21 March

Seminar on the state of forest in the UNECE Region

• A picture of the present and the past: Overview of twenty years of SFM based on FAO FRA 2010 and preliminary findings from SoEF 2011

• Status and trends of wood resources in UNECE region

• Discussion on Criteria and Indicators as tool for SFM assessment

Room V

22 March

'Zero meeting' on a possible working party to facilitate exchange of expert advice based on work of UNECE/FAO Teams of Specialists (ToS)

• Discussion on ToS priorities and recommendations to the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission

• Discussion on background paper for the establishment of a Working Party to facilitate exchange of expert advice based on the work of UNECE/FAO ToS 

Room V

23 March

Conclusion of 'zero meeting' and UNECE/FAO Joint Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics (JWPFES)

• Consideration of the report of the 'zero meeting'

• Consideration of the outcome of the 'zero meeting' and implications for WPFES

• Review and Guidance on Work Area 1 (Markets and Statistics)

  • ToS on Forest Products Marketing

• Preliminary status of the Joint Wood Energy Enquiry

• Review and Guidance of Work Area 3 (Forest Sector Outlook)

  • ToS Forest Sector Outlook

Room V

24 March

UNECE/FAO JWPFES

• Review of Work Area 2 (Forest Resources Assessment)

  • ToS on Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management

• Roundtable on forest information challenges

• Review and Guidance of Work Area 4 (Social and Cultural Issues)

  • ToS on Foret Fire

  • Forest Comunicators Network

  • Joint UNECE/FAO/ILO Expert Network to implement SFM

• Review and Guidance of Work Area 5 (Policy and Cross Sectoral Issues)

  • ToS on Forest Policy in EECA

Room V

25 March

Timber Committee/European Forestry Commission joint Bureaux and Meeting of the UNECE/FAO ToS

• Bureaux Meeting (Room XV)

• Meeting of the ToS on Outlook   (Room V)

• • Meeting of the ToS on Outlook

Room XV

Room V