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Action plan 2005-2009Action plan 2005-2009Workplan 2007-2008Workplan 2007-2008

GCM 30.8.2007 GCM 30.8.2007 Herning, DenmarkHerning, Denmark

Meetings 1/2• July 2005 Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels• 10-11 Sept 2005 UEF PM, Kristianstad, Sweden• 16 Sept 2005 Competetive Forest Operations, Krakow• 20 Sept 2005 ECOSOC-hearing, Rovaniemi, Finland• Oct 2005 Adv group on For and Cork, Brussels• Oct 2005 PEFC Annual Meeting, Brussels• 1 Febr 2006 DG Research, Brussels• 1 Febr 2006 Standing For Ct and others, Brussels• 2-3 Febr 2006 EU For Seminar, Nancy, France• 24 Febr 2006 Adv group, DG Trade• 9 March 2006 UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels• 9 March 2006 UEF / CEPF Meeting• 9 March 2006 UEF PM, Brussels • 7 April 2006 PAWS Advisory Borard, Bonn• 25 April 2006 For Act Plan Discussion, Brussels• 10 May 2006 ELO Forest Department, Brussels• May 2005 Adv group of For and Cork, Brussels• 27 June – 2 July 2006 GCM, Sofia, Bulgaria

Meetings 2/2• 13 Sept 2006 EFORWOOD Stakeholder mtg, Kerkrade,Nethl• 25-27 Oct 2006 UEF PM, Amstetten, Austria• 27-28 Nov 2006 Paper week, forest meetings, Brussels• 29 Nov 2006 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels• 29 Nov 2006 UNFF Preparatory meeting, Brussels• 9 Jan 2007 Adv Group on For-Based Ind,Brussels• 27 Mar 2007 Family Forestry Seminar, Brussels• 12 Apr 2007 UEF PM, Brussels• 12 Apr 2007 UEF Round Table Meeting, Brussels• 13 Apr 2007 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels• 10-12 May 2007 IFSA Europe Congress, Nancy, France• 5-8 Jun 2007 UEF PM Chisinau, Moldova• 12 Jul 2007 Adv Group on For and Cork, Brussels

• 29 Aug-2 Sept 2007 UEF GCM, PM Herning, Denmark• 5-7 Nov 2007 MCPFE Warsaw, Poland• 12-14 Nov 2007 PM in Zagreb, Croatia• Mar 2007 RTM Brussels• 23 – 25 Apr 2008 PM in Saariselkä, Finland• 16 – 19 Oct 2008 UEF GCM, PM Gmunden, Austria• 2009 UEF Congress, Poland

• Presidency takes final decisions about arrangements

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.

• Statements on EU For Action Plan• Advisory Group of Forestry and Cork• Advisory Group of Forest-Based Ind• SFC ad hoc Working Group on valuation and

compensation methods of non-wood forest goods and services

• Biomass, bioenergy position and development • Forest sector resources

– Rural dvt, Regional dvt aso

• Implementation of EU For Action Plan• Rural Development Plan 2007-2013

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• News from the members• Congress in Germany on website• Webaddress .eu into use• UEF Archive work• Irish Farmers Journal, June 2006• Presentations in member magazine• UEF Presidency letters• UEF pins and stickers• Downloading of documents from the homepage • Brochures about UEF created• Gifts from UEF to be handed out at PM, GCM

• UEF Presidency letters• Website development and updating• ”Organised” visibility, press• Internal contacts between the members

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

• European Orienteering Champs 2006

• Cooperation between members of UEF

• Forest workcamp in Germany

• UEF Promoting material

• UEF Presidency letter

• Forest students - UEF meetings, workcamps

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

• Congress 2009 Seminar funding

New members in UEF

• Association of foresters in the public service, "Verein der Förster im Öffentlichen Dienst (VFÖ)”, Austria

• SINDISILVA, Moldovia

• Croatian Foresters Union

• New members to UEF

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 Meeting• Statements, position papers• Land and Forest Owners Union of Latvia• CEPF• European Landowners Forest Department• EUSTAFOR

• UEF Round Table Meeting• Brussels meeting facilities• Networks and cooperation in Adv Groups and other groups

Special motion 2

• Creating a permanent exchange facility for forest students within a cooperation projectIn 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

• Developing further the activity

Special motion 3

• PAWS European network of WaldpädagogikA 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