"Development of an action plan for the creation of a MNV system, creation of the MNV System (detailed MNV) and development of a Burkina Faso MNV reference scenario for the Forest Investment Programme (FIP)"

AESA has been awarded the contract: "Development of an action plan for the creation of a MNV system, creation of the MNV System (detailed MNV) and development of a Burkina Faso MNV reference scenario for the Forest Investment Programme (FIP)".

Background: Burkina Faso has been working to reduce emissions-related to Deforestation and Forest Degradation since 2010. It's then a pilot country member of the Forest Investment Programme (FIP) whose objective is to mobilise policies, measures, funding to facilitate the reduction of greenhouse gases due to deforestation and forest degradation, promote the sustainable management and conservation of forests, increase forest carbon stocks and fight against poverty (REDD+). Within this framework, Burkina Faso has been preparing the two FIP programmes since January 2013: Decentralized Forest and Woodland Management Project (PGDFEB) – WB and Gazetted Forests Participatory Management Project for REDD+ (PGFC/REDD+) – AfDB which consists of three components: (i) improvement of forest governance for REDD+, (ii) development and participatory management of gazetted forests and (iii) project management. Component (i) is focused on the national level at which a reference scenario (FREL/FRL) and a Monitoring, Notification and Verification system (MNV) to track changes in forest carbon stocks must be designed and implemented based on the REDD+ perspective.

While the country has made good progress in generating information to develop the FREL/FRL and the design of the MNV system, there are still shortcomings which prevent the establishment of the FREL/FRL and the MNV system. The overall goal of the study (financed by the PGFC) is to remove the shortcomings (no map of changes in forest cover and no model to quantify the loss of SOC due to deforestation) and use existing information to establish a FREL/FRL.

Activities that will be carried out:

• Design a methodology for the creation of a forest cover change map and a model for carbon loss in cooperation with the relevant national entities, and implement it to enable the creation of a national RL and the design of the MNV system;
• Provide the Burkina FIP and other development players with a detailed action plan which includes the activities to be implemented in order to establish a robust reference level and develop a MNV system which is reliable, operational, sustainable and consistent with the RL.
• Establish a reference level approved by all stakeholders providing a national basis for the creation of carbon projects covering changes in land use and forest development;
• Carry out all steps required for the technical and organisational implementation of the MNV system including interactions with other service providers (IGB and IFN2);
• Design and provide support to the government for the MNV system from design through implementation;
• Train and provide capacity strengthening for the persons and national organisations which will be involved in the implementation of the MNV system.

The contract has been signed in March 2017, the duration of the project is of 15 months and the experts have been provided by AESA.

Client: Ministry of Environment & Sustainable Development

Value: 554.790,00€