Special Programme for Development of Capacities

The mission of the Special Programme for Development of Capacities (in short IUFRO-SPDC, formerly "Special Programme for Developing Countries) is "to expand and foster forest research capacity in developing and economically disadvantaged countries".

According to the programme's strategy the IUFRO-SPDC activities cover the following five priority areas:

• Enhancing core scientific competence;
• Improving information management and dissemination;
• Enhancing science contribution to policy processes;
• Promoting communication and multi-stakeholder learning processes,
• Providing institutional support to regional forest research networks.

Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO y Taller Pre-Congreso

9 al 15 de Junio 2013

Comunicando la Ciencia Forestal – Poniendo la Ciencia al Servicio de la Política y el Manejo

El Programa Especial para Países en Desarrollo de IUFRO (IUFRO-SPDC) está organizando el taller pre-congreso "Comunicando la Ciencia Forestal  – Poniendo la Ciencia al Servicio de la Política y el Manejo”para científicos forestales jóvenes con interés en que los resultados de su investigación sean aplicados en las prácticas de manejo forestal. Se celebrará en el hotel “Palma Real”, San José, Costa Rica, del 09 al 11 de junio 2013) vinculado al III Congreso Forestal Latinoamericano (del 12 al 15 de junio 2013).

IUFRO-SPDC organiza el taller con el apoyo de instructores de formación científica provenientes de Chile y Costa Rica. 

Se ofrecerá la participación en el taller a los particpantes elegidos para el programa el programa de asistencia a científicos (SAP) del Congreso.

2-Year Cooperation between ITTO and IUFRO

Strengthening the capacity of ITTO producer countries in Africa in generating and disseminating scientific information on Reducing Deforestation and Forest Degradation and Enhancing Environmental Services from Forests (REDDES)

Project Partners: International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), International Union of Forest Research Institutions (IUFRO), Forestry Research Network for Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA), Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD, Cameroon), Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG, Ghana), Forestry Development Authority (FDA, Liberia), Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN, Nigeria), African Forest Forum (AFF)

Duration: 2012 – 2013 (24 months)

Funding: ITTO; IUFRO through US-Forest Service and Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

This project is about supporting ITTO producer countries in Africa to dealing with the challenges of reducing deforestation and enhancing the rehabilitation of degraded tropical forests. In line with ITTO's objective and Thematic Program on REDDES, the project generates scientific information on specific REDDES pilot areas in Cameroon, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria, disseminates this information to policy makers and forest practitioners at the national and regional level through science-policy interactions in close cooperation with the African Forest Forum. Regional networking and capacity building is further strengthened by jointly organising a regional forest congress for forest scientists, policy makers and other forest stakeholders, in order to mainstream project results, foster regional cooperation through FORNESSA and AFF, and strengthen the role of ITTO in the African region.

For more information please visit: www.fornis.net

IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress & ITTO/AFF Forest Policy Day
FORESTS AND TREES: SERVING THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA AND THE WORLD
Nairobi, Kenya, June 25-30, 2012

Scientist Assistance Programme &
Pre-Congress Training Workshops (23-24 June, 2012)

Scientist Assistance Programme
The Scientist Assistance Program (SAP) was designed to offer delegates from Sub-Saharan African countries financial assistance (congress registration fee, flight ticket, accommodation and subsistence) to participate in the first IUFRO-FORNESSA Regional Congress. Support packages were offered in relation with the Pre-Congress Training Workshops organised by the IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) and Global Forest Information Service (GFIS). In total 82 forest scientists from more than 15 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa attended the congress.

Pre-Congress Training Workshops
As part of IUFRO’s capacity building programme for young and mid-career scientists, IUFRO-SPDC in cooperation with the Kenya Forestry Research Institute organised the following two training workshops prior to the Congress from 23 to 24 June, 2012:

• PREPARING AND WRITING RESEARCH PROPOSALS
  This training targeted young scientists from African countries in need to expand their skills in mobilising funding for their research. The content of the training workshop is available for download here.
  
  
  
• COMMUNICATING FOREST RESEARCH – MAKING SCIENCE WORK FOR POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
  The workshop has been designed for early and mid-career scientists/research managers from African countries interested in learning more about effective science communication. For details please see the workshop report.
  
  

• IUFRO-SPDC Pre-Congress Training Workshops
  within the framework of the XIII IUFRO World Congress
  in Seoul, Korea, 2010
  
  • Forests and Climate Change
  • Traditional Forest Knowledge
  • Forests and Water Interactions
  • Forests and Human Health
    
    
  More

• The IUFRO Special Programme for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) and GFEP initiated in autumn 2009 the preparation of a regional policy brief "Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change" in collaboration with the thematic group "Forest and climate change” of the Forestry Research Network for Sub-Saharan Africa (FORNESSA). The policy brief is based on a detailed analysis of relevant information contained in the global assessment report and more than 250 additional literature references identified by the African experts. It aims to contribute to the development of effective adaptation strategies in Africa and facilitate related international efforts.
  
  The policy brief "Making African Forests Fit for Climate Change" was formally presented at the 14th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity, held from 10 to 21 May 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya.

• Download the English version
  
  
• Téléchargez la version française

IUFROLAT 2013
Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO
Third IUFRO Latin American Congress
San José, Costa Rica; 12-15 June 2013

Congress homepage / Página web del Congreso: http://web.catie.ac.cr/iufrolat/IufroLat_esp.htm

Scientist Assistance Programme / Programa de Asistencia a Científicos
Deadline for submission of applications /
Fecha límite de recepción de solicitud de becas: 31 de enero, 2013