FO:NEFC/2000/INF.2

NEAR EAST FORESTRY COMMISSION

FOURTEENTH SESSION

Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1-4 July 2000

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

 

Saturday, 1 July 2000
09.00-10.00 hours - Registration of participants, International Conference Hall
10.00-11.00 hours - Opening Ceremony
11.00-11.30 hours - Break
11.30-12.30 hours - Item 1: Adoption of Agenda
   (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/1)
  - Item 2: Election of Officers
12.30-14.30 hours - Lunch
14.30-15.45 hours - Item 3: State of Forestry in the Region
  Country reports
15.45-16.00 hours - Break
16.00-17.00 hours - Item 3: State of Forestry in the Region
  Country reports
17.00-18.00 hours - Discussion

Sunday, 2 July 2000
09.00-11.00 hours - Item 3: State of Forestry in the Region (Cont.d)
  Country reports
11.00-11.15 hours - Break
11.15-12.30 hours - Item 4: UNCED Follow-up as related to sustainable forest management in the Near East
  1. The Intergovernmental Panel on Forests/Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IPF/IFF) process
    (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/3)
  2. Country-led initiatives
    (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/4)
12.30-14.30 hours - Lunch
14.30-15.45 hours - Item 5: Non-wood forest products for rural development in the Near East
   (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/5)
15.45-16.00 hours - Break
16.00-17.00 hours - Item 6: Capacity-building for interactive data collection for forestry policy and planning
   (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/6)
17.00-18.00 hours - Discussion

Monday, 3 July 2000
09.00-10.00 hours - Item 7: FAO forestry activities in the Region
  1. Review of FAO Regular and Field Programmes, including follow-up to the requests and recommendations of the 13th session of the Commission
    (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/7)
  2. Silva Mediterranea Research Networks in the Region
    (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/8)
10.00-10.45 hours - Discussion
10.45-11.00 hours - Break
11.00-12.00 hours - Item 8: Forestry and the Kyoto Protocol: Key Issues
   (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/9)
12.00-12.30 hours - Discussion
12.30-14.30 hours - Lunch
14.30-15.45 hours - Item 9: Report of the FAO Workshop on national forest programmes in the Near East Region (Istanbul, Turkey, 11-12 October 1999)
  (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/10)
15.45-16.00 hours - Break
16.00-18.00 hours - Item 10: International Year of Mountains - 2002 (for information)
  (Document: FO:NEFC/2000/INF.4)
  - Item 11: Report of the open-ended international meeting of experts on special needs and requirements of developing countries with low forest cover and unique types of forests (Teheran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 4-8 October 1999) (for information)
(Document: FO:NEFC/2000/INF.5)
  - Item 12: Regional issues identified by the Commission for the attention of the Committee on Forestry
  - Item 13: Other business
  - Item 14: Date and place of next session

Tuesday, 4 July 2000
08.00-17.00 hours - Field trip
18.00-20.00 hours - Item 15: Adoption of report
  - Closing of the Session