The Forest Investment Program (FIP) Technical Committee is the decision-making body responsible for overseeing the operations and activities of the FIP. Equal number of representatives from donor and recipient countries serve as decision-making members. Official Observers from stakeholder groups advocate on behalf of their constituents and promote transparency and efficient use of resources.
Responsibilities of the FIP Technical Committee include approving FIP programming priorities, operational criteria, and financing terms and modalities; selecting countries to participate in the FIP; endorsing investments plans; approving allocation of FIP resources for programs and projects; and ensuring complementarity between FIP activities and those of other development partners.
Since 2020, the SCF Trust Fund Committee has taken on some of the responsibilities previously carried out by the FIP/PPCR/SREP Technical Committees, which since then carry out their role by email. Only under extraordinary circumstances, such as new contributions, a virtual meeting of a Technical Committee may be convened.