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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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List of meetings and documentation as of July 3, 2008               FAO European Forestry Meetings List

2008
Date
Venue
Title of meeting
Contact person
10-11 January Bled, Slovenia Forest Communicators Network Subgroup on European Forestry Week Ingwald Gschwandtl
5 - 7 February Geneva UNECE/FAO/Eurostat/ITTO Intersecretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics (B)
20 February Rome, Italy

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

 Franziska Hirsch
20 February Rome, Italy Meeting of the European Forest Week Organizing Committee, joint with the Bureaux of the UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry (B)
31 March -1 April Geneva Workshop on National Wood Resource Balances
2 - 3 April Geneva Joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 30th session (A)
28 - 30 April Geneva Special Session of the Timber Committee on the Strategic Review of the integrated UNECE/FAO programme of work on timber and forestry(A)
7 - 8 May Oslo, Norway Expert level meeting of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe
26 - 27 May Vienna, Austria Fourth Meeting of the Team of Specialists: Monitoring Forest Resources for Sustainable Forest Management:
(B)
2 July Geneva Meeting of the European Forest Week Organizing Committee Franziska Hirsch
3 July Geneva UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission joint bureaux meeting Franziska Hirsch
8 - 12 September Batumi, Georgia Policy Options for Wood Energy Volker Sasse
9-10 September Geneva Harvested wood products in the context of climate change policies(A) Sebastian Hetsch
16 - 17 September Timisoara , Romania Workshop on Modern Wood Energy Systems and Markets - an opportunity for South East Europe Douglas Clark
29 September -
3 October

Křtiny,Czech Republic

Workshop on Enhancing Contribution of Forest Management to Sustainable Development in Eastern European and Central Asian Countries Douglas Clark
20 October Rome, Italy The roles of wood in green building and building effects on the forest sector in the UNECE region Carl-Eric Guertin
20 - 24 October Brussels and Rome European Forest Week including the joint session of UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission (A)
November Belgrade , Serbia Wood Energy workshop Douglas Clark
12-13 November Geneva MCPFE Expert Level Meeting liaison.unit.oslo@mcpfe.org

2007
Date
Venue
Title of meeting
Contact person
11-12 January Geneva UNECE/FAO/MCPFE/EFI/CEPI "Mobilizing Wood Resources" (B)
14-16 February Geneva UNECE/FAO/Eurostat/ITTO Intersecretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics (B)
20-22 March Geneva Joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 29th session (A)
23 March Geneva UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission joint bureaux meeting (B) Franziska Hirsch
14-18 May Zamardi, Hungary

UNECE/FAO Exchange of Experiences on Forest Policies and Institutions in East European countries (B)
14-17 May Sevilla, Spain UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire: 4th International Wildland Fire Conference (B) Christopher Prins
21-22 May Edinburgh, UK Monitoring Forest Resources for Sustainable Forest Management:
Third Meeting of the Team of Specialists (B)		 Alexander Korotkov
22 May Geneva Meeting of the Joint UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission Bureaux with the MCPFE General Coordinating Committee (B) Christopher Prins
23-25 May Annecy. France Joint FAO/ECE/ILO Conference on Safety and health in forestry operations: changes, trends & progress (B) Christopher Prins
6 July Rome, Italy UNECE/FAO/MCPFE Intersecretariat Coordination Meeting on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions (B) Franziska Hirsch
18 September Geneva UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission Bureaux Meeting Franziska Hirsch
8-11 October Geneva UNECE Timber Committee, 65th session (A) in cooperation with International Softwood Conference
10 October Geneva Joint UNECE/FAO Policy Forum: Opportunities and Impacts of bioenergy policies and targets on the forest and other sectors (A)
11-12 October Geneva Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Forest Products Markets and Marketing (B) Ed Pepke
9-11 October Bled, Slovenia 2007 Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators Network (B) Ingwald Gschwandtl
5-7 November Warsaw, Poland Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe MCPFE Liaison Unit in Warsaw
26-27 November Belgrade, Serbia Serbian Wood Energy Workshop Douglas Clark
6 December Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3rd Regional Wood Products Marketing Seminar Douglas Clark
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