31 January 2012: EU co-ordination meeting on the Action Plan for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)

Update on VPAs

Negotiations underway: Malaysia, Vietnam, Gabon, DRC

Challenges of Implementation

• o   Update on progress: Ghana, Cameroon, Congo, Central Africa Rep, Liberia, Indonesia
  • §  Common challenges in establishing LAS
  • §  Presentation on Central Africa region questions on transit timber and shipping practices
  • §  Tracking systems
• o   Joint Implementation Committees: lessons learnt and modus operandii
• o   Electronic FLEGT license information system – pilot (Bazill)

Update on EU China BCM

EU preparations for FLEGT licensed timber: synthesis of information received from MS (through CIRCA for the FLEGT Committee) and issues arising

Lunch break: ENPI FLEG project (FLEG in the EU neighbourhood) present key actions over lunch

Strategic planning under the FLEGT Action Plan

Coordination of EU efforts and ideas on how to work more efficiently together (DEVCO to present overview ideas from MS welcome!)

• §  DEVCO restructuring
• §  Priorities for 2012 and need for MS support: DNE post, FLEGT Envoys in VPA countries; support to implementation and preparation; VPA- FLEGT dialogue in S America ENRTP call for proposals 2012 priorities, how to work together and jointly/ parallel finance initiatives
• §  Coordination FLEGT projects (DFID (highlights coordination meeting Wolverhampton); FAO Facility (examples of  country level))

FLEGT Week (April 23-27), planning & themes

Overview from EFI FLEGT Facility of analytic work streams in 2012 and highlight how working at country level

Planning for high level political meeting to reflect on FLEGT so far, to bring together Ministers of VPA countries: brainstorm ideas and priorities

EU Timber Regulation: communications and outreach of MS with private sector and how you convey the interface with VPAs  (MS to  lead discussion)