The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 : ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION: FORESTRY CO-OPERATION by Alexander V. Korotkov UNECE Timber Branch UNECE/FAO Integrated Work Program

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Introduction & background Brief history of the process Mandate of ToS on CITs Direction of ToS activities MCPFE Resolution H3 Further needs and challenges Questions / Issues, Discussion … Contents of presentation

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Geographical area / political map Magnitude of the process: Twenty-seven (27) countries from central and eastern Europe and the former USSR have been considered as “countries with economies in transition” since beginning of unprecedented political changes and economic transformation Only 9 countries constituted this region in 1989 …

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Forests of Countris in Transition The forest cover of CEEC in transition: about 980 million hectares, i.e. about 25.3 percent of the world forests some 915 million hectares, i.e. about 23.6 percent of the world forests The forestry importance is high !!!

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Team of Specialists to monitor and develop assistance to countries of central and eastern Europe in transition in the forest and forest products sector ********** Established: October 1993, Joint TC/ EFC session, Geneva

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 ToS Mandate and ToR To review periodically programme on CIT To make recommendations to UNECE/FAO To review countries’ needs for assistance To develop ways of co-operation To contribute to effective & efficient way of assistance To monitor and coordinate H3 implementation ************ ToS Duration: 2004 (ECE/TIM/2003/2…& /6)

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 ToS meetings/ sessions 1 st inaugural meeting: 6-8 June 1994, Geneva1 st inaugural meeting: 6-8 June 1994, Geneva 2 nd meeting: May 1996, Geneva2 nd meeting: May 1996, Geneva 3 rd meeting: 1-5 Nov. 1997, Ljubljana, Slovenia3 rd meeting: 1-5 Nov. 1997, Ljubljana, Slovenia 4 th meeting : 29 June-04 July 1999, Gmunden4 th meeting : 29 June-04 July 1999, Gmunden 5 th meeting: 14 Sept. 2001, Debe/ Warsaw5 th meeting: 14 Sept. 2001, Debe/ Warsaw 6 th ToS meeting: 3-6 March 2004, Warsaw6 th ToS meeting: 3-6 March 2004, Warsaw

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Strategic direction of co-operation Institution and capacity building Legal and policy infrastructure for SFM Extension services, education and training Market oriented & ecologically sound enterprises Cross-sectoral & private ownership issues Issues of general importance: protection of forests, forest conservation, specific issues, etc

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE Resolution H3 “Forestry Co-operation with Countries with Economies in Transition”: “The Signatory States and the European Community commit themselves to promote and support cooperation for mutual benefits … in order to provide relevant expertise and advice, and to invite appropriate organizations and Institutions to do likewise.”

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE Resolution H3 (1) UNECE/FAO is the international coordinator for the implementation of the Resolution H3 Reporting: -Antalya (Turkey), January Lisbon (Portugal), June Vienna (Austria), April 2003 ************ */ Special thanks to reporting countries and to Dr. Peter Csoka (Hungary) !!!

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 H3 and CITs reporting 1995 – Antalya, Turkey 1988 – Lisbon, Portugal 2003 – Vienna, Austria

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE Resolution H3 (2) Monitoring of H3 Implementation: Some 730 projects/activities reported by donor and recipient countries and organisations in the H3 electronic database ( “Users’ Guide” ): Seminars / workshops Education / training Scientific / research / “know-how” transfer Capacity building / technical developments Policy / strategy / study tours, etc

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 H3 DB Users’Guide 1) 1)Forest Resources Data (FRA 2000) 2) 2)Elements of the international and national legal framwork ( list of documents ) 3) 3)H3 relating projects ( queries by type, country, search text ) 4) Supplementary information (contact points, etc)

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE Resolution H3 (3)

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE Resolution H3 (4)

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE Resolution H3 (5)

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Workshops/ Seminars / Meetings UNECE Workshops’ Dynamics: - -Forming forestry legislation… - -Pravitization aspects and issues … - -Development of marketing… - -Institution building and forest policies… - -Certification in forestry (forest products)… - -Sustainable forest management … - -Practical forestry and forest operations… - -… etc … -

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 ToS - MCPFE workshop 2001 Recommendations to MCPFE: Policy formulation Economic aspects Socvial aspects Ecological aspects WG’s findings to: Ministers (FS) … ToS on CITs …

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 MCPFE-2003 and CEEC MCPFE-2003 Vienna Conference did not provide any direct, specific and explicit Guidance on the future co-operation Matter in this area... Still…, There is a number of reference in MCPFE-2003 documents ….

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Country Forestry Profiles Forestry Country Profiles: –Russia –Georgia –Ukraine – 2003 –Bulgaria –2004 –Serbia & Montenegro –focus on CEEC … */ availability of resources…

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Country profiles

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Practical Issues and Challenges political, economic and financial position of forestry sector in many countries is still weak CIS and south-east European countries frequently cannot attend international meetings if their costs are not paid, thus loosing: - - benefits from the participation in activities … - - leading ideas in the sector and possibilities to make useful contacts

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Some questions to answer … How to promote further the economic integration of non-EU European countries in the context of post-European Union enlargement ? What specific activities should be undertaken for countries with different stages of developments of transition economies ? - newly acceding countries - emerging market economies - less advanced transition economies

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Some questions to answer … (cont.) What are the main needs in forestry sectors of 18 “non-EU” CITs (notion “transition”???) ? – newly EU acceding countries; – emerging market economies ( EU “recognition”… ); – less advanced transition economies. Should the 18 “non-accession yet” CITs be considered as a group ( in forestry sectors terms ), as a number of different groups (see above?) or individually? What scope of the UNECE/ FAO work in this (CEEC and CIS) area should be in the future ?

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Some questions to answer … (cont.) Raising interest of high level political and administrative circles in forestry … How can we help to improve investment conditions in the forestry sector ? What should be done for fostering entrepreneurship in transition economies ? What should be the next UNECE/FAO action in this area (after the ToS meeting…) ?

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Some concluding remarks Trends in policies and institutions for the sector in CIS and SEE countries (to study)… Changing Role of State Forest Services … Focusing on private forestry issues … Increasing capacity in CIS and SEE countries to achieve SFM at the national level Breaking an actual “isolation” of some CIS and SEE from exchange of experience and ideas UNECE/FAO ToS on “forest sector of CIS and South-East Europe (SEE)” ?

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 What practical actions are needed Workshops ??? : e.g. on - “Trends in policies and institutions for the sector in CIS and south east Europe “, or Studies ??? : e.g. on - Analysis of forest legislation in the CIS /SEE countries”… What other activities ? Resources for implementation ?

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Some more questions to answer Should ToS terminate its work in current format ? Should ToS be transformed into a different format ? Should the UNECE/FAO establish a new ToS on CIT (CIS..? ) countries ? What ToR and Mandate of the new (or newly transformed) ToS should be (if any) ? What scope of the UNECE/ FAO work in this (CEEC and CIS) area should be in the future ?

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Opinions from Countries To reinforce the UNECE and MCPFE co- operation on CEEC To provide support to private forestry To contribute to improvement of forestry and environment legislation To improve assessment of forest ecological benefits To improve communication between relating institutions

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Opinions from Countries (cont.) To assist to building up of integrated forest information system To contribute to capacity building to bring forestry in line with the EU legislation To improve the cost efficiency in forest management practices To facilitate investments into the forestry sector

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Strategic Reviews: TC & EFC Integrated WP co-operation with MCPFE, and contribution to SFM in the region, especially in CEEC continue providing assistance for countries in transition shift in focus of attention to eastern and SEE countries, to promote their European integration support to countries in transition, in particular non-EU countries

The UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on CITs 6th Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, 4-5 March 2004 Comments or/and questions ?