The REDD early movers (REM) program promotes forest conservation and rewards successful CO2 emission reductions in developing countries. The GIZ together with the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) designed guidelines for REDD+ jurisdictional approaches for REM to be implemented in REDD+ countries with funds from the German development cooperation and other donors. A major aim of REM and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Carbon Fund (CF) is to test innovative approaches to results-based payments in the land use sector. The objective of this project was to incorporate country-specific contextual knowledge and expertise in REDD+ pilot programs. In parallel, UNIQUE supported GNU (Germany, Norway, UK) donor coordination to improve the country selection process for the CF.

• Assessing the quality of proposed Emission Reductions Program Idea Note (ER-PINs) submitted to the CF.
• Overview of the current state of the REDD+ process in the respective REDD+ countries.
• Assessment of emission reduction potentials, incl. national and subnational programs and initiatives.
• Analysis of the implementation potentials and capacities of national and subnational institutions.
• Identification of limiting factors for the implementation of REDD+ programs.