Note: The meetings are sub-divided into two categories: meetings marked (A) are open to delegates or approved representatives from all member countries of ECE as well as from other member countries of the United Nations and organizations accredited to UNECE (or to FAO and ILO, in the case of meetings co-sponsored by them), while meetings marked (B) are those restricted to the countries or individuals nominated by their countries to take part in the activity concerned, e.g. a team of specialists.

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2008

UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission joint Bureaux meeting (B)

Batumi, Georgia

• The roles of wood in green building and building effects on the forest sector in the UNECE region (Monday, 20 October)
• Plenary Sessions
  • Forest and climate change (Tuesday a.m., 21 October)
  • Forest and energy (Wednesday a.m., 22 October)
  • Forest and water (Thursday a .m., 23 October)
  • Working together for Europe's forests (Friday a.m., 24 October)
• Joint Session of UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission (A) (Thursday p.m. and Friday p.m.)
  • Market Discussions (Tuesday p.m. and Wednesday p.m.)
• Policy Dialogues (co-)organised by UNECE/FAO:
  • The role of wood products in climate change mitigation ( Tuesday p.m.)
  • Potential sustainable wood supply in Europe (Wednesday p.m.)
  • Wood energy in the region: latest information and trends (Wednesday p.m.)

Křtiny,Czech Republic

2007

UNECE/FAO Exchange of Experiences on Forest Policies and Institutions in East European countries (B)

• UNECE/FAO Balkan Training Workshop on Forest Products Marketing - from Principles to Practice (B), Serbia and Montenegro, 3-6 April
• UNECE/FAO/Eurostat/ITTO Intersecretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics, Rome, 5-6 April
• Joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 28th session (A), 2-4 May, Geneva
• UNECE/FAO/ILO Joint Expert Network - 1st Spanish training centres and professional associations conference, El Espinar, Spain, 3-5 May
• FAO European Forestry Commission, 33rd session (A), Zvolen, Slovakia, 23-26 May
• UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Monitoring Forest Resources for Sustainable Forest Management (B), Hamburg, 29-30 May
• UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Gender and Forestry (B) , Umea, Sweden, 17-20 June
• UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators' Network Meeting, Valsain, Spain , 6-8 September
• UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission joint bureaux meeting (B) ,Geneva, 2 October
• UNECE/FAO Team of specialists on forest products markets and marketing, 6th meeting (B), Geneva, 2 October
• UNECE Timber Committee, 64th session (A) ,Geneva, 3-6 October
• Joint UNECE/FAO Policy Forum: Public procurement policies for wood and paper products and their impacts on sustainable forest management and timber markets, Geneva, 5 October
• 23rd Session of the North American Forest Commission , Vancouver, BC, Canada, 23-25 October
• International Seminar on Energy and the Forest Products Industry, Rome , 30-31 October
• Meeting on Deforestation, FAO/Belgium, November
• Expert Meeting on National Forest Assessments, FAO/Rome, November
• UNECE/FAO/MCPFE Intersecretariat Coordination Meeting on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions , Geneva, 9 November
• Generating knowledge for livelihood policies through national forest assessments - partnerships between FAO and countries, FAO/Rome,
  27 November-1 December
• Forest Products Marketing Conference (B), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 7-8 December

• Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on sustainable development of the forest sector in Central and Eastern Europe and in the CIS (B),
  Budapest, 14-16 November
• Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Gender and Forestry, Piedmonte, Italy, 28 October
• Building Capacity for Sharing Forest and Market Information Workshop, Czech Republic, 24-28 October
• Workshop: Forests - Common Benefits, Shared Responsibilities, Multiple Policies, Latvia, 17-19 October
• Forest Communicators Network Meeting, Poland, 3-6 October
• UNECE Timber Committee, 63rd session , Geneva, 27-30 September
• Policy Forum: Forest Certification - Do Governments have a Role? 29 September - (Announcement) - Programme
• Meeting of the UNECE/FAO team of specialists on forest products markets and marketing, Geneva, 26 September
• Workshop on Sustainable Development of Competitive Forest Operations in Europe, Krakow, Poland, 16 September
• Workshop on policy conclusions and options arising from European Forest Sector Outlook Study (EFSOS), Budapest, Hungary (SEUR office), 20-21 June
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on forestry and our cultural heritage (with MCPFE), Sunne, Värmland County, Sweden, 13-15 June
• UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission joint bureaux meeting, Geneva, 28-29 April
• Inaugural Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Monitoring Forest Resources for Sustainable Forest Management in the UNECE Region, Geneva, 25-27 April
• Joint UNECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 27th session, Geneva, 22-24 March
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO international conference of forest training centres , Bastide des Jourdans, France, 16-18 February
• UNECE/FAO/Eurostat/ITTO Intersecretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics, 18th meeting, Rome, 20-21 January

• Joint session UNECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, 62nd session and FAO European Forestry Commission, 32nd session, Geneva, 5-9 October
• Workshop on extent and causes of illegal logging in the UNECE region, Geneva, 16-17 September
• Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Resources Assessment, Washington DC, USA, 15-17 September
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, twenty-fifth session, Groningen, the Netherlands, 9-12 September
• Joint UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission extended bureaux meeting on the Strategic Review of the integrated programme, Geneva, 1-2 April
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Conference on Forest Fire Management and International Cooperation in Fire Emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans and Adjoining Regions of the Near East and Central Asia, Antalya, Turkex, 29 March - 3 April 2004
• Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 26th session, Geneva, 15-17 March 2004
• Meeting of the UNECE/FAO ToS on Countries in Transition (B), Warsaw, Poland,  3-6 March 2004

• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on close to nature forestry, Zvolen, Slovakia, 14-19 October
• Steering Committee of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, sixteenth session, Zvolen, Slovakia, 12-13 October
• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, 61st session, Geneva, 7-10 October
• Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Resources Assessment, Radebeul (Dresden), Germany,18-20 September
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on forest operations improvements in farm forests, Logarska Salina, Slovenia,  9-14 September
• Joint UNECE/FAO Roundtable onT rade, Environment and Forests – Working Together for Sustainable Development, Geneva, 9 July
• European Forest Sector Outlook Studies (EFSOS) Team of Specialists, Geneva, 14-16 April
• Seminar on strategies to stimulate and promote the sound use of wood and other forest based products as environmentally friendly and renewable materials, Poiana Brasov (Romania), 24-28 March
• Joint ECE Timber Committee / FAO European Forestry Commission Bureaux Meeting, Geneva  4-5 March
• Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 25th session, Geneva, 24-26 February

• FAO European Forestry Commission, 31st session, Barcelona, 4-8 November 2002
• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, sixtieth session, Geneva, 24-27 September 2002
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on afforestation in the context of sustainable forest management, Ennis (Ireland), 15-19 September 2002
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, twenty-fourth session, Ennis (Ireland), 12-14 September 2002
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on partnerships in forestry, Brussels (Belgium), 3-7 June 2002
• Joint bureaux meeting, ECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission, Geneva, 29-30 April
• Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, twenty-fourth session, Geneva, 8-10 April 2002
• Meeting of specialists and national correspondents on European Forest Sector Outlook Studies, Geneva, 27-29 May 2002

• Workshop on forests and forestry in central and eastern European countries, the transition process and challanges ahead; and meeting of the team of specialists to monitor and develop assistance to countries of central and eastern Europe in transition, Debe (Poland), 12-14 September 2001
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on forestry meets the public, Rüttihubelbad, Switzerland, 8-11 October 2001
• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, fifty-ninth session, Geneva, 2-5 October 2001
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Workshop on new trends in wood harvesting with cable systems for sustainable forest management in the mountains, Ossiach, Austria, 18-24 June 2001
• Joint FAO/ECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, twenty-third session, Geneva, 14-16 May 2001
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on the role of women in the forestry sector in Europe and North America, Viseu, Portugal, 2-6 April 2001
• Steering Committee of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, fifteenth session, Lisbon (Portugal), 30-31 March 2001
• Extended Bureaux meeting for strategic review of ECE/FAO programme of work, Geneva, 21-23 February 2001

• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, fifty-eighth session in Joint Session with the FAO European Forestry Commission, thirtieth session, Rome (Italy), 9-13 October 2000
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on harvesting of non-wood forest products, Menemen-Izmir, Turkey, 2 to 8 October 2000
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, twenty-third session, Geneva, 5-8 June 2000
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Workshop on Forestry Information System, Hyytiälä, Finland, 16-20 May 2000
• Meeting of the team of specialists on Temperate and Boreal Forest Resource Assessment, Joensuu (Finland), 21-22  May 2000
• ETTS VI first core group meeting, Geneva, 20-23 March 2000

• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, fifty-seventh session, Geneva, 27-30 September 1999
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on Forest Operations of tomorrow, Pessac, France, 20-24 September 1999
• Steering Committee of the Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, fourteenth session, Bordeaux (France), 17-18 September 1999
• Joint FAO/ECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, twenty-second session, Geneva, 26-28 May 1999

• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, fifty-sixth session, Geneva, 28 September - 1 October 1998
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Committee on Forest Technology, Management and Training, twenty- second session, Zvolen (Slovakia), 14-16 September 1998
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on Improving working conditions and increasing productivity in forestry, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia, 9-13 September 1998
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on forestry training for target groups that are hard to reach, La Bastide-des-Jourdans, France, 20-24 April 1998

• ECE TIMBER COMMITTEE, fifty-fifth session, Geneva, 6-9 October 1997

• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on safety and health in forestry are feasible, Emmental,  Switzerland, 7-11 October 1996
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on forest, fire and global change, Shushenskoe,  Russian Federation, 4 - 10 August 1996
• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on environmentally sound forest roads and wood transport, Sinaia, Romania, 17-22 June 1996

• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on Exploring Multiple Use and Ecosystem Management: from policy to operational practice, Prince George, Canada, 9-15 September 1995

• Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Seminar on harvesting and silviculture of degraded and coppice forests in the Mediterranean region, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1-5 November 1995