GERMAN-INDONESIAN INITIATIVE
- Title:
JOINT GERMAN-INDONESIAN EXPERTS' WORKING GROUP MEETING ON "TRADE,
LABELLING OF TIMBER AND CERTIFICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
- Co-Sponsors
Germany and Indonesia
- Date and Location of the Meeting of the Initiative:
12 - 16 August 1996, Bonn, Germany
- Description of the issue:
Concentrating on the impact of certification/labelling on trade,
market access and the achievement of sustainable forest management
- Relationship with the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests Programme
Elements:
The experts' working group meeting will deal with issues of the IPF
Programme Element IV, especially the issue of trade and labelling of
timber; the impact of certification on demand and sustainable forest
management
- Expected results:
- Progress in the international discussion on the issue of certification
of SFM and labelling of timber (increase transparency)
- Possible options for credible and practical certification/labelling
systems
- Recommendations for the work of the UNCSD IPF on certification and
labelling issues
- Expected Date of Completion of the Report and Language:
End of August 1996 (in English)
- Process in Pursuing the Initiative:
25 - 26 January 1996
- A preparatory meeting (participants from eight countries and a few
international NGO's) in Jakarta will refine in a discussion process
the draft Terms of Reference of the joint experts' meeting in Bonn
- Discussion papers to be prepared from various sides to facilitate
discussion
- Participants:
A number of participants that was not excessive could facilitate an
efficient working group/experts' meeting. Approximately 50-60
participants (from 27 countries, international organizations and
NGO's) might therefore be feasible.
- Contact Persons:
Mr. Hagen Frost, Head of Division
Federal Ministry of Economics
D-53123 Bonn, Germany
Tel: 49-228-6153947
Fax: 49-228-6153993
Mr. Rainald Roesch, First Counsellor
Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations
600 Third Avenue, 41st floor
New York N.Y. 10016, USA
Tel: 212-856-6203/6295
Fax: 212-856-6280
Dr. Untung Iskandar, Director
Bureau of International Cooperation
and Investment
Ministry of Forestry, Jakarta
Manggala Wanabakti Building Block VII, 4th fl.
Indonesia
Tel: 62-21-5701114/5730680
Fax: 62-21-5738732/5700226
Dr. Benni H. Sormin, Head
Multilateral Cooperation Division,
Bureau of International Cooperation
and Investment
Ministry of Forestry, Jakarta
Manggala Wanabakti Building Block VII, 4th fl.
Tel: 62-21-5701114/5730682
Fax: 62-21-5738732/5700226
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