The Bank views partnerships as essential to the successful implementation of the Bank’s Forests Strategy. Partnerships enable groups with diverse strengths to join forces and maximize positive outcomes in the forests sector. To this end, the Bank actively pursues and maintains partnerships with other donor agencies, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, the private sector and other stakeholders. Current partnerships: - The Bank is host to the Program on Forests (PROFOR), a multi-donor partnership in support of knowledge generation and sharing on issues related to forest livelihoods, governance, finance and cross-sectoral cooperation.
Exploring a new approach to partnerships in forestry Most recently, to advance existing forest partnerships, and adapt to changing international views of forestry, the World Bank sought to galvanize an innovative approach to coordination within the sector that would link local needs with the global forest agenda. It developed an initial concept for what such a framework may look like. In August 2007 the World Bank asked an independent group to consult with a broad range of stakeholders on the need for, and possible shape of, a new partnership framework. Just completed, the consultations show there is consensus in quite a few areas. Read more |
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