1. 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

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. COLLECTION MECHANISM
Communication plan
Incentives

9. RESULTS
Results to date include the PREREDD program which will present a study on the REDD theme

12. Thank you! http://www.observatoire-comifac.net