integration. In order to realise the ASCC, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers at their Retreat in Singapore on 20 February 2008 tasked the ASEAN
Director-Generals DGs to take the lead in drafting the ASCC Blueprint in consultation with respective sectoral bodies, NGOs and civil societies. The
draft ASCC Blueprint pertaining to forestry sector is covered under element D11 – Promoting Sustainable Forest Management SFM. During
the 11
th
Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry ASOF, the elements and actions line have been considered and agreed. The final
draft of the ASCC Blueprint will be submitted to the ASEAN Standing Committee ASC for subsequent submission to the ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting AMM for further consideration.
Action Line: ASEAN SecretariatASEAN Member States Agenda Item 7:
MATTERS ARISING FROM THE 1
st
ASFN MEETING
15. The Meeting took note of the information provided by Indonesia as
Host Country of the 1
st
ASFN Meeting held on 21 – 24 April 2007 in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. He highlighted the results of the
Meeting among other Term of Reference, Rules of Procedures ROP of the ASFN and Strategic Plan of Action of the ASEAN Cooperation in
Social Forestry 2007-2012. Full text appears as ANNEX 7.
Action Line: ASFN Secretariat Agenda Item 8:
PRESENTATIONS ON THE ASFN COOPERATION 8.1. Presentation by the ASFN Lead Country Indonesia
on the ASFN Secretariat
16. Mr Billy Hindra, Director of Social Forestry Development, the Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia informed the Meeting on the development
and operationalization of the ASEAN Social Forestry Network ASFN Secretariat. He highlighted among others the activities to support
operationalization of the ASFN Secretariat, which include assignment of supporting staff to carry out duties and responsibilities of ASFN secretariat
and provide in-kind contribution such as office space to support daily activities of the secretariat. He also mentioned the effort to strengthen
ASFN Secretariat through identification of potential partners such as European Commission, UNDP, RECOFTC etc. Full presentation appears
as ANNEX 8.
Action Line: ASFN SecretariatIndonesia
8.2. Presentation by RECOFTC
17. Mr Thomas Enters, representative from RECOFTC, delivered a
presentation entitled “Social Forestry’s Contribution to Poverty Reduction”, which appears as ANNEX 9.
18.
He informed the Meeting the activities that RECOFTC concern with, which include capacity building, establish network, research, policy
analysis, information centre publications and country projects. Presentation then looked at RECOFTC’s main themes on governance,
climate change and conflict management. Mr. Thomas Enters highlighted RECOFTC’s propositions that might be further explored for future
collaboration such as environmental services particularly Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation, exchange learning and
information joint proposal to identify new funding.
Action Line: ASFN Secretariat
8.3. Outcomes and Decisions of the 11
th
ASOF Meeting, 31 July – 1 August 2008, Kuala Lumpur
19. Mr. Mohd. Alihanafi Mohd Yunus from the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment of Malaysia updated the Meeting on the outcomes and decisions of The 11
th
ASOF Meeting held on 31 July – 1 August 2008 in Kuala Lumpur on the relevant matters concerning the
ASFN. He highlighted key issues relevant to the ASFN which was noted by the ASOF from the ASFN Lead Country presentation during the
Meeting, particularly on proposed MOU between RECOFTC and ASFN and the development of EC-UNDP proposal. He also informed the Meeting
that ASOF has considered and agreed to the element and actions on the draft of ASCC Blueprint. His full paper appears as ANNEX 10
.
Action Line: ASEAN Member States Agenda Item 9: COUNTRY REPORTS ON THE ASEAN SOCIAL
FORESTRY NETWORK THE ASFN
20. The Meeting noted the country reports from Brunei Darussalam,
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, which appear as ANNEX 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
21. The representatives of ASEAN Member States delivered the Country Reports on the ASFN, particularly on i the current ASFN
National Focal Point; ii updates on relevant policy and major activities implemented by the country; iii the list of Country’s training needs
concerning social forestry; iv proposed activities on social forestry for
joint bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation with the country; and v challenges on the implementation of Social Forestry.
22. The training needs identified by the representatives of ASEAN
Member States are among others include training on facilitation of social forestry activities, and the planning, implementation, monitoring, marketing
and management of Social Forestry Project. The representatives also considered the need to conduct and participate in conferences and
workshops which are relevant to the social forestry issue.
Action Line: ASFN SecretariatASEAN Member States Agenda Item 10: STRATEGIC PLAN OF ACTION OF THE ASFN
2007 – 2012
23. The Meeting considered and adopted the updated Strategic Plan of
Action SPA of the ASEAN Social Forestry Network ASFN based on the inputs, comments and presentations made during the Meeting, especially
the Country Reports of the ASEAN Member States. The updated Strategic Plan appears as ANNEX 17.
Action Line: ASEAN Sec. ASFN Sec.ASEAN Member States Agenda
Item 11: DISCUSSION ON ASEAN SOCIAL FORESTRY
NETWORK SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
24. Ms. Sagita Arhidani from the ASFN Secretariat presented a discussion material on the proposed sustainability plan of ASFN. It was
highlighted among others the main resources necessary for the ASFN, the potential resources as well as the need to establish and strengthen
cooperation with Dialogue Partners, such as the RECOFTC, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, UNDP, Southeast Asian
Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture SEARCA, ASEAN Center for Biodiversity ACB, Asia Forest Network
AFN, the EC, and other partner organizations. The Meeting agreed to the need to develop a sustainability plan for the ASFN, which will be prepared
by the ASFN Secretariat for consideration and comments by the ASEAN Member States.
25.
The Meeting agreed to provide the required information for the purpose of the ASFN website pages and the development of Sustainability
Plan of the ASFN. Full Presentation on proposed Sustainability Plan appears as ANNEX 18.
Action Line: ASFN SecretariatASEAN Member States
Agenda Item 12: ASFN
COLLABORATION WITH
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
12.1 EC-UNDP PROJECT PROPOSAL WITH THE ASEAN SOCIAL FORESTRY NETWORK AND OTHER IDENTIFIED
