THE NATIONAL REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF OROMIA OROMIA ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHNAGE AUTHORITY Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Program OFLP 2019 Quarter Three Physical Report To ORCU Adama April,2019
THE NATIONAL REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF OROMIA
OROMIA ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHNAGE
AUTHORITY
Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Program
OFLP 2019 Quarter Three Physical Report
To ORCU
Adama
April,2019
1. Introduction
1.1 Overview of the project
Currently the Government of Ethiopia has doing different strategies to to reverse the trend of
anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and has got project funds from international agencies which are
working mainly onreducing deforestation and forest degradation and at the same time transforminglives
of rural livelihoods. The Oromia National Regional State Forested Landscape Program (OFLP) has been
identified as the first large-scale jurisdictional REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and
forest Degradation, Plus the role of conservation, sustainable forest management and enhancement of
forest carbon stocks in developing countries) in this concern in which all Weredas in Oromiaare
incorporated as one pilot under this Program.
REDD+ helps to reverse the trend of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions from the forest ecosystem
in two ways: (1) reducing emissions of greenhouse gases by inhibiting the conversion of existing forests
into other land-uses and (2) removing of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere by expanding forests for
their ecosystem services including as reservoirs of Greenhouse gases (GHGs).Under this project,
enlargement of forest biomass either through reduction of deforestation sites, forest degradation,
conservation and sustainable management of existing forests or through new forest site establishment,
enrichment planting, area closure and other emission reduction activities is expected so that there will be
a net emission reduction in the region in a given period of time.
The Program is programmatic umbrella and coordination platform for multi-sector, multi-partner
intervention on all forested landscapes and will encourage land-use choices that retain forests for multiple
purposes and optimize the productivity capacity of forest-surrounding landscapes in Oromia. In order to
promote such a transition into a sustainable and economically viable land use sector, OFLP will foster
equitable and sustainable low carbon development through promoting a series of:(I) on-the-ground
activities that address deforestation, reduce land-use based emissions, and enhance forest carbon stocks
(enabling investments); and (ii) state wide and local enhancements to institutions, incentives,
information, and safeguards management to scale up investment (enabling environment), including
coordinating and leveraging multiple REDD-relevant interventions
If that is so, based on international agreements and protocol and external auditors, the region, institutions
which have contributed for these emission reduction, local forest owners and farmers will sell carbon to
developed countries and will be paid.
2. Methodology
2.1. Methods used by the project staffs
The Project Staffs try to do their planned activity by creating a coordination plat form and ensures action
plan based management of the Zonal & woreda level OFLP activities through close coordination with
respective Zonal & Woreda office of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and other relevant Zonal
&Woreda sector offices and initiatives contributing to OFLP. The Project Staffs Coordinates and
establishes synergies between relevant sector offices on OFLP activities and other OFLP-related
initiatives/projects existing in the intervention Zones & woredas.
The Project Staffs Facilitates relevant sector OFLP activities planning, implementation and
monitoring of OFLP activities in the intervention woreda.
Ensures coordination and integration of activities of technical committees from relevant sectors
working together in all OFLP activities planned and performed by relevant sectors
Works closely with respective woreda steering committee to coordinate &Lead the
implementation OFLP objectives& goals.
Maintains a close working relationship with the respective staffs , OFLP lead facilitators , OFLP
safeguards coordinators & Woreda Coordinators.
Convening and leading coordination meetings/trainings in OFLP intervention woredas
Convening and leading training and awareness raising programs in the OFLP intervention
woredas
Organizing and facilitating field level technical support, supervision and monitoring missions at
different level;
Preparing and submitting periodic physical and financial management reports for the project
Coordination unit;
In this year different activities have been carried out in the cluster having the following objectives:-
➢ Capacity building and making awareness creation among different relevant sectors (stakeholders) and
experts in the cluster for making foundation for ER activities
➢ Establishment of steering committees and technical committee at Zonal and Wereda level and
Grievance Redressing Committee at Kebele level in the cluster
➢ Coordination of different relevant sectors (stakeholders) which are working on ER activities in the
cluster
➢ To make awareness creation among DAs and the community to enhance ER activities in the cluster
➢ Providing implementation of safeguarding and follow up of OFLP activities in the cluster
➢ Providing field supervision at Zones and Woredas of the cluster
1.1. Methods Used By the Implementing Institution
OFLP's implementation arrangements involve a range of institutions at the national, state, and sub-
state levels with discrete accountabilities and decision-making roles. As the drivers of deforestation
and forest degradation are often linked to other sectors, OFLP implementation requires an extensive
cross-sectoral policy and investment coordination. Within the regional state of Oromia, OFLP is led by
Oromia Environment, Forest and Climate Change Authority (OEFCCA), with Oromia REDD+
Coordination Unit (ORCU) serving as the OFLP implementing unit within OEFCCA. As such,
OEFCCA/ORCU has decided to use part of the proceeds of the grant to engage multi-disciplinary
team of experts to be assigned at different government administrative tier of the Oromia National
Regional State.
The Lead Facilitator, Safeguard coordinator& Woreda Coordinators with Zonal &Woreda
Administrators, Zonal & Woreda Environment, Forest and Climate Change Authority Office
established steering committee (woreda Task force) that leads the implementation of OFLP activities
and the steering committee by its turn established woreda technical committee (Focal Person)
developed and works with Lead Facilitator, Safeguard Coordinators woreda coordinator, Zonal
&Woreda Environment, Forest and Climate Change Authority,OFWE districts, Agriculture, (from
woreda agriculture and natural resource office), Energy (from woreda Water and Energy Bureau),
woreda Land use, woreda livestock sector in planning, implementation and reporting of OFLP related
activities. Woreda technical committee plan, monitor, undertake technical support with OFLP woreda
coordinator and report the achievements to the respective WoEFCCA’s, then the respective
WoEFCCA’s Focal Person compile reports and send to OFLP Woreda Coordinator. The OFLP
woreda coordinator compiles and sends the cluster reports to OFLP Lead Facilitator, OFLP Safeguard
Coordinators and Head of Zonal &Woreda of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Authority
office. The Lead Facilitator compiles the report from respective woredas &implementing institutions
& sends s to ORCU.
3. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
3.1 Component 1: Enabling Investments
3.1.2. Sub-Component: Investment and extension services
3.1.2.1. Field Supervision and Implementation Support by Lead Facilitator, Safeguard
Coordinator& Woreda Coordinator
➢ Lead Facilitator has conducted field supervision one time to Woredas of West
Harage(Chiro,Oda Bultum,Habro & Anchar),Woredas of West Shewa(Dendi,Ambo,& Liben
Jawi),OSZAF(Chancho& Akaki) & East Shewa (Ada,Lume,Bora,Dugda,ATJK ,Adama &
Boset), North shewa( Girar Jarso,Kuyu ,Debre Libnaos).
➢ Field supervision & Implementation support by Woreda Coordinators.
➢ In addition to OFLP Wereda coordinator, the Zone EFCCA staffs have been assigned to
Weredas for implementation of supervision and supporting activities of the program like to
make awareness creation to the newly assigned Wereda officials and to restructure on the
establishment of steering and technical teams, to coordinate and to facilitate the formation of
annual working plan, to establish GRM teams at kebeles and generally to build the OFLP
structures at Weredas. As the result, Weredas have prepared a compiled harmonized working
plan of OFLP document for 2011 budget year and sent to Zone and the teams in the Zone also
compiled it and sent to ORCU for confirmation. On the other hand 130 new GRM teams
comprised of 879 (742 male and 147 female) members were established in different 8 Weredas
at kebele level in South West Shewa Clsuter ( Woliso).
➢ The supervision works were held in the ten woredas and the OFLP related works plan has been
prepared in the woredas and the actual performance of planed activities were supervised and
the technical supports were given per the woredas under Liben Jawi Cluster.
➢ In Liben Jawi Cluster the technical REDD+ committee were established in the year of
2010.But in some woredas they all are shifted by the new ones and in some woredas many
member of the committee were changed. Making the reestablishment for the disordered
committee requires to aware and brief them the overview of OFLP which make effortless an
OFLP achievement. Total committees were changed in Toke kutaye woreda and the whole
staffs including the WEFCCA manager, totally 11 were trained about the EFCCA /OFLP
overview and safeguard managements.
➢ The committee had prepared the bilateral plan for the REDD+ related activities in the year
which will be supported technically and supervised by the OFLP staffs. All woredas had
prepared their bilateral plan after harmonization was made in the woredas within the
committee.
➢ After preparing the annual working plan at Zonal level, awareness creation was made to
Wereda EFCCA especially on what was done and not done in their Weredas, what is to be
done and what is expected from them regarding the OFLP program and in the cluster; and how
to do with the OFLP program and other relevant institutions
➢ Field Supervision and Implementation Support by Chiro Cluster OFLP Woreda
Coordinator were made to(Chiro(4),Anchar(12),G/Bordode(6),Mieso(6),Guba
Koricha(6),Tulo (4),Doba& Mesela (4)-N0 in the bracket are frequency of visit.
➢ Field Supervision has been conducted once to all woredas under Chancho cluster to
discuss with relevant offices and experts and put direction for future in order to support
the implementation of the program.
➢ Kurfa Challe woreda coordination office undertake field supervision and
implementation support quarterly two times in all OFLP intervention woreda’s the
first round covers three woredas (Gurewa, Bedeno and Haromaya) and the second
round field supervision covered the whole nine woreda((Kurfa chale, Qumbi,
Bedeno, Gola oda, Girawa, Mayu muluke, Haramaya, Fedis and Midhaga tola) using
public transport
➢ It was planned to Organize Training for Woreda Experts on integrated landscape
management (Agriculture ,Water & Energy, Land-use planning, Forest Extension
and etc) at zonal level accordingly the training was given to
No. Name Of Zone No.Of
Woredas
Participants
Male Female Total
1 Eastern Hararge 20 158 23 181
2. West Hararge 15 104 11 115
3 North Shewa 16 94 14 108
4 South West Shewa 11 86 10 96
5 West Shewa 23 146 15 161
6 East Shewa 11 71 21 92
Total 659 94 753
2. Component 2: Enabling Environment
2.1. Sub-Component: Institutional Capacity Building
Awareness creation for the newly assigned Wereda EFCCA officials
Since restructuring of Wereda officials were made in the cluster in relevant sectors, aware creation
among the new comers is important. So, in collaboration with Zone EFCCA a one day awareness
creation program specially on the issues of OFLP program, what is expected from them regarding the
program, what was done in their Weredas, what was not done in their Weredas, what is to be done in
their Weredas and in the cluster were and how to do with the OFLP program and other relevant issues
were raised and directions were given to them. A total of 20 officials were participated from 11
Weredas in South West Shewa Cluster.
GPS and GIS training for Wereda and Zone experts
In collaboration with South West Shewa Zone EFCCA, GPS and GIS training was given for 20
experts (11 experts from Wereda EFCCA and 9 experts from Zone EFCCA) for three days. The main
subject areas on which the training was given include :-( South West Shewa)
➢ Application of GPS for data collection
➢ Installation of GIS software (version 10.3)
➢ Preparing shapefiles from GPS data
➢ General overview of working with ARC MAP
Capacity building and awareness creation ofthe project among stakeholders and experts.
➢ In collaboration with Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), SabataHawasWereda and
Addis Ababa University, OFLPWereda coordinator has given training for technical team,
Wereda Experts, DAs, enterprises working on ER activities and model farmers on
Participatory Forest Management (PFM) and Conservation Agriculture (CA) for 175
participants.
➢ In addition to this, Woliso Youth Development Association (WYDA) project from
Woliso Wereda has shared its 15 years of experience to CCA project and its stakeholders
in SabataHawas. In both cases awareness creation about OFLP program was made by
OFLP lead facilitator and the Wereda coordinator to participants.
Experience sharing of WYDA for CCA
Wereda coordinator has facilitated for experience sharing for CCA from WYDA and hence about 50
officials and experts from Sabata Hawas Wereda and came to Woliso for experience sharing. Lots of
knowledge shared among the two organizations.
➢ The Woreda OFLP coordinator with technical teams, has trained farmers and
participated on construction of soil and water conservation structures like bunds on farm
lands.
As the result, huge area of agricultural land was covered with soil and water conservation
structure in Woliso Wereda
3.2.2. Sub-Component: Safeguards Management
Safeguard training for zonal and woreda relevant sectors experts
No. Name Of Zone No.Of
Woredas
Participants
Male Female Total
1 Eastern Hararge 20 158 23 181
2. West Hararge 15 104 11 115
3 North Shewa 16 94 14 108
4 South West Shewa 11 86 10 96
5 West Shewa 23 146 15 161
6 East Shewa 11 71 21 92
Total 659 94 753
3.2.3. Sub-Component: Information
In order to give more information about the program in the sub-cluster, in addition to the formal
presentations held in different meetings, a locally prepared brochure that highlighted about the
program was developed by the OFLP Woreda coordinator and disseminated to about150 kebeles.
➢ GRM established
No Name of zone Name of woreda Amount Of GRM
Numbers of members of GRM
Total Remark
M F
A East Hararghe 61 305 122 427
1 KurfaChele Cluster 32 160 64 224
2 Deder Cluster 29 145 58 203
B West Hararghe 243 1566 486 2052
1 Chiro Cluster 243 1566 486 2052
South West Shewa Cluster
No.
OF
LP
inte
rven
tion
Wore
das
Num
ber
of
Keb
eles
(P
A)
Wer
edas
in w
hic
h
Saf
eguar
din
g t
rain
ing
was
under
tak
en
Wer
edas
that
pre
par
ed
har
moniz
ed p
roposa
l
Wer
edas
th
at
esta
bli
shed
GR
M Total GRM established till now
No o
f G
RM
esta
bli
shed
Mal
e
Fem
ale
Tota
l
1 Ameya 36 15 128 5 133
2 Bacho 19 19 142 15 157
3 Daawoo 22 22 82 32 114
4 Goro 19 18 164 5 169
5 Ilu 15 15 56 3 59
6 SabataHawas 36 0 0 0 0
7 QarsaaMalima 31 31 212 36 248
8 SadanSoodo 22 0 0 0 0
9 SodoDaaccii 19 19 144 26 170
10 Tole 23 13 59 15 74
11 Waliisoo 35 33 288 42 330
12 Wanchi 23 23 150 23 173
13 Zone 0 0 0 0 0
14 Total 300 7 12 10 208 1425 202 1627
Safeguard training for Development Agent (DA) of the Cluster
No Name of Woredas Targets No of participants Total %ge
Male Female
1 Chiro cluster 53 49 4 53
100
2 K/Chele cluster 163
136
27 163
100
3 Deder cluster 193
173 20 193
100
Total
409 358 51
No
Wereda name
No. of
Keb
eles
Participants of the training
DA Technical team Steering team Other Officials Total participants
M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total
1 Dawo 22 15 7 22 5 - 5 4 1 5 2 - 2 26 8 34
2 KersaMalima 31 20 9 29 5 - 5 5 - 5 2 - 2 32 9 41
3 SodoDaci 19 11 8 19 5 - 5 5 - 5 2 - 2 23 8 31
4 Wonci 23 22 1 23 5 - 5 5 - 5 2 - 2 34 1 35
5 Gu/Bordode 36 29 7 36 5 - 5 - - - 2 - 2 37 6 43
6 Tulo 36 30 6 36 5 - 5 - - - 2 - 2 37 6 43
7 Gu/Koricha 33 30 3 33 5 - 5 - - 2 - 2 33 6 39
8 Bako 72 8 80 - - - - - - - - - 72 8 80
9 Chaliya 43 6 49 - - - - - - - - - 43 6 49
10 Toke Kutaye 124 16 140 - - - - - - - - - 124 16 140
Total 461 74 535
409
100
Community and ZEFCCA staff Consultation and Participation (C & P)
No Name of
zones
Male Female Total Remark
A W/Haraghe 1370 124 1494
1 ZEFCCA
staff
64 16 80 For ZEFCCA, WOFCCA and OFWE staffs
during 1st quarter review meeting awareness
created
1 Chiro 1306 108 1414
2 O/Bultum - -
B E/Hararghe 3955 1347 5002
1 Ku/Chele - -
2 Deder 3955 1347 5002
Total 5325 1471 6496
C West Shewa
Ilu Gelan 3985 815 4,800
Liben Jawi 200 30 230
Bako Tibe 2427 1614 4041
Total 6612 2459 9,071
Chiro cluster Updated Consultation report of Q3
R.n OFLP
intervention
Woreda
No. of
kebeles
(PAs)
No. of relevant sector
consultation and
participation
No. of Community
consultation and
participation
Kebele (PAs) level
Grievance Resolution
committee
establishment
(GC)
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
1 Anchar 29 19 1 20 450 18 468 203 58 261
2 Chiro 38 704 40 744 266 76 342
3 Mieso 31 10 - 10 540 10 550 217 62 279
4 Guba
Korecha
22 12 - 12 192 20 14 154 44 198
5 Gumbi 28 10 - 10 220 20 240 196 56 252
Bordede
6 Doba 40 15 1 16 500 15 515 200 80 280
7 Mesela
(shanan
Ghugo)
25 15 - 15 1200 30 1230 150 50 200
8 Tullo 30 14 1 15 869 49 918 180 60 240
Total 243 95 3 98 4675 202
4877
1566 486 2052
The Community consultation is documented at kebele & Woreda
Major Challenges
Institutional Capacity of ZEFCCA &WEFCCA(office ,Professionals &logistics)
Lack of Awareness on OFLP at Zonal & Woreda Level
Scarcity of Resource at all levels(ZEFCCA &WEFCCA)
Stationary & Furniture problem to document activities at all levels
High turnover of woreda officials
Wrong Expectation from the project by stakeholders
Turnover of OFLP woreda coordinators
Loose Coordination at all levels of stake holders
Sense of ownership
Centralized resources of plat form so that we can’t conduct plat form as we planned at
cluster level.
Delayed budget Transfer
RECOMMENDATION AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
1. If the OFLP program is to be implemented as required, the necessary logistics, stationary
materials, financial resources, other essential items and materials which support the OFLP Wereda
Coordinator and other relevant institution should be brought on time.
2. Some activities need sequential orders. For example; it would have been better to train Zonal and
Wereda technical and steering committees before giving training for DAs who cascade similar
training at kebele level. Such activities should be followed consecutively.
3. It is not only government’s institutions who are working on ER activities and as much as possible
the international NGOs, local civic institutions, Universities should be better if incorporated as a
platform and there should be mechanisms/ways that lines/ties these institutions together from the
concerned bodies.
4. As it was forwarded by the participants of training, technical teams, steering committees and other
relevant institutions from different Weredas, in order to bring measurable and significant change
towards emission reduction, the OFLP program specifically in Centeral & Eastern cluster shall
extend its activities beyond the establishment of committees and giving safeguarding activity
trainings and should focus on the implement different forestry activities on the ground by
supplying additional budget to the Zone so that different satisfactory activities could be put in to
practice in all the Weredas.
5. The government officials (especially Zonal and Wereda administrative) should be informed or
forced to give attention to implement the OFLP program as their offical duties and even could be
better if there is a mechanism of responsibilities and accountability.
Annex.
ANNEX I. Newly established Grievance Redressing Mechanism teams
Hint -* Training was given in the last year
No.
OF
LP
in
terv
enti
on
Wo
red
as
Nu
mb
er o
f K
ebel
es
(PA
)
Wer
edas
in
whic
h S
afeg
uar
d
trai
nin
g w
as
giv
en
Wer
edas
w
ho
esta
bli
shed
GR
M Grievance Redressing Mechanism
established
No o
f
GR
M
esta
bli
shed
Mal
e
Fem
ale
Tota
l
Remark
1 Ameya 36 2 15 1 16 *
2 Bacho 19 5 24 11 25 *
3 Daawoo 22 22 82 32 114
4 Goro 19
5 Ilu 15 15 56 3 59
6 SabataHawas 36
7 QarsaaMalima 31 31 212 36 248
8 SadanSoodo 22 0 0 0 0
9 SodoDaaccii 19 19 144 26 170
10 Tole 23 13 59 15 74
11 Waliisoo 35 *
12 Wanchi 23 23 150 23 173
13 Zone
14 Total 300 7 10 130 742 147 879
ANNEX II. General information about Weredas in South West Shewa Cluster
No.
OF
LP
in
terv
enti
on
Wo
red
as
Nu
mb
er o
f K
ebel
es (
PA
)
Wer
edas
in w
hic
h
Saf
eguar
din
g t
rain
ing
was
under
tak
en
Wer
edas
that
pre
par
ed
har
moniz
ed p
roposa
l
Wer
edas
th
at
esta
bli
shed
GR
M Total GRM established till now
No o
f G
RM
esta
bli
shed
Mal
e
Fem
ale
Tota
l
1 Ameya 36 15 128 5 133
2 Bacho 19 19 142 15 157
3 Daawoo 22 22 82 32 114
4 Goro 19 18 164 5 169
5 Ilu 15 15 56 3 59
6 SabataHawas 36 0 0 0 0
7 QarsaaMalima 31 31 212 36 248
8 SadanSoodo 22 0 0 0 0
9 SodoDaaccii 19 19 144 26 170
10 Tole 23 13 59 15 74
11 Waliisoo 35 33 288 42 330
12 Wanchi 23 23 150 23 173
13 Zone 0 0 0 0 0
14 Total 300 7 12 10 208 1425 202 1627
ANNEX III. Brochure distributed to Weredas and Kebeles
ANNEX IV. Total no. of participants on safeguarding management training
No
Wereda name
No. of
keb
eles
Participants of the training
DA Technical team Steering team Other Officials Totalpartcipants
M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total
1 Dawo 22 15 7 22 5 - 5 4 1 5 2 - 2 26 8 34
2 KersaMalima 31 20 9 29 5 - 5 5 - 5 2 - 2 32 9 41
3 SodoDaci 19 11 8 19 5 - 5 5 - 5 2 - 2 23 8 31
4 Wonci 23 22 1 23 5 - 5 5 - 5 2 - 2 34 1 35
5 Total 95 68 25 93 20 - 20 19 1 20 8 - 8 115 26 141