DGIS - Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation

The GFTN receives assistance for its work in Indonesia from the Forest Partnership Program (FPP), an initiative of the Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS). The FPP promotes sustainable forestry by addressing urgent issues such as governance, control of illegal logging, and restoration of degraded lands.

The FPP is helping GFTN trade participants in Europe, North America, and Japan to strengthen market linkages between Malaysian, Vietnamese, and Chinese manufacturers and suppliers of wood in Indonesia and Malaysia. In Indonesia, GFTN has created 46 enquiries which have resulted in 17 market links (value US $8.2 million). In Malaysia, the GFTN has created 35 enquiries which have resulted in 13 market links (value US $4.9 million).