The Network of Central and Eastern European (CEE) Partners
The network of Central and Eastern Europeanpartnersincludes representatives from 15 countries and different interest groups (stakeholders) connected to sustainable management in private and community forestry. The activities that FAO supports in the region are based on the willingness and commitment of its partner to cooperate, share information, experiences and knowledge. The strength of the network relies on its diversity; Ministries, state forestry services, forest owners organisations, conservation organisations, private training centres are members of the network.
Working in Partnership
To better address the various and complex issues of private forestry in CEE, the FAO Forestry Department is now working in partnership with the . The two organizations have agreed on the elaboration andIUCN - Regional Office for Euopeimplementation of a joint programme aimed at Supporting multifunctional private and community forest sector in selected CEE countries. The programme is based on the integration of two project proposals: strengthening private and community forestry in selected countries of CEE (FAO) and strengthening biodiversity aspects of private and community forestry in the EU Accession Countries of CEE (IUCN), which share a common vision of sustainable forestry in CEE and are complementary. The joint programme will pursue the following main objectives: strengthening state forestry services, supporting forest owners associations, supporting the improvement of the institutional framework, and strengthening the role of civil society representatives in policy formulation and participation in the political debate on sustainable forest management. The project will also benefit from the technical support ofthe Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF), whose network is expanding also in CEE.Country partners
| Name | Position | Organization | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wlodzimierz Adamczyk | wlodzimierz.adamczyk@mos.gov.pl | Senior Forestry Officer | Ministry of Environment, Forestry Department | Poland |
| Skaidrite Albertina | ljc@parks.lv | Project Manager | Association of Private Forest Owners | Latvia |
| Jaanus Aun | jaanus@eramets.ee | Officer | Estonian Private Forest Union | Estonia |
| Mersudin Avdibegovic | mavdibegovic@hotmail.com | Assistant Professor | University of Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Victor Badin | vibadin@stonline.sk | Senior Adviser | Union of Non State Forest Owners | Slovakia |
| Algis Gaizutis | algis.gaizutis@ef.vu.lt | Chairman | Forest Owners Association of Lithuania | Lithuania |
| Thomas Harttung | th@aarstiderne.com | President | Pro Silva | Denmark |
| Gyula Holdampf | holdampfg@posta.fvm.hu | Deputy Director General | remove duplicate | Hungary |
| Natalie Hufnagl-Jovy | natalie.hufnagl@cepf-eu.org | Secretary | European Confederation of Forest Owners | Belgium |
| Stanislav Jansky | janskyst@raz-dva.cz | Member of | Association of Municipal and Private Forest Owners | Czech Republic |
| Nerijus Kupstaitis | n.kupstaitis@am.lt | Head | Ministry of Environment | Lithuania |
| Attila Lengyel | attila.lengyel@fao.org | Advisor | European Confederation of Forest Owners | Hungary |
| Kole Malaj | kmalaj@dppk.al | General Director | Government of Albania | Albania |
| Tamás Marghescu | tamas.marghescu@iucn.org | Head | IUCN-Regional Office for Europe | Belgium |
| Imre Mihálffy | mihalffyi@posta.fvm.hu | Head | remove duplicate | Hungary |
| Jozsef Odor | joeodor@mail.datanet.hu | Vice-Chairperson | Private Forest Owners Association of Hungary | Hungary |
| Nikolo Parlikov | parlikov@abv.bg | President | Bulgarian Chamber of Forestry | Bulgaria |
| Velimir Rankovich | velimir_rankovich@yahoo.com | Assistant Director | Move Unit under Ministry | Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp |
| Egon Rebec | egon.rebec@siol.net | Member of | Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia | Slovenia |
| Wladyslaw Sadowski | wojt@kamienica.iap.pl | President | Gorce Association of Forest Owners | Poland |
| Darko Skendersky | skender@freemail.com.mk | Member of | Private Forest Owners Organisation | Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp |
| Tsenko Tsenov | cenko_cenov@abv.bg | Chief | National Forestry Board, Forest Management Department, | Bulgaria |
| Istvan Tõke | osrciuc@artelecom.net | Member of | Romanian Association of Forest Owners | Romania |
| Bela Varga | bela.varga@mail.agria.hu | President | Pro Silva Hungaria | Hungary |
| Goran Videc | goran.videc@mps.hr | Researcher | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry | Croatia |
| Deimantas Vinskas | deimantas.v@glis.lt | Officer | Lithuanian Fund for Nature | Lithuania |
| Borislav Yangyozov | borislavti@yahoo.com | Forestry Officer | Regional Forestry Board Karjali | Bulgaria |
| Eriks Zakis | ljc@parks.lv | Chairperson | Association of Private Forest Owners | Latvia |
| Zoran Zlatevski | Advisor | Move Unit under Ministry | Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp |
last updated: Friday, April 24, 2009