The UN-REDD Programme’s Country Needs Assessment (CNA) modality of support was implemented as part of the Programme’s 2011-2015 strategy. It is designed to enable developing countries that are not supported by the Programme’s National Programmes modality of support, to assess their REDD+ readiness and prioritize technical, financial and administrative needs.  It is also intended to enable enhanced tailoring of support to countries and to facilitate more integrated and better coordinated REDD+ programmes and readiness activities. 

Following a call for proposals in 2014, seven country proposals and two regional proposals were approved totalling US$1.2 million:

• Guatemala
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Peru
• South Sudan
• Tunisia
• Zimbabwe
• Mesoamerica (Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, El Salvador and Dominican Republic)
• West Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo)

The scope of the proposals varies significantly, with some having a broad scope that assesses REDD+ readiness, gaps and needs for development of a national REDD+ strategy, while others are focused on specific technical topics such as land tenure; carbon rights; designing a national forest monitoring system; measurement, reporting and verification; establishing a reference emission level; stakeholder engagement; institutions involvement; and creating synergies between actors. 

Please find here the basic CNA background documents, as well as the results from each of the assessments as they become available.

Key Resources

Country Needs Assessment report UN-REDD Programme and FCPF

2015 Annual Report – the Seventh Consolidated Annual Progress Report of the UN-REDD Programme Fund

Background Note: Call for Country Needs Assessment (CNA) proposals

Esquema: Convocatoria de Propuestas: Evaluaciones de necesidades de apoyo en los planos nacional y regional

Appel de propositions: évaluations des besoins d'appui aux niveaux des pays et régionaux