Monday, 20 May
08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome
Addresses (R.B. Singh, ADG; S. Fezzardi, EC-Delegation in Bangkok)
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction
to the EC-FAO Partnership Programme
09:15 – 09:30 Introduction
of the Workshop: Background, Objectives and Expected Outcomes
09:30 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00 – 10:30 Regional
Overview of Forest Product Statistics
10:30 – 11:15 Discussion
groups on the report
11:15 – 11:45 Report
of discussion
11:45 – 12:00 Country
Report Bangladesh
12:00 – 12:15 Country
Report Bhutan
12:15 – 12:30 Country
Report Cambodia
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 13:45 Country
Report India
13:45 – 14:00 Country
Report Indonesia
14:00 – 14:15 Country
Report Lao PDR
14:15 – 14:30 Country
Report Malaysia
14:30 – 14:45 Country
Report Nepal
14:45 – 15:00 Country
Report Pakistan
15:00 – 15:15 Country
Report Philippines
15:15 – 15:30 Country
Report Sri Lanka
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:15 Country
Report Thailand
16:15 – 16:30 Country
Report Viet Nam
16:30 – 17:00 National
Correspondents on Forest Product Statistics: Roles and Responsibilities
Tuesday, 21
May
08:30 – 09:00 Importance
of Information on Forest Product Statistics in International Organizations: the
Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire 2000
09:00 – 09:30 The
Forest Sector Questionnaire 2000: Returns, Structure, Definitions; Functions;
Statistical Cycles; Notes; Communication; Security; Sharing Information; Data
Processing
09:30 – 10:30 Working
groups on problems encountered in completing and using the JFSQ 2000
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Report of discussion on the Joint Forest Sector
Questionnaire
11:30 – 12:30 Practical training (hands on) in completing the JFSQ 2001
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Forest
Product Statistics – Problems in Data Collection and Reporting
14:15 – 15:00 International Trade Statistics (Classifications
HS96 and SITC Rev.3)
15:00 – 15:30 Presentation
and Discussion: Private Sector Perspective on the use of International Forest
Product Information
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Working
groups: Suggested improvements for the JFSQ 2002
17:00 – 17:30 Report
by working groups and discussion
Wednesday, 22
May
08:30 – 09:10 Presentation of the JFSQ 2001: Changes and
Enhancements and Timetable
09:10 – 09:50 Presentation and discussion: Sawmill Information System (SIS) for
the Forestry Sector in Peninsular Malaysia
09:50 – 10:30 Presentation and discussion: The Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire
on the Internet and other related aspects: an experience from Indonesia
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:40 Presentation and discussion: Collecting and Analysing Trade Data
and other Related Aspects: An Experience from the Philippines
11:40 – 12:30 Presentation and discussion: Discrepancies
of Forestry Data and Statistics Due to Illegal Logging and Cross Border
Smuggling – The Case of Cambodia
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 17:30 Visit to the Data Centre of the Royal Forestry Department (RFD)
Dinner
invitation on behalf of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme
Thursday, 23
May
08:30 – 09:00 Dissemination
and use of forestry sector information for decision making at the national and
international levels
09:00 – 10:00 Working
groups: Main problems and solutions of forestry information systems (FIS) in
assessing in disseminating and using wood product statistics for increasingly
sophisticated users.
10:00 – 10:30 Report of the working group on: Main problems
and solutions of national FIS
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Hands-on use of internation
al forest product statistics on
FAOSTAT, CD, the WWW and FTP
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 17:30 Visit
organized by RFD to the Customs Department of Thailand: How Forest Product
Trade Data are Collected and Reported.
Friday, 24 May
08:30 – 09:00 Presentation by FAO on the Virtual Questionnaire
09:00 – 10:30 Hands-on use of the Virtual Questionnaire
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 Role
and Responsibility of National Statistical Correspondents on Forest Products:
Actions and Perspectives of Forest Sector Statistics in the Region
12:00 – 12:30 General
conclusions and recommendations
12:30
Closing of the event
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
Participants return to their respective countries
