The importance of the following-up activities was stressed during the last day of the workshop. The workshop was only the beginning of the implementation process that will continue during the coming months and years. The participants were given guidance in funding opportunities for technical support. Even though FAO is mainly a knowledge based organization FAO offers some funding possibilities (TCP, GCP and UTF proposals, NFP Facility). The countries were however advised to also pursue opportunities with;
• government programmes (central/national, sub-national),
• international agencies (FAO, IFAD, Asian Development Bank, the World Bank),
• bilateral donors (Austria, Italy, Germany, Korea, France, Netherlands, Finland, USA, European Union, Sweden, Norway, Japan etc.),
• the private sector (international and national investors)
• NGO’s (WWF, IUCN, CARE, OXFAM, Winrock, Ford Foundation, CIDSE, Rainforest Alliance etc.)
In order to support the countries in the implementation process of the Planted Forest Voluntary Guidelines a follow-up workshop will be arranged in April 2008 in Hanoi, Vietnam, in connection with the Forestry Week at the Asian-Pacific Forestry Commission.
