FAO / GOVERNMENT COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME

Project of the Governments of Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

PROJECT DOCUMENT

Project Title and Symbol: Strengthening of Private and Community Forestry in Selected Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)

Donor:

Government Implementing Agencies: State or Private Forestry Services in the Participating Countries

Duration: Four Years

Estimated Starting Date: January 2002

Brief description:

The participating countries want to establish a well organised, managed and profitable private / community forestry sector which contributes to the economic development while protecting / developing forest resources and ecosystems for the long term benefit of the population.

The Project will establish the essential requirements to support the development of profitable and sustainable private / community forestry. The Project intends to provide institution-building by: i) enabling forestry services to meet the needs of the private / community forestry sector; ii) enabling and encouraging private forest owners and community users to establish forest owner associations; iii) integrating essential requirements in the institutional framework to meet the needs of private forest owners and community users.

This will be achieved by using the concept of public participation in forest management with emphasis on cooperation among forest services and forestry associations of Central and Eastern European countries as well as with West European countries and with particular attention to gender aspects.