Training/Consultation Report headings

Training Title

Present training title:

Overview of Oromia Forested Landscape Program (OFLP), Oromia REDD+ Program

Brief overview Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are being altered by Human

activities, thus causing global climate change. These activities, intensified after the

Industrial Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century result from the use of

natural resources such as fossil fuel burning, deforestation and other land use

changes. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) has reached

levels significantly higher than in the last 650 thousand years. Since 2000, the

growth rate in CO2 concentration is increasing more rapidly than in the previous

decades. Similar trends have been observed for methane (CH4), nitrous oxide

(N2O), and other greenhouse gases.

Consequently, several changes in the climate have been registered. The average

global surface temperature has increased by 0.2°C per decade in the past 30 years.

Eleven of the twelve warmest years ever registered by instruments since 1850

occurred between 1995 and 2006 with the exception of 1996, world level.

Alterations in the water cycle have also been observed. Changes will probably

continue to happen even if greenhouse gas concentrations stabilize, due to the

system’s thermal inertia and to the long period necessary for returning to a lower

equilibrium.

Therefore, in order to mitigate these climate problems, the world has tried to put a

mechanism that help reduce its prolonged negative impact. Among those

investigated means of climate change reduction, environmental protection,

particularly forest management is unquestionable action that should not be given

time. Accordingly, great attention is given to how forest conservation and

utilization should be carried out in different parts of the world. Thus, Ethiopia is

also acting forest conservation and utilization to reduce carbon emission that

contribute to greenhouse gas concentrations.

Currently the Government of Ethiopia is preparing and implementing different

strategies to reverse the trend of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and has

got project funds from international agencies working mainly on reducing

deforestation and forest degradation and at the same time transforming lives of

rural livelihoods. The Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape

Program (OFLP) has been identified as the first large-scale jurisdictional REDD+

(Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, Plus the role of

conservation, sustainable forest management and enhancement of forest carbon

stocks in developing countries) in this concern in which all Woredas in Oromia are

incorporated as one pilot under this Program.

The Program is programmatic umbrella and coordination platform for multi-sector,

multi-partner intervention on all forested landscapes and will encourage land-use

choices that retain forests for multiple purposes and optimize the productivity

capacity of forest-surrounding landscapes in Oromia. In order to promote such a

transition into a sustainable and economically viable land use sector, OFLP will

foster equitable and sustainable low carbon development through promoting a

series of: (I) on-the-ground activities that address deforestation, reduce land-use

based emissions, and enhance forest carbon stocks (enabling investments); and (ii)

state wide and local enhancements to institutions, incentives, information, and

safeguards management to scale up investment (enabling environment), including

coordinating and leveraging multiple REDD+-relevant interventions.

 Objective/s The objective of the training was to address following hub points.

2.1. To discuss on the level of pollution in the world and how to cope with it in

future.

2.2. To discuss on the role of Ethiopia in pollution reduction through Carbon

Reduction.

2.3. To discuss on Oromia Forested Landscape Program (OLFP), Oromia REDD+

Program and how it is being implemented in Ethiopia as well as Oromia

Regional State, at zonal and Woreda Levels.

 Training process/methods

The processes or methods used during this training were: 1st, Development Agents of Natural Resources Experts were selected from each Kebele based on the allocated budget for the training. 2nd, Technical Committee from EFCCA, Agriculture and Natural Resource, Rural Land Administration and Use, of Water, Minerals& Energy and Livestock and Fish Development offices were participated in the training. Entailing these two groups of experts, the training was held two consecutive days.

Date Present date: 05-06/10/2010 E.C.

Location(where the trainee come from)

Name of Zone: Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfine

Name  of Woreda: Berek

Number of kebeles: 12

Responsible bodyTraining institution: ORCU

Responsible person/group: Woreda Coordinator

Number of Participants: 26

Present the number of Female participants: 9

Present the number of male  participants: 17

Training costs Present training costs: 12,820 Birr

Results/output

The result achieved as indicator is that, good integration is created among aforementioned sectors to work in a coordinated way. Furthermore, Grievance Redressing Committee (GRMC) is mostly established at kebele level and the objective of REDD+ Program is well understood by the community through awareness creation role of the developmental agents who were trained from natural resource experts.

Result Contribution The result or output contributes a lot towards accomplishment of the objective of Oromia REDD+ Program.

Conclusion and Recommendation

Present additional observationsDuring the training session and the consultation made, we observed that there was good wellness of different sectors as well as individuals and community interest to work for the achievement the program in contributing their part as much as they could. But in order to uniformly address the aim of REDD+ Program there was limitations like; budget, logistics and follow-up of accountable person from head office and experience sharing or on time evaluation of the program implementation

process.

Photo

Affix two to three representative photos of the training/consultation

Fig 1. Berek Woreda Training for Developmental Agents

Fig 2. Berek Woreda Training for Developmental Agents

list of participant Affix scanned copies of lists of participants if not links that is made online

Fig 1. Berek Woreda DA Training Attendance for technical Committee

Fig 21. Berek Woreda DA Training Payroll for Technical Committee

Fig 3. Berek Woreda DA Training Attendance

Fig 4. Berek Woreda DA Training Payroll

Fig 5. Berek Woreda DA Training Attendance

Fig 6. Berek Woreda DA Training Payroll

Total training cost component by components

-  WOREDA OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICETOTAL MONTHLY BUDGET VS EXPENDITURE

-  WOREDA OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICE

-  WOREDA OF FINANCE AND EC TOTAL MONTHLY BUDGET VS EXPENDITURE(TRAINING ) $49730

No

Woreda No of Participant

No of coordinator

Per diem

No of days

Total per diem

Refreshment

Fuel

Stationary

Total Expenditure by Woreda

1 Sululta 23 - 210 2 9660 453 0

“ 11 100 2 2200 00 12313

2 Berek 26 210 2 10920 700 “ 6 100 2 1200 0 0

0 128203 Mullo 18 210 2 7560 500

“ 7 100 2 1400 01 210 2 420 10090

2104 G/

Jarso(Fiche)23 210 2 9660 320.16 500

“ 8 100 2 1600 0 00 12080.160 2409.73 2409.73

Total 91 32 44,847.11 1973.16 500 2409.73 49,712.89