Development of a REDD+ Safeguards Information System for Suriname

Project duration
11/2019
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05/2020
Location
Suriname
Head of service line
Monika Bertzky
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Monika Bertzky
Project Coordinator
Monika Bertzky
Senior Manager and Head of Safeguards
Team

Monika Bertzky
Blaise Bodin
Priscilla Miranda

Services
REDD+
Safeguards
Indigenous Peoples
Environmental and Sustainability Law

As one of the last steps in REDD+ readiness under the UNFCCC, Suriname needed to prepare a Safeguards Information System (SIS). AAE, in consortium with Tropenbos Suriname, UN Environment WCMC and Adept developed the SIS for Suriname, which can be accessed at http://sis.surinameredd.org.

Main tasks

  • Stakeholder engagement: two national workshops, SIS training and consultation of all ten Indigenous and Tribal Peoples communities in the interior
  • Interpretation of safeguards in national context
  • Identification of SIS objectives and functions
  • Legal analysis of existing Policies, Laws and Regulations (PLRs) against safeguards requirements of UNFCCC and UNDP
  • Identification of suitable information and indicators
  • Development of SIS portal
  • Creation of framework for generation of Summary of Information (SoI)

Main outputs

  • Inception/roadmap report
  • Workshop and community consultation reports
  • Legal analysis of existing PLRs
  • Communication material in Dutch, English and Sranan Tongo
  • SIS training manual
  • SIS report
  • SIS portal: functioning website in Dutch and English
  • Functioning website in Dutch and English

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