__Partners__

Governance

There are three facilitating partners for the GFP who are all members of a Catalytic Group that manages the process. The Catalytic Group reports to and is overseen by a Reference Group. IIED plays a support role to the Catalytic and Reference Groups.

Reference Group

Godwin Kowero (African Forest Forum)
James Griffiths (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)
Emilia Arthur (Forest Watch Ghana)
Ronnie de Camino (CATIE)
Jeff Campbell (Christensen Fund)
Susanne Breitkopf (Greenpeace)
James Mwangi (National Alliance of Community Forestry Associations)
Estebancio Castro Diaz (International Alliance of Indigenous -Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests)
Evy von Pfeil (GTZ)
Ogden Rodas Camas (Facilitator, GFP Guatemala)
Almeida Sitoë (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane)

Catalytic Group

Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) will be facilitating some in-country processes, for example Guatemala building on its National Forest Programme facility work.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will be facilitating some in-country processes for example Ghana building on its in-country work.

The World Bank will be funding the project and will remain a member of the catalytic group.

Advisor

The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) supported the start up for an in-country process in Mozambique. It will be leading on communications, monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance for the initiative overall and providing support to each country team on these issues.