European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Program (ENPI FLEG) is a program that aims to improve forest law enforcement and governance in 7 countries:

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. It comprises two parts, FLEG I, implemented in 2008–12, and FLEG II, implemented in 2012–16. The program is implemented by the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Inte ...

, IUCN, and WWF. The Program is mostly funded by

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

through the

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument Global Europe, officially the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), is the financial arm of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, which provides funding for the European Neighbourhoo ...

; some activities are funded by the

Austrian Development Cooperation Austrian Development Cooperation is a program of the government of Austria that supports countries in Africa, Asia, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean. Austrian official development assistance (ODA) Actors Development cooperat ...

. The program has been developed in response to the growing problem of illegal forest activities in the participating countries. The Program aims to: * At the regional level, implement the St. Petersburg FLEG Ministerial Declaration, which was signed at the Europe and North Asia Ministerial Conference on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2005, by 44 governments from Europe and North Asia region. In the Declaration, the governments expressed their commitment to take action to address

illegal logging Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corruption, corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, o ...

and associated forest crimes. * At the national level, review or revise forest sector policies and legal and administrative structures; improve knowledge of and support for sustainable forest management and good forest governance (including the impact of EU timber regulation) in the participating countries; * At the local (sub-national) level, test and demonstrate best practices for sustainable forest management and the feasibility of improved forest governance practices on a pilot basis in all participating countries. Through legislative changes, stakeholder involvement, education and training, and other activities that strengthen governance and anti-corruption measures, the ENPI FLEG Program has created an approach that engages and links governments with the business, academic, civil society, and rural communities.

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External links

FLEG I, the official websiteFLEG II, the official website
Forest law Multilateral relations Environment of Europe

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