Interested person can now sign up and take the REDD+ Academy e-course here: http://unccelearn.org. Launched by the UN-REDD Programme in November 2015, the course is self-paced, free of charge and conducted in English.
Developing and implementing REDD+ goes beyond the forestry sector and
requires input from a broad spectrum of informed stakeholders. The key
term here is “informed”. Many stakeholders continue to feel challenged
and overwhelmed by unfamiliar concepts and terminology, and often find
it difficult to distinguish between facts and opinions. The demand for
capacity building continues remains high. The UN-REDD Programme
responded to the demand, with a series of regional and national REDD+
Academies. But clearly, face-to-face training courses can only reach a
limited number of people. The Programme therefore developed a REDD+
Academy e-course in English with support from the One UN Climate Change
Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn). The course provides access to
high-quality learning on REDD+ to an unlimited number of people.
In describing the REDD+ Academy learning materials, Achim Steiner,
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and United Nations Environment
Programme Executive Director stated, “The modules presented in the
e-Academy will equip you with the requisite knowledge to better
understand the various components of REDD+ planning and implementation,
and provide you with tools to promote the implementation of national
REDD+ activities in your country. I encourage all of you to apply the
knowledge you will gain over the course duration and to do your part to
make REDD+ a national and a global success!” (Link to the video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWipm8pAUVk&feature=youtu.be).
The e-course covers the following 12 topics:
- Forest, Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change
- Understanding REDD+ and the UNFCCC
- Drivers of Deforestation and Forest Degradation
- National Strategies and Action Plans
- National Forest Monitoring Systems for REDD+
- Forest Reference Emission Levels for REDD+
- Policies and Measures for REDD+ Implementation
- REDD+ Safeguards under the UNFCCC
- REDD+ Finance
- Approaches for Allocation of Incentives
- Introduction to Stakeholder Engagement
- Good governance
Participants can also access to the REDD+ Academy Learning Journals (http://www.uncclearn.org/learning-resources/library/10427).
They are available in three languages (English, French and Spanish).
These journals aim to provide the introductory information, detailed
accounts and learning exercises designed to build the capacity to
implement REDD+. The learning journals can also be found on the UN-REDD
Programme workspace (http://www.unredd.net/index.php?option=com_guru&view=guruPrograms&task=view&cid=29-redd-academy&Itemid=505).
