Eastern Africa Coastal Forest Programme: Regional Workshop ...

• WWF should encourage dialogue between Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique to
identify areas with potential for synergy and focus on transboundary sites, e.g.
Ruvuma and Kaya forests.
• There is a need to harmonise with the GEF PDF Block B grant application for
the Kenyan and Tanzanian coastal forests. The Tanzanian and Kenyan Protected
Area institutions in collaboration with WWF will finalise their documentation
and apply for GEF-PDF Block B funding for developing their National Coastal
Forest Strategic Action Plans. WWF will assess the possibilities for
Mozambique for accessing UNDP-GEF money and also approach its donors for
arranging some mid term funding for implementing programme’s regional and
national activities.
WWF agreed to circulate the workshop report in March 2002. In each country,
national stakeholder workshops will be held to revisit and refine the action plan as it
applies in each country, as well as to build stakeholder commitment to
implementation. A synthesis report will be produced and distributed to donor
community, workshop participants and WWF networks by February 2002. The draft
programme document for the EACFP will be developed by WWF and distributed to
the WWF network, national taskforces, GEF/UNDP, Ford Foundation and other
donors by June 2002. The refined action plan will be finalised by December 2002.
The country task forces will lead these activities at a national level and contribute
their findings to the regional co-ordination team.
Table 3 : Proposed next steps: Regional co-ordination
Actions Deadlines Potential partners
• WWF to take a lead in regional facilitation. Ongoing
National Task Forces
• Workshop report circulated by end March End March 2002 WWF
• Draft full documentation to be completed
and distributed by end May/early June May/June 2002 WWF
• WWF will try to facilitate national meetings
to refine existing work and get enhanced End April 2002 WWF and National
stakeholder commitment
Task Force Leaders
• Regional task force formed (KWS-Kenya,
DNFFB-Mozambique, FBD-Tanzania, End of February WWF, KWS, DNFFB,
WWF-Member/Coordination)
2002
FBD
• Gezahegn/Neil of WWF will travel to
Mozambique to discuss the development of
Before end of June
the CF national programme and develop
2002
WWF, DNFFB
components into projects
• Gezahegn of WWF will brief GEF (Alan
Rodgers) on the results of the workshop.
February 2002 WWF and GEF
• WWF will work with Kenya and Tanzania
Ongoing
WWF and Ford
and implement the Ford Foundation project
Foundation
components
• Synthesis report produced and distributed to
By end February WWF, Workshop
donor community, workshop participants
2002
participants
and WWF networks
• Gezahegn to travel to Tanzania for national
discussions/Ford Foundation project
• EACFP draft document produced and
circulated for comments, endorsement and
fund raising.
• Regional Steering Group meeting
By end of March
By end of June
2002
WWF can support
WWF, FDB, TPO,
other NGOs (CARE,
TFCG, Frontier,
REMP, EUCAMP,
Danida-Lindi, Districts)
Eastern Africa Coastal Forests - 21 - Workshop Report, Nairobi February 4-7 2002