Presentation by RECOFTC Outcomes and Decisions of the 11

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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 PARTNERS 26. The ASFN Secretariat updated the Meeting on the progress of EC- UNDP Project Proposal with the ASEAN Social Forestry Network ASFN. The Meeting considered and endorsed the next steps concerning the development of this project proposal. It was highlighted among others the roles of ASFN in this project, which include active involvement to execute specific activities and as Regional Steering Committee of the project. 27. The Meeting noted the information paper that appears as ANNEX 19 on the development of the project proposal submitted for funding consideration by the EC to be implemented by the UNDP, SEARCA, ASFN, ACB and AFN, especially on the detailed budget breakdown and the proposed activities for the ASFN: i At least one yearly Regional Conference on Local Forest Governance to be held back-to-back with ASFN Meetings; ii Reflection Visits to Project Sites by the ASFN Leaders; iii Publications on Local Forest Governance to be jointly published by the ASFN, UNDP and SEARCA. 28. The Meeting endorsed the proposal that had been considered by the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry ASOF during the 10 th ASOF Meeting on 12 – 13 July 2007 in Vientiane, Lao PDR and the 11 th ASOF Meeting on 31 July – 2 August 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Action Line: ASFN Secretariat

12.2 PROPOSED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MOU BETWEEN ASFN AND RECOFTC