GFOI 2021 Plenary - Agenda
Day 1: progress to date and lessons learned for the future
Session | Time (CEST) | Who |
Welcome and introductions | 14:00 – 14:10 | GFOI Office |
Key Note Address
High level address focusing on progress made in forest monitoring and MRV in recent times, including challenges and opportunities presented by the pandemic
| 14:10 – 14:20 | Mette Wilke, Director Forestry Division FAO |
Presentation
REDD+ progress to date under the UNFCCC Presentation on the progress made in REDD+ submission to the UNFCCC, including results and FRELs/FRLs and results
| 14:20 – 14:30 | Dirk Nemitz, UNFCCC Secretariat |
Presentation
GFOI update 2020-21 Presentation of GFOI’s activities and major deliverables over the past two years since the last Plenary in April 2019, including new activities and developments such as MGD3.0, REDDcompass 2.0, Registry of Tools, Open MRV TIME, NICFI High Resolution Data and other
| 14:30 – 14:40 | Nikki Fitzgerald, Chair of the GFOI Leads Group (Australia)
Tom Harvey, Manager, GFOI Office |
Q&A | 14:40 – 14:50 | Moderator GFOI Office |
Looking back to shape the future Presentations
Panel discussion A panel discussion to reflect on the previous presentations and how these lessons learned can shape the future forest monitoring and MRV implementation by tropical countries with support from the GFOI community | 14:50 – 16:20 | Moderator: Marco van der Linden and Presenters: Rob de Ligt (Mullion) and Philippa Lincoln (LTS) Julian Fox (FAO) Martin Herold (Wageningen University) Panelists: Rob de Ligt, Mullion Philippa Lincoln, LTS Julian Fox, FAO Martin Herold, Wageningen University Nasheta Dewnath Guyana Yitebitu Moges, Ethiopia Raphael Linzatti, Germany Nikki Fitzgerald, Australia |
Wrap up and close for the day | 16:20 – 16:30 | GFOI Office |
Day 2: consultations on the four GFOI components
Session | Time (CEST) | Who |
Welcome and Day 2 overview
| 14:00 – 14:05 | GFOI Office |
Presentations An update on each component’s progress over the past two years and forward plans, including highlighting the topics for discussion and consultation during the following breakout sessions (10mins each)
GFOI component update · Capacity Building · Data · MGD · R&D Coordination | 14:05 – 14:45 | Moderator: Sylvia Wilson, US co-Lead to GFOI
Sylvia Wilson and Sara Goeking (USFS) Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez (AG) and Martin Herold and Sarah Carter (WUR) |
Q&A | 14:45 – 15:00 | Moderator: Sylvia Wilson, US co-Lead to GFOI |
Break out groups
Component consultations Participants break out in to four separate virtual rooms for targeted consultations on priorities issues for each component. Component Managers to set the agenda for each consultation but these issues could include: component objectives, functions, structure, priority activities, partners, interlinkages and any other relevant issues
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Each session moderated by Component Managers |
Break and buffer for extended consultations | 16:00 – 16:10 |
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Report back
Summary of break out group discussions, common themes and emerging issues.
| 16:10 – 16: 30 | Moderator: Sylvia Wilson, US co-Lead to GFOI
Speakers: Component Managers |
Wrap up and close for the day | 16:30 | GFOI Office |
Day 3: emerging issues and priorities for the future
Session | Time (CEST) | Who |
Welcome and Day 3 overview | 14:00 – 14:05 | GFOI Office |
Panel discussion
REDD+ monitoring: many different needs but a consistent approach is key!
A panel discussion and Q&A on the many different reporting forums and data needs of tropical countries and the importance of coordination and consistency in monitoring approaches. | 14:05 – 15:00 | Moderator: Maria Jose Sanz Sanchez, Chair, MGD Advisory Group
Panelists: Dirk Nemitz, UNFCCC Sec (5 mins)
Andres Espejo, FCPF (5 mins)
Petteri Vuorinen, GCF (5 mins)
Manuel Estrada, Verra (5 mins)
Felipe M Casarim, ART TREES (5 mins)
Ellen Bruzelius Backer, Norway - reflections from donors (10 mins)
Alfred Rungol, PNG (10 mins)
TBC, Peru (10 mins) |
Q&A | 15:00 – 15:20 |
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Open plenary discussions
Opportunity for open Q&A on any GFOI relevant matters
| 15:20 – 15:50 | Moderator: Evan Notman, US co-Lead to GFOI |
Key findings and next steps | 15:50 – 15:55 | GFOI Office |
Closing remarks | 15:55 – 16:00 | Chair, GFOI Leads Group |