Workshop on supporting non-state forestry in South-East Europe

12 – 14 November 2012, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The main objectives of the Workshop were to:

Present recent reports and studies related to forest owner organizations and non-state forestryrelevant for the region and discuss selected success cases.

Assess the current status of forest farmer organizations and related national policies in SEE as followup activity to the 2008-2009 sub-regional conferences in Skopje (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Fruska Gora (Republic of Serbia).
Identify the main factors and challenges for further development of forest owner organizations and related initiatives or policies (incl. the European dimension).
Determine areas and countries that FAO can provide assistance to.

Meeting documents

	Report
	Agenda
Presentations

	Forest owners’ organizations in selected Eastern European countires Qiang Ma, Wolfslehner, B. and Sarvasova, Z.
	The Confederation of European Forest Owners Daniel Paul Dima
	PROFOREST Daniel Paul Dima
	The status of non-state Forestry in the Balkans Norbert Winkler-Rathonyi, Gyongyi Orszag, FAO REU
	Management of private forests Experience from Bulgaria
	Networking and regional cooperation of private and communal forest associations in the Balkan Anela Stavrevska-Panajotova, Forestry advisor, REFORD Chairperson
	Small scale forestry in the region Peter Kampen, MSc Forestry, Executive Director CNVP
	Field trip - Vevchani

Workshop on supporting non-state forestry in South-East Europe

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