The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
The inception workshop generated a participatory developed action plan for the four-month inception phase, draft guidelines for scaling methods and adoption criteria and collaborative buy-in from consortia members to engage in the partnership through continuous learning and adaptation and clear communication to achieve the ambitious project goals. Opening and framing remarks were provided by Dr. Dennis Garrity, Dr. Ravi Prabhu (Annex 1) and Tony Rinaudo via a pre-recorded message. A project overview was given and presentations from each of the eight countries involved in the project with additions from ELD. Presentations on the Economics of Land Degradation and supporting ICRAF project components of Land Surveillance, Technical Support and Implementation, SHARED, Communications and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, clearly articulated the technical support and oversight available to implementing partners at country level and set the framework for integrating and finalising country action plans during the inception phase.
Related Resources
Dry forests and woodlands in Africa represent an important resource base for livelihoods and economic development (Suderland and Ndoye, 2004; Paumgarten and Shackleton, 2009).
Tree planting is an integrated part of the Ethiopian government’s policies. Already in 2011, Ethiopia launched an ambitious plan to become a "green economy front-runner" by 2030 in its Climate…
Training of staff in the tree seed sector was an important output of PATSPO (2017-2022) and the same goes for PARSPO II.
This guideline is intended for tree planting organisations and individuals and tree nursery managers in Ethiopia.
Purpose and background of the consultancy