Plenary sessions provisional timetable
Morning 09.30–12.00 CEST Plenary Hall
- Opening Ceremony
- Item 1. Opening of the Session
- Item 2. Adoption of the Agenda (COFO/2024/1; COFO/2024/INF/3)
- Item 3. Designation of the Drafting Committee
- Item 4. State of the World’s Forests 2024: Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future (COFO/2024/2)
Afternoon 14.00–16.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 4. (cont'd) State of the World’s Forests 2024: Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future
Evening 17.00–19.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 5. Scaling up actions on agriculture and forestry linkages (COFO/2024/3)
COFO and World Forest Week Reception 19.30–21.00 CEST Cafeteria, 8th floor, FAO headquarters
Collaborative Partnership on Forests Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award Ceremony
Morning 09.30–12.00 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 5. (cont'd) Scaling up actions on agriculture and forestry linkages (COFO/2024/3)
Afternoon 14.00–16.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 6. Enhancing the contribution of forestry to bioeconomy – opportunities and challenges (COFO/2024/4)
Evening 17.00–19.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 6. (cont'd) Enhancing the contribution of forestry to bioeconomy – opportunities and challenges (COFO/2024/4)
- Item 9.1. Multi-year Programme of Work of the Committee on Forestry 2024-2027 (COFO/2024/7.1) (Written Correspondence Procedure)
- Item 9.2. Strengthening FAO’s contribution to the international arrangement on forests, including the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and the implementation of the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2017–2030 (COFO/2024/7.2) (Written Correspondence Procedure)
Morning 09.30–12.00 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 7. The FAO Forestry Roadmap – From Vision to Action 2024–2031 and FAO’s work on forestry under the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–31 (COFO/2024/5.1; COFO/2024/5.2)
Afternoon 14.00–16.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 8.1 FAO’s work on urban forestry and its contribution to urban agrifood systems transformation (COFO/2024/6.1)
Evening 17.00–19.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 8.2 Contribution of forestry to FAO’s work on climate change and integrated water management (COFO/2024/6.2)
- Item 8.3. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030 and mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry (COFO/2024/6.3) (Written Correspondence Procedure)
Morning 09.30–12.00 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 8.4. FAO’s work on integrated wildfire management (COFO/2024/6.4) (Written Correspondence Procedure)
- Item 8.5. Dialogue with Statutory Bodies in Forestry (COFO/2024/6.5) (Written Correspondence Procedure)
Afternoon 14.00–16.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 8.6 Decisions and recommendations of FAO Bodies of interest to the Committee (COFO/2024/6.6) (Written Correspondence Procedure)
i. Five Years of Action for the Development of Mountain Regions
ii. Voluntary Code of Conduct on the sustainable use and management of plastics in agriculture
- Item 9.3 Hosting of the XVI World Forestry Congress (COFO/2024/7.3)
Evening 17.00–19.30 CEST Plenary Hall
- Item 10. Election of officers
- Item 11. Date and Place of Next Session
- Item 12. Any other business
Afternoon 14.00–16.30 (UTC+2) Plenary Hall
- Item 13. Adoption of the Report
- Item 14. Closure of the Session