News and Events
Capacity Development related news and events.
Deadline extended to submit input for the next Global Forest Goals Report
In response to requests from several countries, the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat has extended the deadline for submitting voluntary national reports by 10 days. We thank those who have already submitted their reports and encourage others to finalize and submit theirs via the online platform by 10 July 2025. These reports are essential for […]
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Mozambique validates National Forest Finance Strategy and builds capacity for action
Collaborative workshop sets direction for sustainable forest management and climate financeMozambique has taken a major step toward advancing sustainable forest management by validating its new National Forest Financing Strategy. A national workshop was held on 26 May 2025 in Ponta de Ouro, co-organized by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat and the Ministry […]
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UNFFS Director at 2024 IUFRO World Congress
On 25 June 2024, UNFF Secretariat Director Ms. Juliette Biao delivered a keynote speech at the 2024 World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in Stockholm, Sweden. In her speech, Ms. Biao called for expanded research in key areas such as women’s role in the bioeconomy, gender perspectives on pests and […]
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Capacity building workshops held in Côte d’Ivoire to mobilize forest financing
This week, the UNFF Secretariat organized two capacity building workshop in Abidjan, in response to Côte d’Ivoire’s request for support in unlocking financing for its forests, and in collaboration with two members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests. From 7 to 9 November 2019, the UNFF Secretariat and FAO co-organized a capacity-building workshop on designing […]
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Capacity-building workshop on designing forest projects held in Pretoria
This week, the UNFF Secretariat and the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) organised the capacity-building workshop on designing projects on sustainable forest management in South Africa in Pretoria from 8 to 12 April 2019. This workshop was part of the UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) activities and followed the […]
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Capacity development workshop on forest financing held in Malawi
This week, the UNFF Secretariat organized a capacity-building workshop on forest financing from 18 to 22 February in Lilongwe, Malawi. The workshop was part of the activities of the Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN) which is assisting Malawi in developing its national forest financing strategy and in building capacity for project formulation to access […]
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GFFFN capacity development workshop held in Tehran
This week, the UNFF Secretariat organized a workshop to validate the project concept note on the role of sustainable forest management in mitigating and adapting to climate change in the Islamic Republic of Iran was held in Tehran from 30 September to 2 October 2018. The workshop was opened by Dr. Kamran Pourmoghaddam, Head of […]
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Central African Republic workshop builds national capacity to design forest projects
This week, as part of the activities of the UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN), the UNFF Secretariat organized a capacity-building workshop on designing projects on sustainable forest management in the Central African Republic in Bangui from 9 to 13 July 2018. The workshop was opened by Mr. Christian Aimé Mayonga, Inspector-General of the […]
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Building capacity to mobilize forest financing in the Eastern Caribbean
This week, the UNFF Secretariat organized an expert meeting on financing sustainable forest management (SFM) in the Eastern Caribbean in Castries, St Lucia, from 11 to 15 June 2018. The meeting followed a request from the Governments of Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis and St Lucia to receive support from the UNFF Global Forest Financing […]
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Workshop on Accessing Financing for Sustainable Forest Management held in Fiji
This week, the UNFF Secretariat organized a formulation and validation workshop from 4 to 8 June 2018 in Nadi, for Fiji’s concept note to the Green Climate Fund on sustainable forest management. The meeting brought together 26 participants from the Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization and civil society, including the […]
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Submit National Reports to UNFF by 10 July 2025
Deadline to submit National Reports is 10 July 2025The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat has extended the deadline for submitting voluntary national reports...
National Validation Workshop on National Forest Financing Strategy and Capacity Building for Implementation
Mozambique validates forest finance strategy and builds momentumOn 26 May, Mozambique held a national workshop to validate its new National Forest Financing Strategy, co-organized by...
Capacity building workshop on reporting to UNFF
Join us for the Capacity-Building Workshop on Reporting to UNFF, jointly organized by the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat (UNFFS) and the Food and...
Capacity building workshop on reporting on progress made towards the achievement of the Global Forests Goals (GFGs) and targets of the UN Strategic Plan on Forests 2030 (UNSPF)
The main goal of this UNFFS workshop was to build capacity for voluntary national reporting to UNFF. The specific objectives were to review draft national...
Expert Group Meeting on the Clearing House of the UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network
The UNFF Secretariat/DESA is organising a three-day Expert Group Meeting on the Clearing House of the UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation Network (GFFFN). The main...
Expert Meeting to review progress in implementation of the major groups workplans and input to the fourteenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF14)
This UNFFS expert meeting is being held to review progress in implementation of the major groups workplans including acceleration in achieving of the global forest...
Expert Group Meeting on Regional and Sub-Regional Input to the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
This UNFFS expert group meeting is being held to enhance contributions of the regional and sub-regional partners to the implementation of the UN Strategic Plan...
Workshop on Reporting on Global Forest Goals and targets of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests 2030
The UNFF Secretariat/DESA in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) is organising a three-day workshop on reporting on progress made...
Validation workshop on the project proposal for sustainable forest management in Iran
This workshop aims to discuss and validate a project proposal on sustainable forest management developed with technical support from the UNFF Global Forest Financing Facilitation...
Capacity Building Workshop on Design of a National Forest Financing Strategy and Project Formulation
The workshop is being held as part of the capacity development project on “Building Capacity to Access Financing for Implementation of the UN Forest Instrument...
Seminar on Implementation of the UN Forest Instrument and Sustainable Forest Management (by Government of China)
The Government of China is organizing a Seminar on the Implementation of the UN Forest Instrument (UNFI) and Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) from 4 to...
Expert Group meeting on Reporting to UNFF
The UN Forum on Forests Secretariat and the Federal Government of Brazil are jointly convening a four day expert meeting to discuss and propose a...
First workshop on forest financing in SIDS
First workshop on forest financing in Small Island Developing States. This is event is co-organized by the Secretariat of the UNFF, the Secretariat of the...
Strengthen national reporting
The Nairobi Workshop to Strengthen National Reporting in Support of the Implementation of the UN Forest Instrument is the second of five capacity-building workshops undertaken...
Forest financing in LFCCs
The first workshop on forest financing in Low Forest Cover Countries will be held in Tehran, Iran, from 12 to 17 November 2011. It is...
Strenthening national reporting
The objective of the workshops is to strengthen and support the capacity of UNFF national focal points in developing countries and countries with economies in...