Community-based forest enterprises

Serbia: National Forest Sector Development

Objective of the Project

The Project should contribute to sustainable management and conservation of forest resources of Serbia, aiming at an increased contribution of forestry in the economic and rural development of the country.

Immediate objectives

During its 36 months duration, the project is focusing on the achievement of two immediate objectives, which coincides with its two main components:

Institutional capacity building and development of the main elements of the national forest programme.

Support the development of sustainable forest management and the forest-based enterprises.

The activities of the Project include identification of potential forest products (wood and NWFP) and services that can be provided by Serbian forests as well as organizing training for the promotion of small scale forest based enterprises for products and services related to the sustainable use and conservation of forest resources, using as a basis the Market Analysis and Development (MA&D) methodology developed by FAO.

Project Implementation

The Project has officially started in June 2005. The Project Office has been established in the FAO Coordination Office in Belgrade. The donor is the Government of Finland. FAO is the implementation Agency and the Government of Serbia with its Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management is the beneficiary.

The approach of the Project implementation is based on transparency, participation, partnerships and close collaboration with the Forest Directorate and other sectors connected to forests, and with the important forestry and other stakeholders.


For more information on the project: http://www.forestryprojectserbia.org/home1_engleski.html


For more information, please contact:
Sophie Grouwels: sophie.grouwels@fao.org
Forestry Policy Service (FOEP)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italia
Phone: +39 06 57055299
Fax: + 39 06 57055514