Annex 5: Implementation Support Plan ENPI East Countries FLEG II Program The Program will require technical support from the Bank side in the form of a) technical forest sector and policy development skills and b) Program management (FM, procurement) throughout the life time of the Program. The Program may also require needed’-basis –on ‘as – technical support in areas like communication, public awareness and media skills. Fiduciary oversight will be provided by Bank financial management and procurement specialists. Safeguards support will be provided by Bank environmental and social safeguards experts. Formal supervision and visits will be undertaken on recurrent basis by both headquarters and country office staff and consultants. These will focus on review of Program progress in terms of meeting Program indicators and milestones, technical review of completed work and of planned work for the coming period. Frequent contacts with national counterparts at various levels of government will allow mitigating and preventing risks related to national ownership of Program objectives. The implementation support will include strong coordination between the implementing agencies (IUCN and WWF), national counterparts in the seven countries, EU (both Brussels and country delegations) and the World Bank. A flexible approach will be followed to ensure responsiveness to unfolding events, whilst ensuring key Program objectives are met. The World Bank’s particular experience in convening various stakeholders on regional policy processes will be particularly valuable. The World Bank together with IUCN and WWF is in a good position to support – – national policy development by bringing in international best practice also from other regions and countries where the Bank has been supporting forest policy processes. The Program structure has two bodies which are specifically geared towards providing a platform for sharing experiences and supporting sustainable uptake of Program outcomes. At national level, the National Program Advisory Committee (NPAC) provides a platform for the Bank, EU, other partners (IUCN and WWF) as well as national counterparts to support the implementation through oversight and strategic guidance. The Steering Committee (previously Operational Committee) provides the same functions at regional and Program-level. The main requirement of the implementation support are indicated in the following Resource Estimate Skills Needed (staff weeks) year 1 years 2-4 Financial management FM specialist Procurement Procurement specialist Preparing ToRs for TA, supervision TTL, forestry specialist, of contract implementation, Program procurement specialist, forest supervision governance specialist Public awareness and media Communications specialist
Annex 5: Implementation Support Plan ENPI East Countries FLEG II Program The Program will require technical support from the Bank side in the form of a) technical forest sector and policy development skills and b) Program management (FM, procurement) throughout the life time of the Program. The Program may also require –on ‘as needed’-basis – technical support in areas like communication, public awareness and media skills. Fiduciary oversight will be provided by Bank financial management and procurement specialists. Safeguards support will be provided by Bank environmental and social safeguards experts. Formal supervision and visits will be undertaken on recurrent basis by both headquarters and country office staff and consultants. These will focus on review of Program progress in terms of meeting Program indicators and milestones, technical review of completed work and of planned work for the coming period. Frequent contacts with national counterparts at various levels of government will allow mitigating and preventing risks related to national ownership of Program objectives. The implementation support will include strong coordination between the implementing agencies (IUCN and WWF), national counterparts in the seven countries, EU (both Brussels and country delegations) and the World Bank. A flexible approach will be followed to ensure responsiveness to unfolding events, whilst ensuring key Program objectives are met. The World Bank’s particular experience in convening various stakeholders on regional policy processes will be particularly valuable. The World Bank – together with IUCN and WWF – is in a good position to support national policy development by bringing in international best practice also from other regions and countries where the Bank has been supporting forest policy processes. The Program structure has two bodies which are specifically geared towards providing a platform for sharing experiences and supporting sustainable uptake of Program outcomes. At national level, the National Program Advisory Committee (NPAC) provides a platform for the Bank, EU, other partners (IUCN and WWF) as well as national counterparts to support the implementation through oversight and strategic guidance. The Steering Committee (previously Operational Committee) provides the same functions at regional and Program-level. The main requirement of the implementation support are indicated in the following Skills Needed Resource Estimate (staff weeks) year 1 years 2-4 Financial management FM specialist Procurement Procurement specialist Preparing ToRs for TA, supervision of contract implementation, Program supervision TTL, forestry specialist, procurement specialist, forest governance specialist Communications Public awareness and media specialist