Project board

The purpose of the Project Board is to provide guidance on the strategic and technical direction of the REDD+ Readiness Project.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Project Board are:

• Ensuring that the results are realized, according to the project document; 
• Providing for board decisions for the strategic direction of the project; 
• Provide guidance to the project expenses; 
• Adequate implementation of national legislation and regulations, rules and procedures. 

Daily management

The daily management is formed by:

• the Chairman (the General Director of NIMOS)
• the Vice President (the Deputy Resident Representative of the UNDP) 
• the Secretary (Project Coordinator of the REDD+ project). 

The daily management has the task to lead the collaboration within the board and to coordinate, and provide intensive guidance to the management of the Project.

Decision-making and Board Members

The Project Board will meet at least twice a year. In order to assemble a meeting there must be a quorum. There is quorum if half + 1 of the members are present. Decision-making at board meetings will be based on democratic principle. A proposal can be accepted if a majority of the members that are present agree with the decision.

Members of the Project Board are representatives of the following organisations or bodies:

• REDD+ Project Coordinator 
• UNDP Country Coordinator
• Major Group Collective represented by:
  
  • Children & Youth
  • Farmers
  • Workers & Unions
  • Non-Governmental Organisations
  • Local Authorities
  • Indigenous and Tribal Communities
  • Women
  • Business & Industry
  • Science
• Knowledge institutes represented by:
  • NIMOS
  • SBB
  • Meteorological Services

• REDD+ Assistants Collective represented by:
  • Trio tribe
  • Wajana tribe
  • Arowak tribe
  • Caraib tribe
  • Saramaccan tribe
  • Aucan tribe
  • Paramaccan tribe
  • Aluku tribe
  • Matuarian tribe
  • Kwinti tribe
• Government departments represented by:
  • Natural Resources
  • Public Works
  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry
  • Regional Development
  • Spatial Planning and Forestry
  • Education, Science and Culture
  • Trade and Industries