1. Overview of enabling policies for FFPO businesses
Martin Greijmans, RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests
Regional conference on Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs)
“From users to producers”
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, November, 2017

2. Role of FFPOs in value chain and associated policies
Cultivation, felling, skidding/ transport to road site
Transport to sawmill, sawing of logs, transport of squared logs
Processing into furniture / other products
Local marketing, export
Communities
Traders
Smallholders
Cooperatives
Sawmill
Larger traders, factories
Wholesalers
Retailers
Consumers
Land and forest tenure/management
Commercial management and harvesting
Commercial transport
Selling
Added value, investment

3. Overview of some key national policies benefiting FFPO businesses
Policy chain
What does it do for FFPO-businesses?
Land and forest tenure/ management
Commercial management and harvesting
a) Viet Nam, 50 years land-use title (Red Book Certificate)
b) Indonesia, One map policy further clarifying tenure, reducing conflict
a) Viet Nam 4.15 million ha plantations / agroforestry managed by smallholders & emerging partnerships between state controlled enterprises and smallholders
b) Indonesia Production FMUs with management and business plans based on key forest product commodities and services in partnership with communities and private sector

4. Overview of some key national policies benefiting FFPO businesses
Policy chain
What does it do for FFPO-businesses?
Commercial transport
Added value, investment
Selling
Organisation
Viet Nam simplified transportation and procedures for communities, and large companies :)
Low interest credit (Kyrgyzstan);
Viet Nam cheap credit, technical assistance, subsidised fertiliser for cooperatives
(see global)
Democratic space and self-organisation (Philippines, Nepal);
Organization/operational cooperatives (Viet Nam)
(RECOFTC 2015, and ongoing work under RAFT)
Covered through other sectors supporting SME development - beyond forestry

5. Overview of some other policies potentially benefiting FFPO businesses
Policy level
Policy
What does it do for FFPO-businesses?
Regional
ASEAN Co-operation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry ( ) in line with ASEAN Policy Blueprint on SME Development
Assist to improve productivity, technology and product quality, to meet global market standards and increase competitiveness
Global
Certification
Trees outside the forest (PEFC)
Small or Low Intensity Managed Forests (SLIMF, FSC)
Group Certification (PEFC,FSC)
2. FLEGT VPA
3. Corporate Social Responsibility (Private sector)
Certifying trees/timber from other land than forest; Small producers qualify for simplified auditing procedures and lower costs
Agreements encourages clarification of tenure favouring smallholders
Avoid conflict, financial and reputational risks
Blueprint = ASEAN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOR SME DEVELOPMENT
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
The Forest Stewardship Council

6. MA&D as a policy? framework towards sustainable enterprise development
Economy, finance
Technology / product research and development
Social / cultural
Institutional and legal / policies
Natural resource management / environment
For a FPPO to become/remain a sustainable entity the 5 areas of enterprise development need to be sustainable as well
Gender and disadvantaged groups as part of social/cultural aspect
Capacity development as part of technology bit
FAO (2011) Community-based tree and forest products enterprises: Market analysis and development (MA&D) Manual and field facilitator guidelines

7. Take away messages: ensure incentives
Look beyond forest policies when entering value chains
Reduce barriers (complex procedures, time consuming, ease of doing business)
Secure rights to unleash business incentives
Reduce costs to do business
Investment in infrastructure
Access to affordable credit/finance
Adaptive learning (information is out there)
Added value, technology
Incubators: shakers, leaders, movers, risk takers
ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development envisions to overcome many of the above (beyond forest related policies)

8. THANK YOU
Local people hold the key to healthy forests