Nfps for All
Annex 1
Provisional list of training modules and their themes, to be developed
under the “Nfps for All” initiative
Module 1: The nfp concept and the basic principles (Introductory Training Module - ITM)
o Nfp: history, concept, principles, practice
o Why to engage in an nfp?
o The international dialogue on forests
o Coordination and partnership mechanisms (national partners, international partners – NFP Facility, Profor, others)
o Monitoring & evaluating nfp-processes and outcomes
Module 2: Nfps and participation
o Multi-stakeholder participation & processes
o Mechanisms and tools to promote participation
o Conflict management
o Capacity building and empowerment of all stakeholders
o Information and communication
o Equity and gender in forestry
Module 3: Funding nfp implementation
o Financial strategies and mechanisms for forest policy implementation (domestic funding, private/public partnerships, international funding)
o Payment for environmental services and other innovative mechanisms to fund sustainable forest management
o Improving the effectiveness of traditional forest financial mechanisms
o The role of ODA in the policy implementation process
Module 4: Nfps and poverty alleviation
o Nfps, sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation strategies
o Nfps and MDGs
o Integrating forest planning in other national policy and planning processes
o Mitigation of HIV-AIDS impact in forest related communities of affected areas
Module 5: Forest policy education and research
o Forest policy education and nfps
o Forest policy research and nfps
o Reviewing forest curricula to include nfp related issues
o Academic and research contribution to nfps
o Nfps and environmental education
Module 6: Nfps and governance
o Policy cycles, legal frameworks and nfp processes
o Strategies to combating illegal logging
o Natural resources tenure and forests
o Institutional adequacy to facilitate nfp implementation
o Decentralization and devolution
o Regional collaboration (transboundary issues and common policies)
o Implementing forest related international conventions
o Forests and forestry in post-war conflict areas
Module 7: Nfps and forest management
o Forest Management beyond the Timber Focus: Valuing and Managing the multi-functionality of forests at the landscape level
o Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
o Strategies to control forest fires
o National forest assessments (nfas) and their contribution to forest policy development
o Forests and biodiversity/wildlife conservation
o Policies to promote forest health
o Forests, water and watershed
Module 8: Forests and the other sectors
o Linking forests and forestry with the economy and the society
o Inter-sectoral relations of forests
o Integrating forest issues in the strategic development plans of the country
o The role of nfps in promoting collaboration of forestry and other sectors, especially with financing, planning, and other strategic development areas.
o National accounts and forestry
Module 9: Training of Trainers - Didactics, Communication and Facilitation Skills
o Basics of learning, learning types and approaches
o Communication skills and interaction with groups
o Group dynamics
o Presentation techniques and materials, text design and illustrations, means of presentation
o Facilitation techniques, methods and means
o Meta-plan and visualisation
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A joint initiative of FAO, the NFP Facility, LNV / Tropenbos/ IAC (The Netherlands), IWP/GTZ/BMZ, (Germany),
and FOPER/EFI (Finland)