Legally Required Document

Minutes of the establishment of the local management committee and the local monitoring committee

Title in original language: Procès-verbal d’installation de comité local de gestion et de comité local de suivi

Applicable to: Industrial concession holders

Holder of Document: Ministry in charge of forests / Concession holder / Local community

Signature required by:
Concession holder / Local community

Key considerations when checking the doc:
What is the date of signature of the document?

Are all communities affected by ongoing logging represented in the process of committees set-up?

Purpose and content of document:
socio-economic duties of the forest concession-holder must be implemented and monitored by two joint committees. Representatives of local communities must be designated or elected.

Evidence limitations and weaknesses:
the establishment and existence of the committees do not ensure that they are effectively functioning as they should.

Minutes of the establishment of the local management committee