2007-2008
Integrated Programme of Work on Timber and Forestry of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission
The Timber Committee Special Session on the Strategic Review and Plan of the UNECE/FAO Integrated Programme of Work on Timber and Forestry
Geneva 28 – 30 April 2008
ECE/TIM/S/2008/1 Annotated Provisional Agenda of the Special Session on the Strategic Review and Plan of the UNECE/FAO Integrated Programme of Work on Timber and Forestry ECE/TIM/S/2008/2 Strategic Review of the Joint Integrated Programme on Timber and Forestry of the UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission: Approach and Methods, Results of Self-Evaluations, Country and Stakeholder Input ECE/TIM/S/2008/3 Strategic Plan 2008-13 of the Joint Integrated Programme on timber and Forestry of the UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission: Proposals ECE/TIM/S/2008/3/Add.1 Strategic Plan 2008-13 of the Joint Integrated Programme on Timber and Forestry of the UNECE Timber Committee and FAO European Forestry Commission: Background to the Proposals ECE/TIM/S/2008/4 United Nations Strategic Framework 2010-11 ECE/TIM/S/2008/5 Food and Agriculture Organization Strategy for Forestry
The Strategic Review is an assessment of the UNECE/FAO integrated programme of work on Timber and Forestry, covering all aspects: broad direction and objectives, mandates of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission and subsidiary bodies, structure and content of programme, resources, methods, partnerships, outputs, etc.
The UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission have agreed to hold the third Strategic Review in 2007-2008. Previous reviews were held in 2001and 2004.
Through the input of governments and a large variety of stakeholders, along with the assessment of selected programme data and self-evaluations, the achievements of the UNECE/FAO programme of the past four years are being reviewed and a programme and strategic plan up to 2013 proposed. These inputs and self-evaluations have been reviewed at the joint Bureaux meeting in Rome on 20 February 2008, which provided the basis for the elaboration of a proposed Strategic Plan by the secretariat.
The main occasion to agree on the Strategic Plan for the period 2008-2013 will be the Special Session on the Strategic Review and Plan, 28-30 April 2008 in Geneva. The Strategic Plan will then be formally launched during the European Forest Week in Rome, taking place from 20 - 24 October 2008.
The following questionnaires have been addressed to governments of the UNECE member countries, and to the UNECE/FAO Teams of Specialists
Invitation to contribute – addressed to Governments (Russian-language version )
Invitation to contribute – addressed to the Leaders of the UNECE/FAO Teams of Specialists
We have also invited our major stakeholders, including the private sector, the research community and civil society, as well as partner organisations, to provide their views on our activities, ongoing and potential cooperation. Should you like to contribute as a stakeholder and partner to the process and should we not have addressed you directly, please write to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,, and send your responses to the below Questionnaire addressed to stakeholders and partners to the UNECE/FAO secretariat by 17 December 2007.