REDD Readiness and Implementation Dialogues

Copenhagen and beyond, concerned stakeholders groups, including government,
multilateral institutions, NGOs, indigenous groups, scientists, donors and private
sector groups, have begun to address the gaps that exist between a country’s
willingness to participate in a future REDD mechanism, and its technical and
institutional capacity, to do so. While many countries are eager to participate in and
prepare for REDD, resources - monetary and technical - for building and conducting
readiness processes are limited (for example UN-REDD and FCPF), and are benefiting
only a limited set of countries and stakeholders within them. Opportunities for
stakeholder debate on vital issues in REDD, and for exchange of thinking between
those in different countries, are being lost.
To bridge these gaps between willingness and know-how and to make sure different
stakeholders’ voices are better heard, TFD has initiated a series of REDD readiness
and implementation field dialogues with the following two main objectives:

- Raise awareness and promote exploration of REDD readiness challenges
among a wide spectrum of local stakeholders;
- Provide well-targeted recommendations to overcome challenges
experienced in the REDD readiness phase at the local, national and
international levels including the UNFCCC processes.