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EU and Congo assess progress towards timber legality verification and other VPA goals The Republic of the Congo and the European Union held the sixth meeting of their Voluntary Partnership...

The European Forest Institute has issued a call for National FLEGT Expert for Indonesia.

EU and Vietnam conclude VPA negotiations On 11 May 2017, the EU and Vietnam formally concluded their negotiations towards a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), by initialling the document. ...

Representatives of the EU and Liberia have identified ways to boost implementation of their Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), which aims to address illegal logging, improve forest governance...

Laos and EU hold first face-to-face VPA negotiations The European Union and Laos held their first negotiations towards a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) to improve forest governance,...

EFI seeks a writer/editor for the EU FLEGT and REDD facilities The European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking a Communication Officer to support the implementation of the EU FLEGT and REDD...

Call for tender: Maintenance of websites and digital tools The European Forest Institute has issued a call for tender. Its objective is to purchase the provision of website maintenance services...

Briefing: Timber trade flows and investments between China and VPA countries The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing based on research into flows of timber and investments between the...

The European Forest Institute has issued a call to seek for a national forest and timber sector specialist for Lao PDR.

EFI seeks a Communication Manager for the EU FLEGT and REDD facilities  The European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking a Communication Manager to lead the communication activities of...

Briefing: Addressing illegal cross-border timber trade in South Asia The EU FLEGT Facility has published a briefing based on research into cross-border timber trade in South Asia, and between...

EFI seeks a forest governance and timber legality expert for the EU FLEGT Facility The European Forest Institute (EFI) is seeking a forest governance and timber legality expert to work...

EU and China boost cooperation to promote legal timber trade China and the EU are strengthening their efforts to address illegal logging and promote legal timber trade through their Bilateral...

The European Forest Institute has issued a call to find a service provider to field a VPA joint implementation coordinator to support the ongoing VPA process in Vietnam. The focus will lie on...

Call for tender: National Forest and Timber Sector Specialist Thailand The European Forest Institute has issued a call National Forest and Timber Sector Specialist Thailand. The objective of...

VPAs and SMEs in Mekong countries – new website and discussion group The EU FLEGT Facility has launched a web page and online forum focused on small and informal forest...

Call for tender: National Forest and Timber Sector Specialist Vietnam The European Forest Institute has issued a call National Forest and Timber Sector Specialist Vietnam. The objective of this...

Civil society keen to take part in ASEAN’s new FLEG plan As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states implement a new ten-year plan to improve forest governance,...

Southeast Asia marks progress in combating illegal timber trade Representatives from eight member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) shared their achievements in...

Call for tender: National FLEGT Expert to Thailand   The call for tender has been issued under the reference:  31-8.2-2016-F National FLEGT Expert to Thailand The closing date...