14th Annual Conference, Warsaw, 14-16 September 2006
of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils EEAC

Action for Sustainable Forest Management - From Coordination to Education

Hosted by the Polish State Environmental Council (PROS) and the Finnish Council for Natural Resources (FCNR)                                                                                        

Preliminary programme - EEAC Annual Conference 2006

Action for Sustainable Forest Management - from Coordination to Education. 
Warsaw, 13 – 16 September, 2006

WEDNESDAY 13.9    EEAC INTERNAL DAY    HOTEL POLONIA PALACE

Afternoon Four parallel EEAC Working Groups' regular meetings: 
-Energy 
-Biodiversity 
-Agriculture
-Marine
17:00 EEAC Steering Committee meeting

THURSDAY 14.9    EEAC INTERNAL DAY    HOTEL POLONIA PALACE

09:00–10:45 Three parallel EEAC Working Groups sessions: 
-Governance 
-Biodiversity 
-Energy
10:45–11:00 B R E A K
11:00 - 12:45 Three parallel EEAC Working Groups sessions: 
-Sustainable Development 
-Marine 
-Agriculture
13:00–14:00 L U N C H 
14:00–15:45 Presentations of selected EEAC members' recent advice and activity:
Tourism, nuclear energy and BRICS+G
15:45–16:00 B R E A K
16:00–17:30 Plenary and small groups’ discussion on EEAC strategy
18:30 Departure to the countryside
19:30 D I N N E R

FRIDAY 14.9    CONFERENCE DAY    POLYTECHNICA

09:00-09:25 Opening and introduction: JMariusz-Orion Jedrysek, Undersecretary of State, Polish Ministry for Environment, Kimmo Tiilikainen, FCNR Chair, Tomasz Winnicki, PROS Chair
09:25-09:50 Marius Lazdinis, European Commission: The EU Forest Action Plan - Biography - Presentation
09:50–10:15 Anne Brunila, Finnish Forest Industries Federation: Sustainable forest management for enhancement of nature’s and humans’ well-being - Biography - Presentation
10:15–10:40

Michal Zasada, Warsaw Agricultural University: Sustainable Forest Management in Poland - Biography
10:40–11:10 Discussion
11:10–11:30 B R E A K
11:30–13:00 

Five parallel Workshops
(i) Co-ordination and policy coherence
Klaus Jacob, Free University of Berlin, Germany - Biography - Presentation
(ii) Communication
Ed Gillespie, Futerra, UK - Biography - Presentation
(iii) Education
Jouni Suoheimo, Finnish National Board of Education, Finland - Biography - Presentation - Speech
(iv) Public participation
Kees Vriesman, Staatsbosbeheer, The Netherlands - Biography- Presentation
Miles Wenner, FAO/ECE/ILO, UK - Presentation
(v) Policy implementation 
Prof. José Lima Santos, CNADS and Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal - Presentation
13:00-14:00 L U N C H 
14:00-15:00 Five parallel Workshops continue
15:00–15:30 B R E A K
15:30-17:00 Report from workshops, panel discussion Chair: Frans Evers, EEAC
17:00 Closing
19:00 C O N F E R E N C E   D I N N E R
After dinner speaker – Erkki Pulliainen, Member of Parliament, Finland - Biography

SATURDAY 16.9    EEAC INTERNAL DAY    HOTEL POLONIA PALACE

9.30-13:00 EEAC Annual Plenary Session (APS)
13:00 L U N C H 
END OF CONFERENCE
Afternoon:  Sightseeing activities may be arranged via the conference organizing company on a private basis

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