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Presidency Proceeding report Action plan 2005-2009 Workplan 2008-2009 GCM 17.10.2008 Gmunden, Austria. Meetings 1/3. July 2005 Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels 10-11 Sept 2005 UEF PM, Kristianstad, Sweden 16 Sept 2005 Competetive Forest Operations, Krakow
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Presidency Proceeding reportAction plan 2005-2009Workplan 2008-2009GCM 17.10.2008 Gmunden, Austria
Meetings 1/3 • July 2005 Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels • 10-11 Sept 2005 UEF PM, Kristianstad, Sweden • 16 Sept 2005 Competetive Forest Operations, Krakow • 20 Sept 2005 ECOSOC-hearing, Rovaniemi, Finland • Oct 2005 Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels • Oct 2005 PEFC Annual Meeting, Brussels • 1 Febr 2006 DG Research, Brussels • 1 Febr 2006 Standing For Ct and others, Brussels • 2-3 Febr 2006 EU For Seminar, Nancy, France • 24 Febr 2006 Adv group, DG Trade • 9 March 2006 UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels • 9 March 2006 UEF / CEPF Meeting • 9 March 2006 UEF PM, Brussels • 7 April 2006 PAWS Advisory Borard, Bonn • 25 April 2006 For Act Plan Discussion, Brussels • 10 May 2006 ELO Forest Department, Brussels • May 2005 Adv group of For and Cork, Brussels • 27 June – 2 July 2006 GCM, Sofia, Bulgaria
Meetings 2/3 • 13 Sept 2006 EFORWOOD Stakeholder mtg, Kerkrade,Nethl • 25-27 Oct 2006 UEF PM, Amstetten, Austria • 27-28 Nov 2006 Paper week, forest meetings, Brussels • 29 Nov 2006 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels • 29 Nov 2006 UNFF Preparatory meeting, Brussels • 9 Jan 2007 Adv Group on For-Based Ind,Brussels • 27 Mar 2007 Family Forestry Seminar, Brussels • 12 Apr 2007 UEF PM, Brussels • 12 Apr 2007 UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels • 13 Apr 2007 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels • 10-12 May 2007 IFSA Europe Congress, Nancy, France • 5-8 Jun 2007 UEF PM Chisinau, Moldova • 12 Jul 2007 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels • 29 Aug-2 Sept 2007 UEF GCM, PM Herning, Denmark
Meetings 3/3 • 5-7 Nov 2007 MCPFE Warsaw, Poland • 12-14 Nov 2007 UEF PM in Zagreb, Croatia • 15 Feb 2008 SFC Ad Hoc Group I • 7 Apr 2008 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels • 23 – 26 Apr 2008 UEF PM in Saariselkä, Finland • 27 Jun 2008 SFC Ad Hoc Group I • 3 Jul 2008 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels • 3-17 Aug 2008 IFSA Forest Student Symposium, Sofia, BG • 16 – 19 Oct 2008 UEF GCM, PM Gmunden, Austria • Oct 2008 PEFC • 31 Oct 2008 SFC Ad Jpc Group I • 5 Dec 2008 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels • Febr. 2009 UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels • 4 – 8 Jun 2009 UEF Congress, Jedlnia, Poland • Presidency takes final decisions about arrangements
Guideline 1 The work of the so called "Brussels Committee" should be continued and developed further. UEF will stay in permanent contact to the EU officials and to forest related organizations on European level. Especially the "Round Table Meetings" and the membership in official Committees and Advisory groups should be continued.
Statements on EU For Action Plan • Advisory Group of Forestry and Cork • Advisory Group of Forest-Based Ind • SFC ad hoc Working Group on valuation and compensation methods of non-wood forest goods and services • Biomass, bioenergy position and development • Draft report of SFC Ad Hoc WG I • Advisory Group meetings • Forest sector resources • Rural dvt, Regional dvt aso • Implementation of EU For Action Plan • Rural Development Plan 2007-2013
Guideline 2 During the past term our website was established on a high level as a platform for internal communication and external public relation. The aim for the new term is to keep the website updated and to intensify the use of our homepage by our member organizations.
Homepage improved • News from the members • Congress in Germany on website • Webaddress .eu into use • UEF Archive work • Irish Farmers Journal, June 2006 • Presentations in member magazine • UEF Presidency letters 1-5 • UEF pins and stickers • Downloading of documents from the homepage • Brochures about UEF created • Gifts from UEF to be handed out at PM, GCM • UEF Presidency letters • UEF Promoting material for Congress • Website development and updating • ”Organised” visibility, press • Internal contacts between the members
Guideline 3 Exchange activities, especially those for forest students, should be intensified. The educational matters should include all levels of forest students, not only academics.
Exchange activities established • European Orienteering Champs 2006 • Cooperation between members of UEF • Forestry workcamp in Germany 2006-2008 • UEF Promoting material, brochures • Fieldtrip (METO-MEOL) in Germany 2008 • Forest students - UEF meetings, workcamps
Guideline 4 In the field of financial matters UEF should develop methods of including official funding in order to finance the activities mentioned above.
DG Research discussions • Congress 2009 Seminar funding • A growing UEF is more funding
New members in UEF • Association of foresters in the public service, "Verein der Förster im Öffentlichen Dienst (VFÖ)”, Austria • SINDISILVA, Moldovia • Croatian Foresters Union • Albanian Forest Specialists Association (AFSA) • PROFOR, Spain • New members to UEF
Special motion 1 • "This Congress decides that UEF as the European organization for the foresters should take an initiative for discussions with the other European forestry organizations to promote a stronger and united voice in the common fields of interest of forestry in Europe."
UEF Round Table Meeting • Statements, position papers • Land and Forest Owners Union of Latvia • CEPF • European Landowners Forest Department • EUSTAFOR • Contract about facilities; European Forestry House, Brussels • UEF Round Table Meeting • Networks and cooperation in Adv Groups and other groups
Special motion 2 • Creating a permanent exchange facility for forest students within a cooperation projectIn addition to the non-permanent exchange facilities offered on our homepage UEF should work for developing the activities for forest students and also create a yearly exchange facility for forest students under the name of UEF if possible as a cooperation project with other partners.
Exchange facility established • METO/MEOL meeting in Germany 2008 • Developing further the activity
Special motion 3 • PAWS European network of WaldpädagogikA group of foresters from several European countries started an initiative in order to create a network of foresters around Europe, who are engaged in nature-interpretation (or "Waldpädagogik") managed by foresters.UEF should support this project.
UEF was a partner in the PAWS project that ended 2007 • Work for implementing PAWS