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Status: Closed

Forest Governance Workshop Durban (Support for the UNFF Africa Forest Governance Workshop in Durban, South Africa)

Description

The Governments of South Africa and Switzerland are hosting a workshop on Forest Governance and Decentralisation in Africa. The workshop is planned as a country-led initiative in support of the UNFF and wil be held in Durban, South Africa, from 8th-11th of April 2008. Countries, especially sponsoring countries are important partners of this initiative, and the co-hosts are welcoming other country partners and partner organisations to be involved into and to contribute to the initiative. Intercooperation will be supporting the co-hosts logistically in the following fields: pooling and forwarding financial means, providing services in relation to managing the funds to support the host country, mandating translator/interpreter team, mandating event manager, participate in the local organizing committee on logistical matters, upon request of the host country.

International partner: CIFOR, UNFF, Government of South Africa

Fact sheet

Type: Long-term mandate
Start: 2007 End: 2008 Status: Closed

Region: Middle East / Northern Africa | Western and Central Africa | Southern and Eastern Africa

Working domain: Natural Resource Management

Key topic: Collaborative management of natural resources

Staff

Responsible at Head Office: Jürgen Blaser

Contact

Address:
P.O. Box 6724
Maulbeerstrasse 10
CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland

Phone: +41 31 385 10 10 Fax: +41 31 385 10 09

E-Mail: foren@intercooperation.ch

Resp. for this entry: cgreco

Achieving more together

Helvetas and Intercooperation entered a strategic partnership in 2008. Within the next 12 months, they will become one organisation under the name of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation.