The EU-FCCB Programme

The EU-FCCB Programme is a cooperation programme funded by the European Union and established in partnership with the Government of Papua New Guinea (GoPNG), represented by the Department of National Planning and Monitoring (DNPM). The overall objective is “to support a development model that reconciles forestry, climate change and biodiversity with sustainable, inclusive and gender-responsive green growth and jobs at national and pilot subnational/ community levels”, with three specific objectives (SOs) as outlined below: - SO1: Effective implementation of evidence-based FCCB policies, governance and institutional frameworks. - SO2: Enhanced FCCB awareness, knowledge, capacities and mobilisation for FCCB. - SO3: Increased inclusive and gender-responsive green growth. The EU-FCCB Programme has three components, each managed by an implementing partner: - Component 1: Implemented by Expertise France, support is provided at the national/ institutional level with spillovers at the local/community level” (the national component). - Component 2: Support the Managalas Conservation Area (Oro province), implemented by the Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF). - Component 3: The extension of the National Forest Inventory, which is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The EU-FCCB Programme is the European Union's largest environmental programme in the Pacific Islands region. It was launched on 31 October 2023 by the Rt. Hon. James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, and Mr Jacques Fradin, Ambassador of the European Union to PNG.