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Elsie Attafuah has over twenty years of experience in programme development, management and implementation, organizational and strategic management, partnerships brokering, resource mobilization, external relations and diplomacy, applied research and policy analysis, and gender and civil society issues. She has worked nationally and internationally in key sectors such as environment and climate change, agriculture, rural development, education, health and social welfare. She is a skilled programme manager who has led multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams in Africa, Europe and America. With proven diplomatic, negotiation, leadership, networking, interpersonal and communication skills, Elsie has liaised with Governments, bilateral and multilateral organizations, civil society, private sector and research institutions at the highest levels across many countries.

Robert Simpson is the Manager of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme. Before joining FAO’s Forestry Department in 2009, Simpson worked for the United States Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and later for a conservation and forest management NGO in the country, working primarily with the Malagasy government to improve forest management strategies and law enforcement in several of its regional offices. Simpson has also worked for the United States Forest Service as the Liberia Forest Initiative Program Coordinator to support the Liberian Government forest sector reform process following the UN Security

Hitofumi ABE

Chief Technical Advisor, FAO

EU/FAO PNG National Forest Inventory Project & UN-REDD PNG National Programme

Email: hitofumi.abe@fao.org

Marieke Sandker, holds a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology/Landscape Modelling. She joined FAO in 2010, working for FRA2015, joining the UN-REDD team in 2013. She is currently coordinating FAO’s support on Forest Reference Levels (FRLs), GHG inventory and REDD+ results reporting. In this role, she assists countries to develop FRLs for REDD+ under the UNFCCC and other initiatives. Prior to joining FAO, she worked as International Consultant for CIFOR contributing to IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Initiative. From 2005-2008, she was based in Yaoundé, Cameroon working as Associate Professional Officer for CIFOR, and 2002-2004, she was based in El Salvador working for Utrecht University and the Salvadorian Ministry of Agriculture for an EU-funded reforestation project.

Till has been working on the nexus of forests and climate change since the early days of the Kyoto Protocol. He’s originated carbon credits, managed grant portfolios, and provide a.dvisory services. For the FAO, Till supports countries in their REDD+ capacity development efforts, especially with a view on international reporting and forest monitoring.

20 years’ experience in forest assessment as a manager of international and national projects, researcher, teacher, and technical specialist. 7 years of experience living and working in developing countries managing international forestry projects in Papua New Guinea and Zambia. As Team Leader NFM, Julian coordinates global normative NFM work, global NFM tools (Open Foris suite, and SEPAL), and a significant portfolio of country support activities of the NFM team (active in forty-five countries).

Ha started her career as lecturer at VNUF from 1997. Her teaching and research focuses on forest policy and economics, environmental governance and communication. She received a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Policy and Economics from Wageningen University in 2012.

Carole Saint-Laurent is the Deputy Director of Global Forest and Climate Change Programme at IUCN

Xavier De Lamo provides technical support to national REDD+ readiness activities in a wide range of countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and contributes to projects related to ecosystem-based adaptation and other forms of climate change adaptation.