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1 Annual meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Forest Communicators Network 19-21 June 2012 Antalya, Turkey Meeting report Item 1: Opening and welcome 1. Mr. Ali Gökçöl, Director at the Antalya Regional Directorate of Forestry opened the meeting, welcomed participants and thanked them for coming to Antalya. A welcoming speech was also delivered by Mr. Abdurrahman Kök, Deputy Head of the Foreign Relations, Training and Research Department in the Forestry General Directorate of Turkey. 2. Welcoming speeches were also delivered by Ms. Eve Charles, Associate Economic Affairs Officer at the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section and Mr. Ingwald Gschwandtl, FCN Team Leader. Both Ms. Charles and Mr. Gschwandtl expressed their utmost gratitude to Turkish colleagues for their exemplary involvement and extraordinary contribution to the organization of this event and to their continuous support to the UNECE/FAO programme of work in general. Item 2: Adoption of agenda 3. The agenda of the meeting was adopted with some changes reflected in the final version included in Annex 2. A list of participants is enclosed in Annex 3. All presentations and further information on this meeting and the FCN are posted at http://www.unece.org/forests/information/fcn.html Item 3: The International Year of Forests 2011 - lessons learned and follow up plans 4. By showcasing a series of activities and success stories from the International Year of Forests 2011, presenters highlighted the value of forests and the different actions people can take to protect them and help contribute to their sustainable management. The International Year of Forests proved to be a unique communication and outreach opportunity to raise visibility on the interconnectivity between forests and people. Through their presentations/movies, presenters explained how 2011 galvanised greater public participation in forest-related activities. Various actors took part in forest-related activities - from local communities to national, regional and international levels - to demonstrate effective ways to sustainably manage forests.

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Annual meeting of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and

the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Forest Communicators Network

19-21 June 2012 – Antalya, Turkey

Meeting report

Item 1: Opening and welcome

1. Mr. Ali Gökçöl, Director at the Antalya Regional Directorate of Forestry opened the

meeting, welcomed participants and thanked them for coming to Antalya. A welcoming

speech was also delivered by Mr. Abdurrahman Kök, Deputy Head of the Foreign Relations,

Training and Research Department in the Forestry General Directorate of Turkey.

2. Welcoming speeches were also delivered by Ms. Eve Charles, Associate Economic Affairs

Officer at the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section and Mr. Ingwald Gschwandtl,

FCN Team Leader. Both Ms. Charles and Mr. Gschwandtl expressed their utmost gratitude

to Turkish colleagues for their exemplary involvement and extraordinary contribution to the

organization of this event and to their continuous support to the UNECE/FAO programme

of work in general.

Item 2: Adoption of agenda

3. The agenda of the meeting was adopted with some changes reflected in the final version

included in Annex 2. A list of participants is enclosed in Annex 3. All presentations and

further information on this meeting and the FCN are posted at

http://www.unece.org/forests/information/fcn.html

Item 3: The International Year of Forests 2011 - lessons learned and follow up plans

4. By showcasing a series of activities and success stories from the International Year of

Forests 2011, presenters highlighted the value of forests and the different actions people can

take to protect them and help contribute to their sustainable management. The International

Year of Forests proved to be a unique communication and outreach opportunity to raise

visibility on the interconnectivity between forests and people. Through their

presentations/movies, presenters explained how 2011 galvanised greater public participation

in forest-related activities. Various actors took part in forest-related activities - from local

communities to national, regional and international levels - to demonstrate effective ways to

sustainably manage forests.

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Recommendations:

5. Throughout 2011, tremendous efforts were directed at raising awareness and visibility on

forests and their sustainable management. Many tools were developed using different means

of communication were developed, i.e. short movies, social media platforms, conferences,

exhibits, publications, competitions, awards etc. These products should be kept relevant and

serve as basis for future campaigns.

6. The International Year of Forests reached out to many sectors and created new partnerships

between governments, institutions, local communities, the private sector, and civil society.

Such partnerships should strengthen the joint delivery of messages, as well as facilitate

knowledge transfer, capacity enhancement, and technology development and transfer.

7. All presentations and communication outputs presented under this agenda item are available

at, http://www.unece.org/2012-fcn-meeting.html. Participants are encouraged to share these

outputs and refer to them for future reference and in other campaigns/events or

communication plans, e.g., European Forest Week 2013, World Forest Week 2012,

Germany Year for Sustainability 2013 etc.

Item 4: ECE/FAO related issues

Strategic Review of the joint ECE/FAO integrated Programme of Work

8. Ms. Charles briefed participants on the review of the UNECE/FAO joint programme of

work. Every four to five years, ECE/FAO examines its integrated programme of work on

timber and forestry to ensure that it still reflects the needs and priorities of member

countries, and responds to mandates given by the European Forestry Commission and the

Timber Committee.

9. Elements for a revised programme of work (PoW) were prepared by the joint Bureaux of the

TC and the EFC through a series of exchanges and a retreat held in Geneva in June 2012.

The new programme of work will consider suggestions from the assessment phase of the

2013 Strategic Review, including the survey of the forest work of UNECE and FAO in the

region and the assessment of the work of the ToS. Depending on the decision of the

Committee and the Commission, and to support the implementation of the new PoW, some

ToS might be renewed, while others may be discontinued or have their mandate revised to

better integrate the needs of the new programme.

10. A document presenting a preliminary version of the new PoW will be presented at the 70th

session of the Timber Committee, which is open to EFC delegates, and will invite feedback

that will be reflected in an updated version to be further discussed in the margin of the next

meeting of the ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management

in April 2013 and/or a special session of the TC and EFC in late spring 2013, depending on

progress made at this TC session.

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ECE/FAO Action plan (AP) for the forest sector in a Green Economy

11. Ms. Charles briefed participants on recent developments with regard to the AP. The AP was

prepared under the auspices of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European

Forestry Commission, at the suggestion of their bureaux. It was developed on the basis of an

open consultation with member States and stakeholders, consolidated by the secretariat and

reviewed by a stakeholder meeting in May 2011. At their joint session in Antalya (Turkey)

in October 2011, the Committee and the Commission requested that the secretariat gather

further inputs to the Action Plan for the Forest Sector in Green Economy through a second

stakeholder meeting. The meeting was held in March.

12. The AP proposes a series of objectives for the forest sector in the ECE region, and possible

actions to achieve these objectives, to be implemented by international organisations,

governments of member states, the private sector, civil society and other stakeholders. It is

not a work programme for those bodies but includes actions to be carried out by all actors,

including governments, research, private sector and civil society and international

governmental and non-governmental organisations. Indeed the “possible actions” are not

attributed to any specific organisation or actor: many will probably be implemented by ad

hoc partnerships, and a mapping exercise may well be necessary to determine the

appropriate partners for each action. It is meant to inspire action and provide the basis for

many organizations’ plans and activities to focus on forests in a green economy.

13. The Committee and the Commission invite their member governments, as well as relevant

international partner organisations, to consider how they can contribute to the

implementation of the Action Plan. For their part, the Committee and the Commission will

incorporate relevant actions identified by the Action Plan into their own work programme

for 2014-2017 at their joint session in December 2013. The UNDP Turkey Country Office

expressed its interest and support the AP in Turkey, in collaboration with relevant

stakeholders.

14. At its next session in October 2012, the TC will review the current AP, provide additional

input and decide on further steps. More information on the AP is available on the ECE

website.

European Forest Week 2013 (EFW 2013)

15. The secretariat announced the consideration of the Committee and the Commission to

organize a second European Forest Week in the margins of the next TC/EFC joint session in

2013. Following the involvement of the FCN in the organization of the first EFW which

took place in 2008, the Bureaux requested the FCN to “develop and lead the implementation

of a communication and outreach strategy to raise awareness and understanding about the

EFW at local, regional and European levels” (ECE/TIM/2012/5).

16. Building on experiences made and lessons learned with the EFW 2008 participants

evaluated the communication potential of a second EFW in 2013 and the possible

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contributions of the FCN to its organization. The results of this assessment are presented in

Annex 1 of this report.

Recommendations:

17. The meeting decided to set up a Task Force for the European Forest Week 2013 (EFW13),

which will provide communication expertise and advice to the organisers as far as time of

FCN experts allows and necessary resources are available. This Task Force will help

announce communication activities related to the EFW among UNECE countries. The Task

Force EFW13 will be led by the FCN Leader (Ingwald Gschwandtl, Austria) together with

the Deputy Leaders (Colin Morton, United Kingdom; Kai Lintunen, Finland; Tomass

Kotovics, Latvia; Pille Roivas, Estonia). The participation of the following experts was

strongly recommended by the team: Luisa Cabello (FOREST EUROPE), Maria de

Cristofaro (FAO), Eve Charles (UNECE/FAO), Gerda Wolfrum respectively Bob Burt

(IUFRO), Gerben Janse (Sweden), Marcus Kühling (Germany), Kamuran Özbay and Deniz

Tapan (Turkey), Alan Kocher (Switzerland). However, the task force will be open to any

members of the FCN willing to take part in the exercise.

Agenda item 5: Implementing the Strategic Framework for Forest Communication in

Europe

18. Mr. Gschwandtl briefed participants on the Strategic Framework for Forest Communication

in Europe which was finalised in September 2011 and launched at the Joint TC/EFC Session

‘Orman 2011’ in October 2011 in Antalya, Turkey. Mr. Gschwandtl explained that the

Framework aims to help achieving better informed decision making on matters relevant to

forests and forestry by closing the gap between perception and facts on forests and forestry

in the wider European region.

19. The framework offers communication objectives, common key messages and approaches,

designed to be used by governments, public and private sector institutions and organisations

and stakeholders at all levels, when formulating individual forest communication programs

and strategies. Geographically the framework addresses the European part of the UNECE

region. Out of the 56 Member States of the UNECE, experts from 36 countries and from 21

organisations participate in the Forest Communicators Network and were involved in some

form in the elaboration of this framework.

20. Even though participants welcomed the Strategy Framework, it was not clear what FCN

could do more in terms of follow up actions. Concerns were expressed as regards the lack of

visibility and recognition of the framework within the TC and EFC community.

Recommendations:

21. Participants requested the objective of the Strategic Framework to be clarified and

introduced in a more comprehensive way.

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22. Participants were encouraged to share the strategic framework among interested

stakeholders. The Strategic framework is available online at,

http://www.unece.org/forests/information/fcn.html

Agenda item 6: Best Practices in Forest Communication

23. Participants shared examples of best practices in forest communication. The communication

practices presented were developed at different institutional levels and for different

audiences. They showed how much efforts are directed at improving communication within

and outside the forest sector at both national and international levels (e.g. state departments

for forestry, state forest services, forest educational and research institutes, forest sector

institutions, international organizations, NGOs etc.). These examples confirmed the variety

of communications means available to engage people in forest activities and to increase their

understanding of forests and the forest sector.

24. Discussions following the presentations indicated however a lack of common message for

the forest sector in general. More efforts should be directed at lobbying and delivering key

concerted messages to civil society. The lack of a concerted forest communication approach

makes it difficult to come to coordinated action among forest sector actors. A more active

exchange of information on best practices in forest communication between national as well

as European level actors, and increased coordination of communication efforts is desired by

industry, forest owners as well as policy-makers.

25. The group will capitalize on existing material and build on lessons learned and success

stories of FCN participants.

26. The increasing need to strengthen communication within the forest sector as well as cross-

sectoral communication was recalled by members of the team.

Recommendations:

27. It was recommended the FCN involve other sectors in their work. The participation of the

private sector and Communication Experts from different areas of forestry and the forest

industry would be beneficial.

Agenda item 7: Update on international forest policy developments

28. Mr. Ingwald Gschwandtl gave an overview on recent developments in international policy

processes relevant to forests. He informed about outcomes of a follow up to the Durban

Climate Conference, the preparations for the 10th session of the United Nations Forum on

Forests, to be held in April 2013 in Istanbul/Turkey, and the main outcomes of the Rio+20

Summit. He also reflected on on-going forest related EU activities, in particular the work on

renewing the EU Forest Strategy, the EU initiative on forest monitoring and information and

the proposal for an EU-Decision on LULUCF (Land Use, Land Use Change and Forests in

the context of climate change). Mr. Marcus Kühling complemented the presentation with

information and views from Germany.

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Agenda item 8: Communicating the FOREST EUROPE Process and the intergovernmental

negotiations for a legally binding agreement on forests in Europe

29. Ms. Luisa Cabello presented the FOREST EUROPE communication strategy, underlining

the need to engage the forest political and technical community and the media in explaining

the key principles and objectives of Sustainable Forest Management. Ms. Cabello explained

FOREST EUROPE communication priorities include communicating the negotiating

process of a possible Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe and the main tasks

described in the Oslo Mandate. Ms. Cabello’s presentation is available at,

http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/timber/WA5/Luisa_Forest_Europe.pdf.

Agenda item 9: New impetus/challenges/value for the work of the FCN, including through

its web site and social media, as well as through helping to establish

networks in other world regions

30. Ms. Maria De Cristofaro and Mr. Colin Morton briefed participants on an initiative led by

FAO to support emerging regional forest communicators’ networks and strengthen links

between these networks. Building on FCN products and expertise a successful workshop

was already conducted in 2011 in Lima/Peru for Latin American countries. A second

regional forest communication workshop was organized in Africa in June 2012. One goal of

this initiative is to run a web based platform on which all communicators can share their

information from recommendations to videos and articles etc. FAO – (Addis Abeba) will

provide support by taking over the secretariat for at least one year and promote/run the

website.

31. In 2011, during the APFW in China FAO explored the interest of countries in the region to

organize a communication network in the region and the feedback was again very positive

so that FAO is now looking into the possibility to organize a regional forest communication

workshop in Asia most likely in January 2013.

32. Based on the positive feedback received so far, FAO intends to further support those

emerging regional networks and also strengthen links between them. Ms. De Cristofaro

proposed to organize a small workshop of representatives of the regional communicators’

networks to exchange experiences and jointly identify ways and possible means to

strengthen support and build capacity at regional levels. She added FAO could host such a

meeting in 2013. She recommended that given its long experience and knowledge, the

UNECE/FAO FCN would be a key partner in this effort.

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Agenda item 10: FCN business

Decisions taken:

33. The FCN intends to provide communication expertise and advice upon request by relevant

organisations and institutions also beyond the ECE region, as far as expert time allows and

necessary resources are available and within the established mandate of the ToR.

34. The FCN intends to continue working with FAO in building up forest communicators

networks in other world regions. The meeting recommended the organization of a joint

workshop with other regional FCNs, ideally in 2013.

35. The FCN will also consider the request received, to give communication advice for the

Mediterranean Forest Week to be held in Algeria in March 2013.

36. Ms. Pille Roivas from Estonia was elected FCN Deputy Leader, to replace Ms. Marta

Gaworska, CEPF, who due to new responsibilities will have to step down from this position.

Mr. Gschwandtl thanked Ms. Gaworska for her proactive role and supportive involvement in

FCN activities over the years.

37. A FCN Task Force on improving Team Operations was established, to be led by Ms. Pille

Roivas. This Task Force will work towards improving internal FCN interaction and help

setting up the agenda for the next meeting.

38. The next annual meeting of the FCN will be held in May 2013 in Estonia.

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Annex 1.

Strategic considerations on the communication potential of a

European Forest Week in 2013 and the role the FCN could play

Background:

The Bureaux of the ECE-Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission are

planning to organise a ‘European Forest Week in 2013’ (EFW13) in parallel with the Joint Session

of the ECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission, scheduled for December

2013 in Rovaniemi, Finland in 2013 should provide the point of crystallisation.

The FCN was asked to “develop and lead the implementation of a communication and outreach

strategy to raise awareness and understanding about the EFW at local, regional and European

levels” (ECE/TIM/2012/5).

The FCN Mandate 2008-2013 expects among many other things ‘follow up to the Pan-European

Forest Week 2008 (follow up media work; evaluation of achievements and lessons learned;

improved concept for future activities)’.

Therefore, the European Forest Week 2008 (EFW08), organised in conjunction with the Joint ECE-

Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission Meeting in October 2008 in Rome,

serves as a reference event.

The Strategic Framework for Forest Communication in Europe, elaborated by the FCN and

launched by the Timber Committee and the European Forestry Commission at their Orman 2011

Meeting in Antalya/Turkey in October 2011 recommends to ‘consider establishing a regular

collaborative communication campaign throughout Europe with time wise and message wise

concerted actions at all levels’.

Against this background the FCN Meeting in June 2012 in Antalya/Turkey carried out the following

analytical tasks:

1. Assess experiences made and lessons learned with EFW08

2. Analyse Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of EFW13

3. Raise open questions to be clarified by the organisers

4. Discuss possible role of FCN

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1. Experiences made and Lessons Learned with the European Forest Week 2008

Achievements

A huge number (some 120) of different, time wise (to some extend) concentrated

activities around one central message carried out in many (around 30) countries

throughout the pan-European region

A concerted action of several relevant organisations and institutions (ECE, FAO,

FOREST EUROPE e. a.) at European level

Success factors

one common message

a Logo

a central, interactive web-site

one central player (FAO)

Limitations/Hindrances

no broad outreach of the central European activity (Rome event did not reach beyond

the inner circles)

no significant event at EU level

no punchy slogan

Role of FCN

gave strategic communication advice to organisers

developed common message

gave advice on logo design and web performance

raised awareness with national level actors

involvement in preparations made possible through travel support for selected FCN

experts

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2. European Forest Week 2013 SWOT Analyses

Strength Weaknesses

Many possible partners at different

levels “Stronger together”

Global and national context

Forestry structure rooted to the base

(local level, close to people)

Existing networks

Institutional fragmentation (is there one

central focal point with capacity to

coordinate?)

Lack of legal entry point for forest

activities at international/European

level

Limited resources

Low recognition due to information

overkill and proliferation of declared

days, weeks, years)

National/regional differences

Global/international events hardly reach

local level

Opportunities Threats

Focussed dialogues on specific forest

and forestry issues, including forest

based products and servıces, wood

energy, and people issues, e.g.

communıty psychology

Promoting on a wider scale the

utilization of forest resources

Attracting attention for major region

specific challenges (e.g. forest fire

prevention)

Linking forest issues with “Rio +20”-

outcomes at European level

Involve politicians (e.g. European

Parliament)

Support for process towards a legally

binding agreement on forests in Europe

Concerted actions around one central

message throughout the region

Use EFW as an umbrella wıth natıonal

events followıng

A hook for approaching donors

Joint action pools / cooperation’s

among countries and organizations

Reaching people and decision makers

Strong other issues, processes and

events competing for public attention

Time wise competing events (e.g. COP

of UNFCCC; Ministerial Conference on

lba)

Not sufficient political/material support

Unrealistic expectations

Tendency of wanting to include

everything (no clear message)

Winter season hinders outdoor activities

Christmas shopping period distracts

media and people

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Targeting mass media with SFM in a

tangible, practical way (stories)

Capitalising on simple messages: e.g.

“What would everyday life be without

wood??”

Using a few specific key messages

(“kiss”)

Using lively images

Using Christmas trees as

communications hook

Joining forces for a common (TV) spot

A common slogan (like in 2008 “Save

the planet, use the forests”)

Seeking support of opinion leaders to

get media attention

Selecting responsible persons to

represent the cause

Using existing networks

Using media hooks and capitalising on

other communication channels (e.g.

major international events like sports)

Generating a whole week of media

coverage

Increasing the confidence of the forest

sector in its professional

communications capacity

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3. European Forest Week 2013: Questions to be clarified by the organisers

To allow a more focussed and in-depth analyses as basis for some strategic communication

recommendations the following questions need to be clarified:

What are the Business Objectives of the European Forest Week 2013?

What is it for, what should it achieve, what should be different after the week?

Who declares the EFW13, who ‘chaperones’ it?

Who will be the central organiser/coordinator?

What are the communication objectives?

What should communication achieve to support the business objectives? (Communication

objectives should be realistic, achievable and measureable)

Who is the key target audience?

What is the key message to be conveyed?

Who will be the communicators?

What are the available means and resources for communications?

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4. European Forest Week 2013: Possible role of FCN

What the FCN could do

Provide expertise and advice, i. p. on

- communication objectives

- messaging

- visual appearance

- web and social media performance

Promotion through ‘spreadıng the word’ into national contexts

Collect e.g. 6 good tangible stories throughout Europe

Recommend clever communication channels (e.g. airline magazines)

Form a task force for further development

What the FCN cannot do

Act operationally like an institution or agency

(the FCN gathers a wealth of experience and expertise, but it is just a network of experts, who

have their real, full time occupations somewhere else, and there are no regular resources

allocated to FCNs activities)

Further considerations

Resource and time constraints will limit the possibilities of involving FCN experts

It will be important to

- motivate many people, organisations and institutions to be (more) active

- present tangible stories from local levels (best practice)

- use the institutional capacity of FAO and others

- develop a cooperation strategy (synergies)

- make more and better use of social media (use ‘billions of brains’)

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Annex 2

Final Programme

MONDAY 18 June 2012 Arrival of participants

TUESDAY 19 June 2012 TIME No. ITEM

09:00 1 Welcome, opening and introduction

Ali Gökçöl Antalya Forest Regional Director Abdurrahman Kök Forestry General Directorate- Deputy Head of Foreign Relations Training & Research Department Eve Charles UNECE/FAO Ingwald Gschwandtl FCN Leader

09:25 2 Adoption of Agenda

09:30 3 The International Year of Forests 2011

lessons learned and follow up plans

Brief presentations by countries and organisations

Message from the UNFF Secretariat

Maria De Cristofaro FAO

Gerda Wolfrum IUFRO

Tamas Szedlak European Commission

Andrea Moser Austria

Kai Lintunen Finland

Marcus Kühling Germany

Pille Roivas Estonia

Bob Burt IUFRO

Araceli Munoz PEFC, Spain

Eve Charles UNECE/FAO Secretariat

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 3 The International Year of Forests 2011

lessons learned and follow up plans – Continuation

11:30 4 ECE/FAO related issues

Strategic Review of the Joint ECE/FAO integrated Programme of Work

FAO/ECE Action Plan on Green Economy

SWOT analyses on communication potential and challenges of a possible ‘European Forest Week 2013’

Presentations and moderation by Eve Charles ECE/FAO Secretariat, and Ingwald Gschwandtl FCN Leader

12:30 Lunch

14:00 5 Implementing the

Strategic Framework for Forest Communication in Europe

Brief reflections by countries and organisations on what has been done and what should happen

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14:30

6 Best Practices in Forest Communication

Brief presentations by member states and organisations Alan Kocher (Switzerland) Movie film “The mysteries of our forests” Results of newest national public survey on forests Kai Lintunen (Finland) Results of newest national public survey on forests Jolanta Stankievicz (Poland) Promotional campaign of the State Forests Bob Burt (Canada) IUFRO Spotlight Initiative Christine Farcy, Coralie Meurice, Pr. Thierry De Smedt and Pr. Pierre Fastrez (Belgium) Tree and Forest policies and communication Eve Charles (ECE/FAO-Secretariat), and Thomas Baschny (Austria) State of Europe’s Forests: What YOUth can do Thomas Baschny (Austria) Forest Pedagogics Strategy – Report of FCN Sub-Group Gerben Janse (Sweden) Information platform ‘My Forest’ Marcus Kühling (Germany) Meeting Point FOREST (Plattform Treffpunkt WALD) Araceli Munoz, (PEFC Spain) “Ecoemplea Sustainable Cork” Deniz Tapan (UNDP Turkey) “Kure Mountains National Park”

15:30 Coffee break

16:00 -

17:00

6 Best Practices in Forest Communication – Continuation

End of first day

WEDNESDAY 20 June 2012 – FIELD TRIP Visit to the newly built International training center on Forest Fires in Antalya followed by a trip to the spectacular Lower Düden Waterfall located off Antalya City Cliffs.

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THURSDAY 21 June 2012 TIME No. ITEM

09:00 7 Up-date on international forest policy developments

Brief overview by

Ingwald Gschwandtl Austria

Marcus Kühling Germany and other participants

09:30 8 Communicating the FOREST EUROPE Process and the

intergovernmental negotiations for a legally binding agreement on

forests in Europe

Presentation by Luisa Cabello FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Madrid

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 9 New impetus/challenges/value for the work of the FCN,

including through its web site and social media,

as well as through helping to establish networks in

other world regions

Introduction and moderation by

Colin Morton United Kingdom, and

Maria De Cristofaro FAO 12:30 Lunch

14:00 9 New impetus/challenges/value for the work of the FCN

Continuation

15:00 Coffee break

15:30 10 FCN business

o Future Mandate and Officers o Next FCN meetings o Other issues

o Up-date on Eduforest Network of Forestry Training Centres - Alan Kocher Switzerland

o Up-date on IUFRO Task Force ‘Communicating Forest Science’ – Gerben Janse Sweden

17:00 Closure of Meeting

Departure - Transfer of participants to Antalya Airport

FRIDAY 22 June 2012 Departure – Transfer of Participants to Antalya Airport

Meeting Venue Dedeman Antalya Hotel & Convention Center, Antalya, Turkey

Working language The meeting was conducted in English. Simultaneous interpretation into Turkish was available.

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Annex 3

List of Participants

Country Organization Full name Email

Austria Federal Ministry Director

– Forest Policy and

Information

Ingwald

GSCHWANDTL

ingwald.gschwandtl@lebensministeri

um.at

Austria IUFRO ( Headquarters )

Austria

Gerda WOLFRUM [email protected]

Austria IUFRO (Consultant) Robert BURT [email protected]

Austria Federal Ministry of

Agriculture

Thomas BASCHNY Thomas.Baschny@lebensministerium

.at

Sweden Swedish Forest Agency Gerben JANSE [email protected]

Austria BMLFUW Andrea MOSER [email protected]

Belgium Université catholique de

Louvain Belgium

Christine FARCY [email protected]

Belgium Université catholique de

Louvain Belgium

Pierre FASTREZ [email protected]

Belgium Université catholique de

Louvain Belgium

Coralie MEURICE [email protected]

Belgium Université catholique de

Louvain Belgium /professor

Thierry DE SMEDT [email protected]

Belgium European Commission, Tamas SZEDLAK [email protected]

ECE/FAO UNECE/FAO Forestry and

Timber Section

Eve CHARLES [email protected]

Estonia Ministry of Environment Pille ROİVAS [email protected]

Finland Finnish Forest Association Lintunen KAİ [email protected]

France Unıversıte De Lorraıne,

France

Lormant FRANCOIS [email protected]

Germany German Forest Society Marcus KÜHLİNG [email protected]

Latvia LVM, Latvia’s State

Forests

Tomass KOTOVİCS [email protected]

Poland Information Centre of the

State Forests/

Promotion Manager

Jolanta

STANKIEWICZ

[email protected]

Poland Ministry of

Environment/Poland

Anna ŻORNACZUK-

ŁUBA

[email protected]

Rome FAO Department Maria De

CRİSTOFARO

[email protected]

Meeting of the UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators Network

19-21 June 2012

Antalya, Turkey

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Spain FOREST EUROPE,

Liaison Unit Madrid

Luisa CABELLO [email protected]

Spain FOREST EUROPE

Liaison Unit Madrid

Isabel GALİANA [email protected]

Spain PEFC Spain Araceli MUNOZ [email protected]

Spain USSE/SPAİN Inazio MARTINEZ

DE ARANO

[email protected]

Switzerla

nd

Federal Office for

Environment

Alan E. KOCHER [email protected]

Turkey UNDP Nurettin

ÖZBAĞDATLI

[email protected]

Turkey UNDP Deniz TAPAN [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

ABdurrahman KÖK [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Musa KAYA [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Nihat KARAKAYA [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Mustafa GÜZEL [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Soner TÜMÜKLÜ [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Kamuran ÖZBAY [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Metin GÜLTEKİN [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

YAKUP KILIÇ [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Emin ŞİMDİ [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Aydoğan TÜREDİ [email protected]

Turkey General Directorate of

Forestry

Ahmet KISA [email protected]

Turkey SAFRI/ANTALYA Ufuk COSGUN [email protected]

Turkey SAFRI/ANTALYA Memhet

CALIKOGLU

[email protected]

Turkey Turkish interpreter Diler KÜTÜK [email protected]

Turkey Turkish interpreter Deniz Yetkin

KAYHAN

[email protected]

UK Forestry commission Morton COLLİN [email protected]