28 June - 01 July 2006

UNION OF EUROPEAN FORESTERS

GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

SEMINAR: FOREST MANAGEMENT AND FORESTRY METHODS

 

SOFIA, BULGARIA, 28 JUNE 2006

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A Seminar entitled “Forest Management and Forestry Methods“was held on 28^th of June, the first day of the Governing Council Meeting (GCM).  

 

After the opening of the Seminar by President of UEF Mr. H. Nystrand, the President of Union of Bulgarian Foresters Mr. D. Kolarov, the President of BULPROFOR Mr. A. Stefanov, representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, of the National Forestry Board and of the Union of Bulgarian Foresters welcomed all the participants.

 

Representatives of several Member – Organisations presented Forest Management and Forestry Methods in their countries i.e. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Romania, Switzerland.

 

A very interesting and fruitful discussion followed the presentations, concluding that the multiple use of the forests for social, environmental and economic purposes is essential, in order to satisfy the needs and demands of the society.

The seminar stated that the foresters and the forestry in Europe are facing many common challenges.  In this situation the role of Union of European Foresters cannot be underestimated.

 

More than hundred (100) participants attended the Seminar.

 

The programme of the Seminar and the presentations of the various speakers are attached and will be published on our website (www.european-foresters.org).

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNION OF EUROPEAN FORESTERS

GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

SEMINAR: FOREST MANAGEMENT AND FORESTRY METHODS

 

SOFIA, BULGARIA, 28 JUNE 2006

 

PROGRAM

 

10:00             Opening of the UEF Governing Council Meeting

                     Greetings:

• Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (Vasili Kalikov - member of the Bulgarian Parliament, Mihai Mihailov - Ministry of Water and Environment)
• Representative of the National Forestry Board (Alexander Alexandrov - Director of the Forestry Research Institute)
• Representative of the Union of Bulgarian Foresters ( President – Dimitar Kolarov)

11:00            Presentation “Bulgarian Forests” (Antony Stefanov -President of the Union of Bulgarian Foresters)

11:30            Coffee Break

 

 

12:00  Presentations of the UEF members organizations representatives

 

• Concepts and silvicultural systems practiced in Bulgarian forestry for the last 50 years – prof. Georgy Raffailov – Bulgaria
• Forest management and Forestry Methods in Romania – Marian Stoicescu
• Forest management and Forestry methods in Cyprus – George Pattichis
• Forest Management in Finland – Jaakko Niemisto
• Contribution of the Bulgarian – Swiss Forestry Program to forest sector development in Bulgaria – assoc. prof. dr Vasil Stptzov – Bulgaria
• The UNECE/FAO team of specialist on Support and contribution to sustainable development of the forest sector in the South-East Europe and CIS – assoc. prof. Ivan Paigorov PhD, Bulgaria
• Urban Forestry – Municipality of Aalborg – Lars Delf Mortensen – Denmark
• Forest Management and Forestry methods in Germany – Robert Norr
• Standards of silviculture – Beate Hasspacher – Switzerland
• Forest Management and forestry methods in France – Bruno Cinotti

 

13:30             Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

UNION OF EUROPEAN FORESTERS

MINUTES OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

SOFIA, BULGARIA, 29 JUNE 2006

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Agenda

1. Opening of the Governing Council Meeting
2. Roll-call of the delegates and approval of the list of delegates
3. Announcement of the number of members present and entitled to vote
4. Adoption of the Agenda
5. Application for new Membership
   1. Application for membership of the Union of Austrian Foresters from Austria
   2. Application for membership of SINDSILVA from Moldova
   3. Contacts with European forestry organizations for new UEF membership

6.   Progress report from the Presidency

1. Report of the President
2. Report of the Vice-Presidents concerning their specific tasks
3. Report of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary
   7.  EU matters and the UEF Brussels Committee

1. The “European Conference on the Forest Based Sector” in Nancy, 2-3 February 2006
2. The UEF Round Table Meeting in Brussels, 9 March 2006
3. Other contacts and representation of the UEF in the EU
4. The role of the UEF in the European Union
   8.  Budget, financial matters and the auditing of the accounts
   1. Financial Report by the Treasurer including presentation of the audited accounts
   2. Auditors´ report on final audits
       9.   Working Plan for 2006/2007
      10.  Miscellaneous

 

    11.   Next meetings of the Governing Council and the Presidency
                     Governing Council Meeting in Denmark 2007

    12.   Concluding of the Governing Council Meeting 2006

 

1. Opening of the Meeting

 

President H. Nystrand welcomed very warmly the participants and expressed his thanks to the Bulgarian colleagues, members of the Union of Bulgarian Foresters and BULPROFOR for organising the Governing Council Meeting (GCM).

 

2. Roll- call of the delegates and approval of the list of delegates

Presidency-members, and thirty two (32) delegates and participants from fifteen (15) Member-organisations attended the GCM. A detailed list of participants is attached as Appendix 1.

 

1. Announcement of the number of members present and entitled to vote

Presidency members (7) and 15 delegates were entitled to vote.

 

4. Adoption of the Agenda

 

The Agenda has been adopted and the Meeting proceeded with the discussion of the items.

 

5. Application for new Membership

 

The President informed the Meeting that the Union of Austrian Foresters from Austria and SINDSILVA from Republic of Moldova applied for membership of the UEF in June 2005 and that the Presidency had examined and accepted the application and therefore had invited the representatives of the Union of Austrian Foresters and SINDSILVA to the GCM according to the provisions of UEF Constitution.  The applications have been unanimously approved by the participants and the Union of Austrian Foresters and SINDSILVA became members of UEF.  Mr. Thomas Baschny from the Union of Austrian Foresters and Mrs. Ludmila Nagrudnîi, vice-president of SINDSILVA, addressed the Meeting and expressed on behalf of the Union of Austrian Foresters and SINDSILVA their thanks and gratitude to the UEF for accepting their organizations as members and they assured that their organizations will be active members of the UEF. Afterwards they made a brief presentation of their organization and Forests and Forestry in Austria and Republic of Moldova. 

 

6. Progress report from the Presidency

(a) Report of President Mr. H. Nystrand (Appendix 2)

b) Report of the Vice-Presidents concerning their specific tasks

●  Vice-President Niels Christiansen gave a summary of the present state of the UEF - homepage in which connection a sincere appeal was launched to all the delegates to make sure, that their national parts of the homepage as soon as possible would be adjusted and looked through for changes and updating. A general and fruitful discussion about the present homepage was initiated and talks about obtaining additional domain names.

●  Report of Vice-President Piotr Grygier (Appendix 3)

●  Report of Vice-President  Michael Diemer (Appendix 4)

c) Report of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary

● Report of Secretary Marian Stoicescu (Appendix 5)

● Report of Assistant Secretary Herve Nemoz-Rajot (Appendix 6)

 

7. EU matters and the UEF Brussels Committee (Appendix 7, 8)

 

8.  Budget, financial matters and the auditing of the accounts

a) Financial Report by the Treasurer including presentation of the audited accounts

Report of the Treasurer Mr. B. Karlsson

Budget 2006:

Income :                          27 870 €

Member fees

Expenses:                       27 200 €

-Internal meetings:          12 600 €

-External meetings          12500 €

-Website                            1500 €

- Various                             600 €

 

Balance                               670 €

 

 

b) Auditors report on final audits

Auditor of the accounts Mr. C. Christodoulou approved the financial documents and the report.

 

9. Working Plan for 2006 – 2007 (Appendix 9, 10, 11)

 

10. Miscellaneous

 

11. Next meetings of the Governing Council and Presidency

 

Mr Rasmus Jensen presented the program of next GCM in Denmark.  The provisional program includes, among others, a Seminar entitled “Management and planning aspects of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening”.

 

The Next Presidency Meeting will take place in Austria after the invitation of the Union of Austrian Foresters in October, 2006.

 

 

12. Concluding of the Governing Council Meeting 2006

 

President Nystrand closed the GCM expressing once again his warm thanks to all for their active participation and to the organizers for the excellent preparation of the Meeting.

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