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MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND

for Integrated Landscape and Forest Management in Mozambique

ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT2017

Prepared by

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Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Integrated Landscape and Forest Management

Contents

1. Summary 4

1. 1 MozFIP Results Framework 10

2. Background on Integrated Forest and Landscape Management in Mozambique 15

3. Multi-Donor Trust Fund Structure 16

4. Progress and Highlights of 2017 17

4.1. Recipient Executed Activities 17

4.2. Bank Executed Activities 18

5. Looking Ahead 28

6. Annexes 29

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Acronyms

ABC Brazilian Cooperation Agency

CBNRM Community-based Natural Resources Management

CC Climate Change

CCTAP Climate Change Technical Assistance Project

CF Climate Finance

CIF Climate Investment Funds

CRGE Climate Resilient Green Economy

DGM Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Local Communities

DINAB National Directorate of Environment

DINAF National Directorate of Forests

DINOTER National Land Planning Directorate

DNMA National Directorate for Monitoring and Evaluation

DPC National Planning and Cooperation Directorate

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FIP Forest Investment Program

FNDS National Fund for Sustainable Development

GCF The Green Climate Fund

GHG Greenhouse Gases

IDA International Development Association

ILFM Integrated Landscape and Forest Management

IIED International Institute for Environment and Development

IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature

LAUREL Land Use Planning for Enhanced Resilience of Landscapes

MDTF Multi Donor Trust Fund

MDTF TAP Multi Donor Trust Fund Technical Assistance Program

MEF Ministry of Economy and Finance

MITADER Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development

MozFIP Mozambique Forest Investment Program

NDA National Designated Authority for the GCF and Climate Financing Coordination (MEF)

NDC Nationally Determined Contribution

NGO Non-Government Organization

PEOT Strategic Land Use Plan

PNDT National Territorial Development Plan

SASSCAL Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management

SSKE South South Knowledge Exchange

SEK Swedish Krona (Currency of Sweden)

UEM Eduardo Mondlane University

WB World Bank

WWF World Wildlife Fund

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1. SummaryAs Administrator of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Integrated Landscape and Forest Management (MDTF for ILFM), the World Bank provides donors with an Annual Progress Report.

Along 2017, the MDTF has covered a diversified set of activities and provided Technical Assistance focusing on strengthening capacities contributing to better practices and enabling environment for improved forest and landscape management. Efforts have been made to

assure timely and substantive technical assistance and knowledge exchange in order to accelerate transference of knowledge, sharing of best practices and a permanent implementation suport.

The WB team managed to timely deliver the planned activities and to respond to implementation demands, including new activities, knowledge transfer and more functional approaches.

The MozFIP Project was declared effective in August and the November implementation Status & Results Report evaluates it as overall satisfactory.

The implementation unit, led by the FNDS / MITADER, is fully operational at central and provincial (Cabo Delgado and Zambezia) levels, have started identifying beneficiaries for the charcoal, reforestation, agroforestry activities and conducted capacity building activities on land management and geo-spatial planning targeted at provincial and district staff.

The Operação Tronco is a key benchmark on the improved landscape and forest management environment and practices reflecting a significant result within the ILFM portifolio.

To promote women’s empowerment, stronger participation and ownership, the gender mainstreaming activities included Landscape multi-stakeholder platforms for collaboration have been created as

part of the stakeholder engagement process and are key spaces for dialogue. They strongly encouraging and promoting women’ participation in the landscape multi stakeholders platforms, as key stakeholders; the establishment of a gender thematic group, the promotion of systematic community land delimitation and individual titling that is gender-responsive, with both husbands’ and wives’ names registered and listed on land documents; the promotion of Agro-Forestry Systems (AFSs) schemes, with a targeted proportion of women, giving priority to AFSs with species that are mostly grown by women, such as legumes and, in Agenda 2025, the role and representation of women has been highlighted as a key element to be considered across the Working Group themes.

The following the results achivement table presents the 2017 results and the 2018 planed activities.

Recipient-Executed Activities

Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange Activities Gender Disaggregated Data TOTAL WOMEN

FNDS Staff 160 20%SSKE Missions 65 38%

Safeguards Training 200 30%

Climate Finance Workshop 45 27%

School Games 1,386

Syntrophic Agriculture Workshop 50 21%

CBNRM Conferences 211 36%

Total Direct Beneficiaries 2,117.00

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Activities 2017 2018

Project implementation

• Project declared effective in August• First disbursement to government in

December• Project Implementation Unit fully

operational at central and provincial levels

• Progress towards yearly targets under Results Framework

FAO Technical Assistance on sustainable forest

management• Technical Agreement signed

between FAO and MITADER in July• FAO fully engaged with government

and private operators at national and provincial levels to reach project targets

Agenda 2035 for the Forest Sector and National Forest

Program

• Project launched• Partners engaged

• Analytical work, consultations and thematic group work underway

• Draft Agenda 2035 and NFP delivered

Land Tenure and Regularization

• Service provider coordinated with SUSTENTA project and hired

• Ongoing capacity building on land and geo-spatial planning targeted at provincial and district governments

• Delimitation activities underway

Planted Forest Grant Scheme and agroforestry

systems

• Potential beneficiaries identified• Service provider was identified and

contract negotiations will start soon• Agroforestry activities identifed

• Active communication on the Scheme

• 30 beneficiaries contracted

• Partnerships established with UniZambezi and others in the landscape

Multi-stakeholder Landscape Forums

• Platforms created in Cabo Delgado and Zambezia and having regular meetings. The one in Zambezia is fully operational, and is considered a benchmark for this type of governance arrangement in the country.

• Advisory civil society working group to Portucel created in Zambezia MSLF

• GIS platform public and available at the red.org.mz website;

• Continued and broadened engagement of stakeholders across sectors

• Consolidated geospatial platform for the landscape

Small-scale forest businesses

• MoUs signed to establish private sector-community partnerships

• Community-forest operator partnerships (two in Zambezia and one in Cabo Delgado) have been identified and preparatory work is advancing

• •TA to communities and business development with support of forest operators

Forest law enforcement, National Land Use Plan,

sustainable charcoal

• Buy-in from government on activities • Finalization of activity scope and

design• National Land Use Plan (PNDT)

contract negotiations with the service providers finalized

• PNDT launch workshop • Implementation of activities towards

meeting annual targets

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Bank-Executed Activities

Pilar 1: Support to FNDS

The satisfactory work delivered by the consulting firm ML in its first contract led to a second (ongoing) contract that focuses on implementing a world class organizational and management structure, aligned with similar Environmental Funds, and contributing to FNDS accreditation with the Green Climate Fund (GCF). In the organizational front, ML has supported FNDS in developing its vision and Strategic Plan, has developed the Governance Structure, the Ethics, Human Resources and Financial Manuals while, in the operational front, it has implemented a results oriented Monitoring and Evaluation system, allowing FNDS to have timely control of projects’ implementation and achievement status. ML´s work included training to all units and coaching to unit leaders in the implementation and monitoring of this new system as well as on the implementation of the Human Resources Manual. South South Knowledge Exchange (SSKE) successful missions to Brazil and Mexico, resulted on FNDS (and other Rural Development institutions) learning from best practices in climate resilient and community-based value chains. On the Climate Finance front, a week-long workshop was organized, addressing the GCF criteria and selected projects, so that FNDS, the National Designated Authority (NDA) and civil society organizations became familiar with the required processes. On the mission to Mexico, the GCF NDA team and the accredited fund were met and experiences and lessons learned where shared.

Pilar 2: Analytical Work

a. Miombo Network – establishment of the Miombo Network secretariat and a contract with SASSCAL to provide guidance on the network management and in the development of knowledge platform, policy papers on relevant miombo issues (such as land use planning, agriculture and forest interaction) are

under preparation.

b. The Forest Sector Review – the Food and Agriculture Organization was hired to lead the preparation of the ‘Forest Sector Agenda 2035’, having held a kick-off seminar in November. With the objective of drawing political visibility to Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM), three regional conferences were organized, with the National level Conference planned for February 2018.

c. Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Financing – in order to support the GoM in creating the basis for the implementation of sustainable, resilient and inclusive pro-poor community based initiatives, the WB team organized a series of capacity building workshops, SSKE missions and multisector meetings, aiming at ensuring cross-cutting knowledge and the development of projects matching the existing climate financing opportunities. The team has successfully contributed to the establishment of a Ministry of Economy and Finance based NDA team that includes the different sectorial funds and that analyses together, on a systematic basis, how national and sector policies and projects, in partnership with other implementing agencies, need to be developed to reach approval.

d. Technical assistance has been and continues being a core activity of the BE ILFM portfolio. The Bank´s team is assisting MITADER directorates and the NDA within the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) in assessing knowledge and best practices on climate change architecture and sustainable rural development, contributing to a more efficient management and coordination of the portfolio of projects and international agreements.

Pilar 3: Advocacy and Communication

The activities under this pilar include broad media events, where sustainability and conservation issues were showcased to the youth and the communities. Examples include events such as the BIOFUND Biodiversity Fair in Zambezia, the Jogos Escolares focused on conservation and the workshops on Syntrophic Agriculture and the production of communication and knowledge material with the aim to showcase best practices, mobilize partnerships and achieve behavioral change in the ILFM areas. These publications further support the provincial Multi-Stakeholder Landscape Forums (MSLFs, REDD+) in sharing knowledge with their members.

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Pilar 4: Trust Fund Management and coordination

The Bank has hired dedicated consultants to manage and monitor the Fund, ensuring efficient management and administration, planning and monitoring of the workplans and budgets, supervising and coordination the several consultants working with GoM institutions, fostering partners’ coordination, mobilizing further resources, managing communications, monitoring and reporting and disseminating lessons learned.

The Bank-Executed Activities and Results Table is presented bellow.

PILAR 1 – SUPPORT TO FNDSActivities Expected Final

OutputIndicators Timeline Status Dec 2017 Planned 2018

Institutional and structural

organization of FNDS

Full package of FNDS operational manual

(Management, Finance & administration) submitted

1 firm hiredQ3 2017

•ML Consultoria contracted;•5 in-country missions organized;•Organizational diagnosis analysis & capacity building to key staff completed (32 staff trained);•Completion of (1) FNDS 5-year Strategic Plan (2017-2021), (2) Organizational & Governance Structure, (3) Strategic Management monitoring manual, (4) Macroprocesses value chain manual, (5) Benchmarking analysis and (6) GCF accreditation roadmap and gap analysis

•Administrative Procedures and Ethics Manual delivered•Financial Manual delivered and implemented•Strategic Plan monitored•M&E system approved and implemented, key staff trained•Strategic management and M&E system implemented and staff trained

Coaching of FNDS leadership in management,

strategic planning and financial management

Strategic workshops and trainings delivered

1 firm hired;# workshops Q3 2017

•ML Consultoria held one workshop in Bilene with FNDS for drafting of the Strategic Plan; 2 in Maputo for all staff in project management and 1 for key project staff on Results Oriented Management (128 staff trained)

•1 workshop to analyze Strategic Plan implementation progress•Continued capacity building and coaching sessions on strategic planning, management and M&E

TA on HR and legal advisory

Hired Consultant, strengthened HR and institutional capacity of

FNDS

1 Consultant hired 2017

•ML Consultoria hired;•HR manual developed;•Results and Skills based management procedures adopted

•1 workshop to monitor progress and coach the HR team on monitoring the implementation of the HR manual

TA/Advice on strategic investment

planning and leveraging of climate

finance/resources

Trainings for proposal writing and other

financial opportunities such as results-based

finance delivered

1 Consultant hired 2018

•Two capacity building workshops on climate finance and GCF with international experts held in May & Nov, totaling 45 trainees;

•Two capacity building workshops on climate finance and GCF with international experts;• Meetings with GCF accredited entities

South-South Cooperation on

Sustainable Natural Resources (SSKE)

South-south exchanges delivered and longer-

term knowledge sharing initiatives are established

3 missions held with

key learning centers in role model countries

Year Round as opportunities arise

•2 missions organized, to Brazil and Mexico, with a focus on Climate Change, GCF, Forestry and Resilient and Inclusive Rural Development approaches. 65 participants in total

•Invite Mexico, Namibia, Ethiopia to participate in Climate Change Conference for sharing of GCF success cases and lessons learned

Participation in international events to leverage financial

opportunities

Participation in sessions and panels, showcasing the Mozambican work in events such as the

Carbon Finance Week, the Africa Carbon Forum,

Africa Low Emissions Development Partnership (Africa LEDS) UNREDD and Climate Investment

Funds events

2 learning sessions held with different stakeholders

Year Round as opportunities arise

•FNDS, NDA and DINAB showcased Mozambique in Mexico, Brazil, South Africa and Germany

•To be identified

Strengthen social and environmental risk management

(safeguards) framework

Safeguards training workshops and Technical

Assistance delivered

2 capacity building

workshopsQ2 2017

•4 National & provincial workshops delivered; shared safeguards tools developed, 200 people trained

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PILAR 2 - ANALYTICAL WORKActivities Expected Final

Output Indicators Timeline Status Dec 2017 Planned 2018

Climate Finance Readiness and

INDC Support (Task Objective: Enhance

the capacity of government entities to develop a strategy

to access climate finance from a variety

of sources and to advance its Intended

Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC)

1. Establishment of the Nationally Designated Authority (NDA) for the

GCF

2. Capacity Building for government and for the GCF focal point/NDA

delivered

3. An inter-institutional process to update/review

Mozambique’s GHG inventories underway

4. Capacity support for coordination of

activities related to M&E and reporting on CC

commitments delivered

5. Related travel and workshops executed

i. (1) Mozambique

PPCR /CIF annual report ii) 1

Mozambique GHG and

NDC reports

Nov 2016 - Dec 2018

•NDA established at MEF;

•1 local climate change specialist hired to support the set-up of the NDA and advisory committee

•Mission, vision and workplan developed and approved

•Additional financing (NDCP-SF) secured for INDC revision;

•Consultant hired at DINAB to support activity (until June 2017 but now co-financed by NDCP-SF)

•Teams travelled to Brazil and Mexico under SSKE and in-country to deliver training to provincial teams. Costs cost- shared with NDCP-SF

•NDA participated in Climate Finance Training in Zimbabwe

•1 national conference on Climate Change and Climate Finance

•3 regional workshops with NDA and provincial teams

•3 sector training sessions with DINAB and strategic sectors and partners on the revision of the NDC

•1 high level meeting on the Paris Agreement

•NDC roadmap prepared

•Discuss with partners 3 more public dialogues on Climate Change

Support to the "Miombo Forest

Network"

The Miombo Network in Mozambique is

strengthened1 report

delivered 2018 •SASSCAL hired and working to deliver results until June 2018

•Two policy notes on Miombo-relevant issues

Preparation of a Forest Sector Review

Comprehensive Forest Sector Review report

completed and delivered1 report Q 2 2017-Q 4

2018•FAO hired to lead the process, consultations undertaken, analytical work in progress

•Forest Sector Review / Forest Agenda 2035, report completed and delivered to a wide audience

Forests and Livelihoods study

A report on key poverty indicators completed and

delivered1 report Q3 2017 Activity put on hold. •Activity put on hold.

Strengthen communication

around Forests and Landscapes with WWF

Improved communication on forest policy &

advocacy at a national, provincial and district level in Mozambique

To be discussed

Q1 2017-Q4 2019

•TA to FNDS communications team provided on a regular basis to strengthen their capacity. Further support to be discussed

•Conducted as part of the ongoing Forest Agenda Work

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PILAR 3: - ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONSActivities Expected Final


Community-based Natural Resources

Management 3 regional and 1 national

workshops deliveredWorkshops organized

Q1 2017-Q4 2020

•3 regional conferences organized, with a total participation of 211 people.

•National Conference on community-based Natural Resource Management, with successful outcome, over 200 people expected

•Tourism and Conservation Areas Global conference with successful outcome, over 200 people expected, including high-level authorities

Develop strategic and targeted

communication material

Communication materials such as brochures,

editorials, newsletters, radio commercials etc

have been drafted, tested in focus groups

and completed.

1 communication framework + materials on

ILFM delivered

Q2 2017-Q1 2020

•Increased communication capacity at the WB;

•Materials developed - Brochures, Policy Briefs, blogs, media coverage, etc.

•Preparation of addicional communication materials

Knowledge Dissemination

Participation in international

conferences, preparation of dissemination

workshops and material

Q4 2016-Q42020

•FNDS and WB Team organized and participated in several knowledge dissemination events

•Continued participation in several knowledge dissemination events;

PILAR 4 – TRUST FUND MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATIONActivities Expected Final


Trust Fund Management and

Coordination

Smooth coordination and management of MDTF is

ensured MDTF annual/

progress reportsQ4 2016-Q42020

•Reinforced capacity of WB in TF Management

•Consultant hired in July

•Continued management and supervision of MDTF covered activities

Travel and logistics support

Travel and logistics support provided to

activitiesMDTF annual

progress reportQ4 2016-Q42020 •December 2017 •December 2018

MDTF TA Evaluation Mission

Mid-term and final project evaluation missions

completed1 STC hired Q4 2020 •Technical assistance missions held

in May and November•Technical assistance missions planned for April and October

Travel and logistic support

Travel and logistic support provided to

activitiesMDTF annual/

progress reportsQ4 2016-Q 4

2020 •December 2017 •December 2017

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1.1. MozFIP Results Framework (as of Project Appraisal Document January 2017)

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2. Background on Integrated Landscape and Forest Management in Mozambique

Mozambique aims to achieve thriving, multi-purpose landscapes that promote sustainable and resilient rural development and bring inclusive economic opportunities to impoverished rural communities.

The country’s fertile soils, vast coastal areas, diverse fauna, and expansive forests offer great potential to support rural communities and spur economic growth. Increasing deforestation and resource exploitation, caused by poor management and growing climate constraints, however, is preventing Mozambique from fully realizing the economic value of it’s natural capital. Strengthening landscape and forest management will boost rural livelihoods and contribute towards the country’s efforts in climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Recognizing the need to promote the conservation, restoration, valorization and sustainable use of forests, the GoM, led by the Ministry of Land, Environment and Rural Development (MITADER), is implementing a growing portfolio of integrated landscape and forest management investment activities and policy reforms. Funding is provided from multiple sources, including resources mobilized domestically and internationally (government budget, climate and development finance) and other types of blended finance, including performance-based payments.

Alongside the Forest Investment Project (Box 3), MITADER is seeking to leverage and channel the support of development partners (DPs), to sustain momentum behind it’s ambitious rural development vision, and to ensure interventions are well coordinated across sectors and geographical areas.

The MDTF for ILFM was proposed to integrate and harmonize partner financing in support of the Mozambique Forest Investment Plan and to support aid effectiveness in the sector.

Design, planning and implementation of FIP and MDTF were informed by and aligned with the following GoM initiatives:

• The 5th strategic objective of the GoM Five-Year Plan (2015-2019): Transparent and sustainable management of natural resources and the environment.

• The National Sustainable Development Program: focused on sustainable rural development, through capacity and technological development; infrastructure for market access; sustainable energy sources and water; and improved access to financial services.

• Projecto Floresta em Pé: to reform the forest sector and tackle weak governance and illegal logging by strengthening forest management practices and law enforcement, and promoting incentives for sustainable forest management.

• National REDD+ Readiness process: (since 2012) aims to strengthen national capacity to reduce GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and to promote forest cover, while enabling the country to access the potential of performance-based payments for emissions reductions. Mozambique has prepared a draft REDD+ Strategy, two large-scale landscape pilot programs (Cabo Delgado and Zambezia), strengthened social and environmental safeguards management capacity and is developing a system to monitor and report on forest cover changes.

• The Intended National Determined Contribution: to increase resilience in the communities and the national economy including the reduction of climate risks, and promote a low carbon development and the green economy through the integration of adaptation and mitigation in sectorial and local planning.

• The NDA: with the mandate of promoting, coordination and assessing Climate Funds.

Land use change and forest degradation account for over 80% of Mozambique’s

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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3. Multi-Donor Trust Fund Structure

The MDTF for ILFM was created to support the Government of Mozambique’s strategic efforts to reduce deforestation and environmental degradation, strengthen resilience to climate change, and improve rural livelihoods through an integrated landscape management approach.

The MDTF for ILFM provides a vehicle to mobilize and channel additional partner resources to support and extend the Government’s ambitious efforts in the sector. As outlined in the MDTF Administrative Agreement between the WB and Sweden (signed on June 24th and 29th, 2016), the MDTF for ILFM has two funding windows:

Recipient Executed Activities (RE):

Allocated to MITADER to co-finance the MozFIP Project, the RE activities support the following components:

• Part A: Enhancing Forest Sector Governance at the National Level.

• Part B: Promoting Climate-Smart Agriculture, Sustainable Biomass Energy and Sustainable Forest Management in the Targeted Landscapes.

Bank Executed Activities (BE):

Allocated as a WB executed trust fund to provide technical assistance, capacity building and analytical work to support MITADER’s efforts, the BE activities support the following components:

• Part A: Institutional and Capacity Strengthening.

• Part B: Trust Fund Management and Coordination.

Image 1: In March, the GoM launched Operation Tronco - a coordinated cross-ministerial effort to visit boarder controls, ports, log yards and forest concessions, to monitor forestry activities, administer fines and seize illegally felled timber. The WB has been supporting this effort through technical assistance and policy advice. In November, President Nyusi launched a program which is using this seized timber to make desks for schools across the country.

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4. Progress and Highlights of 20174.1. Recipient Executed ActivitiesThe MDTF Recipient-Executed activities are implemented under the US$ 47 million MozFIP Project and are contributing to achieving the Project’s Results Framework (Annex 1).

The preparation of the Project was successfully finalized in early 2017, obtained approval by the WB Board of Directors on March 7th and was declared effective on August 9th. During 2017, the WB and MITADER led three support missions to advance the initiation of project activities and procurement processes.

The project is progressing as expected. However, given the project working with several executing bodies (mostly within MITADER), progress varies across the different components and activities.

The project became effective on August 9 and the

November Implementation Status & Results Report (ISR) report evaluates it as overall satisfactory.

The Project Implementation Unit, led by the FNDS / MITADER, is fully operational at central and provincial (Cabo Delgado and Zambezia) levels. The contract with FAO to provide technical assistance on forest management was signed in July, and the teams are moving to the ground. The work on the National Forest program design is ongoing, led by the Directorate of Forests (DINAF), with FAO and Bank support. The contract for land delimitation was signed and the activities are under implementation.

Detailed information on the progress of MozFIP is found in the results achivement table (page 6 and Annex 1).

Current Activities:

• The PIU, led by the FNDS / MITADER, is fully operational at central and provincial (Cabo Delgado and Zambezia) levels.

• The contract with FAO to provide technical assistance on forest management was signed in July, and the teams are moving to the ground.

• Work on designing the National Forest program is ongoing, led by the Directorate of Forests (DINAF), with FAO and Bank support.

• The land delimitation contract is signed and activities are under implementation.

• Capacity building activities on land management and geo-spatial planning targeted at provincial and district staff are being delivered.

• The Multi-Stakeholder Platforms are operational, with Zambezia’s platform being considered as a benchmark for this type of governance arrangement in the country.

• Identifications of beneficiaries for the planted forests grant scheme, agroforestry and charcoal activities is ongoing and a service provider has been identified.

• Community-forest operator partnerships (two in Zambezia and one in Cabo Delgado) have been identified and preparatory work is advancing.

• The GIS platform is public and available at: www.redd.org.mz/

• Four safeguards trainings were held with government, civil society and other partners in the provinces and in Maputo.

Next Steps:

• The National Land Use Plan launch early 2018. This will be connected to the Land Use Planning for Enhanced Resilience of Landscapes (LAUREL) Program

• The planted forests grant scheme launch early 2018.

• The team is preparing communication material (including a detailed FAQ) about what MozFIP is supporting (small-scale commercial plantations) in order to clarify and address concerns related to commercial plantations (e.g. Portucel).

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4.2. Bank Executed Activities

The MDTF Bank-Executed activities are implemented under the Technical Assistance Program for Integrated Landscape and Forest Management (The TA Program for ILFM), launched in Maputo in November 2016.

This TA Program aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Mozambican Government and other partners in managing forests and landscapes while promoting rural development. The program is implemented under three major pillars:

Pilar 1: Technical Assistance to the National

Sustainable Development Fund.

Pilar 3: Partnerships with civil society,

academia & strategic outreach.

Pilar 2: Analytical work.

The activities supported under the TA Program are measured according to the indicators presented in page 8, Bank Executed Results Table.

While detailed status and progress of the TA is described across the pillars in the sections below, the main results for 2017 include:

Technical Assistance to FNDS (high-level strategic, organizational and financial management training and coaching) has helped advance the essential financial, HR, Ethics and M&E frameworks needed to ensure its flagship role of being the lead agency to mobilize and manage resources for sustainable rural development in Mozambique, including to potentially become the country’s National Implementing Entity to the Green Climate Fund.

Support to the Miombo Network (regional forest and ecosystems monitoring network) has resulted in the development of a knowledge and communication platform. The WB hired the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL), to develop organizational and management guidelines, policy briefs and regional analysis and the concepts for the promotion and dissemination of the MN work. Improved forest management and land use planning, and analysis of the trade-offs between agricultural development and ecosystem service provision (with an emphasis on spatial planning data and databases) is the key role of the MN.

Pilar 4: Trust Fund Management and

Coordination

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South-South Knowledge Exchanges with Brazil and Mexico (inter-country in-site learning missions addressing best practices on resilient and inclusive rural development initiatives) has helped create positive learning experiences and accelerated the transference of knowledge on rural development, forest, landscape management and Climate Financing to FNDS, the NDA and partner institutions. The missions included visits to women led value chains (vegetables) and girls’ education on organic production for improved access to markets and good nutrition (flowers, green houses)

The Strategic Forest Agenda launch brought together a wide range of stakeholders in sustainable and inclusive forest planning in Mozambique and has helped foster and institutionalize national and regional knowledge sharing on forests, in particular the miombo. The role and representation of women has been highlighted as a key element to be considered across the Working Group themes.

Support to the National Designated Authority for the GCF and Climate Financing Coordination (NDA) during its transfer to the Ministry of Finance (MEF) has accelerated the adoption of coordination mechanisms, such as an Advisory Committee and Operations Manual, and is helping to promote a coordinated and inclusive GCF planning process for Mozambique. Women participation in the Climate Change Agenda and Climate Financing is very high, with women led institutions both at NDA and DINAB; Additional financing secured from the NDC Facility by the WB contributes to helping DINAB finalize Mozambique’s NDC implementation road map and operationalize the GHG Inventory;

Communications and knowledge materials showcase best practices and mobilize partnerships, particularly within the ILFM portfolio. These publications support the provincial Multi-Stakeholder Landscape Forums (MSLFs, REDD+) in sharing knowledge with their members. Publications include a booklet on Integrated Landscape and Forest Management Portfolio in Mozambique; Policy Briefs on key aspects of Portfolio (CBNRM and Natural Forests) and a brochure on the Zambezia Program.

Technical assistance to the ILFM Portfolio, for both RE and BE. Core to the BE activities, Technical Assistance has been placed throughout the portfolio and to ensure systematic guidance, knowledge transfers and to facilitate efficient deliverables. Through the capacity building and knowledge exchange workshops, TA is further contributing to foster strategic thinking and improve sector and partners dialogue. The network of the ILFM portfolio is also facilitating timely information across the portfolio, which serves to inform and react to constraints, and use a diversified platform of knowledge that is immediately available.

In-depth support to FNDS in project management (real-time improved project management tools), and particularly the development of streamlined safeguards frameworks and tools for all-natural resource management projects, has strengthened FNDS’ capacity to deliver project results in a timely, inclusive and quality controlled manner.

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The purpose of this pillar is to establish a continued technical support for the organization and functioning of the newly established FNDS. The main objective is to provide strategic guidance and materials towards its efficient operationalization, and ensure that its functioning meets international standards in terms of public financial management, including accreditation to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

1a. FNDS Leadership and Project Management Coaching

The Brazilian firm ML Consultoria was hired in December 2016 to provide strategic guidance to FNDS on institutional organization arrangements and prepare materials towards FNDS operationalization. ML Consultoria held 7 in-country missions with FNDS in 2017, providing extensive training and capacity building to key staff on organizational and strategic planning issues. They also carried out an organizational diagnosis analysis, which included in-depth interviews with FNDS management and staff and key partners, including the WB. In between missions, they provided remote support and helped prepare key documents, including FNDS 5-year Strategic Plan (2017-2021) (Annex 2), The Strategic Management Monitoring Manual (Annex 4), the Organizational & Governance Structure, the) Macroprocesses value chain manual, the Human Resources Manual, the Benchmarking analysis and the GCF accreditation roadmap and gap analysis (Annex 5). ML also produced advanced drafts of FNDS’ Operational Manual and its Administrative Procedures and the Financial Management Manual. ML Consultoria has also delivered specific training on Human Resources management and Strategic Planning and monitoring.

Due to the positive results and client satisfaction, ML Consultoria’ s contract has been extended to June 2018. The work includes monitoring the implementation of the main management and monitoring instruments such as their Administrative/Financial/HR management manuals, aligned with FNDS’ vision and requirements for mobilization of climate funding (including to the GCF), capacity building to FNDS’ Board on strategic analysis and decision making, timely results oriented planning and monitoring of the projects portfolio and capacity to react and resolve on time the implementation constraints and strengthen

multi-sectorial coordination between FNDS and other Ministries and partners. The goal is that FNDS becomes a full-fledged and efficient management fund, with solid international governance capacities and competences and a national model for other project management institutions.

1b. Social and Environmental Risk Management

The TA Program has strengthened FNDS’ social and environmental safeguards capacity by helping to develop a common safeguards framework and tools for all environment and natural resource management Projects, which will help ensure efficiency and quality control across projects. This also includes development a common Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) for the projects, including training and a communication strategy and monitoring system for the GRM. With the main goal of ensuring that government staff (particularly those responsible for implementing Bank-financed projects) and the main stakeholders of the Landscape Portfolio (MozBio, MozFip, MozDGM and Sustenta) have the required knowledge and understanding of the WB safeguards policies, instruments and their application so as to contribute to minimizing environmental and social risks in Bank-financed operations and to improve the overall project safeguards performance, the Bank organised 3-day seminars in Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia and Maputo, covering circa 200 participants from local communities, project staff, service providers, constructors, provincial and district governments authorities and Conservation Areas (report in annex 6).

1c. South-South collaboration and knowledge exchange (SSKE)

South-South cooperation is a key activity under the MDTF that aims to strengthen the capacity of the FNDS and partner institutions, through the exchange of experience and knowledge on Integrated Landscape and Forest Management, essential for sustainable and resilient rural development. MITADER, through their National Directorate for Planning and Cooperation (DPC) has chosen Brazil as a main partner for south-south cooperation, due to its internationally recognized capacity in the forest sector, its experience in sharing knowledge and the positive study trips that have

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been organized between the two countries in 2015 and 2016. Upon request from MITADER to establish a programmatic, long-term exchange of knowledge, experiences, best practices and technology, the WB facilitated the signature of a tripartite MoU on May 11, 2017. The MoU (annex 8) formalizes the programmatic South-South collaboration platform between the Governments of Mozambique and Brazil and is currently being operationalized through the drafting of a formal cooperation project between MITADER and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC).

In order to strengthen the promotion of south-south knowledge exchange for FNDS and its partners` institutions, especially DINAB and the NDA, and align the initiatives with ILFM priorities, a dedicated short-term consultant has been hired and placed within DPC/MITADER to provide strategic planning support. The Bank has also hired a short-term consultant in the Bank office in Brazil to be the liaison that helps maintain relations and partnerships in Brazil.

By leveraging additional financing for south-south collaboration, the Bank organized a successful study visit to Brazil in June 2017 (Annex 7) that covered issues related to the management of natural forests, agricultural processing, organization of the rural value chain, rural credit and local planning of the local land use. The exchange took place between June 5 to 9, 2017 in the state of Bahia, and allowed for a delegation of 16 representatives of the Government, civil society and the private sector from Mozambique to meet, discuss and share experience with state authorities, NGO’s, civil society and project beneficiaries.

To broaden south-south opportunities beyond Brazil, the Bank organized a south-south study visit to Mexico in September 2017. A delegation of 14 Government officials from MITADER and MEF visited Mexico to learn about the following topics:

i) climate finance options for sustainable rural development; ii) climate finance, specifically in the context of the GCF; iii) financing and implementing integrated landscape approaches in the context of climate change.

The exchange included participation from public and private stakeholders from Mexico and representatives of local communities. Activities included a field visit to Oaxaca to expose participants to the country’s experiences in bringing climate finance to rural population and examples of community participation in its implementation. The mission also met Mexico’s NDA Steering Committee to understand the long and coordinated process that the Mexican Government went through to have the first national project approved (Report in annex 10). Due to an earthquake that hit Mexico on September 20, the mission had to be suspended. Yet the exchange promoted further collaboration afterwards, and video conferences have been held to continue the exchange of knowledge and experience, particularly in the areas related to climate finance and promotion of rural value chains for agricultural and forestry products. . Further collaboration includes Mexico GCF relates authorities and cooperatives’ representatives’ participation in the Climate Financing fr Sustainable Rural Development week, April 2018 in Maputo.To foster knowledge on the development of climate resilient integrated policies and actions, two workshops were organized in November to present the Ethiopia Climate Resilient Green Economy National Strategy (CRGE) and share knowledge on Climate Financing (with the NDA and its Committee) and on NDC Implementation Road map (with DINAB, sectors, academia and Civil Society). Both workshops had extensive and intensive participation, with the participants demonstrating elevated interest on the continuity of experience sharing and TA dedicated to support the development of aligned projects. The Bank capitalized on its positive work with the GoE on the CRGE and Climate Funding initiatives and shared with FNDS, DINAB, NDA and related institutions the Ethiopian experience and, based on demand, is planning early 2018 another Climate Financing workshop involving participants from these countries and Namibia.

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This pillar supports a range of analytical and crosscutting work relevant for the integrated forest and landscape portfolio. By following the WBG approach to capacity building, the pillar focuses on enhancing the efficiency and responsiveness of the public sector’s implementation capacity, as well as strengthening intra and inters government coordination to address multi-sector development challenges.

2a. Forest Sector Agenda 2035

This activity is supporting the development of a Forest Sector Agenda 2035 for Mozambique that will help align views among key stakeholders in the forest sector around a common set of objectives for forest land-uses.

In September 2017 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was hired to lead the preparation of the ‘Forest Sector Agenda 2035’ for Mozambique, liaising between DINAF, the WB and other partners within the forest sector of Mozambique. Several meetings have been held in the past year to ensure common understanding of objectives between actors. The Forest Sector Agenda 2035 is a participatory, long-term reflection and visioning of the forest sector. The process will be based first on a robust technical review and analysis of existing literature on the forest sector, including development of a timber demand and supply projections and land-use trade-offs until 2035. The process will be characterized by wide stakeholder engagement on a national and provincial level, including multi-sectorial and stakeholder working groups and consultations, given the essential role of consensus building for the vision and agenda. The work will be anchored in ongoing government processes and build on Mozambique’s national priorities, programs and strategies such as the National Program for Sustainable Development; revision of the Forest Law; the National REDD + Strategy; the National Reforestation Program, among others. The work is expected to be finalized in December 2018.

On November 9, 2017, a launch workshop was jointly conducted by FAO, DINAF and the WB to kick-off the Agenda 2035. About thirty participants attended the workshop, including government representatives and working group leaders from civil society. This first public event for the activity was well received, and the group contributed valuable feedback and ideas to the road map and proposal that will enrich the dialogue going

forward.

2b. Strengthening Climate Finance Readiness with the NDA (MEF) and NDC capacity within MITADER

The TA Program is supporting MITADER and MEF, as it now accommodates the NDA for GCF and CF, to increase capacity to access climate financing from a variety of sources and to develop its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and establish a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory for Mozambique.

In May 2017 the World Bank carried out a technical mission and training on Climate Finance Readiness with FNDS and the recently created NDA. The objective was to strengthen the Government’s knowledge on climate finance opportunities and to build capacity to identify and prepare a pipeline of bankable and fundable proposals for climate finance mechanisms, in particular aimed to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). As a result, the NDA and FNDS are implementing a joint work plan to improve mobilization and planning of climate finance sources, particularly from the GCF, including a road map to assist FNDS become Mozambique’s National Implementing Entity (NIE) that can seek accreditation to gain direct access to the GCF. The Bank also held a 2-day training that brought together stakeholders from Mozambique’s’ main funding vehicles, including FNDS, MEF, DINAB/MITADER, FUNAE, Fundo de Estradas, FDA, DNGRH/MOPHRH, ANAC, BIOFUND as well as provincial representatives from Nampula, Zambezia and Cabo Delgado, focusing on practical learning activities, delivered by international climate policy, finance and GCF specialists. A full report on the mission can be found in Annex 6.

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The TA Program also supported the NDA to participate in a WB-led GCF workshop in Zimbabwe in May, as a way to build capacity and for the NDA to share knowledge with countries in the region. As a result of the positive mission assessment of the NDA integration in MEF and the integration of an Advisory Committee in its modus operandi, the Bank has extended its support to the NDA until June 2018. This support includes a consultant based in MEF, regional workshops to validate the NDA mission, vision and work plan, understanding of and engagement with climate financing mechanisms and resource mobilization. The NDA and the Directorate where it is anchored integrate the SSKE missions (work plan in Annex 8a).

In regards to the NDC capacity of MITADER, the World Bank has significantly deepened its engagement and collaboration with the National Directorate of Environment (DINAB) during 2017. In May 2017, the World Bank successfully sought and obtained additional financing to this line of work, through a USD $ 400,000 grant from the NDC Partnership Support Facility (NDCP-SF) hosted at the WB (work plan in annex 15).

The NDCP-SF grant is executed by the Bank in close coordination with DINAB and helps to complement the activities of the TA Program as it brings an opportunity to improve coordination and technical work for DINAB, the NDA and the FNDS, which are receiving support through the TA Program. In 2017, this additional financing has already helped to i) finance the short-term

consultant working at DINAB to provide coaching and develop a work plan, ii) hire a firm as DINAB’s partner to develop a road map for implementing Mozambique’s NDC, iii) hold a technical kick-off workshop with all relevant NDC sectors and bring in the experiences from Ethiopia, and iv) support DINAB to participate in relevant regional and international NDC trainings and south-south knowledge exchanges and COP23 (work plan in Annex 14).

As above detailed, in November, a technical mission and three workshops were held to advance the climate finance readiness work, NDC and the forest sector agenda. The workshops covered the NDC and the GHG Inventory road map, climate financing opportunities and preparedness, the approach to a national Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy (based on Ethiopia experience) and the launching of the dialogue on the Forest Sector Review.

It is worthwhile noting that the TA Program’s aforementioned activities have had a significant impact on improving coordination around sustainable and resilient rural development and climate change in Mozambique. Considering Mozambique´s high risk and exposure to climate change (CC), the TA Program is a crucial tool to the overall ILFM portfolio of projects, as it helps the Government prioritize, integrate and align policies and actions related to CC, that will hopefully ensure greater results and an improved information flow within the government network and other CC partners.

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2c. Strengthening the Miombo Network

This activity aims to establish a Secretariat responsible for the institutionalization of the Miombo Network, including its operational and executive management, strategic planning, financial management, technical infrastructure, communication capacity and administrative and secretarial duties.

In September 2017, the World Bank finalized the procurement process to hire the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) to provide the technical support to the Network. SASSCAL will i) develop guidelines and policies for operational and executive management of the MN, ii) conceptualize a dissemination and promotion strategy for approval by the MN Steering Committee, iii) draft a resource mobilization and sustainability concept for approval by the MN Steering Committee and iv) launch the technical infrastructure needed for MN to become a communication platform (multi-language website, mail service, researchers’ database, project data base etc.).

The work will also include preparation of two policy briefs related to sustainable timber extraction and wood resource management as well as land use planning across the region, analyzing the trade-off between agricultural development and ecosystem service provision with an emphasis on utilizing spatial planning data and databases to minimize the aforementioned tradeoff. The work will also deliver a regional policy analysis reviewing commonalities and differences among forest management policies across the region with the goal of harmonization, where possible (report in annex 13).

In November 2017, the World Bank convened with SASSCAL and the Miombo Network in Windhoek, Namibia. The program joined the World Bank, SASSCAL’s Executive Director (ED), support staff and four members of the Miombo Network Steering Committee. The goal of the meeting was to demonstrate progress made in the first quarter.

The main deliverable was the launch of the Miombo Network’s technical infrastructure, primarily a beta version of the Network’s website (refer to the URL: http://afrihost.sasscal.org/miombo/ ans annex 13). Also, part of this work was the creation of a new graphic mark to represent the Miombo Network, a branching tree with deep roots, representative of the predominant species in the woodlands. Additionally, the Miombo Network presented the first policy brief draft on sustainable timber extraction. The draft will be finalized based on feedback, with remaining policy briefs forthcoming.

2d. Strengthening MITADER’s National Land Use Planning Capacity

To complement MozFIP’s support to the implementation of the National Land Development Plan (PNDT), it was decided that the TA Program would also help strengthen MITADER’s institutional planning around land-use planning and ILFM. The TA Program is cost sharing a Land Planning Specialist to the National Land Planning Directorate (DINOTER), whom ensures quality control and linkages between the exercises of MozFIP and the WB financed initiative LAUREL (Land Use Planning for Enhanced Resilience of Landscapes), and whom will contribute to a set of scientific and data based information and tools that allow decision makers to decide on appropriate land

Image 2: Mozambican delegation visit the San Juan de Taba Community EcoTourism Development project in Mexico. (Photo by Tiago Luis, MITADER, DNDR)

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Pilar 3: Partnerships with civil society and academia & strategic outreach

This pillar aims to strengthen knowledge management and communications around ILFM, promote donor coordination, and support knowledge sharing events and material on specific areas of the ILFM portfolio.

3a. Knowledge Sharing and strengthening of Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM)

The TA program worked with MITADER through the Directorate of Forest (DINAF) to organize three regional conferences (North, Central and South) and one National conference to discuss Community-Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) and specifically the terms and conditions of sharing benefits from Mozambique’s natural resources. The objective of the conferences is to draw political visibility to the issue, raise awareness on the terms and conditions and to trigger political change. The national conference is planned for February 2018 (conference reports in annex 8).

3b. Partnerships on Strategic Outreach and Communications

The TA Program is helping FNDS build and maintain meaningful partnerships with stakeholders through strategic communication and outreach.

The TA Program has contracted two Communications Specialists (consultants) in the WB office to support external and internal communications and knowledge management around ILFM.

In 2017, the team developed a detailed brochure on the ILFM portfolio, three knowledge briefs, on CBNRM, Natural Forest Management and the Mozambique Forest Governance Assessment that have been widely shared with partners, in both Portuguese and English. The team is working on finalizing further Policy Briefs on Planted Forests, Conservation Areas Management, Climate Finance and the GCF as well as the organization of communities around CBNRM and the role of MozDGM.

In an effort to strengthen the capacity of the enlarged communications team of FNDS and support specific

areas of the portfolio that needed extra attention, the TA Program has put the contracting of WWF for advocacy on hold and is instead supporting key communications and outreach efforts by FNDS and partners around conservation, forests and landscapes.

This has included support to ANAC’s communication strategy and BIOFUND’s annual conference and exhibition “Conservation and Sustainable Development in Mozambique” which was held in Zambezia October 17-29, 2017. The conference was organized by BIOFUND, Mozambique’s first private conservation trust fund and is the third in a series (following one in Maputo 2015 and one in Gaza 2016). The event aimed to raise awareness and secure political support for conservation in the Zambezia province, which is home to some of Mozambique’s most biodiverse areas - the Gile National Reserve, Mount Namuli and Mabu and the Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago.

The Province is the focus of the Bank’s Integrated Forests and Landscape Management portfolio, including the Emissions Reductions payments project. Participants included educational centers and universities, students and teachers, government officials, civil society organizations and the private sector. The exhibit included an impressive set of activities: workshops sessions and roundtables to discuss pertinent topics for conservation, an interactive exhibition using innovative display technologies to show Mozambique’s unique biodiversity, a series of movies on conservation as well as learning sessions geared towards young people to encourage the interest in conservation. It also had a fair for tourism, operators and organizations to display their initiatives.

In July the TA Program supported FNDS and ANAC to organize the XIII National Festival of School Sports Games, which is a school sports festival, gathering youth from all over the country, that aims to help change attitudes towards conservation and endangered species. More information on the event can be found in Annex 9.

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The strategic outreach and communication work covered by the TA Program gave Mozambique an international exposure, with both WB and GoM teams showcasing the ongoing work. The teams participated in the FIP Pilot Countries’ Meeting (Lao PDR, September, where the FIP focal point and the Zambezia Coordinator made presentations on Coordinating Financing for Large-Scale Climate Engagement, Engaging the Private Sector in Forest Landscape Programs and on Gender Mainstreaming in ILMPs), in the Firenze Landscape Restoration Workshop, and, in Rome, in the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism - Financing mechanisms for local investment in forest and landscape restoration and, more recently, in the FAO Signature Conferencewhere Mozambique, the WB and FAO signed a new $6 million project, contributing to MozFIP. The project aims to stem the rapid pace of deforestation and will contribute to SDG 15 (see Annex 12);

The TA Program has also helped the World Bank Task Team attend relevant workshops and conferences in Mozambique throughout the year, many that are hosted in the Provinces of Zambezia and Cabo Delgado and that help feed directly into technical areas of the portfolio and the implementation of MozFIP.

The TA program supported the organization of the first course on syntropic agriculture (annex 16) in Mozambique, held in Maputo and Namaacha from Sep 20-25, including a high-level event, public seminar and field training. The program was spearheaded by the NGO Kosmoz, and received additional support from institutions such as the Brazilian Embassy, the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), Eduardo Mondlane University, and the Mozambique Institute of Agricultural Research (IIAM).

The high-level event was aimed at building awareness of decision- and opinion-makers about the opportunities for sustainable agricultural development represented by agroforestry and syntropic agriculture, and included, among its participants, high-level Government officials, Ambassadors (Brazil, Switzerland), artists (Mia Couto, Calane da Silva, TP50), and other key stakeholders from civil society, private sector and academia. The one-day public seminar gathered about 75 participants at Eduardo Mondlane University, and prompted exchanges on the potential of syntropic agriculture and other types of agroforestry systems in Mozambique. The field training was headed by the internationally acclaimed agroforester Ernst Gotsh, with assistance from other Brazilian practitioners. It gathered about 50 participants, including Government officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security/IIAM, farmers and other entrepreneurs, civil society representatives, and University professors. It also brought participant from all parts of Mozambique, as well as from other African countries, including South Africa, Congo, Nigeria and São Tomé e Príncipe. The training enabled hands-on learning of the application of forest succession principles to enhance productivity and sustainability through the establishment of an agroforestry system in about 0.5 hectares. Two WB specialists participated in the training. The training resulted in a number of syntropic agriculture systems having been established since then, including in Gaza, Zambezia and Sofala provinces. A very active network, with more than 70 registered participants, has been formed. Practices and principles learned will be applied in the support to agroforestry systems promoted by MozFIP.

Image 3: A scene from the opening ceremony of the XIII National Festival of School Sports Games which aimed to promote biodiversity conservation in school students. (Photo: GoM, 2017)

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Pilar 4 Trust Fund Management and Coordination

This component ensures efficient management and administration of the MDTF, including planning and executing work plans and budgets, supervising and coordination the several consultants working with GoM institutions, fostering partners` coordination, mobilizing further resources, managing communications, monitoring and reporting and disseminating lessons learned.

• The World Bank has mobilized staff resources (under a consultant contract) to coordinate and manage the overall TA program activities.

• As implementation of activities progressed in 2017, the Mozambique WB Team has increased knowledge sharing from Mozambique and on ILFM with other portfolios within the World Bank, and has organized internal seminars on sustainable charcoal production, Miombo landscape practices, community land tenure, resilient rural development and natural resources management in Mozambique. The team has also been engaging with other development partners in order to foster knowledge sharing and increase activities coordination and efficiency.

Image 4a & 4b: Climate Finance Workshop, May 2017. (Photo: World Bank, 2017.)

Image 5a & 5b: Knowledge exchange activities between Mozambique and Brazil (Photo: World Bank, 2017)

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5. Looking Ahead

Looking to the year ahead, the World Bank expects that the following activities will have an overall positive effect on advancing results in both RE and BE executed activities:

• The continuation of MozFIP, Sustenta and Mozbio, and the initiation of project activities under MozDGM, along with the new MozLand project (Box 4) in the pipeline will contribute towards consolidating results and strengthening integrated landscape management for sustainable and resilient rural development results.

• The continued contract of ML Consultoria will strengthen FNDS’ strategic management capacities and project implementation skills, which paves the way for FNDS to consolidate results, including potentially getting accredited to the GCF and other funds, while also becoming a role model to other GoM institutions on efficient and results-oriented project management.

• The MoU, and preparation of the Technical South-South Cooperation project between ABC and MITADER will expose FNDS and partner institutions to essential knowledge on conservation, rural development and climate change, and create positive learning experiences linked to inclusive and resilient community based value chains, climate financing for rural development and, in general, how to better plan and implement pro-poor, inclusive and resilient income generating activities with the use of available climate funds, including the GCF.

• Networks with Mexico will support Mozambique in assessing the GCF, while upcoming partnerships with Ethiopia and Namibia will promote strategic thinking around a Climate Resilient Green Economy.

• Discussions around the terms and conditions of the Forest Sector Agenda 2035, including the November sector workshop with FAO, will contribute to have a roadmap by the year end;

• The ongoing work on climate change and M&E activities at MITADER (DINAB and FNDS) and MEF (DNMA/NDA), including the climate financing workshops held in May and November, and the visit to the Mexican related institutions, is expected to consolidate an integrated approach, inclusive of all sectors and partners, contributing to the scanning and identification of successful climate financing opportunities and the NDC report. Another Climate Finance workshop is being designed for March 18 with the participation of Mexico, Ethiopia and Namibia.

• The upcoming work on the PNDT, combined with the ongoing LAUREL work, is expected to foster sound knowledge and use of land use and planning, towards sustainable and inclusive use of land;

• Continued discussions with BIOFUND, UEM and other NGOs, are expected to lead to agreement on a plan to advance strategic advocacy and communication efforts.

• The NDCP-SF supported activities are expected to further increase coordination and collaboration between DINAB, FNDS and the NDA as well as other sectors, academia and civil society, that are essential to successful climate change mitigation and adaptation in Mozambique.

• Strengthening regional cooperation on miombo issues, through the Miombo Network, SASSCAL and potentially SADC.

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Box 4: The MozLand ProjectMozLand is a $100 000 IDA Grant project that supports Mozambique´s Terra Segura Program1, complements the CPF for Mozambique (2017–2021), and contibutes towards the WB’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The Project Development Objective is to regularize land rights in selected priority districts and to modernize land administration services, through 4 components: 1. Systematic Land Regularization 2. Institutional Development and Strengthening of the Legal

Framework. 3. Land Information System Strengthening. 4. Maximize opportunities for enhancing overall impact of the

Bank program in Mozambique by coordinating with other Bank-financed operations and technical assistance.

MozLands will have a national reach, focusing on selected districts based on national priorities (such as investment 1 Terra Segura aims to contribute to creating the conditions for the country to develop in a sustainable manner and ensure the promotion of responsible investments

areas including natural resource concession areas and areas with a concentration of formal DUAT requests, districts with high demographic pressure including urbanizing areas, environmentally vulnerable areas). The GoM has identified a preliminary list of 106 districts under the Terra Segura program that would be targeted under the proposed operation. During preparation, criteria for prioritization will be reviewed and the scope of the project further defined.

The Project’s direct beneficiaries includes households in the selected districts through systematic cadastral and surveying activities. Communities will also benefit from the delimitation of their lands, the issuance of land use rights certificates and access to potential investment projects. The direct institutional beneficiaries are MITADER and its Directorates (DINAT, DINOTER, and CENACARTA), the Ministry of Justice, as well as other key state institutions, including municipalities and other central agencies managing spatial data.

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