The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) 2025 Annual Report highlights a year of strong progress in results-based climate finance and in helping countries prepare for the next phase of high-integrity carbon markets.
FCPF 2025 Annual Report
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1. Opening of Participants Committee Meeting (PC24)
- Vice-Govenor of Luang Prabang
- Mr. Jean-Christophe Carret, Country Manager, World Bank
- H.E.Dr. Phuang Parisak, Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR
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- Mr. Bounpone Sengthong, Deputy Director General, Department of Forestyr, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR
- Mr. Savanh Chanthakoummane, Director of REDD+Division, Department of Forestry, Ministry of Agriculture of Forestry, Lao PDR
- Ms. Lena Sicilano Bretas, Germany
09:15
- Sachiko Morita, Legal Department, World Bank (Presentation)
09:30
2. Readiness Packages
- Alex Lotsch, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
10:00
- Readiness Package (English)
- TAP Report (English)
- GRM (English)
- Mamitiana Andriamanjato, National Coordinator REDD+ (Presentation)
- Juergen Blaser, Technical Advisory Panel expert (Presentation)
- Tracy Johns, Facility Management Team, on behalf of Erik Reed and Benjamin Garnaud, Task Team Leader, World Bank (Presentation)
- Saah David, National REDD+ Coordinator and Borwen Sayon, Deputy Managing Director For Operations, Forestry Development Authority (Presentation)
- Harrison Kojwang, Technical Advisory Panel expert (Presentation)
- Neeta Hooda, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
- TAP Report (English)
- GRM (2017)
- SESA (English)
- ESMF (English)
- Reference Level (English)
- Land Cover and Forest Mapping Report (English)
- National REDD+ Strategy and annexes (English)
- Readiness Package (English)
11:30
- H.E. Kebede Yimam, State Minister of Forest, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
- Yitebitu Moges, National REDD+ Project coordinator (Presentation)
- Simon Rietbergen, Technical Advisory Panel expert (Presentation)
- Stephen Danyo, Task Team Leader, World Bank (Presentation)
- Readiness Package (English)
- TAP Report (English)
- GRM (English)
- Javier Gutierrez, REDD+ Project Coordinator (Presentation)
- Eduardo Morales, Technical Advisory Panel expert (Presentation)
- Zenia Salinas, Task Team Leader, World Bank (on behalf of TTL Augusto García) (Presentation)
- Readiness Package (English, Spanish)
- TAP Report (English)
- GRM (English)
- Annex documents (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
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02:30
- National REDD+ Registry (English)
- Niken Sakuntaladewi, National REDD+ Coordinator, Forestry and Environment Research, Development and Innovation Agency (FOERDIA), Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia (Presentation)
- Novia Widyaningtyas, Head of Division for REDD+, Directorate of Climate Change Mitigation, Directorate General of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forestry
- Muhammad Fadli, East Kalimantan Regional Council on Climate Change
- Simon Rietbergen, Technical Advisory Panel expert
(Presentation) - Dinesh Aryal, Task Team Leader, World Bank (Presentation)
- Readiness Package (English)
- TAP Report (English)
- GRM (English)
- Indonesia REDD+ National Strategy (English)
- National Forest Reference Emission Level (English)
- National Forest Monitoring System (English)
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3. R-PP Reviews: Existing REDD Countries without Guaranteed Access to Funding
- PC24 - Simon Whitehouse, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
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- Tanguy Gahouma, CEO AGEOS
- Tracy Johns on behalf of Salimata Follea and Laurent Valiergue, Task Team Leaders, World Bank (Presentation)
- Ken Creighton, Technical Advisory Panel expert (Presentation)
- Readiness Preparation Proposal (English)
- TAP Report (English)
09:45
4. Mid-Term Progress Reports with requests for additional funding
- Simon Whitehouse, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
- (FMT Note)
10:45
11:00
- Moses Modey Ama, Head of the National REDD+Secretariat (Presentation)
- Amos Abu, Task Team Leader, World Bank (Presentation)
- Mid-term Progress Report (English)
- GRM (English)
- Hon. Lina Dolores Pohl, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Presentation)
- Rodrigo Martínez, Task Team Leader, World Bank (Presentation)
- Mid-term Progress Report (English)
- GRM (English)
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- Hon. Andre Johnson, Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources
- Hemou Assi, National REDD+ Coordinator (French, Presentation)
- Totetiebe Dametougle, Deputy REDD+ Coordinator
- Essivi Sinmégnon Acakpo-Addra, President of Women’s REDD+ Consortium Togo
- Mirko Serkovic, Facility Management Team (English)
- Mid-term Progress Report (English, French)
- GRM (English)
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6. Facility and other Issues
- Alex Lotsch, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
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5. Report back from contact groups
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6. Facility and other Issues (continued)
- Neeta Hooda, Facility Management Team
- Ronnie MacPherson, Consultant (Presentation)
10:30
10:45
7. Closing
- Breen Byrnes, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
11:00
Sachiko Morita, Legal Department, World Bank
- 1. Endorsement of Ethiopia’s Readiness Package (English, French, Spanish)
- 2. Endorsement of Indonesia’s Readiness Package (Spanish, English, French)
- 3. Endorsement of Liberia’s Readiness Package (English, Spanish, French)
- 4. Endorsement of Madagascar’s Readiness Package (English, Spanish, French)
- 5. Endorsement of Nicaragua’s Readiness Package (English, Spanish, French)
- 6. Gabon’s Readiness Preparation Proposal (English, Spanish, French)
- 7. El Salvador’s Request for Additional Funding (English, Spanish, French)
- 8. Nigeria’s Request for Additional Funding (English, French, Spanish)
- 9. Togo’s Request for Additional Funding (French, Spanish, English)
- 10. Delivery Partner Arrangements for Kenya and the Central African Republic (English, Spanish, French)
- 11. Expression of Gratitude to Lao PDR (English, Spanish, French)
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1. Opening of Participants Assembly Meeting (PA10)
- Ellysar Baroudy, Facility Management Team
11:45
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2. Reports from the FMT and PC
- Ellysar Baroudy, Facility Management Team (Presentation)
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3. Remarks by Observers and Delivery Partners
3a. Inter-American Development Bank
Gerard Alleng, Climate Change Sr. Specialist
3b. United Nations Development Programme
Tim Clairs, Principal Policy & Technical Advisor, REDD at UNDP
3c. UN-REDD Programme
TBC
3d. Indigenous Peoples
Grace Balawag, Tebtebba (Remarks)
3e. Southern civil society organizations
Kanwar Iqbal, Institute of Sustainable Development (Remarks)
3f. Northern civil society organizations
Chris Meyer, Senior Manager, Forest Policy, Environmental Defense Fund
3g. International Organizations
Maria Garcia-Espinosa, Senior Forest Policy Officer (Remarks)
3h. Private Sector
Margaret-Anne Splawn, Executive Director, CMIA
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4. Legal Matters
- Sachiko Morita, Legal Department, World Bank (Presentation)
03:15
03:45
- Caucus of REDD Country Participants
- Caucus of Donor Participants and Carbon Fund Participants
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Joint FIP and FCPF Knowledge Management Day - Thursday, September 28
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Coordinating financing for large-scale climate engagement
SME financing for Sustainable Forest Management
Successes and challenges in combating illegal logging and deforestation
Inclusive and Sustainable Forest Management
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10:30
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Room 4
REDD+ strategy development
Engaging private sector in forest landscape programs
Experiences on tenure in forest programs
Enhancing equity in community-based forestry and non-timber forest product development
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Knowledge Café: Several discussion tables where a country can present a challenge or idea for fast-paced 45 min feedback discussions. There would be two rounds during this slot.
03:25
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Learning clinic on FCPF ER-program development
Communicating on REDD+
Strengthening climate action through stakeholder involvement
Strategic alignment and policy engagement: what works to make it more inclusive?
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- Summary of gender sessions (English)
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