VPA & Beyond (VPA, Forest Partnership & Green Business)

About this project

The ¿VPA and Beyond¿ Action will support Honduras to accomplish:1.      firstly its binding goals under the VPA FLEGT2.      secondly its non-binding goals under the future Forest Partnership3.      and thirdly support to green business within this overall framework of bilateral agreements.Firstly, the Action will support the implementation of the VPA FLEGT, which the EU and Honduras ratified in 2021, and that entered into force in September 2022. This bilateral trade agreement legally binds the EU and Honduras to address illegal logging and associated trade, aiming at making the timber exported to the EU legally produced. Key implementation steps will be operationalized within this program, such as the crucial Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS), which is the heart of the VPA FLEGT.Secondly, this Action will support activities to pave the way for the Forest Partnership (FP) that is currently being negotiated between Honduras and the EU. Though it¿s a political non-binding instrument, the FP through this Program will contribute to reach the ambitious targets of Honduras under the Climate Change Agenda, established under the Paris Agreement, especially in terms of forest restoration.Thirdly, this Action will promote private sector activities linked to the forest, and that do not enter directly under the VPA nor the FP, hence will support Green Businesses. It will do so especially by foste…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Honduras

Sectors

Forestry developmentForestry policy and administrative managementBusiness development services

Focus

Biodiversity · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesDesertification · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributes

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-61925.

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