Community guidelines for accessing forestry voluntary carbon ... - FAO

Chapter 3: Getting started
each other to learn. Some forest managers have the resources to build
such a team as part of their business, by identifying members of their
existing staff who have the necessary skills, and by hiring new people
to fill in the gaps. But many smallholders and rural communities who
manage forests do not run their forest operations as a business, and do
not hire staff. They must rely on their family and community networks
for help with both technical and management issues.
Whether the forest in the proposed project area is being managed as
a business or as a community venture, there are many specific roles
that need to be filled in order to build a team for forestry VCM project
development. These roles include:
• Project manager: To
take responsibility for
decisions relating to
project development and
implementation, and assign
roles within the project team.
Management capacity
is one of the general
evaluation criteria for CCB
Standards
• Accountant: In the case of a community-managed project,
both this and the management role may be taken up by
members of an elected committee.
• Communications officer: To liaise with external contacts,
including business and legal experts.
• Technical coordinator: To lead implementation of forest
management activities.
• Administrator: To design, implement and control reporting
procedures.
• Monitoring officer: To ensure the project is on target to meet
its goals and objectives, to manage data and carry out internal
project verification.
Sometimes, one person can take on more than one role, or one role
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