Jussi Viitanen, EFI

1. Successful strategies for
supporting regional
FLEG declarations
Regional Conference on ”Update on
the 2005 Saint Petersburg Ministerial
Declaration”
Tbilisi, Georgia 9 July 2014

2. Hosts two
facilities
EU FLEGT
EU REDD
Supports
the policy
implementation
of EU Member
States and the
EC
Offices in
Barcelona,
Joensuu,
Brussels, Kuala
Lumpur and
Beijing
The FLEGT and
REDD Unit of
European
Forest Institute
(EFI)

3. More information
www.euflegt.efi.int

4. The EU FLEGT
Action Plan
aims to reduce illegal
logging by strengthening
sustainable and legal
forest management,
improving governance
and promoting trade in
legally produced timber.

5. Timber and
timber
products
come from
legal sources
Means and
capacity for
law
enforcement
are in place
Legality is
assured
through a
timber legality
assurance
system (TLAS)
Key elements of the FLEGT

6. EFI’s regional work in
Southeast Asia

7. 15 VPA countries globally

8. In Southeast Asia
• 5 FLEGT VPA countries: Indonesia,
Malaysia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand
• 3 FLEGT countries: Cambodia, Myanmar,
Philippines
• Regional cooperacion since Bali
Declaration 2001
• EC funded regional FLEGT project 2008-

9. Progress in Southeast Asia
• FLEG(T) actors have sustained and built
momentum
• FLEG(T) is linked to broader political
processes
• Timber legality assurance system
development is advancing – in country
level

10. Lessons

11. Develop regional communication
and build capacity
• Set standards and share best practices
• Support consistent communication
• Build regional ownership of the forest
governance problems and reforms with an
emphasis on the education of future
generations

12. Integrate with other sectors
• Forest sector has important impact beyond
forests, trees and forest products
• Address social and economic
development - this would enable the
regional FLEG process to link up with
other important social and economic
development issues

13. Work with demand-side measures
• Demand-side measures against the trade
in illegally harvested timber and timber
products increase private sector buy-in
• Create synergies between national TLAS
systems and private sector certification
schemes in order to avoid unnecessary
duplication of efforts

14. Invest in stakeholder participation
and transparent decision-making
• The quality of stakeholder processes and
transparent decision-making will continue
to be a focal area of work and discussion
in the regional FLEGT process

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Address law
enforcement through
comprehensive
governance
approach
Work through
stakeholder
engagement,
involving civil society
and industry with
governments
Conclusion – Successful
strategies of regional FLEG

16. Thank you for your attention
Спасибо за внимание
jussi.viitanen@efi.int