EFR Followup Activities Contact: Harald.Lossackgtz.de JanPeter.Schemmelgtz.de

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EFR Follow-up ActivitiesContactHarald.Lossack
_at_gtz.deJan-Peter.Schemmel_at_gtz.de
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EFR Background

• OECD-DAC / PEP work on Environmental Fiscal
  Reform ? Task Force developed policy papers
• OECD-DAC Reference Paper on EFR ? target
  group mainly donors
• Joint Agency Paper on EFR (signed by 10
  agencies) ? target group partner countries
• Workshop Proceedings (Forests, Fisheries) and
  country studies (India, South Africa, China)
• ? Since June 2005 all publications are published
  and available for dissemination

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EFR Dissemination

• Successful presentation at the IUCN congress in
  Bangkok November 2004 ? continue to make use of
  international events in a similar way
• Need to spread the word in our own agencies
  often EFR is still not a much known concept-
  high level round tables- use OECD
  Joint-Ministerial to place EFR on the internal
  agenda of dev. coop. agencies- organize
  presentations in our agencies (? invite each
  other for these to help spread the word?)

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EFR Pilots For Implementation

• Supra-Regional SIDA expands environmental
  economics doctorate programme BMZ/GTZ study on
  EFR instruments in the forest sector in 16
  countries
• Pakistan SDC and IUCN launching research work on
  EFR
• India UNEP holding seminars on EFR at state
  level
• Nicaragua BMZ/GTZ study on EFR in the forest
  sector envisaging support to reform process
  (starting with a governance workshop)
• Brazil BMZ/GTZ envisaging support to EFR
  processes in the forest sector

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EFR Berlin Workshop in 2006?

• International Follow-up Workshop envisaged
  announced for 2006 in Berlin ? useful exercise to
  have the workshop?- significant interest in EFR
  as a necessary complementary approach to tackle
  growth sustainability challenges as
  highlighted by BRICS at conference in Berlin
  09/2005- general idea ? focus on exchange on
  practice of EFR- focussing on EFR without donor
  involvement or is there enough practice out
  there in supporting EFR processes?- focussing on
  selected natural ressources sectors linking
  EFR, pro poor growth and governance agenda in
  workshop?

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EFR For Discussion

• Any information missing in this short overview?
• Berlin Workshop?
• Touring around agencies to present the concept
  internally?
• High level round table on EFR and the MDGs (or
  similar)?
• Further ideas for next steps?