1. NEFIS Meeting, Hamburg, November 15-16, 2004 WP6 Links with Commission Services Dissemination of results Follow-up activities Status and plan

2. NEFIS Meeting, Hamburg, November 15-16, 2004 1.To promote awareness amongs forest community and other data users 2.Demonstrate NEFIS in forest fora. 3.Continually inform DG AGRI, DG ENV, and DG RTD of NEFIS developments 4.Ensure that NEFIS evolves in accordance with on-going and future forest policies 5.To ensure that NEFIS evolves in an integrated manner with othe Community Networks. 6.To act as S&T link between Commission services and NEFIS WP6 – O bjectives

3. NEFIS Meeting, Hamburg, November 15-16, 2004 1.Main forest stakeholders are aware of the existance of NEFIS, mainly in the aim of the project to developed Metadata. 2.Final seminar, June 2005, to demonstrate NEFIS in forest fora (date to be agreed). 3.Permanently in contact with DG AGRI, DG ENV. 4.Ensure that NEFIS evolves in accordance with on-going and future forest policies 5.To ensure that NEFIS evolves in an integrated manner with othe Community Networks. 6.To act as S&T link between Commission services and NEFIS WP6 – Status and plan

4. NEFIS Meeting, Hamburg, November 15-16, 2004 Rural Developement Regulation under consultation by MS LIFE+ financial mechanism from 2007 onwards Forest Focus on-going. Development of the Forest Focus database to start at the end of 2004. New scheme for forest monitoring after 2006 under definition JRC Studies work program to be launched by the end of 2004 Follow-up of EFICS on-goin. Development of a EFICP to be started Spring 05; the sytem will use whatever is already developed by NEFIS regarding Metadata. 4. S&T Link. Evolving legislation at the EU level