Support the Forest Sector Transformation Unit, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission

Ethiopia has encountered multifaceted challenges that includes climate change effects such as temperature increase, rainfall variability, frequent drought and extreme events. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute significantly to the country's carbon emission and rural poor depending on forest resources are losing livelihood and income opportunities. As part of the Danish Country Program for Ethiopia (2018-2022), Danish has supported a Thematic Climate Resilient Forest livelihoods program to achieve "Improved and climate resilient livelihoods, while maintaining and enhancing carbon stocks and other ecosystem services".  Both the Danish Embassy and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) have expressed interest to collaborate with GGGI as technical implementing partner to catalyze this program, particularly in addressing social inclusiveness on planning and implementation process. Therefore, GGGI has recruited National Social inclusion Advisor, based in EFCCC’s Forest Sector Transformation Unit (FSTU) to   ensure that   key social inclusion aspects are addressed by EFCCC in relation to forest management, and in relation to the promotion of participatory forest management. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing, and institutional frameworks and IO3. Improved multi-directional knowledge sharing and learning to empower local and external agents necessary to drive green growth processes in partner governments.