Cote d’Ivoire, Grand Bassam – the European Union Non- State Actors Project enters its 4th and final year of implementation, partner countries of Liberia, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have all met to review what worked, what did not work, and how what worked well can be factored into ongoing national sustainable forest programs in the 3 West African countries. The meeting which was held from February 11th-13th in Grand Bassam City brought together 12 participants from the three West African countries, including two international experts. An International Expert in forest governance, David Young and International Project Coordinator, Henk Hoefsloot of Tropenbos International (TBI) served as Facilitators. A Forest media governance network is established and is now actively increasing the information dissemination on VPA-FLEGT and REDD+ in the country. The 3 countries presented their outcomes taking into consideration evidence, contribution, sustainability and breadth of the achievements.

Source: Front Page Africa February 20, 2020 00:33 UTC