Venue: FAO, Green Room, Building A

Day 1

  

19 February

     

9:00 10:00

  

Registration

10:00 10:30

1.

1.1.

1.2.

Opening

Welcoming Address
M.H. El Lakany, ADG Forestry, FAO
Statements by Hosts: 
W. Killmann, FAO
D. Burger, GTZ
A. Bin Buang, ITTO

10:30 10:45

2.

Introduction - Setting the Scene - Moderator (M. Simula)

10:45 12:30

3.

Stocktaking on Collaboration between Certification Schemes

 

3.1.

Fundamental elements of certification
Presenter - P. Hauselmann, Consultant

 

3.2.

Categories for comparison between schemes
Presenter - M. Ryan, Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia

 

3.3

The CEPI Matrix
Presenter - W. Schopfhauser, CEPI

   

Questions & Discussion

12.30 14.00

  

Lunch

14:00 15:45

4.

Stakeholder views of credible forest certification schemes

(Panel of representatives from various stakeholder groups)

Producers (developing country)   A. Attah Ghanaian Timber Export Division, UK

Small forest owners J. Crochet CEPF, Belgium

Unions Ms J. Bowling IFBWW, Switzerland

Social NGOs F. Chapela Estudios rurales y Asesoria Campesina, Mexico

Buyers' companies (Brazil) R. Smeraldi Friends of the Earth, Brazil

Environmental NGOs Ms S. Ozinga FERN, UK

   

Discussion

15:45 16:15

  

Coffee break

16:15 17:45

5.

Current status and experience of co-operation and efforts towards mutual recognition

(Panel of representatives from various certification schemes and Mutual Recognition initiatives)

FSC L. Amariei FSC, Mexico

PEFC B. Gunneburg PEFC, Luxembourg

UKWAS S. Goodall UK Forestry Commission, UK

NTCC Chew L.T. NTCC, Malaysia

   

Discussion

17:45 18:00

  

Wrap up of the day - Moderator

18.30 20.00

  

Reception hosted by M. Hosny El-Lakany, Assistant Director-General, FAO Forestry Department ( Aventino Room, 8th Floor)

    Day 2

  

    20 February

     

9:00
 9:10

  

Summary of previous day - Moderator

     

9:10
10:10

5.

Current status and experience of co-operation and efforts towards mutual recognition (contd.)

LEI D. Wibowo LEI, Indonesia

Certifier R. Donovan Smartwood, USA

IFIR   J. Griffiths NZ Forest Industries Council, New Zealand

   

Discussion

10:10
11:00

6.

Building confidence on the ground
Working Groups

11:00
11:30

  

Coffee break

11:30
12:30

6.

Building confidence on the ground (contd.)
Working Groups

12:30
14:00

  

Lunch

14:00
16:45

7.

Reporting back of Working Groups to Plenary

   

Discussion

16:45
16:50

8.

Conclusions and Future Actions (Moderator)

   

Discussion

16:50
17:00

9.

Closing session

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Note: the meeting and all its discussions will be held in English. There will be no interpretation available.


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