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Drivers 32 . Each working group is planned to comprise about six members drawn fromrelevant sectors depending on the issues addressed (FCPF 2011).In March 2009, the Members of the Task Force came together for the first time withmembers from the secretariat in a six-day start-up meeting at Bagamoyo to review theNational Framework. A draft version of the National Framework for REDD was herereviewed. This also acted as a point of departure for the team. The Task Force termsof references and overall working plan were also developed (United Republic ofTanzania 2009). Since then, the task force have been through a multi-stakeholderconsultation process that would lead to the production of Tanzania‟s 1 st draft on theNational REDD Strategy (Mutarubukwa 2011). During this time, the task force hasbeen working with various stakeholders and has also been involved in reviewing ofthe pilot proposals to the Norwegian Embassy. The Task Force was placed at theInstitute of Resource Assessment (IRA), at the University of Dar es Salaam, whichalso hosted the secretariat.Today, their overall responsibilities stretches far beyond the implementation activitiesfunded by the Norwegian Embassy and they are fully engaged with every aspectrelated to REDD in Tanzania, ranging from study tours, directing scoping and indepthstudies to attendance at the international climate negotiations through COPs(Local resource person 2010). This to build knowledge on REDD. The Task Force issupposed to operate until the end of 2012 where a new global climate regime isthought to be in place and the Tanzanian government is ready to take over. However,how this will be done is still unclear since an exit strategy has not yet been decidedupon (Ibid).6.1.1.2 Stakeholder engagementThe strategy formation process is characterised by different actors with differentinterests. How different actors are included or excluded in the process are therefore ofcrucial importance to REDD.32 The terms of responsibilities for the Working Groups was formulated and adopted at the stakeholdersmeeting held at the Kibaha Conference Center in February 2011.115