The workshops focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD+), aiming to increase understanding of the negotiations, as well as provide information on experiences in the forestry sector to lay the technical and policy foundations for bette [...] Standards that could influence how REDD+ safeguards are defined and measured include UN-REDD Programme’s Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria, the World Bank Safeguards and Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA), REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards (REDD+ SES) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Principles and Criteria. [...] Striking this balance is what we refer to as the REDD+ Development Dividend, and accounting for this development dividend in the design of REDD+ processes and modalities will require consideration of: 1 Safeguards and Multiple Benefits in a REDD+ Mechanism Quality—supporting and promoting REDD+ safeguards, and generating multiple benefits, including sustainable development needs and goals Quan [...] The UN-REDD Programme is working to elaborate how the principle of FPIC should be applied to the activities of the Programme and in the context of readiness and REDD+ more broadly. [...] By providing a comprehensive framework of key issues to address with respect to the social and environmental performance of a REDD+ program, the standards provide guidance to assist with REDD+ design and also provide a mechanism for reporting on the social and environmental performance of REDD+ programs.