Presidency activity report Based on Congress Action plan Håkan Nystrand President Union of European Foresters

Guideline 1 The work of the so called "Brussels Committee" should be continued and developed further. UEF will stay in permanent contact to the EU officials and to forest related organizations on European level. Especially the "Round Table Meetings" and the membership in official Committees and Advisory groups should be continued.

Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork (seat) Advisory Committee on Forestry and Forest-Based Industries (seat) SFC ad hoc Working Group on valuation and compensation methods of non-wood forest goods and services (seat) Commission's register of interest representatives on the European level Implementation and mid-term evaluation of EU Forest Action Plan Public consultations (DG Agri, DG Environment, DG Enterprise, DG Energy) Biomass, bioenergy position and development Rural Development Plan –forest sector resources

Guideline 2 During the past term our website was established on a high level as a platform for internal communication and external public relation. The aim for the new term is to keep the website updated and to intensify the use of our homepage by our member organizations.

Homepage improved Downloading of documents from the homepage Webaddress.eu into use UEF Archive work UEF Presidency letters Presentations in member magazines UEF promoting material Irish Farmers Journal, June 2006 Media reports about Presidency Meetings

Guideline 3 Exchange activities, especially those for forest students, should be intensified. The educational matters should include all levels of forest students, not only academics.

Exchange activities established Contacts between UEF member organisations Forestry workcamp in Germany Fieldtrip (METO) in Germany Forest students - UEF meetings European Orienteering Champs 2006

Guideline 4 In the field of financial matters UEF should develop methods of including official funding in order to finance the activities mentioned above.

DG Research discussions Financial cooperation on nation level when GCM and PM A growing UEF means more funding

New members in UEF Society of Finnish Professional Foresters Association of foresters in the public service, "Verein der Förster im Öffentlichen Dienst (VFÖ)”, Austria SINDISILVA, Moldavia CFU, Croatian Foresters Union PROFOR, Spain Association of Danish Masters of Forestry Albanian Foresters Specialists Association

Special motion 1 "This Congress decides that UEF as the European organization for the foresters should take an initiative for discussions with the other European forestry organizations to promote a stronger and united voice in the common fields of interest of forestry in Europe."

UEF Round Table Meetings Facilities; contract with European Forestry House, Brussels (Eustafor, CEPF) Advisory Groups, Committees and Workgroups Other actors, examples –ENFE –CEPI –ELO –NFF

Special motion 2 Creating a permanent exchange facility for forest students within a cooperation project In addition to the non-permanent exchange facilities offered on our homepage UEF should work for developing the activities for forest students and also create a yearly exchange facility for forest students under the name of UEF if possible as a cooperation project with other partners.

Exchange facility established METO student excursions in Germany 2008 and 2009 Contacts member – to member –based on UEF contacts

Special motion 3 PAWS European network of Waldpädagogik A group of foresters from several European countries started an initiative in order to create a network of foresters around Europe, who are engaged in nature-interpretation (or "Waldpädagogik") managed by foresters. UEF should support this project.

UEF was a partner in the PAWS project that ended 2007 Work for implementing PAWS

Meetings 1/3 July 2005Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels Sept 2005 UEF PM, Kristianstad, Sweden 16 Sept 2005Competetive Forest Operations, Krakow 20 Sept 2005ECOSOC-hearing, Rovaniemi, Finland Oct 2005Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels Oct 2005PEFC Annual Meeting, Brussels 1 Febr 2006DG Research, Brussels 1 Febr 2006Standing For Ct and others, Brussels 2-3 Febr 2006EU For Seminar, Nancy, France 24 Febr 2006Adv group, DG Trade 9 March 2006UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels 9 March 2006UEF / CEPF Meeting 9 March 2006UEF PM, Brussels 7 April 2006PAWS Advisory Borard, Bonn 25 April 2006For Act Plan Discussion, Brussels 10 May 2006ELO Forest Department, Brussels May 2005Adv group of For and Cork, Brussels 27 June – 2 July 2006GCM, Sofia, Bulgaria

Meetings 2/3 13 Sept 2006 EFORWOOD Stakeholder mtg, Kerkrade,Nethl Oct 2006UEF PM, Amstetten, Austria Nov 2006Paper week, forest meetings, Brussels 29 Nov 2006Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels 29 Nov 2006UNFF Preparatory meeting, Brussels 9 Jan 2007Adv Group on For-Based Ind,Brussels 27 Mar 2007Family Forestry Seminar, Brussels 12 Apr 2007UEF PM, Brussels 12 Apr 2007UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels 13 Apr 2007Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels May 2007IFSA Europe Congress, Nancy, France 5-8 Jun 2007UEF PM Chisinau, Moldova 12 Jul 2007Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels 29 Aug-2 Sept 2007 UEF GCM, PM Herning, Denmark

Meetings 3/3 5-7 Nov 2007MCPFE Warsaw, Poland Nov 2007UEF PM in Zagreb, Croatia 15 Feb 2008SFC Ad Hoc Group I 7 Apr 2008Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels 23 – 26 Apr 2008UEF PM in Saariselkä, Finland 27 Jun 2008SFC Ad Hoc Group I 3 Jul 2008Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels 3-17 Aug 2008IFSA Forest Student Symposium, Sofia, BG 16 – 19 Oct 2008UEF GCM, PM Gmunden, Austria 31 Oct 2008SFC Ad Jpc Group I 28 Jan 2009UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels 5 Dec 2008Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels 20 Feb 2009Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels 23 Apr 2009Adv Group on Forest-Based Industries 24 – 26 Apr 2009UEF PM in Targoviste, Romania 4 – 8 Jun 2009UEF Congress, Jedlnia, Poland