Draft COFO/WFW schedule 

Draft side events schedule 

Key:
COFO sessions and related WFW meetings
WFW side events

 Monday 24 September

0930-1030

Opening of World Forest Week (WFW)                              
Keynote speeches
Signing ceremony
Plenary Hall

COFO Plenary
Item 1: Opening of the 21st Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO)
Item 2: Adoption of the agenda
Item 3: Election of officers and designation of the drafting committee
Item 4: State of the World's Forest 2012
Plenary Hall

1300-1430

Implementing the Forest Instrument: Country Experiences
Austria Room C237

Investing in locally controlled forests: broadening the financial basis for sustainable forest management
Iran Room B016 

Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative
Iran Room B016

WFW
Item 5: Translating the outcome of Rio+20 into action
Red Room

WFW
Item 5: Forests and forest products at the heart of sustainable production and consumption
Green Room

COFO Plenary
Item 5: Translating the outcome of Rio+20 into action
Red Room

RFC Bureau
Mexico Room D211

 Tuesday 25 September

Forest Plantations – towards a sustainable future
Iran Room B016

Thinking globally acting locally: Linking country efforts to global forest law enforcement and governance (FLEG) processes
Malaysia Room B227

Collaborative Partnership on Forests Communications
Indonesia Room

1400-1700

International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) Working Group
Canada Room A356

1415-1530

Boreal Group Meeting
Queen Juliana Room B324

1430-1600

WFW
Item 6b: Forests, trees and people together in a living landscape: A key to rural development
Red Room

Russian Federation Forest Sector Outlook Study Launch 2030
Iran Room B016 

1600-1730 

WFW
Item 6d: Sound information and knowledge base for better policies and good governance
Red Room

Challenges and opportunities for wildlife management in Sub-Saharan Africa
German Room C269

1815

COFO/WFW Welcome Reception
Aventino Room

 Wednesday 26 September

FAO Wild First Advisory Group Meeting
Queen Juliana Room

0930-1230

COFO Plenary
Item 6: Strengthening forestry's cross sectoral linkages
Item 6a: Integrating forests with environmental and land use policies at all levels
Item 6b: Forests, trees and people together in a living landscape: A key to rural development
Item 6c: Broadening the financial basis for sustainable forest management: wood and non-wood products, services, innovations, markets, investments and international instruments
Item 6d: Sound information and knowledge base for better policies and good governance (incl.Item 7d: Measuring governance indicators)
Red Room

Share Fair: Presentation of the  FAO Forestry programme
(closes at 1345) Flag Room

Role of forests in green economy: Building upon the forward momentum of REDD+
Austria Room C237

Taking action: the forest sector in a green economy in the ECE region (1415 start)
Mexico Room

1430-1530

WFW on Item 7a: Report on progress, including SILVAMED, IPC, ACPWP
Green Room

WFW on Item 7a:
International Year of Forests & communication strategies
Red Room

NEFC Bureau Meeting
Lebanon Room, D209
(closes at 1600)

Managing landscapes and fires in a changing climate
India Room A327

Associacõ Brasileira de Celulose e Papel (BRACELPA)
(closes at 1800) Cuba Room B224

WFW on Item 7c: Forest Resources Assessment
Green Room

WFW on Item 9b:
Education and research
Red Room

COFO Plenary
Item 7: Follow up on the recommendations of the 20th Session of COFO
Item 7a: Report on progress and experiences of the International Year of Forests 2011
Item 7f: Multi-year programme of work for COFO 2012-2015
Red Room

 Thursday 27 September

0930-1100

COFO Plenary
Item 7: cont.
Item 7b: Review of the activities of forest and rangeland bodies in the Near East region
Item 7c: Long-term strategy for forest resources assessment
Item 7e: Enhanced work on vegetation fires
Item 8: Decisions and Recommendations of FAO Bodies of Interest to COFO
Red Room 

Fair Share of the Pie: How to ensure communities benefit from private partnership and public initiatives in the forest sector
German Room C269 

1100-1130

COFO Plenary
Wangari Maathai Award
Red Room

1130-1230

COFO Plenary
Item 9a: Main findings of the strategic evaluation of FAO's role and work in forestry
Red Room

AWFC Bureau meeting
Lebanon Room 209

Share Fair: Forest policy in Central Africa: lessons learned and ways for moving forward
Culture Change Room, Main Library 

FAO Forestry Regional Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean
German Room C269 (closes at 1345) 

Forest Europe: Contributions by regional processes to SFM in a changing world
Mexico Room

Green Carbon, Black Trade -  Illegal logging, corruption, tax fraud and laundering in the World’s tropical forests. A UNEP Rapid response assessment (closes at 1400)
Green Room

Ten years of NFP Facility (2002-2012): country support, experiences, lessons learned and ways forward
Culture Change Room, Main Library 

COFO Plenary
Item 9b: Programme priorities for FAO in Forestry
Item 10: Date and place of the next session of COFO
Red Room

Event on 3rd Mediterranean Forest Week
German Room C269 

Steering Committee COFLAC
Lebanon Room D209

 Friday 28 September

0900-1230

Organizing Committee of the Third Mediterranean Forest Week
India Room A327

0930-1100

WFW
Voluntary guidelines on the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests
Green Room

WFW
Panel on future needs in forestry workforce
Red Room

WFW
Forest and climate change: impacts, needs and responses
Green Room

WFW
Jobs-Fair with IFSA and partners
Flag Hall

1230-1330

FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements and the European Union Timber Regulation
Iran Room B016 (closes at 1345)

Share Fair: National Forest Inventory: experiences, challenges
and lessons learned
Facilitation Room, Main Library

1300-1430

Green cities for health and wellbeing - key role of trees and forests
for resilient cities
Lebanon  Room D209 

Share Fair: Sustainable Forest Management tool box
Culture Change Room, Main Library (closes at 1415) Lunch provided

1430-1730

COFO Plenary
Item 11: Adoption of the report of 21st Session of COFO
Item 12: Closure of COFO & WFW
Red Room