Official Observers
Participants that are not members of the Participants Committee (PC) may attend the PC meetings as observers. They can express their views on issues under discussion but have no voting rights to any decisions of the Participants Committee.
The following official observers are invited to attend Participants Committee meetings:
Non-Governmental Organizations (CSO Observers Self-Selection and Voting Process Report)
Private Sector (Non-Contributing)
Forest Dependent Indigenous Peoples and Other Forest Dwellers
Observers are self-selected by their respective regional constituencies to represent them at FCPF meetings and related proceedings. Constituencies are encouraged to reach out to their respective representative, who is also responsible for reporting back on a regular basis.
FCPF Readiness Fund
Indigenous Peoples Observers
Region | Organization |
South America | COICA |
Anglophone Africa | Mainyoito Pastoralist Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO) |
Central America | Fundacion para la Promocion del Concimiento Indigena (FPCI) |
Francophone Africa | APADEFC / REPALEAC |
Asia-Pacific | TEBTEBBA |
Civil Society Observers (CSOs)
Region | Organization |
Africa | CS DevNet |
Asia-Pacific | FECOFUN |
Latin America CSO | ACOFOP |
Northern CSO | RAINFOREST |
Gender Observer
Region | Organization |
Global | ACCARD |
FCPF Carbon Fund
REDD Country Observers
Country | Organization |
Guatemala | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
Nepal | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
Ghana | Forestry Commission of Ghana |
Indigenous Peoples
Per the FCPF Charter, one representative from the below Indigenous Peoples observers, selected by the observers, attends the Carbon Fund meeting.
Oganization |
COICA |
Community Resource and Development Center |
Fundacion para la Promocion del Concimiento Indigena (FPCI) |
APADEFC / REPALEAC |
TEBTEBBA |
Civil Society Organizations
Per the FCPF Charter, two representatives from CSOs (one from the North and one from the South), attend the Carbon Fund meeting. The southern CSO Observer is selected by the observers.
Southern CSOs | Northern CSO |
CS DevNet | RAINFOREST |
FECOFUN | |
ACOFOP | |
ACCARD |