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National Joint Programme Status REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION Paraguay Approval of Paraguay’s entry into UN-REDD Submission of Paraguay’s request to be part of UN-REDD Pre-scoping mission: Meetings with authorities, local NGOs’ network and IP Organizations. UN-REDD presentation by SEAM and INFONA to CAPI and CSO UN-REDD mission, meetings with authorities, ITAIPU, local NGOs network, IP organizations, and forest committees UN-REDD Technical team initiates drafting process of the NJP New SEAM minister and officers come on board Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Feb 2009 Dec 2008 Ago 2008 Sep 2008 UN-REDD PARAGUAY MILESTONES Training on CC issues and NJP consultation process with local stakeholders NJP under development - NJP is completed. - NJP is reviewed by UN-REDD agencies. - NJP is validated by a Civil Society or indigenous people’s representative. NJP is submitted to UN-REDD Secretariat for review and approval Key Outcomes and Outputs: Extracted from the Draft NJP Logical Framework Matrix NJP-Paraguay currently under development Project Goal: By the year 2012 Paraguay is REDD-ready and contributes to the reduction of emissions due to deforestation and degradation of forests at national level Project Objective: To assist the Government of Paraguay in the establishment of a National UN-REDD Programme Outcome 1: Outputs for Outcome 1: Improved institutional and technical capacity 1. of Government and Civil Society organizations 2. to manage REDD activities in Paraguay 3. 4. Outcome 2: Capacity established to manage REDD at local level Outcome 3: REDD National Action Plan National system to measure and evaluate reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests National system of carbon accounting and data management Equitable and transparent system of payments and benefit sharing Outputs for Outcome 2: 1. Demonstration project designed and implemented Outputs for Outcome 3 Increased awareness and support to REDD at 1. national, departmental and municipal levels 2. National awareness campaign on REDD Consensus-building on REDD with Indigenous Peoples and other stakeholders UN-REDD NJP Next steps/Challenges 1. Confirmation of REDD working groups composition: → Technical team (INFONA, SEAM, CAPI): Several meetings and work sessions have been held, but the team has not been officially constituted yet. → UN-REDD Working Group or Grupo Impulsor UNREDD : Same as above, meetings were held but there is no official UN-REDD Working Group yet. → National Environment Council (“CONAM”). Discussions are under way to faciliate the constitution of the UN-REDD working group UN-REDD NJP Next steps/Challenges 2. Agreement between SEAM and INFONA on implementation/coordination arrangements for UN-REDD 3. Completion of Indigenous People’s training program on climate change 4. Indigenous People’s consensus/validation of UNREDD proposal Complementarity with other initiatives 1. The UN-REDD NJP will complement other REDD initiatives undertaken by local universities and NGOs. 2. SEAM has obtained financing from JICA to install CO2 monitoring devices and other equipment for an estimated value of US$ 3 m. 3. WWF has offered to finance IP training on CC and REDD