REDD+ Social & Environmental Standards: supporting countries to develop safeguards information sytems in practice Aurélie Lhumeau Climate Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) REDD+ SES secretariat Merida, 8 th May 2013
The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance Alliance Members Advisors
For land-based carbon projects: For government-led REDD+ programs:
• Supports government-led/jurisdictional REDD+ programs (not site- based projects) • A safeguard mechanism comprising: – REDD+ SES content: principles, criteria and indicators – REDD+ SES process : ten-step process to use the REDD+ SES at country level • A voluntary initiative for countries/jurisdictions to monitor and report of social and environmental performance using a multi-stakeholder process • A multistakeholder international standards committee oversees the initiative • CCBA and CARE provide the secretariat with technical support of The Proforest Initiative
Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan Apr Jul Oct Jan 2012 2013 2010 2011 2009 Expansion and Using REDD+ REDD+ SES integration with SES in pilot development other safeguard countries mechanisms • Principles, criteria, • Starting in: • Expanding to: indicators version 1 - Acre, Brazil - Amazonas, Brazil • Inclusive consultation at - Ecuador, - E Kalimantan, Indonesia international and country - Nepal, - Guatemala, level - C Kalimantan, Indonesia - Liberia, • International Steering • Guidelines version 1 - Mexico, Committee and • Exchange and learning - San Martin, Peru Secretariat • Integration with FCPF & UNREDD processes • PCI & guidelines version 2 • Exchange and learning
REDD+ SES structure Key objectives that define high social Principle and environmental performance Conditions that must be met related to Criterion processes, impacts and policies to deliver on principles Quantitative or qualitative information Indicator to show progress achieving a criterion Essence Qualifiers Key quality elements Basic idea
REDD+ SES content – 7 principles 1. Respect for rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, including free, prior & informed consent 2. Equitable benefit sharing 3. Benefits for Indigenous Peoples and local communities improve human well-being 4. Contribution to broader sustainable development 5. Maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem services 6. Full and effective participation and access to information 7. Compliance with national and international law
Awareness-Raising / Capacity-Building Who: awareness raising and capacity building for relevant rights holders & stakeholders, such as representatives from: government agencies, civil society, indigenous peoples and community-based organizations Outputs: meetings, workshops and other methods to raise awareness of the REDD+ program, potential impacts, and REDD+ SES and other safeguard mechanisms Step 1 is important at the start of the process, and should be conducted at any stage, as needed Capacity building for Indigenous Peoples and civil society prior to consultations on indicators Capacity building of Standards Committee Capacity building for communities before starting collecting assessment information
Governance 2. Establish the 3. Establish the facilitation team Standards Committee • Who: government (typically one • Who: representatives of interested person) and non-government parties (government departments, Public sector (typically one or two people) 2 persons • Ministry of Environment Indigenous Peoples, local communities, (70-80% time) • Planning Office NGOs, private sector, etc.). Where • Civil participation Office • Outputs: team to organize meetings, appropriate, use the same multi- 1 person prepare drafts, organize consultations, stakeholder committee created for other Civil society (30-70% time) organize data collection, data analysis • 2 ONGs 13 Members aspects • 1 private sector and compilation and stakeholder 1 person • 1 university review of assessment reports, etc. • 1 youth (30% time) • Outputs : a committee to ensure Indigenous Peoples balanced stakeholder oversight of use of • 3 organizations • 2 communities REDD+ SES Rules of work Decision-making mechanism
Interpretation 6. Organise 4. Develop a 5. Draft country- consultations on workplan for the specific indicators indicators REDD+ SES process Workshop with different Who: facilitation team organizes 2 Public comment period Who: the facilitation team • Who: led by the • Who: working group stakeholders two public comment periods facilitation team with composed of the 2 workshops (guvernment, civil through publication of draft relevant stakeholders as facilitation team and with Indigenous society, Indigenous indicators , workshops and other appropriate What: Workplan with relevant Peoples Peoples etc.) to adapat Activities and timeline (2 solicitation of comments, revision • Outputs: well defined stakeholders/experts indicators of indicators and response to timeline of activities and years) (e.g..3-7 people), responsibilities for the comments. Standards Committee Budget potentially several groups Response to comments prepared by REDD+ SES process approves revision and final version facilitation team in a workshop setting of indicators. Revision by the legal department of • Outputs: draft of the Ministry of Environment before Outputs: comments collated, indicators that are approval by the Standards indicators revised and comments relevant to the country Committee responded to . context
Assessment 9. Organise 8. Collect and 7. Prepare stakeholder revision 10. Publish assess monitoring monitoring and assessment report of draft assessment information assessment plans report Workshop with Who: teams of Who: facilitation team Report that • Who: working group • Who: facilitation • Who: facilitation team stakeholders involved in consultants organizes publication compiles lessons composed of the origanizes consultations team, and possibly a the process to recieve and dissemination of facilitation team and learned from the on the draft assessment consultant or expert comments on the results Pilot application to the the assessment report Facilitation team with relevant report, revision of the process with monitoring and of the assessment Socio Bosque the support of a stakeholders/experts report and response to evaluation expertise • Outputs: full report Programme consultant comments. Standards (e.g..3-7 people), Responses to • Visits to communities • Outputs: a monitoring of performance against Committee approves potentially several • Ministry & NGOs plan an assessment comments prepared by criteria and indicators revision and final groups in a workshop plan • Focal groups & the facilitation team of the REDD+ SES version. setting interviews publicly available • Outputs: draft of Adaptation of • Outputs: comments indicators that are indicators collated, report revised relevant to the Factsheets that and comments country context Revision and approval sums up the results responded by the Standards toassessment report of the assessment Committee
How can countries/jurisdictions use REDD+ SES? • For good practice guidance (not applying REDD+ SES) • To provide a framework for reporting on performance using most of the REDD+ SES content and process (partially applying REDD+ SES) • To provide a comprehensive mechanism for reporting on performance using all REDD+ SES content and process (fully applying REDD+ SES)
REDD+ SES supports… • The development of national safeguards information system, and as well as a system for jurisdictional REDD+ programs with indicators tailored to the country/jurisdiction context • Promotes higher social and environmental performance beyond ‘do no harm’ • The design of a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy for REDD+ • The implementation of FPIC activities and operationalize a rights- based approach • Enables partner jurisdictions to provide assurance on safeguards performance to national and international stakeholders • Creates a valuable platform for peer-to-peer exchange and learning across countries.
For more information www.redd-standards.org Joanna Durbin Phil Franks Aurélie Lhumeau Director Global coordinator REDD+ SES Advisor Climate, Community and CARE International Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Biodiversity Alliance jdurbin@climate-standards.org alhumeau@redd-standards.org pfranks@careclimatechange.org
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