Meeting Documents
Seminar Objectives
- Share information on current developments in wood and forestry products markets and marketing
- Plan collaborative strategies for addressing common obstacles to marketing wood and forestry products to major Western markets
- Expand business-to-business networks, both within the Southeast Europe region and to Western buyers and sales agents.
Agenda item | Title | English |
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| Announcement | |
| Agenda | |
| Draft Conclusions | |
Presentations | ||
Seminar Introduction: review of seminar background, objectives and meeting agenda | Douglas Clark , Forest Products Marketing Consultant, UNECE/FAO Timber Section, Geneva | |
Overview of wood products trade in Europe | Dr. Ed Pepke, Senior Marketing Officer, UNECE/FAO Timber Section, Geneva | |
Forest Products Market Information Systems | Prof. Branko Glavonjic , Professor, Faculty of Forestry, State University of Belgrade, Serbia | |
Internet Marketing Strategies – Country Experiences | Prof Rich Vlosky, Ph.D. Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, Baton Rouge, USA | |
Exporting Strategies – the BiH Wood Agents B2B Network | Fuad Strik, CEO, StrikConsulting, Sarajevo | |
Branding Strategies – Country Experiences | Prof Davide Pettenella, Univ. of Padua, Italy | |
Experiences from Wood Product Cluster Development - Estonia | Mr Rene Tõnnisson, Tartu Science Park, Estonia | |
Micro-Clusters | Mr Kurt Wüthrich, Head - Centre for Development and Cooperation CDC, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland | |
Marketing and Forestry Certification including chain of custody certificates | Mr Andre Giacini de Freitas , FSC | |
Marketing and Forestry Certification including chain of custody certificates | Mr Jaroslav Tymrak , PEFC | |
Fulfilling Market Entry Requirements in Quality and Safety | Mr Jukka Tissari, Consultant, Finland | |
The Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) | Mr. Stefano Guidese, SIPPO, Zurich, Switzerland | |
