The Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) and the Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GAFC) jointly organized a cross-sectoral national workshop on the promotion of community-based forest enterprise in Kathmandu. The workshop was opened by former Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, and aimed to identify both policy-level challenges and regulatory barriers to implementation and the potential of small-medium enterprises to contribute to the forest economy and benefit local livelihoods, and expand the national network of community enterprise stakeholders and private-sector partnerships.