1. Wereda and Zonal REDD+ Awareness Workshop
Overview of
REDD+ Readiness Implementation in Ethiopia
National REDD+ Secretariat,
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
February 2016, Bahir Dar
11/12/2018

2. REDD+ in the Green Economy
National Context:
REDD+ in the Green Economy

3. REDD+ Embedded in National Green Economy Strategy
The Four Pillars of Ethiopia’s Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy
AGRICULTURE
POWER
Forestry
TRANSPORT,
INDUSTRY &
BUILDINGS

4. Emissions from Forestry & its Abatement Potential

5. The National REDD+ Readiness Process
Status of
The National REDD+ Readiness Process

6. Major Milestones in Ethiopia’s REDD+ Program
REDD+ Partnership Agreement with Norway signed in August 2013
REDD+ Readiness Phase Officially Launched in January 2013 and Oromia REDD+ initiated in March 2013
Grant Agreement for R-PP implementation Signed in October 2012
R-PP development
R-PP developed in
R-PP approved in March 2011
Initiation of the National REDD+ Program
REDD+ process started in 2008
R-PIN approved and Ethiopia become REDD+ participant country in 2009

7. REDD+ Readiness Readiness Phase:
Building capacity in REDD+ Countries to develop the technical and policy/institutional infrastructure needed for effective implementation of REDD+ at the national level
A strict requirement for participation in global REDD+ mechanism

8. National REDD+ Readiness Key Elements
1. Organize and Consult:
1a. Establishing the National REDD+ Management Structure
1b. Capacity building, Consultation and Participation of stakeholders
2. Developing REDD+ Strategy:
2a. Assessment of Land Use, Drivers, Forest Policy and Governance
2b. REDD Strategy Options
2c. REDD Implementation Framework
2d. SESA and ESMF
3. Develop Reference Scenario:
Forest Reference Emissions Levels/ Forest Reference Levels
4. Design Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System:
4a. Emissions and Removals
4b. Other Benefits and Impacts

9. (የREDD+ ፕሮግራም ማስፈፀሚያ አደረጃጀት ና የባለድርሻ አካላትን የማማከር ሂደት)
1. Organize and Consult
(የREDD+ ፕሮግራም ማስፈፀሚያ አደረጃጀት ና የባለድርሻ አካላትን የማማከር ሂደት)

10. 1a. Progress on Establishing REDD+ Management Structure
1a. Federal level REDD+ Management Structure completed
Institutionalizing MEFCC
REDD+ Secretariat
Federal REDD+ Steering Committee (Multi-sectoral)
Federal Technical Working Group (Gov’t, Civil Societies, partners)
Task Specific Task Forces (REDD+ Strategy, MRV, & SESA/ESMF)
Regional level REDD Institutions:
Regional REDD+ Coordination Units, RRSC, RRTWG (Oromia, Amhara, Tigray, SNNPR)

11. Readiness Management Structure
MEFCC
(State Minister, Forest Sector)
Federal REDD+ Technical Working Group
Federal REDD+ Steering Committee
Overall oversight of implementation of Readiness Phase
Regular feedback to the secretariat
Day-to-day R-PP implementation
REDD+ readiness grant fund trustee
Administrative support for the federal Steering Committee and the Technical Working Group
Technical Guidance to Secretariat
National REDD+ Secretariat Coordination Unit
Administration Team
Technical Team
Task Forces
REDD+ Strategy Task Force
RL/MRV Task Force
Safeguards Task Force
Day-to-day REDD+ activity coordination and management on Safeguards, MRV
Pilot Coordinator, International TA
Financial administration
Monitoring
Supervision of implementation
Regional REDD+ Management structure (RCU, RRSC, RRTWG)

12. 1b. Consultation and Participation
Capacity building, Consultation and Participation of stakeholders:
REDD+ awareness at federal and all regional levels
Targeting: Higher officials, media, parliamentarians, youth, women, cooperatives, experts
Capacity building: MEFCC, regions, ToT, REDD+ Syllabus integration)
Support participation of stakeholders in international REDD+ events Communicating REDD+ (print, electronic, SMS, TV, Radio)- Now one year contract with EBC and another with Fana Radio Corporation
Communications Strategy to be finalized
Consultation and Participation Plan
Grievance Redress Mechanism

13. 2. Developing the REDD+ Strategy: (የ REDD+ ማስፈጸሚያ ስልት ዝግጅት)

14. Approaches to National REDD+ Strategy Development
Series of Consultations will follow
First Draft presented to Strategy TF and Comments incorporated
Refining draft strategy: Technical studies, GTP, INDC, other National studies (First Draft presented Paris, COP 21)
Zero Draft Developed and Consulted with Development Partners
Zero Draft presented in Lima, COP 20
Drafting Chapters of the Strategy
R-PP & Secondary Data
Consultation with Strategy TF
Initiating the National REDD+ Strategy Development
Core Team constituted
Drafted strategy outline & identified experts

15. 2a-c. Assessment of Land Use and Land Cover
2a: Land Use Assessment, drivers
Mapping activities (LULC EMA, LULC FAO/MEF, LULC Hansen 2013); Forest cover map produced; Deforestation analysis; Spatial analysis on potential areas for A/R and Rehabilitation Land Use Land cove Map (LULC) produced; Afforestation and Reforestation Potential Areas mapped
2b/2c- Strategic options, implementation framework
National/regional assessments/Studies undertaken by a consortium of international and national firms
Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation & strategic options in Ethiopia and Oromia (
National and Oromia-level legal and institutional analysis for REDD+ implementation

16. 2d. Social and Environmental Safeguards (SESA, ESMF, RPF, PF)
Four safeguard instruments have been prepared for the National REDD+ Program and for the Oromia forested landscape Program (OFLP)
(1) Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment
(2) Environmental and Social Management Framework
(3) Resettlement Policy Framework(RPF)
(4) Process framework

17. 3. Progress on the Construction of the National Proposed FRL
(ከደን ምንጠራ ና ከደን መልሶ ማልማት ጋር በተያያዘ
አመታዊ የሙቀት-አማቂ ጋዝ ልቀት ና ክምችት መጠን መረጃ ማጠናከር)

18. Progress on National Forest Reference Level (FRL)
National MRV Project - implemented through Technical Assistance from FAO and an International MRV Specialist
Preliminary National Forest Reference Level completed and submitted to UNFCCC
MRV for Oromia by DNV, but still under improvement by FAO

19. (Forest ) Emissions Estimate
Methodological approach of the IPCC to calculate human-induced GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks in forest land

20. Preliminary results Activity Data
On average: 84,882.4 ha loss per year
33,719 ha gain per year
Net deforestation: 51,163 ha loss per year

21. Communicated to the UNFCCC in January 2016

22. 4. Progress on Design of the Monitoring, Reporting and
Verification (MRV) System

23. Progress on Design of MRV System
MRV Approach and Methodology will be consistent with those for FRL (Landsat 8 data for AD and NFI for EF)
The National Forest Monitoring System will generate data for MRV
AD every 2 years
EF every 5 years
Scope: Deforestation and A/R initially
Scale: National

24. 5. Progress on REDD+ Piloting

25. Oromia Forested Landscape REDD+ Program (OFLP)
Initiated by the REDD+ Secretariat in 2013
Oromia REDD+ Coordination Units established at OFWE – staffed and budgeted
The Program Document (PAD) Completed and Appraised
Finance mobilization: 68 million USD (Norway, UK and USA)
18 million USD for investment
50 million USD for Emission Reduction (ER) payments

26. OFLP as a “Scale-up Engine”

27. OFLP Preparation & Implementation Timeline

28. Other Regional REDD+ Pilots Initiatives
(a) REDD+ Coordination Units (RCUs): in Amhara, SNNP and Tigray regional states (World bank Supported)
Coordinate REDD+ Pilot design and implementation
Regional REDD+ capacity building and Readiness
REDD+ Pilot Sites selected and Program Concept Note is being completed
(b) UN-REDD supported REDD+ Piloting in Benishangul-Gumuz region

29. Impacts of the REDD+ Readiness Process
 Enhanced the visibility and significance of forest sector (institutional upgrading)
 Foundation for modernizing the forestry operations in the country (Enhanced Data, Information and Knowledge about the sector)
 Coordination and consultations of Multi-sector Stakeholders
 Perspectives on problems/opportunities of the forestry sector (several national and sub-national technical studies and assessments)
 Mobilization of resources (Readiness 13.6 million USD, Oromia REDD+ Program 18 million USD upfront ND 50 million USD ER payments; Ethio-Norway Bilateral REDD+)

30. Challenges Limited in country technical capacity
Less effective inter-sectoral coordination
Protracted Procurement Process (goods, services, recruitment etc…)
Delays in MEFCC regional structure establishment
Lack of clear direction in regional REDD+ pilot design

31. Way Forward: Next Steps
1) Mid-Term Review finalized and R-Package in Nov. 2016
2) Consultation of REDD+ Strategy
3) Implement Remaining Readiness Activities up to Mid 2016 (Secretariat)

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