GFP Lessons learned 2009/10

This document compiles and summarises the main lessons learned during GFP‟s inception
phase and first year and a half of implementation (mid 2009 – September 2010). The
information comes from GFP Catalytic Group internal briefings and exchanges and various
reports submitted to the World Bank1 between March 2009 and August 2010.

This is a ever evolving working document; it has been drafted with inputs from the Catalytic
Group members and in the future it will include those of GFP country partners.

The document examines the processes involved in making GFP operational at international,
national and local levels and in particular the lessons learned about forming, supporting and
managing partnerships. It is as yet too early to assess the in-country impacts and draw
lessons learned from in-country processes, as these are some cases such as Liberia –
where activities have just started and Nepal –where the GFP is still in its inception phase.

The next phase of GFP will be devoted to the consolidation of these partnerships at
international and national levels and to an analysis and reflection on how these partnerships
are operating and what kind of changes and impacts are they having towards the
sustainable management of forestry resources for the benefit of forest dependent people.

GFP 2011 programme will be devoted to: i) the implementation of the various in-country
action plans; ii) further supporting the role of “rights holders”; iii) further mainstreaming and
gathering evidence of the relevance of Investing in Locally Controlled Forests (ILCF) and
creating ; and iv) capturing and disseminating lessons learned and distilling the added value
of GFP partnerships at country and international levels.

This document does not aim to be exhaustive and a more in depth analysis will be provided
in the GFP Mid Term Review, due to be carried out between June and November 2010.