1. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Forest Policies & Institutions: - Monitoring & Reporting - Overall Vision, Concept and Structure Proposals for consideration of Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group

2. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Outline I.Overall Vision II.Information Repository: - Concept & Structure - Hierarchy of information: Global & regional datasets III.Discussion/Next steps

3. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE I.Overall vision Overall Objective, shared by partners: To collect and report up-to date information on forest policies and institutions, available in a global information repository to the benefit of all partners for monitoring and analysis as well as capacity building purposes.

4. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE I.Overall vision Outputs: - Repository of up-to-date information on policies and institutions, containing a global and regional datasets, available on one main website as the host: FAO global forest sector country profiles - Continued monitoring of developments in policies and institutions through period requests addressed to countries at the global and regional levels, coordinated and harmonized to the extent possible - Global and regional analysis, studies.

5. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE I.Overall vision Means: Partnership between initiatives, to achieve synergies: -Sharing of information collected -Continuous effort to collect up-to-date, relevant information in regular intervals -No duplication: Harmonization, to the extent possible, of data requests addressed to countries (in terms of substance and timing, Pre-filling available data) -Same terms & definitions underlying data requests, to allow for meaningful comparison and analysis -Consideration of national reporting experiences -Definition of hierarchy of data sets: global and regional

6. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE II. Information Repository Global and regional datasets: Information Hierarchies Global Dataset Regional Dataset National Dataset Global Dataset Regional Dataset Global Dataset Scope of information Countries

7. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Information hierarchies & responsibilities Global Dataset (FAO HQ: FRA PLI, …,) Regional Datasets (Pan-Europe: FAO/SEUR/ UNECE/FAO; Africa, LA, Asia (selected countries):Nfp updates National Dataset (e.g. Ukraine – FAO/SEUR/ UNECE) Global Dataset Scope of information Countries Regional Datasets Global Dataset II. Information Repository

8. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE Example: Pan-European data available on policies, institutions, instruments per policy area (MCPFE Qualitative indicators for SFM) II. Information Repository

9. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE II.Information Repository For this approach to function: -Clear definition of global and regional dataset & information hierarchies -Delineation of responsibilities for providing, maintaining and updating information -Same underlying terms & definitions

10. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE II.Information Repository Terms & Definitions: Need for Harmonization FRA 2010 – “Forest Institutions”: “Key instruments for policy formulation & implementation, responsible for the enforcement of forest laws and regulations” MCPFE Qualitative Indicators – “Institutional framework”*: “Organizational and administrative set-up of forest policy in the country. It comprises political and social organizations involved in policy making and implementation. Institutions, as understood here, further comprise formal coordinating mechanisms between these organizations (incl. e.g. nfp).” (* Draft report “State of Forests and SFM in Europe, Dr. Ewald Rametsteiner)

11. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE III.Discussion - - Best Presentation of comprehensive P&I information in global information repository: - Definition of global dataset & regional input - (Re)Structuring of PLI information in country profiles: Technical feasibilities & options - - Harmonization of Terms & Definitions - - Training of national correspondents/Implementation of comprehensive PLI reporting - - Capacity Building at the global & regional levels

12. EUROPEAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION Inter-Secretariat Coordination Group on Monitoring Forest Policies and Institutions, 2 nd Meeting, 6 July, Rome TIMBER COMMITTEE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE - Associations of other regions (RFCs), activities and partners involved in monitoring P&I - Consideration at Next Coordination Meeting: - Global dataset & its presentation in information repository - Proposal for pan-European data set/input into global structure (FAO/SEUR/UNECE) - Terms & Definitions (“Forest Policy”) - Plans for Training of National Correspondents & further Capacity Building Activities III.Next Steps/Future Direction