Forest Law Enforcement and Governance Program

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, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine.

The program is implemented by the World Bank, IUCN, and WWF.

The Program is mostly funded by European Commission[1] through the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument; some activities are funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation.

[2] The program has been developed in response to the growing problem of illegal forest activities in the participating countries.

[3] The Program aims to: 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.