This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of Burkina Faso on its proposed forest reference level (FRL) in accordance with decision 13/CP.19 and in the context of results-based payments. The FRL proposed by Burkina Faso covers the activities reducing emissions from deforestation, reducing emissions from forest degradation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, which are among the activities included in decision 1/CP.16, paragraph 70. For its submission, Burkina Faso developed a national FRL. The FRL presented in the original submission, for the reference period 1992–2014, corresponds to 6,314,100 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. As a result of the facilitative process during the technical assessment, the FRL was modified to 10,218,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year and the reference period to 1995–2017. The assessment team notes that the data and information used by Burkina Faso in constructing its FRL are transparent, complete and in overall accordance with the guidelines contained in the annex to decision 12/CP.17. This report contains the assessed FRL and a few areas identified by the assessment team for future technical improvement in accordance with the provisions on the scope of the technical assessment contained in the annex to decision 13/CP.19.