Presented by: M. Félicien Kengoum, BrightWay consult. Analyser et transformer la REDD+ en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) 12 Novembre 2020 de 10h à 12h, heure de Kinshasa

1. REDD+ Governance and participation in RDC
Analyser et transformer la REDD+ en RDC
12 Novembre 2020
Félicien Kengoum
Expert, Natural resource and climate governance
BrightWay Consult

2. Actors and REDD+ Events in DRC
Results of participation over 10 years
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Formal Participation Informal participation
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Mobilising public
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Figure 2. Actors’ participation channel in DRC (% of actors interviewed)
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Figure 3. Actors’ perceptions on whether their voice was heard
• Formal participation dominated the process with low rate of protest
• Globally a high rate of participation in the process
• Growing number of actors participatin in REDD+ Events
• Existence of non state actors’ networks specifically dedicated to
REDD+ (eg. GTCR-R and REPALEF)
• No actors complained that he was totally not heard in each of
the events.
• Few actors considered their expectations in the four Events were
fully met
• Globally actors consider their expectations are still to me meet in
the REDD+ in DRC

3. • A donor priven process
• The more participation is set as a condition by donors, the more non state
stakeholders participate in the Events
• National actors’ capacity to manage REDD+ is still doubted and impedes their
participation in managing finantial resources
• Reduction of actors’ interest in REDD+ over time
• REDD+ mostly treated as a project than a political priority
• Policy events are what drive actors’ interest towards REDD+
• Participation of indigenous groups still a challenge
• Formal recognition of Indigenous peoples still limited to donors driven forest
processes
• Recent access to resources by indigenous organizations to structure their networks
• Need for REDD+ to get deeper into the national policy agenda
Actors and REDD+ Events in DRC
Drawing lessons from actors’ participation

4. Merci/Thank you