Subprogramme 6. Sustainable forest management Implementing entity: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests Budget summary (thousands of United States dollars) Relationship to the biennial programme plan for the period 2014-2015: programme 7, subprogramme 8, expected accomplishment (e) 2010-2011 expenditure 2012-2013 resources at revised rates 2014-2015 estimate General temporary assistance – 407.1 432.9 Consultants – 47.7 31.4 Travel of staff – 56.3 41.9 Contractual services – – 3.2 Participants in seminars – 96.8 133.9 Objective: To enhance capacity of developing countries for advancing sustainable forest management and implementing the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests, especially the achievement of the global objectives Total – 607.9 643.3 Expected accomplishments Indicators of achievement Activities/outputs/projects (a) Increased capacity of member States to take action towards achieving sustainable forest management (a) Increased number of national, regional and global plans of action on sustainable forest management 2010-2011: not applicable 2012-2013: 7 2014-2015: 10 (b) Improved national, regional and international collaboration and coordination on forests through promoting more effective actions on sustainable forest management by and among Governments, major groups, organizations, instruments and processes, including the activities of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (b) Increased number of partnerships, collaborative activities and country-, region- and organization-led initiatives undertaken to support the international forest policy dialogue 2010-2011: 14 partnerships and initiatives 2012-2013: 16 partnerships and initiatives 2014-2015: 18 partnerships and initiatives During the biennium 2014-2015, the subprogramme will continue to support developing countries in achieving sustainable forest management. The subprogramme will support member States in reviewing progress towards the achievement of the global objectives on forests and the implementation of the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests (the Forest Instrument), as well as reviewing the contribution of forests to the internationally agreed development goals. The subprogramme will promote greater awareness, at all levels, of the role of forests in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration and in the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and agreements since 1992, including the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the interconnection of the international arrangement on forests with the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015. Capacity-development activities include advisory services, workshops and the preparation of guidelines for thematic and geographic groups of countries to assist them in capacity-building that will be instrumental to enable them to take actions in order to progress towards achieving the Global Objectives on Forests as envisioned in the Forest Instrument; and to enable them to be involved to a greater extent in the United Nations Forum on Forests Strategic Workplan on Forest Financing. The subprogramme will implement two Development Account projects, including one new project on strengthening national capacities to develop national action plans to implement the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests. In carrying out its capacity-development efforts, the subprogramme will work closely with UNEP and other member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.
Part V Regional cooperation for development