The EU FLEGT VPA Programme

The EU FLEGT VPA Programme aims to promote sustainable forest management and reduce illegal logging through supporting the implementation of VPAs.

The actions are guided by the planning tools agreed between EU and the partner country. The support will be targeted and flexible.

The EU FLEGT VPA Programme is focusing on country-level and local stakeholder level projects. It is active in three domains.

01.

Operationalization of the VPA.

02.

Empowering CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) and local communities to contribute to the implementation of the VPA.

03.

Support to the private sector in the implementation of the VPA, promoting legal and sustainable forest industries.

Programme
focused on:

Will last for

5 years

(2021-2025)

8 Priority
countries

Cameroon
Central African Rep.
Ghana
Guyana

Honduras
Liberia
Republic of Congo
Vietnam

Country	Forest Cover (ha)*	Wood volume export in Europe (Tons)**
Cameroon	20 340 000	303 728 (2018)
Central African Republic	22 303 000	127 806 (2020)
Ghana	7 986 000	33 018 (2019)
Guyana	18 415 000	7 478 (2020)
Honduras	6 359 000	919 (2019)
Liberia	7 617 000	No data
Republic of Congo	21 946 000	111 357 (2020)
Vietnam	14 643 000	50 048 (2020)

* Global Forest Resources Assessment (FAO, 2020)
** 44 Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal (ITC, 2020)

The Programme is structured around three components, namely, the Institutional Component (C1), the Private Sector and Civil Society component (C2) and the Programme Management component (C3).

The Coordination Unit of the EU FLEGT VPA Programme is separated between the Technical Operator (Consortium ETICWOOD/Nature+) and the Administrative and Financial Operator (e-sud development).

The Coordination Unit

The technical coordination of the project is implemented by the consortium composed by the consulting firm ETICWOOD (based in Belgium) and the non-profit organisation Nature+ (hosted by the University of Gembloux, Belgium).

The consortium sets up a team of experts, organized between Belgium for the project team, and the three continents concerned by the Programme for the different focal points.

The assigned Consortium experts and their respective roles within the EU FLEGT VPA Programme are as follows:

Jérome Laporte ETICWOOD Director: Project Coordinator.
Julien Philippart ETICWOOD Deputy Director: Responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of component 1 and the “private sector” section of component 2.
Cécilia Julve Nature+ Director: Responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the “CSO/NGO” section of component 2. She’s also in charge of communication and capitalisation.
Nathalie Faure Project manager
Sophie Jeanmart Project assistant

In addition, the administrative and financial management of the programme is provided by e-sud. E-sud is a French consulting company created in 2009, which provides technical support to Public Administrations in the development and cooperation sectors.

The experts have proven skills in several technical fields such as institutional support, public finance management, public procurements, information systems and assistance to contracting authorities.

Within the EU FLEGT VPA Programme, e-sud is in charge of supporting AFD in the selection, recruitment and contracting of technical operators and providing all financial management (inc. payments and financial monitoring / reporting to AFD and EU).

The 3 members of the e-sud team on the FLEGT programme are:

Vincent Tanguy Team leader
Glenn André Project management / Team leader support
Sylvie Rousse Administrative and Financial Manager

Useful websites

Agence Française de Développement

European Forest Institute

FAO-EU FLEGT Programme

FLEGT Group on Capacity4dev

FLEGT IMM

FLEGT Licences

FLEGT Portal

FLEGT Regulation

INTPA - Sustainable Forestry

The EU FLEGT VPA Programme is a programme funded by the European Union and coordinated by the AFD (Agence Française de Développement).