News archive 2014
Indonesia and the EU release annual report on VPA progress
Indonesia and the EU have released a joint report on progress in implementing the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between May 2014 and April 2015. The report describes progress...
EU FLEGT Facility news released
The September and October 2014 issue of the EU FLEGT Facility newsletter has been released in English.
Evaluating the EU FLEGT Action Plan
In July 2014 the European Commission launched an external evaluation of the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan: the team of consultants is due to start its work in December 2014 and will...
Indonesia and the EU hold first Joint Implementation Committee meeting and begin second stage of the joint TLAS assessment
In September and October, Indonesia and the EU held the first Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) meeting and technical working sessions on the VPA annex review, VPA monitoring...
Lao People’s Democratic Republic hosts ASEAN training workshop on timber legality assurance
About 70 participants from nine Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, India and the EU attended a workshop on timber legality assurance systems held in...
ASEAN member states increase cooperation on FLEG
The ASEAN Regional Knowledge Network on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (ARKN-FLEG), an expert network supporting the ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry (ASOF), met in Vientiane, Laos, on 21...
Stakeholders in Republic of the Congo develop online tool for public monitoring of FLEGT legality indicators
The civil society organisations Cercle d'Appui à la Gestion Durable des Forêts (CAGDF) and World Resources Institute (WRI) are developing an electronic database that will allow the public...
Assessing timber processing enterprises’ and the media’s need for information on the VPA in Vietnam
Vietnam's timber exporters see challenges ahead in fulfilling the technical requirements for assuring the legality of timber used in the processing industry, as the country continues negotiating a...
ECCAS organises Central African ministerial conference on the green economy and legal timber policy
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is hosting the Conference of Ministers of ECCAS on the Fund for the Green Economy in...
Stakeholders explore options for improving legal compliance and enforcement related to forest conversion in Mekong countries
Experts from Cambodia, Laos , Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam with experience in FLEGT, REDD+ and corporate responsibility met to discuss forest conversion and...
EU FLEGT Facility news released
The July and August 2014 issue of the EU FLEGT Facility newsletter has been released in English.
Côte d’Ivoire and the EU hold second VPA negotiation session
Representatives of Côte d’Ivoire and the EU met in Brussels from 24 to 26 June for the second negotiation session of the VPA.
Indonesia issues revised TLAS regulations and meets with EU to discuss next steps to FLEGT licensing
Indonesia issued two new regulations, in June and July, revising the national timber legality assurance system (TLAS), known in Indonesian as Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu (SVLK).
Vietnam VPA negotiations: moving forward on TLAS design
In July Vietnam shared its draft of a core element of the VPA, the timber legality assurance system (TLAS), with the EU and invited comments.
Latin American forest governance forum set for Quito in September
A forum on forest governance is scheduled for Quito, Ecuador, from 30 September to 3 October 2014.
Cameroon’s multistakeholder working group maintains momentum on VPA implementation
The joint implementation committee in Cameroon has set up a working group with members from a broad spectrum of stakeholders to move the VPA process forward.
Call for tender for an independent evaluation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan
The Action Plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) is the European Union response to illegal logging. The European Commission is commissioning an external evaluation of the...
Côte d’Ivoire begins legality verification discussions following second VPA negotiation session with EU in Brussels
After an introduction of timber legality verification concepts during the second VPA negotiation sessions, the Technical Negotiation Committee, with the support of GIZ, the German agency for...
Stakeholders in Lao PDR plan ways to engage in VPA processes
Twenty participants in Lao PDR from government, private sector, civil society organisations and academic institutions participated in a workshop on stakeholder engagement in Siem Reap from 7 to 17...
Law enforcement officials consider adding forest and wildlife crime to the list of Serious Transnational Crimes in the ASEAN Region
During a three-day workshop held in Bangkok from 22 to 25 April, senior law enforcement officials from member countries of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met to discuss whether...
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