STRENGTHENING FOREST
TENURE SYSTEMS AND
GOVERNANCE
Forest management has changed significantly across Asia and the Pacific over the last few decades, marked with a continuous shift from state forest control toward local forest management. As a result of this ongoing forest tenure reform process, forest ownership is more diverse and access to resources has increased with more stakeholders involved.
However, successful forest tenure reform requires adjustments in regulatory frameworks and gover-nance to ensure stakeholders are able to participate, know their rights and understand and fulfill their responsibilities. To achieve these results, practical guidance is crucial at national, sub-national and community levels for stakeholders and other actors involved in forest tenure reforms.
With this in mind, under the framework of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT), which were endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in 2012, and based on the forest tenure reform guidelines developed by FAO in 2011, RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests, under the ASEAN-Swiss Partnership on Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC) and the ASEAN Social Forestry Network (ASFN), provides the training course Strengthening forest tenure systems and governance.
Registration information
Dates: 21-30 September 2015
Course location: Bangkok, Thailand
Course fee: US$ 2,000*
*includes course materials, lunch during training program, meeting package and field trip
Email: asfcc@recoftc.org for more inquiries and registration
Registration will close on 14 August 2015 or when the maximum number of participants (25) has been reached
RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests
Course objectives
The objective of the training is to enable key stakeholders, including facilitators, policymakers and other decision makers of forest tenure development processes, to identify the needs for strengthening forest tenure systems and governance and to explore strategies to address these needs.
At the end of the course, participants will:
• Be able to share and critically review
experiences of forest tenure reform;
• Be able to identify and communicate
priorities and strategies for improving forest tenure and forest tenure reform; and
• Have enhanced skills to analyze and
develop forest tenure systems and governance.
Who should join?
• National, provincial and district-level
administrators actively involved in the planning and management of tenure reform processes;
• Personnel from development projects
and NGOs actively involved in forest tenure reform;
• Trainers from educational institutions
or colleges who have experience in tenure reform;
• Researchers on tenure issues who are
interested in developing methods for use by administrators; and
• Representatives from donor
organizations financing forest tenure
reforms.
Course content
The course will draw on the shared experience of the trainers and participants covering the following topics:
• Forest tenure analysis;
• Forest tenure reform assessment; • Participatory tenure appraisal; and • Tenure governance assessment.
RECOFTC holds a unique and important place in the world of forestry. It is the only
international not-for-profit organization that specializes in capacity development
for community forestry. With over 25 years of international experience and a dynamic approach to capacity development, RECOFTC delivers innovative solutions
for people and forests.
www.recoftc.org
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