Global capacity-building towards enhanced transparency in the AFOLU sector (CBIT-AFOLU)
The “Global capacity-building towards enhanced transparency in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector” project serves as an umbrella for all national CBIT AFOLU-based projects.
The project comprises three components:
- Component 1: Supporting developing countries to strengthen their capacity to establish and sustain the institutional arrangements needed to respond to the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) requirements and improve decision-making processes
- Component 2: Building developing countries’ technical capacity to establish robust systems to measure, report and verify GHG emissions and removals, and to monitor and evaluate adaptation actions in the AFOLU sector in accordance with the ETF.
- Component 3: Sharing knowledge and improving coordination amongst global transparency practitioners to sustain and scale up institutional and technical capacity improvements in the AFOLU sector.
The implementation of activities under each component will allow the global CBIT-AFOLU project to deliver a combination of:
- stand-alone tools designed to help countries to overcome the challenges posed by the ETF in the agriculture sectors;
- pilot actions aimed at validating and refining the tools while stimulating country-level capacities to comply with ETF in the agriculture sectors;
- dissemination of knowledge and tools across a wide range of platforms and networks and coordination with other transparency practitioners to ensure a broad outreach.
The following pilot countries expressed interest in receiving support to enhance their capacity to address the ETF. They have been selected through an assessment based on a number of criteria, such as the contribution of AFOLU to their overall NDC objectives, the AFOLU GHG emissions and removals share and the number of UNFCCC reports produced.

To strengthen developing country technical and institutional capacity, through a coordinated dissemination of knowledge, to meet enhanced transparency framework requirements when implementing priority actions for achieving their respective nationally determined contributions in the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector.
Enhanced institutional capacity to establish reliable and sustainable knowledge management structures in compliance with the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) processes achieved in developing countries
Improved institutional capacity and knowledge management structures established in selected countries
Enhanced technical capacity of developing countries to comply with the ETF processes in the AFOLU sector through greater access and adoption of new set of MRV and M&E tools
Enhanced technical capacity achieved in selected countries to establish MRV and M&E systems to track NDC priority actions in the AFOLU sector, compliant with the ETF requirements
Increased opportunity of developing countries to participate in information and knowledge sharing networks and adopt transparency-related tools, methodologies, and best practices in order to comply with the ETF in the AFOLU sector
Improved coordination of information and knowledge of global tools, methodologies, and best practices available for meeting requirements under ETF
Relevant sector ministries of the beneficiaries countries
Relevant sector agencies, departments, and authorities of the beneficiaries countries
CBIT Global Coordination Platform
Donors
Research institutes and universities
Civil society
Knowledge management will take place at the national, regional, and global level
Contributions to knowledge management in the AFOLU sector will build upon collaboration with UNDP, UN Environment, and UNFCCC in support of the CBIT Global Coordination Platform
Dissemination and maintenance of tools, methodological guidance, and learning forums translated in the three UN languages for better dissemination through webinar, community of practice, and massive open online courses
Promotion of a knowledge sharing culture and institutional coordination (horizontal and vertical) mechanisms
Organization of mutual learning among countries in order to reinforce the south-south cooperation through existing networks such as West Africa MRV Networks, Red INGEI

Climate Change Officer at FAO
Institutional capacity for transparency-related activities | Target (1 - 4) | Baseline (1 - 4) | Mid-term evaluation (1 - 4) | Terminal evaluation (1 - 4) |
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Armenia | pending | pending | ||
Belize | pending | pending | ||
Benin | pending | pending | ||
Bhutan | pending | pending | ||
Brazil | pending | pending | ||
Burundi | pending | pending | ||
Guinea | pending | pending | ||
Haiti | pending | pending | ||
India | pending | pending | ||
Indonesia | pending | pending | ||
Malawi | pending | pending | ||
Mali | pending | pending | ||
Mozambique | pending | pending | ||
Namibia | pending | pending | ||
Nepal | pending | pending | ||
Senegal | pending | pending | ||
Sudan | pending | pending | ||
Viet Nam | pending | pending | ||
Zambia | pending | pending | ||
Zimbabwe | pending | pending |
Quality of MRV Systems | Target (1 - 10) | Baseline (1 - 10) | Mid-term evaluation (1 - 10) | Terminal evaluation (1 - 10) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Armenia | pending | pending | ||
Belize | pending | pending | ||
Benin | pending | pending | ||
Bhutan | pending | pending | ||
Brazil | pending | pending | ||
Burundi | pending | pending | ||
Guinea | pending | pending | ||
Haiti | pending | pending | ||
India | pending | pending | ||
Indonesia | pending | pending | ||
Malawi | pending | pending | ||
Mali | pending | pending | ||
Mozambique | pending | pending | ||
Namibia | pending | pending | ||
Nepal | pending | pending | ||
Senegal | pending | pending | ||
Sudan | pending | pending | ||
Viet Nam | pending | pending | ||
Zambia | pending | pending | ||
Zimbabwe | pending | pending |
Indicator | Target | Baseline | Source of verification |
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1.1 Number of ‘ETF-enhanced’ IA Global Products | 3 | None | Tools available on line |
1.1.1 Number of tools reviewed | 5 | None | Assessment report of reviewed and improved tools |
1.1.1 Number of ‘ETF-ready’ IA Products | 3 | None | Assessment report of reviewed and improved tools |
1.1.2 Number of comments and lessons learned | 8 | None | Brief report on lessons learned |
1.2 Number of pilot and project countries with the capacity to use the ‘ETF-enhanced’ IA Global Products to set-up institutional arrangements | 6 | Number of countries | Capacity building assessment survey (pre and post), with gender information |
1.2.1 Number of pilot and project country practitioners disaggregated by gender receiving training in use of ‘ETF-ready’ IA Products | 40 | None | Capacity building records, with information on gender |
1.2.2 Number of policy makers and practitioners disaggregated by gender across sectors made aware of ETF institutional arrangements | 24 | None | Raising awareness records, with information on gender |
2.1 Number of ‘ETF-enhanced’ MRV and M&E Global Products | 14 | None | Tools available on line |
2.1.1 Number of tools reviewed | 15 | None | Assessment report of reviewed tools |
2.1.1 Number of comments and feedback received and integrated | 10 | None | Brief report on comments, feedback and lessons learned |
2.1.2 Number of tools reviewed | 8 | None | Assessment report of reviewed tools |
2.1.2 Number of comments and feedback received and integrated | 4 | None | Brief report on comments, feedback and lessons learned |
2.2 Number of pilot and project countries that have the capacity to use ‘ETF-enhanced’ MRV and M&E Global Products | 6 | Number of countries | Capacity building assessment survey (pre and post), with gender information |
2.2.1 Number of pilot and project country practitioners, disaggregated by gender, receiving training in use of ‘ETF-ready’ MRV Products | 40 | None | Technical training reports, with gender information on the participants |
2.2.2 Number of pilot and project country practitioners, disaggregated by gender, receiving training in use of ‘ETF-ready’ M&E Products | 10 | None | Technical training reports, with gender information on the participants |
3.1 Number of agriculture experts & practitioners, disaggregated by gender, are aware of the Global Products | 300 | None | Analytics on platforms and event reports and records, with gender information |
3.1.1 Number of platforms where the Global Products were disseminated | 4 | None | Communication news advertising the platforms containing the Global Products |
3.1.1 Number of physical and virtual events | 10 | None | Knowledge event records |
3.1.2 Participation of Champion Groups in knowledge-sharing events, with info on gender balance | 8 | None | Presentation in knowledge-sharing events |
3.2 Number of stakeholders, disaggregated by gender, outreached through increased coordination | 100 | None | List of participants in coordinated events |
3.2 Number of countries with non-FAO CBIT-project informed | 20 | None | List of countries in coordinated events |
3.2.1 Scaling up of the coordination among agencies, with info on gender balance | 90% | 30% | Cross-agency cooperation assessment |
3.2.2 Organization of initiatives/events to strengthen multi-stakeholder coordination | 4 | None | Coordination meeting reports |