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UGANDA NFP PROCESS LEARNING SERIES

By Scott Geller

Nfp lessons and achievements
The Forest Sector Umbrella Programme (FSUP) was an innovative, sector-wide approach to reforming the forest sector in Uganda. It was a multi-donor programme, led by the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment (MWLE), and coordinated by the Forest Sector Co-ordination Secretariat (now the Forestry Inspection Division within MWLE).

The FSUP set out to create a positive, effective and sustainable policy and institutional environment for the forest sector in Uganda. In achieving this, it aimed to develop sustainable increases in the economic and environmental benefits from forests and trees, particularly for the poor and vulnerable. The Uganda Forest Sector Policy and Strategy Project (UFSPSP) was developed by the Government of Uganda and the UK Department for International Development to support the FSUP. The UFSPS Project ran from 1999 to 2004. It supported a number of processes in the reform of the forest sector, including a forest sector review (2000), and the development of the Uganda Forestry Policy (2001), the National Forest Plan (2002), and the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act (2003). It also supported the establishment of the new National Forestry Authority (2004), the reform of forestry extension services and the development of new decentralised district forestry services.

What is the Series about?
The 9 short documents represent Learning Notes from the experience of the UFSPS Project in the forest sector reforms, picking up on key processes and emerging themes that have influenced them. The series aims to share experience for the developing sector in Uganda and for other countries going through similar processes – lessons, advice and top tips. Ideally, every note in the series should be read, to get a complete picture. The series includes:

1. Mapping the nfp process – an introduction to the series
2. Understanding the scene – the FSR process
3. Understanding what will work – pilot projects for extension service delivery reform
4. Demonstrating early success – the forestry policy process
5. Sector co-ordination – engaging, influencing, achieving
6. Influencing – raising the profile and status of forestry
7. Promoting institutional change – the process of planning for the new NFA
8. Reform of the Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment – towards an enabling institutional framework
9. Development of the new Forestry Act – tactics for change

Who should read it?
People involved in the management and implementation of forest sector change processes and implementing nfps – lead government agencies, reform advocates, macro-planners, programme strategists, analysts, aid workers, monitoring specialists, and forestry, livelihood and governance advisors.

To request free electronic or hard copies of the notes (hard copies are limited in number so electronic distribution is preferred), or for further information please contact:

Scott Geller
LTS International Ltd.
Pentlands Science Park
Penicuik, EH26 0PH
Scotland

Phone: + 44-131-440-5500
E-mail: Scott-geller@ltsi.co.uk

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