FORESTRY OUTLOOK STUDY FOR AFRICA
Planning Meeting for Southern Africa
31 March - 1 April 2000
Venue: Lusaka International Conference Centre, Lusaka, Zambia
The meeting has been organized to seek inputs from the country focal points and other partners on the approach to implementation of FOSA and to facilitate the drawing up of a plan with regard to the preparation of the country outlook reports and to discuss the topics for the thematic studies. It is expected that at the end of the meeting the following will have been accomplished:
¬ The FOSA partners will have developed a shared vision on FOSA;
¬ The key issues facing the forestry sector in Southern Africa sub-region to be covered by FOSA will have been identified;
¬ The nature and scope of the thematic studies and their linkage with the country studies as also the sub-regional outlook reports will have been discussed;
¬ The scope and coverage of the country papers and the sub-regional outlook report will have been defined and clearly understood;
¬ A realistic plan for implementation of FOSA and all the operational issues will have been discussed and clarified;
¬ Means to enhance the role of sub-regional organisations in the implementation of FOSA will have been identified.
The programme of the meeting is given below.
Friday, 31 March 2000
¬ Opening Session (08.30 -09.30)
_ Welcome address: Dr. J.H. Masinja, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Zambia
_ Introductory remarks: Mr. Frank Kufakwandi, Senior Forestry Officer, African Development Bank
_ Introduction to FOSA: Mr. Hosny El-Lakany, Assistant Director General, Forestry Department, FAO
_ Nomination of the chairpersons and rapporteur
_ Introduction of the participants
¬ Session 1 - Introduction to FOSA (09.30 -10.30) (Chair: Ms. Anna Chileshe, Zambia)
_ Presentation of FOSA proposal (Ms. Susan Braatz, FAO HQ, Rome)
_ Definition of outputs from the planning meeting (Mr. Peter Lowe, RAF, FAO)
_ Comments and discussion by participants
¬ Coffee break (10.30 - 11.00)
¬ Session 2 - Sub-regional issues (11.00 -12.30) (Chair: Ms. Anna Chileshe, Zambia)
_ Forestry issues in Southern Africa (Mr. Kenneth Nyasulu, SADC Forestry Sector Technical Coordination Unit)
_ Discussion
¬ Lunch break (12.30 - 13.30)
¬ Session 2 - Sub-regional issues, cont. (13.30 - 15.00)
_ Discussion of current trends in the forestry sector, forces of change, and future directions for forestry in the countries of the sub-region
¬ Coffee break (15.00 - 15.30)
¬ Session 3 - FOSA Thematic Studies (15.30 - 17.30) (Chair: Ms. Anna Chileshe, Zambia)
_ Presentation of preliminary list of thematic studies and their relevance to FOSA
(Mr. Peter Lowe)
_ Discussion/recommendations on the thematic studies
Saturday, 1 April 2000
¬ Session 4 - Country papers (08.30 - 10.00) (Chair: Mr. Kenneth Nyasulu, SADC/Malawi)
_ Introduction to the contents and preparation of the country outlook papers (Ms. Susan Braatz)
_ Discussion
¬ Coffee break (10.00 - 10.30)
¬ Session 5 - Co-ordination and sources of expertise (10.30 - 12:30) (Chair: Mr. Kenneth Nyasulu, SADC/Malawi)
_ Review and discussion of Terms of Reference of the FOSA National Focal Points (Mr. Peter Lowe)
_ Co-ordination at the national and sub-regional levels
_ Expert Advisory Group (Mr. Peter Lowe)
_ Role of sub-regional organizations and other potential partners (Mr. Peter Lowe,
Mr. Kenneth Nyasulu)
¬ Lunch break (12.30 - 14.00)
¬ Concluding Session (14.00 - 15.00)(Chair: Mr. Kenneth Nyasulu, SADC/Malawi)
_ Presentations of the conclusions and recommendations of the workshop (Dr. Harrison Kojwang, Namibia, rapporteur)
_ Issues for immediate follow up (Ms. Susan Braatz)
_ Remarks by participants
_ Vote of thanks (Mr. Kenneth Nyasulu, Mr. Frank Kufakwandi, Mr. Peter Lowe, Mr. J.H. Masinja)
