About Empaform

EMPAFORM: Stands for “strengthening and Empowering civil societies for partiipatory forest management in East Africa” This was a programme aimed at strengthening civil society to demand an effective participation in Forest Management. This programme of civil society strengthening has  promoted a pro-poor approach to the management and conservation of natural forests in  E. Africa. CBOs [...]

Empaform Objectives

The main objective has been to ensure that natural forests and woodlands in East Africa are sustainably managed and conserved with increased benefits to the poor in forest dependant communities. This is the goal to which EMPAFORM efforts are contributing – the issue that returns to communities can be enhanced while forests are conserved! Specifically, [...]

Advocacy

Participatory Forest Management Advocacy Strategy Framework
Steps taken in developing the Advocacy Strategy framework

• Issues drawn from the field (CFRs and Forest Communities)- Consultancy
• Issues prioritized (first advocacy Workshop of stakeholders)
• People-centred approaches entrenched in issues processing (first advocacy workshop of stakeholders)

Welcome

This is a programme aimed at strengthening civil society to demand and effective participation in Forest Management. This programme of civil society strengthening  promoted a pro-poor approach to the management and conservation of natural forests in  E. Africa. CBOs  were the primary target group. By strengthening and empowering these organisations the programme made the implementation [...]