The purpose of the conference is to facilitate knowledge exchange and experience sharing between countries at various stages in REDD+ design and implementation. By bringing together policymakers and researchers involved in REDD+ processes at national levels the conference aims to help create dialogue and learning. Through country presentations of actual REDD processes; sharing of experiences from research on matters relevant to REDD, and subsequent discussions, the conference will explore and pre-assess potential benefits and drawbacks of the REDD processes at national levels.