The 7th Meeting of Asia Forest Partnership

12-15 November 2007, Yokohama, Japan

 

 

 

Co-hosted by:

 

Agenda

 

12 November: Partners Forum 

10:00-10:15 

Opening Remarks:

10:15-11:35

  • EWG Consultant Report (Dr. Nigel Sizer)

  • Report from the Congo Basin Forest Partnership (Mr. Cedric Fouilland, EVAO CONSEIL)

  • Non-legally Binding Instrument (Dr. Peter Csoka, UNFF Secretariat)

11:35-12:10

Q and A, followed by discussion

12.10-13.30

Lunch break

13:30-16:30

Break up Working Group Sessions:

  •  Participants break up into two (2) working groups and both groups discuss the same subjects as follows:

  •  Working modality and structure of AFP phase 2

  •  Potential topics for AFP phase 2

 16:30-18:00

 SC meeting to wrap-up

 

13 November: Partners and Open Forum

09:00-10:30

Plenary Session (report from  WG1 and WG2)

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:00

Presentation of work plans and current/potential partners’ initiatives

12.10-13.30

Lunch break

13:30-17:00

 continued: Presentation of work plans and current/potential partners’ initiatives

SC meeting to prepare the draft AFP announcement (as needed)

 19:00

  Reception hosted by the Director General of Forestry Agency, Japan

14 November: Open Forum 

09:00-09:30

 Registration (for those who participate in only 14 Nov.)

09:30-10:00

Inauguration Ceremony:

  •  Welcoming address (Mr. Kenji Tsuji, Director General, Japan Forestry Agency)

  •  Opening remarks (Mr. Kyoji Komachi, Ambassador for Global Environment, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

  •  Keynote addresses (Mr. Yuyu Rahayu, Indonesia MoF)

  •  Keynote addresses (Mr. Emmanuel Ze Meka, Executive Director ITTO)

10:00-10:20

Coffee break

10:20-12:10

Presentation of work plans and current/potential partners’ initiatives

 

12.10-13.30

Lunch break

13:30-17:00

Continued: Presentation of work plans and current/potential partners’ initiatives

16:30-17:30

Wrap up & Adoption of AFP Announcement for phase 2

17:30

Closing

15 November: Field Trip (Optional)