CFWG meeting in DFW

on 05-07-2002

Participants:

1. Mr. Lao Sethaphal, CFU
2. Mr. Min Bunnara, SMRP
3. Mr. Ly Chou Beang,
4. Dr. Juergen Hess, CGFP
5. Dr. Harald Kirsch, DED
6. Mr. Ignas Dummer, GIS, DED
7. Mr. Christoph Feldkoetter, GIS, SMRP
8. Mr. Ken Irwin, Consultant
9. Mr. Cheam Mony, DFW/CBNRM
10. Mr. Shambhu Pd. Daneal, CF advise Concern
11. Mr. Kengo Yoshida, JICA
12. Mr. Srey Marona, CFU, MoE
13. Mr. Sy Ramony, CFRP
14. Ms. Danny Harveym, Concern
15. Mr. Hour L. Chhun, SMRP

Agenda:

1. Presentation of the results of small team meeting of CFWG from July 1, open discussion (Ly Chou Beang)

2. Report and group presentation of CFMP taskforces (sub-working groups) on:

• Benefit sharing

• CF inventory

• CF Monitoring and Evaluation

3. PLUP report on Kampot, Kratie, Kampong Speu (Dr. Harald Kirsch, Min Bunnara)

4. Any other business.

1. Summary and Results of the Discussions

The group agreed to set up a core team, which should continue to line out tasks and structure of the CFWG. The core team will include one executive officer who can work for full time (who?), and people from involved organizations or institutions. The core group will continue to work out some keys question, which were prepared by Mr. Ly Chou Beang.

The questions focus on:

• How many members are in CFWG Core Team?
• Who will be the members of CFWG Core Team?
• Shall the CFWG Core Team employ one full-time secretary to organize
• the meeting of CFWG?
• Who will make decision to choose one full-time secretary?
• What are the roles and responsibilities of secretary of CFWG Core Team?
• What are the roles and responsibilities of CFWG Core Team members ?
• How often will the CFWG Core Team members meet to discuss the CFWG’s activities?
• Who will support the CFWG Core Team activities? (Donors/ NGOs/ OIs)

• CFWG’s members shall be open or limited?
• How to accept new member of CFWG?
• Who will support the CFWG activities? (Donors/ NGOs/ OIs)
• What are the roles and responsibilities of CFWGs members ?
• How often will the CFWG members meet to discuss the CFWG’s activities?

Danny commented that the core team should work out on these questions and come up with the proposal / concept note. Suggestions and agreements exist already (last meeting), they have to be put into shape and context.

These members of the core team have been selected:

0. Ly Chou Beang / Lao Sethaphol, CFU( Mr. L. C. Beang is the team leader)
1. Srey Marona, CFU-MoE
2. Pel Piesth, Concern
3. Sy Ramony, CFRP
4. Cheam Mony / Toby Carson, CBNRM/WWF
5. Kengo Yoshida, JICA
6. Min Bunnara / Michael Gleuck, SMRP
7. Dr. Hess / Nop Sothea, CGFP

The core team agreed to meet the first time on 15 July to discuss detail on those key issues. The meeting will be clarify the objectives and the tasks.

2. Report of the taskforces

Regarding benefit sharing the group suggested to collect some relevant documents from:

0. CFSD refer to the guidelines including benefit sharing
1. Nepal / FORMCOP
2. CBNRM / PLG Ratanakiri
3. GTZ-Kompong Thom
4. Concern: generation income in others fields
5. Royalty model from Germany

The task force will collect all background information related to benefit sharing to develop a proposal.

Dr. Hess supposed to have a meeting with task force members to discuss on those issues. The members of the task included:

1. Dr. Hess,
2. Kengo Joshida,
3. Ly Chou Beang,
4. Danny or Pisreth

Forest Mapping/Demarcation

• Lao Sethaphal presented the procedure how to transfer from sketch map into scale map, in which aerial photos and topographic maps (1:50.000 or 1:100.000).will be used
• Discussion about the sketch map and scale maps: Villagers like to work with sketch maps, scale maps (based on topo map) are necessary for the government institutions . =>Different users, different purpose, different maps.
• Transformation process (sketch to scale) must be clear and feed back must be given to villagers. PLUP procedure in this process and can be adapted to CF mapping.
• Comment: the Land Management Department needs to be involved in demarcations.
• Unclear is still what the is mandate of Land Management Department in the demarcation process of CF areas.

Forest Inventory

• There is a Khmer version of Biophysical Resource Inventory guideline. This discussing document prepared by Mr. Samreth Vanna. This document will be translated, so foreign cans read and give comments to the draft.
• The group agreed together to translate these inventory guidelines into English, which was drafted by Soreth Vanna DFW staff.
• The task force will continue to discuss, when we have the Biophysical Resource Inventory guideline in English.
• Dr. Hess suggested to invite some people like Mr. Peter Balzer to share his experiences in Kompong Thom on participatory forest inventory.

3. Report on Participatory Land Use Planning (PLUP) process in Cambodia

Objective: All participants have fully understood the concept, objectives and process of PLUP, and have improved their facilitation and training skills to the degree that they feel confident and capable to introduce PLUP to provincial and district staff by conducting training courses for facilitators.

Objective: Build up capacities among government and NGO staff in a way that they will be able to initiate and support the process of PLUP on village and commune levels by working in multidisciplinary teams of e.g. 3-5 facilitators. The participants (facilitators) have acquired facilitation skills and the capability of practicing participatory methods. They have improved their communication and listening skill and team-working abilities, and have been introduced to conflict situations and legal issues as well as into their role and tasks as facilitators.

4. The next meeting will be held on August 19 at 8:30 at DFW.