EFR Follow-up Activities

Contact:

Harald.Lossack@gtz.de

Jan-Peter.Schemmel@gtz.de

EFR: Background

• OECD-DAC / PEP work on Environmental Fiscal Reform

Task Force developed policy papers:

• OECD-DAC Reference Paper on EFR target

group = mainly donors

• Joint Agency Paper on EFR (signed by 10

agencies) target group = partner countries

• Workshop Proceedings (Forests, Fisheries) and

country studies (India, South Africa, China)

Since June 2005 all publications are published and

available for dissemination

EFR: Dissemination

• Successful presentation at the IUCN congress in

Bangkok November 2004 continue to make use of

international events in a similar way

• Need to spread the word in our own agencies: often

EFR is still not a much known concept

- high level round tables

- use OECD Joint-Ministerial to place EFR on the

internal agenda of dev. coop. agencies

- organize presentations in our agencies ( invite

each other for these to help spread the word?)

EFR: Pilots For Implementation

• Supra-Regional: SIDA expands environmental economics

doctorate programme; BMZ/GTZ study on EFR

instruments in the forest sector in 16 countries

• Pakistan: SDC and IUCN launching research work on EFR

• India: UNEP holding seminars on EFR at state level

• Nicaragua: BMZ/GTZ study on EFR in the forest sector

envisaging support to reform process (starting with a

governance workshop)

• Brazil: BMZ/GTZ envisaging support to EFR processes in

the forest sector

EFR: Berlin Workshop in 2006?

• International Follow-up Workshop envisaged & announced

for 2006 in Berlin useful exercise to have the workshop?

- significant interest in EFR as a necessary complementary

approach to tackle growth & sustainability challenges

as highlighted by BRICS at conference in Berlin 09/2005

- general idea focus on exchange on practice of EFR

- focussing on EFR without donor involvement or is there

enough practice out there in supporting EFR processes?

- focussing on selected natural ressources sectors &

linking EFR, pro poor growth and governance agenda in

workshop?

EFR: For Discussion

• Any information missing in this short overview?

• Berlin Workshop?

• Touring around agencies to present the concept internally?

• High level round table on EFR and the MDGs (or similar)?

• Further ideas for next steps?