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Forêt2019 - joint Session of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry and the FAO European Forestry Commission

04 - 07 November 2019

Geneva Switzerland

Forêt2019 - the joint 77th session of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) and the 40th session of the FAO European Forestry Commission (EFC) was held from 4 to 7 November 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. In conjunction with Forêt2019, the 5th European Forest Week was celebrated throughout Europe under the theme "Forests and the Circular Economy". More information about presentations, documents, media content etc. below.

Pictures of Forêt2019 and the 5th European Forest Week are available here.

Documents

Doc No.	Official Documents	EN	FR	RU	ES
1	Provisional Annotated Agenda ECE/TIM/2019/1-FO:EFC/2019/1	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2	Report of the Joint Session ECE/TIM/2019/2-FO:EFC/2019/2	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
3	Forests and the Circular Economy ECE/TIM/2019/3-FO:EFC/2019/3	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
4	Strategic Review of the Warsaw Integrated Programme of Work ECE/TIM/2019/4-FO:EFC/2019/4	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
5	Establishment and Renewal of the ECE/FAO Teams of Specialists ECE/TIM/2019/5-FO:EFC/2019/5	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
6	Review of 2019 activities, and activities and publications planned for 2020 ECE/TIM/2019/6-FO:EFC/2019/6	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
7	Forest Ownership in the ECE Region (executive summary) ECE/TIM/2019/7-FO:EFC/2019/7	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
8	Executive Summary of the ECE/FAO/Forest Europe Guidelines on the Promotion of Green Jobs in Forestry ECE/TIM/2019/8-FO:EFC/2019/8	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
9	Draft Forest Products Market Statement ECE/TIM/2019/9-FO:EFC/2019/9 2019 country market statements	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
10	Rules of Procedure for the Committee ECE/TIM/2019/10-FO:EFC/2019/10	PDF	PDF	PDF
11	Trust Fund for the ECE Study on Long-Term European Timber Trends and Prospects ECE/TIM/2019/11-FO:EFC/2019/11	PDF	PDF	PDF
12	Draft Programme of Work of the Forestry and Timber Subprogramme for 2020 ECE/TIM/2019/12-FO:EFC/2019/12	PDF	PDF	PDF
13	Matters related to the Legally Binding Agreement on Forests ECE/TIM/2019/13-FO:EFC/2019/13	PDF	PDF	PDF
14	Follow-up to the decisions of the 39th Session of the European Forestry Commission ECE/TIM/2019/14/Rev.1-FO:EFC/2019/14/Rev.1	PDF			PDF
15	Forestry Activities of the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia ECE/TIM/2019/15/Rev.2-FO:EFC/2019/15/Rev.2 ECE/TIM/2019/15/Rev.3-Fo:EFC/2019/15/Rev.3 (Spanish)	PDF			PDF
16	Progress of Silva Mediterranea ECE/TIM/2019/16-FO:EFC/2019/16	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
17	Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds report ECE/TIM/2019/17-FO:EFC/2019/17	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
18	Emerging invasive species risk to European and Central Asian forests ECE/TIM/2019/18-FO:EFC/2019/18	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
19	FAO's Work on biodiversity ECE/TIM/2019/19-FO:EFC/2019/19	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
20	Outcome of the global policy processes of relevance for the Regional Forestry Commissions ECE/TIM/2019/20-FO:EFC/2019/20	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
21	Implementation of the UN Strategic Plan for Forests and Collaboration with the UN Forum on Forests ECE/TIM/2019/21-FO:EFC/2019/21	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
22	Preparations for the thirty-second Session of the Regional Conference for Europe, the twenty-fifth Session of the Committee on Forestry and the XV World Forestry Congress ECE/TIM/2019/22-FO:EFC/2019/22	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
23	The role of sustainable wood value chains in achieving the SDGs ECE/TIM/2019/23-FO:EFC/2019/23	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF

Doc No.	Information Documents	EN
Inf.1	List of Documents ECE/TIM/2019/Inf.1-FO:EFC/2019/Inf.1	PDF
Inf.2	Capacity-building in the Caucasus and Central Asia ECE/TIM/2019/Inf.2-FO:EFC/2019/Inf.2	PDF
Inf.3	Declaration of Competence and Voting Rights submitted by the European Union and its Member States ECE/TIM/2019/Inf.3-FO:EFC/2019/Inf.3	PDF
Inf.4	ECE/FAO/Forest Europe Guidelines on the Promotion of Green Jobs in Forestry ECE/TIM/2019/Inf.4-FO:EFC/2019/Inf.4	PDF

Referred Documents	EN	FR	RU
Reports of the forty-first session of the Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management ECE/TIM/EFC/WP.2/2019/2	PDF	PDF	PDF
Economic Commission for Europe Biennial Report (28 April 2017-10 April 2019) E/ECE/1488	PDF	PDF	PDF

Referred Documents

Reports of the forty-first session of the Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management

ECE/TIM/EFC/WP.2/2019/2

PDF

Economic Commission for Europe Biennial Report (28 April 2017-10 April 2019)

E/ECE/1488

PDF

Programme

Please download the draft programme of Forêt2019 here.

Panel session on the role of forests in the circular economy (Monday 4 November) programme

Panel discussion on trends and developments in forest products markets programme.

Information and Registration

On-line registration:

Registration is now open via this link: https://uncdb.unece.org/app/ext/meeting-registration?id=IJrPng.

Please register at your earliest convenience, and allow enough time for visa application and processing. If you do not have a registration account yet, you will need to create one. Should your e-mail address already exist in the UNECE contact database, your details will be automatically retrieved.

Deadline for registration: 30 October 2019.

Visa requirements:

Attention is drawn to the need for many participants to obtain a visa for entry into Switzerland. Participants requiring entry visas must obtain these from the Swiss Consulate or competent Diplomatic Mission in their country before leaving for Switzerland. Participants who need visas are strongly advised to apply as early as possible.

Information on the requirements for entry in Switzerland can be found here.

Practical Information

Find more practical information about your arrival here.

European Forest Week

Side events and parallel meetings

In parallel to Forêt2019, the 5th European Forest Week will be celebrated at the Palais des Nations in Geneva under the theme "Forests and the Circular Economy" with a range of side events and parallel meetings.

Click here for the full programme of side events, parallel events and evening activities.

Date	Time	Event	Location
4/11	10:00-10:30	Opening Ceremony	Salle des Pas Perdus
4/11	13:15-14:45	World Café on Forests for Fashion	Room IV
5/11	09:00-10:00	What wood can do? Concrete solutions for sustainable circular bioeconomy (breakfast event)	Salle des Pas Perdus
5/11	13:15-14:45	Financing for wood-based circular economy - World bank experiences in the Europe and Central Asia region	Room XII
5/11	13:45-14:45	Green Forest Jobs in a Circular Economy: student perspectives on the future of work	Room IV
5/11	13:45-14:45	Meeting of the Team of Specialists on Sustainable Forest Products	Room XV
6/11	13:15-14:45	IBFRA Insight Process: Sustainable boreal forest management - challenges and opportunities for climate change mitigation	Room XII
6/11	13:15-14:45	Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World (SW4SW): Sustainable wood value chains contributions to advance the bioeconomy and speed up achievement of the SDGs and climate change objectives	Room IV
7/11	13:15-14:45	Protective Functions of Forests in a Changing Climate: the European experience	Room XII

Exhibition in the Salle des Pas Perdus

Explore an exciting exhibit of wood-based innovations and learn about the role of forests in a circular economy. The opening event will take place on Monday, 4 November at 10 a.m. and the exhibition can be accessed until 15 November.

Please follow the registration procedure for Forêt2019 in order to attend any of the side events or the exhibition.

You will find key message of the European Forest Week and more information on how to organize an event in your country here.

Press releases and outreach

Pictures of Forêt2019 and the 5th European Forest Week are available here.

Press release, 4.11.2019 "Exhibition at the Palais des Nations showcases how wood-based materials offer solutions for recycling".

Press release, 5.11.2019 "New UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists will strengthen transboundary boreal forest efforts".

Press release, 5.11.2019 "Forest Market discussions show how wildfires can spark innovation in forest management".

Press release, 7.11.2019 "Countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia come together to discuss a strategy for ‎landscape restoration and greening infrastructure".

FAO press release in English and Russian, 11.11.2019 "New greening strategy confronts common challenges of funding and cooperation"

UNECE on twitter, facebook, instagram, youtube.

Presentations

Presentations of Forêt2019

Item	Presentation title	Presenter	Download
2	Moving towards a circular economy: EU policy framework and current challenges	Mr. Vasileios Rizos	PDF
2	Forest and The Circular Economy	Ms. Alicja Kacprzak	PDF
2	Addressing Waste and Chemicals in the Circular Economy of Forests	Mr. Carlos Martin-Novella	PDF
2	Uusi puu - New Wood	Ms. Hanna Kalliomaeki	PDF
2	Low impact harvesting in Turkey	Mr. Ismail Belen	PDF
2	Business contribution to the Circular Bioeconomy	Mr. Luis Rochartre	PDF
2	World Bank's Green Growth Principle and the role of forests	Ms. Paola Agostini	PDF
3b	Global and Regional Forest Policy Matters	Mr. Ekrem Yazici	PDF
3c	ProGreen - Global Partnership for Resilient and Sustainable Landscapes	Ms. Paola Agostini	PDF
3c	ECCA30	Mr. Ekrem Yazici	PDF
3c	Establishment and renewal of the ECE/FAO Teams of Specialists	Mr. Florian Steierer	PDF
3c	Report of the 41st session of the Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management	Mr. Matthias Dieter	PDF
3c	UNECE/FAO/Forest Europe Guidelines for the promotion of green jobs in Forestry	Ms. Alicja Kacprzak	PDF
3d	Outcomes of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development and High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development	Ms. Paola Deda	PDF
3f	Short update on the Russian Pulp and Paper markets	Mr. Eduard Akim	PDF
3f	Forest products developments in the Russian Federation	Mr. Igor Novoselov	PDF
3f	Massive wood construction in Europe on the example of CLT: history & outlook	Mr. Richard Steindl	PDF
3f	Turning burning forests into renewable cities	Mr. Russ Vaagen	PDF
4a	Matters arising from the sixty-eight session of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)	Ms. Paola Deda	PDF
5b	Introducing the Work of the Forestry Unit at FAO-SEC for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Central Asia	Mr. Peter Pechacek	PDF
5b	Forestry activities of the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia	Ms. Shiroma Sathyapala	PDF
5c	Progress of Silva Mediterranea	Mr. Chadi Mohanna	PDF
5d	Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds	Ms. Yuka Makino	PDF
5e	The European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN), supporting EU policy on biodiversity	Mr. Eugenio Gervasini	PDF
5e	Forest Invasive Species in the REU region - emerging threats and trends	Mr. Ferenc Lakatos	PDF
5e	National forest health strategies - focus on invasive species	Ms. Liubov Poliakova	PDF
5e	Forest invasive species in Lebanon collaboration in Mediterranean countries	Mr. Chadi Mohanna	PDF
5e	Reducing risk of invasive forest pests & diseases	Umit Turhan	PDF
5f	FAO's Work on Biodiversity	Mr. Jarkko Koskela	PDF
5g	Sustainable Wood for a Sustainable World	Mr. Peter Csoka	PDF
5h	Global Policy Processes	Ms. Mette Wilkie	PDF
5i	Implementation of the UN strategic plan for forests and collaboration with the UNFF	Ms. Mette Wilkie	PDF
5j	Preparations for the 25th session of the Committee on Forestry and the XV World Forestry Congress	Mr. Peter Csoka	PDF
5j	FAO Governing and Statutory Bodies	Mr. Peter Csoka	PDF

Side Events

Side Event Organiser	Presentation	Presenter	Download
IBFRA	Why do boreal forest matter? IBFRA & the Insight Process	Mr. Florian Kraxner	PDF
IBFRA	Sustainable Boreal Forest Management	Mr. Peter Hoegberg	PDF
The World Bank	Forestry and the Circular Economy. Experience of the Republic of Belarus	Mr. Valentin Shatravko	PDF
The World Bank	Circular Economy in Perspective of Fiber Flow between US and China	Ms. Jiyoun Christina Chang	PDF
The World Bank	Burundi Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project (P160613)	Ms. Paola Agostini	PDF
The World Bank	The World Bank Side Event Flyer		PDF
Green Jobs	Next Generations Perspectives on the Future of Forest Work		PDF
FAO	Protective Functions of Forests in a Changing Climate: the European Experience	Mr. Johannes Hangler	PDF
FAO	Protective Functions of Forests - a Scientific Introduction	Mr. Christian Scheidl	PDF
FAO	The protective functions of forests in mountain watersheds in the context of a changing climate: French National Report	Ms. Alison Evans	PDF
FAO	Protective Forests: Country Report Austria	Mr. Ansgar Fellendorf	PDF
FAO	Country report: Protective Forests in Norway	Mr. Harald Aalde	PDF