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E254: Strengthening capacity of the UNECE member States to collect, disseminate, and evaluate data on sustainable forest management

EXCOM Form:

 

EXCOM form

Concept Paper or Project Document:

 

 

 

Annual Progress Reports:

 

 

Final Report:

 

 

Key project deliverables:

 

 

Evaluation:

 

https://unece.org/evaluation-reports

 

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Implementation
 
Part I. Planning
(to be filled in before submission to EXCOM)
Part II. Implementation
(to be used for reporting on progress in the implementation of the project in real time)1,2

Expected accomplishments

Planned activities

Estimated costs (US$)

 

Implemented activities3

Actual expenditures4 (US$)3

EA 1: Enhanced capacity of the UNECE member States to evaluate the  management of forests.

A1.1 Preparation of the analytical report on the pilot application of the System for Evaluation of the Management of Forests (SEMAFOR) in the UNECE member States:
1 Consultant x 1.5 months
1 Consultant – data manager x 1 month

 

17,000

1. Consultant has been contracted 

2. The study on SEMAFOR has been finalized and is currently in the preparation for printing. An advanced draft for public consultation is avaialble on the website of the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section (link).

3. The consultant has been paid.

4. Consultant (data manager) has been contrated

5. The work has been accomplished and the database is online (link).

6. The consultant has been paid. 

10,600

A1.2 Conducting a technical meeting in Finland on implementation of the System for Evaluation of the Management of Forests (SEMAFOR)
1 staff travel
Meeting venue and hospitality

3,000

1. Discussions with the Ministry are ongoing.

 

A1.3 Development of the third edition of the interactive database on quantitative indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in UNECE region.
1 Consultant – data manager x 1 month

5,000

1. Consultant (data manager) has been contrated 

2. The work has been accomplished and the database is online (link).

3. Consultant has been paid.

 

8,800

EA 2: Improved data availability of the Forest Sector Workforce in the UNECE region

A2.1 Development of a study on the social aspects of Green Jobs “Review of the Forest Sector Workforce, challenges and opportunities and data availability”
1 Consultant x 3 months

18,000

1. 3 Consultants have been contrated 

2. The work has been accomplished and a draft version of the report (link) was presented (link) to the Team of Specialists on Green Jobs and to the 74th session of the Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (18-20 October 2016)

3. The consultants have been paid

4. The report is currently being layed out for publication

16,000
    Total (without 13% of Programme Support Costs) 35,400
       
Total (including 13% of Programme Support Costs) 43,000 Total (including 13% of Programme Support Costs) - as of 31 December 2016 40,700

 
Footnote


1 The secretariat shall inform EXCOM in case of unexpected developments or serious problems of any kind in the project implementation.
2 Questions from member States on project implementation will be forwarded to the secretariat.
Relevant information should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity and include the following:
(a) For an advisory service (including at a workshop/seminar/training organized by other organizations): title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlink(s) to presentation(s) and other relevant documents;
(b) For a workshop/conference/training organized by UNECE: title; venue; dates; project expenditures; and hyperlinks to the meeting agenda, list of participants, presentation(s) made by UNECE, conference documents, training materials and reports;
(c) For a consultancy: project expenditures; hyperlinks to the consultancy ToR and main outputs (study, report, training material, presentation, etc.) produced by the consultant/s;
(d) For other outputs not included under bullet points above: hyperlink to relevant documents.  
[1] Relevant financial information – certified by the Executive Office - should be uploaded by the project manager on the Project Monitoring Tool within one month from the end of the activity.