q1: Limiting Factors in Political Frameworks Excessive Burden of Regulation: –Lack of relevance to scale and product –High transaction costs Conflicting Perspectives on SMEs –Welfare cases v. production organizations –Lack of interest in forest sector –Anti-community policies –Lack of trust in sector –Lack of ability to commercialize resource

Q2: Conducive institutions for SMFE development? Access to resources and decisionmaking control Ability to shape processes Institutions adapted to specific characterisitics and context Accountability over decisionmaking Horizontal networking

Q3: Recommendations (1) Focus on relevant rules according to scale and product Build awareness of role of SMFEs in poverty alleviation and economic development Develop appropriate incentives Research how to integrate SMFEs into economic policy Government procurement policies

Recommendations (2) Government to provide incentives Networking among stakeholders to identify common interests NGOs to raise awareness Promote image of SMFE sector Donors: link SMFEs to poverty alleviation