18.10.2012 11:17
November 21, 2012. Varaždin, Croatia 10:00 am, Hotel Turist, Varaždin
The goal of the EFISEE office opening event is to involve and connect partners within the South East European region by introducing them with the future plans of the office and to invite their ideas and suggestions for collaboration possibilities.
The event will be launched with an official opening followed by a plenary session. The afternoon session will be divided into several parallel sessions which will focus on different research cooperation opportunities. Everyone who sees this opportunity as interesting is invited to participate at the event with prior confirmation of attendance via sasa.danon@efi.int.
9:00 Registration
10:00 Official opening
Representatives of the Croatian Parliament, Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
The success story of EFI and the role of Regional Offices in the implementation of the EFI strategy
Dr. Risto Päivinen, Director of EFI
EFI Regional Offices –some experiences from EFICEEC
Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner, EFICEEC‐EFISEE Head of Office
Capacity building – creating opportunities and changing forest governance discourse
Doni Blagojević, Project Officer, EFI
EFISEE Success story
Dr. Dijana Vuletić, Director, Croatian Forest Research Institute
EFICEEC – EFISEE Regional office as a hub for research, networking, and provision of information in South-Eastern Europe
Marko Lovrić, Manager, EFISEE
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Plenary session on the partner network and the functioning of the joint EFICEEC-EFISEE regional office
Presentations of the EFISEE partnering network
EFISEE Success story
Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner, EFICEEC‐EFISEE Head of Office
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Plenary session on the South‐East European Forest Research Plan
European Forest Research Plan
Dr. Risto Päivinen, Director of EFI
Towards SEE research plan
Marko Lovrić, Manager, EFISEE
Dr. Mersudin Avdibegović, Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo
15:30 Parallel sessions on different research activities in the South‐East European region
EUTR and its implications to the SEE region – Lessons from EFI's FLEGT and REDD Unit
Jussi Viitanen, Deputy Head of FLEGT and REDD Unit
Session open for all participants
Adriatic cross-border fire information system
Silvija Krajter, Croatian Forest Research Institute
Session open for the partners in the project proposal
Adriatic model forest
Ana Fornažar, Croatian Forest Research Institute
Session open for all participants
INTEGRATE project
Nataša Lovrić, EFISEE
Session open for participants from Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia
17:00 Discussions continue/refreshments/FOPER meeting
18:30 Official dinner at the Hotel Turist