FLEGT Week 2015: Opening plenary and policy discussion, the Report

Highlights

• FLEGT Week opened with a policy discussion at which stakeholders from governments, private sector and civil society examined the past, present and future of FLEGT
• The debate focused on the pace of progress, continued challenges, evidence of impacts and on how to ensure the enduring relevance of FLEGT in a rapidly changing world.
• There was broad support for FLEGT and an appetite for it to evolve to address challenges in implementation and match the changes that have taken place since the Action Plan was created

Featuring

Moderator James Astill, The Economist

Opening remarks Karl Falkenberg, Director-General of the Directorate-General Environment, European Commission

Master of ceremonies Bernard Crabbé, Head – Forest Sector, Directorate-General Development Cooperation, European Commission

Keynote speaker Penny Davies, Program Officer, Ford Foundation

Panelists

• Roberto Ridolfi, Director for Sustainable Development and Growth, Directorate-General Development Cooperation, European Commission
• Yannick Jadot, Member of the European Parliament
• Sue Unsworth, Principal, The Policy Practice
• Harrison Karnwea, Director, Forest Development Authority, Liberia
• Lisa Ann Elges, Leader of the Climate Finance Integrity Program, Transparency International
• Katarina Maaskant, Head of Public Affairs, IKEA
• Hans-Joachim Danzer, Director, Danzer Group

Read the full report, watch the videos, download the presentations and see the slideshow on FLEGT Week website.