FCPF 2025 Annual Report

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.

  • Day 1
    03 May
    2016
  • Day 2
    04 May
    2016
  • Day 3
    05 May
    2016
Logistics NoteEnglish May 2016
AgendaEnglish May 2016 | Spanish May 2016 | French May 2016
2
08:30
08:30-09:00 am
Registration
09:00

1. Opening of Participants Committee Meeting (PC21)

09:00-09:30 am
a.Welcome
  • James Close, Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank
09:30
09:30-10:00 am
b.Review and approval of meeting agenda

Co-Chairs:

  • Eliki Senivasa Siga, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Ministry of Fisheries and Forests, Fiji (on behalf of REDD Country Participants)
  • John Verdieck, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. State (on behalf of Donor Participants)
10:00
10:00-10:15 am
c. Overview of contact groups and PC Resolutions
  • Markus Pohlmann, Senior Counsel, Environment & International Law (LEGEN), World Bank
10:15
10:15-10:45 am
d. FMT update on progress made since PC20
  • Ellysar Baroudy, Lead Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank 
10:45
10:45-11:15 am
Coffee break
11:15
11:15 am-12:30 pm
e.Continued - FMT update on progress made since PC20
  • Ellysar Baroudy, Lead Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
12:30
12:30-01:15 pm
Lunch
01:15

2. Mid-Term Progress Reports with requests for additional funding

01:15-02:45 pm
a.Uganda–resolution sought
  • Margaret Athieno, Assistant Commissioner for Forestry, REDD+ National Focal Point, Ministry of Water and Environment
  • Xavier Mugumya, Coordinator Climate Change & Alternate National REDD+ Focal Point, Ministry of Water and Environment, National Forestry Authority (NFA), Republic of Uganda
  • Christopher James Warner, Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist, World Bank
  • Mid-term Progress Report and Request for Additional Funding (English) , Country Presentation (English)
  • Grant Reporting and Monitoring (GRM) Report 2015 , Country Presentation (English) , Delivery Partner Presentation (English)
02:45
02:45-03:15 pm
Coffee break
03:15
03:15-04:45 pm
b.Guatemala–resolution sought
  • Jose’ Diaz, Jefe Departamento de Cambio Climático, Instituto Nacional de Bosques, Guatemala
  • Omar Samayoa, Climate Change Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
  • Mid-term Progress Report and Request for Additional Funding (English) (Spanish)
  • Country Presentation (English)
  • Grant Reporting and Monitoring (GRM) Report (English)
  • Delivery Partner Presentation (English)
04:45
04:45-05:15 pm
Coffee break
05:15

3. Facility Issues

05:15-07:15 pm
a.Second Evaluation of the FCPF -presentation of the oversight committee and consultant team
  • Co-chairs of the Oversight Committee: Nicolas Duval-Mace, Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada; Claire Martin,  Research and Capacity Building Coordinator, Transparency International, Germany 
  • Majella Clarke, Head of Climate Change Consulting, Indufor
  • Neeta Hooda, Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
  • Evaluation Team presentation (English)
  • Oversight Committee presentation (English)
  • FMT presentation (English)
07:15
07:15 pm
Contact groups on draft PC Resolutions on Uganda and Guatemala
2
09:00

4. Readiness Package

09:00-09:30 am
a.Assessment Framework: Setting the stage for R-Package Reviews
  • Alex Lotsch, Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
09:30
09:30-11:00 am
b.Mexico–resolution sought
  • Josefina Cobián Navarro, Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales y Fomento Financiero, CONAFOR
  • Francisco Moreno, Gerente, Información Forestal,  CONAFOR
  • Ramiro Robledo, Director, UNOFOC
  • Ricardo Campos, Presidente, RITA
  • Juan Andres Silva, Partner, OPTIM Consulting
  • Carole Megevand, Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist, World Bank
11:00
11:00-11:30 am
Coffee break
11:30

5. Facility Issues - CONTINUED

11:30 am-12:30 pm
a.FY17 budget proposal– resolution sought
  • Simon Whitehouse, Fund Manager, World Bank
  • Erin Conner, Operations Analyst, World Bank 
12:30
12:30-02:30 pm
Lunch and contact groups on draft PC Resolutions, if needed
02:30
02:30-03:45 pm
b.Second Evaluation of the FCPF–feedback and discussion on evaluation findings
  • Neeta Hooda, Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
  • Co-chairs of the Oversight Committee: Nicolas Duval-Mace, Policy Advisor, Natural Resources Canada; Claire Martin, Research and Capacity Building Coordinator, Transparency International
  • Majella Clarke, Head of Climate Change Consulting, Indufor 
03:45
03:45-04:15 pm
Coffee break
04:15

6. Updates from the World Bank Group

04:15-05:15 pm
a.Update on the Climate Change Action Plan and Forest Action Plan
  • Stephane Hallegatte, Senior Economist, World Bank;
  • Carole Megevand, Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist, World Bank;
  • Climate Change Action Plan Presentation (English)
  • Forest Action Plan Presentation (English)
05:15

7. Other Initiatives

05:15-05:45 pm
a.Update from the Green Climate Fund
  • Juan Chang, Senior Forest and Land Use Specialist, Green Climate Fund
05:15 pm
Contact groups on draft PC Resolutions, if needed
2
09:30

8. Report back from contact groups to plenary

09:30-10:00 am
a. Report back from contact groups to plenary
  • Neeta Hooda, Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
  • Franka Braun,  Senior Carbon Finance Specialist; World Bank
  • Zenia Salinas, Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank
10:00
10:00-10:30 am
Coffee break
10:30

7. Other Initiatives - CONTINUED

10:30 am-12:00 pm
b.Updates from other initiatives
  • UN REDD: Josep Gari, Senior Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Forest Investment Program: Ian Gray, Senior Program Coordinator, Climate Investment Funds Administrative Unit
  • PROFOR: Nalin Kishor, Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist, World Bank (English)
  • BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes: Ellysar Baroudy, Lead Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank (English)
12:00
12:00-01:30 pm
Lunch and contact groups on draft PC Resolutions, if needed
01:30

9. Thematic Session

01:30-03:00 pm
a.Integrating Gender Dimensions into the work of the FCPF

Moderator:

  • Patti Kristjanson, Senior Research Fellow, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF); Moderator

Panel discussants:

  • Ana Elizabeth Centeno, Gender Coordinator, ACOFOP (Association of Forest Communities of Peten, Guatemala)
  • Cecile Ndjebet (President of REFACOF - African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests; Women’s Observer to the FCPF) 
  • Xavier Mugumya, Coordinator Climate Change & Alternate National REDD+ Focal Point, Ministry of Water and Environment, National Forestry Authority (NFA), Republic of Uganda
  • Bente Herstad (FCPF Participants Committee member on behalf of donor countries, Norway)
  • Caren Grown, Senior Director for Gender, World Bank (Session Brief)
03:00
03:00-03:30 pm
Coffee break
03:30

10. Closing

03:30-03:45 pm
a. Next meetings
  • Simon Whitehouse, Fund Manager, World Bank
03:45
03:45-04:15 pm
b.Adoption of PC Resolutions
  • Markus Pohlmann, Senior Counsel, Environment & International Law (LEGEN), World Bank
04:15
04:15-04:30 pm
c.Co-chairs’ conclusions
  • Eliki Senivasa Siga, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Ministry of Fisheries and Forests, Fiji (on behalf of REDD Country Participants)
  • John Verdieck, Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. State (on behalf of Donor Participants)
04:30
04:30 pm
End of PC21 meeting
06:00
06:00-08:00 pm
Reception hosted by FCPF at MC East Dining room, World Bank Headquarters (shuttle buses will be arranged between meeting venue and World Bank)
Statement from Women's Observer on Budget for Gender IssuesEnglish May 2016
Statement from Indigenous PeoplesEnglish May 2016
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