Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 December 1999
Arrival of participants in Côte d'Ivoire;
Departure for Yamoussoukro: Sunday, 12 December at 14h30, departure by bus from the parking in front of the principal entrance of the IBIS Plateau Hotel (Centre of Abidjan).
Monday 13 December
Morning session
08:00 Enrolment of participants;
09:30 Official opening;
Welcome address by The Mayor of Yamoussoukro and/or the Governor;
Welcome address by The Senior Forestry Officer of FAO (Regional Office for Africa); presentation of the forestry situation in Africa and brief introduction of FOSA;
Welcome address by the Senior Forestry Advisor of ADB;
Welcome remarks and official opening of the workshop by the Minister of Forestry;
Photo session (Picture of the group of participants);
Introduction by the Chair of the Workshop;
Introductory address by the Coordinator of the Partnership Programme EC-FAO;
role and activities of the Forestry Department of FAO;
objectives of the Partnership Programme and Workshop;
Brief introduction of Regional activities (ECOWAS, CILSS, OAB, African Academy of Sciences, CIRAD-Forêt, etc.).
Lunch
Afternoon session
Presentation of country reports (reports from each country on the situation of forestry statistics in their country, role of statistics in forest policy and planning, potential and problems faced by the statistical unit, perspectives of the forestry sector);
Evening session
Welcoming session.
Tuesday 14 December
Morning session (8h30)
Continuation of the presentation of country reports;
Afternoon session:
Start of parallel sessions:
Formation of working groups for «Forest Products» and «Forest Resources». Terms of Reference for the groups, election of Chair persons and rapporteurs;
Start of the parallel sessions on wood products, including woodfuel, and forest resources, including plantations; for more details see ANNEX below.
Session on forest resources, presentation of FRA 2000;
Session on wood products: presentation of the collection of forestry statistics; evaluation of the Yearbook for forest products;
Wednesday 15 December
Morning session (8h30): Continuing parallel sessions;
Afternoon session: (plenary session)
Conclude parallel sessions, including preparation of reports; Presentation of reports;
Evening session:
Voluntary session on Non-Wood Forest Products;
Thursday 16 December
Morning session (8h30)
Detailed presentation of FOSA: objectives, activities, partners;
Afternoon session:
Discussion on the priorities of FOSA for the ECOWAS sub-region;
Presentation of conclusions from the discussions on the priorities of FOSA;
Presentation and discussions on the list of thematic sub-regional studies (one presentation for the humid tropics and one for the dry zones);
Friday 17 December
Morning session (8:30)
Discussion of the agenda of FOSA, the partners, the resources, the logistics;
Summary of the discussions on FOSA and decisions taken; redaction of the conclusions;
Afternoon session
Closing remarks by the co-president on the utilization of forestry data and the next steps to take; Utilization of forestry data at national and international level; Utilization and public availability of data; dissemination of data;
Next steps to take: pilot studies; studies related to FOSA (national and sub-regional reports for FOSA); defining the needs for assistance and capacity building;
Evaluation of the workshop;
Official closure of the workshop
Conclusions and recommendations by Chair of the workshop;
Official closure by the Minister of Forestry;
Evening session: Good-bye toast and diner;
Saturday 18 December
Morning: Field visit;
Afternoon: Departure for Abidjan.
Sujets à discuter en sessions parallèles
Ressources forestières Information sur les ressources forestières Méthodologie (définitions, modèle, etc.) Moyens de dissémination Information nécessaire sur les ressources forestières Superficie forestière: type, perturbation, groupes d'espèces, disponibilité en bois, propriété et aménagement, zones éco-floristiques, protection, changement Plantations forestières: superficie, espèces, propriété, fonction, etc. Volume et biomasse: biomasse, volume sur pied, volume commercial, accroissement, pertes, exploitation et récolte, changement Santé des forêts, feux Produits forestiers non-ligneux Arbres hors forêt Systèmes de classification Local FAO Revue de la disponibilité des données locales Pays par pays Revue des contraintes |
Produits forestiers Secteur informel Statistiques sur le bois-énergie Statistiques sur les produits forestiers non ligneux Méthodes de suivi Groupe de travail Secteur formel statistiques sur la production et le commerce des bois ronds d'industrie, des sciages, des résidus, des panneaux, de la pâte et du papier Annuaire des produits forestiers Statistiques sur les capacités et les prix, facteur de conversion Groupe de travail Statistiques forestières et CI d'aujourd'hui Structure des données, classification et définition Collecte, traitement et dissémination des statistiques forestières Echanges (au niveau national et international) des statistiques forestières et rôles des points focaux nationaux Groupe de travail Revue des données pays par pays utilisation du questionnaire électronique de la FAO revue des anciennes données nationales |
Items for review in parallel sessions
Forest Resources Forest Resources Information Methodology (definitions, model, etc.) Means of dissemination Needed Forest Resource Information Forest area: Type, disturbance, species group, availability for wood supply, ownership and management, eco-floristic zone, protection status, change Forest Plantations: Area, species, ownership, function, etc. Volume and biomass: Biomass, growing stock, commercial volume, increment, losses, felling and removals, change Forest health, forest fires Non-wood forest products Trees outside forests Needed Model data Sub-national units, Population data Classification systems Local, FAO Review of local data availability Country by country Review of constraints |
Forest Products Informal Sector Statistics on Fuelwood Statistics on non-wood forest products Survey methods Working Group Formal Sector Production and trade statistics of industrial roundwood, sawn-wood, wood residues, panels, pulp and paper Yearbook of Forest Products Capacity & price statistics, conversion factor Working Group Forestry Statistics and IT today Data structure, classification and definition Collection, processing and dissemination of forestry statistics Demonstration: National and international. exchange of forestry statistics and the role of national focal points Working Group Country by Country data review Hands on use of FAO electronic questionnaires Historical country data review |
