1. european capacity building initiativeecbi Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries Fellows´ Recommendations, Oxford Seminar 2007 european capacity building initiative initiative européenne de renforcement des capacités ecbi for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations pour un renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux négociations internationales sur les changements climatiques

2. european capacity building initiativeecbi Objectives 1. Assisting developing countries to achieve sustainable development and fulfill the objectives of UNFCCC 2. Encouraging additional efforts to reduce emissions 3. Promoting biodiversity conservation

3. european capacity building initiativeecbi A combination of different financing sources: A fund for specific activities, including capacity building Market mechanisms, free and oriented International sources (multilateral and bilateral initiatives) Sources of funding

4. european capacity building initiativeecbi Distribution of incentives for REDD The establishment of criteria and modalities for REDD activities should be the first priority. Benefits to be inclusive, therefore, a flexible framework can help including actions at different levels: -National -Regional -Sectoral -Project – based A twin approach – national and project based could take care of land tenure particularities

5. european capacity building initiativeecbi Technical and methodological challenges Market – based approaches are promising but methodologically complex and may lead to problems of distribution Monitoring forest cover is important - we cannot manage something that we cannot measure Apply (develop) a gold standard to CERs for REDD activities

6. european capacity building initiativeecbi Capacity building Developing countries will need assistance with monitoring, measuring and participating in any mechanism which will ultimately be decided Encourage South-South cooperative to better understand the process, assess forest stocks through inventories (i.e. initiative of Brazil to cover African forests).