IMACFORD
Improving
and Advancing Co-ordination
of
Forest Research and Development in
Europe
INRA-URFM
at Avignon
January 31, 2003
INRA
Avignon, France
I. IMACFORD background and objectives
Improving and Advancing
Co-ordination of Forest Research and Development in Europe (IMACFORD) is an
Accompanying Measure to the EU 5th Framework Programme. The overall
objective of this Accompanying Measure is to improve existing and develop new
networking facilities in European forest research, and to adapt existing
research structures to meet the new demands.
One of the tasks included in
IMACFORD deals with future forest research in the Mediterranean area. It
involves a series of five workshops.
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Workshop 1: |
Barcelona, Saturday
November 16, 2002 |
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Objectives |
To discuss what are the
trade-offs involved in sustainable Mediterranean forests relevant to
end-users of different nature and in different regions |
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Deliverables |
Interim report (Month 3) |
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Venue |
Fundació Catalana per la Recerca,
Passeig. Lluís Companys, 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain |
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Workshop 2: |
Lisbon, Monday-Tuesday
December 2-3, 2002 |
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Objectives |
To discuss how the
trade-offs are currently perceived by users |
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Deliverables |
Interim report, (Month 3) |
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Venue |
Instituto Superior de Agronomia,
Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal |
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Workshop 3: |
Avignon, Friday Januray 31,
2003 |
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Objectives |
To discuss how are the
trade-offs currently addressed by different disciplines and how are they
communicated to end-users |
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Deliverables |
Interim report (Month 7) |
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Venue |
INRA |
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Workshop 4: |
Istanbul, April 11 and 12,
2003 |
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Objectives |
To discuss how scientific
approaches can take into account the perceived trade-offs, co-operate and
improve the usefulness of the results |
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Deliverables |
Interim report (Month 7) |
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Venue |
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Final workshop: |
Place to be
decided, May 30 and 31, 2003?? |
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Objectives |
To wrap up the previous
work and plan dissemination, involving researchers, end-users, and other
interested observers. |
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Deliverables |
Final report (Month 10) |
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Venue |
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Program
Friday January 31
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8:45 |
Bus departure from Esplanade St Benezet (5 min. walk from
hotels) to the venue |
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8:45-9:10 |
Registration |
Speaker
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9:10-9:20 |
Welcome
addresses |
Jerome GUERIF (INRA) & Xavier F. Ballabriga (CTFC) |
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9:20-9:30 |
IMACFORD
presentation |
Pere Riera (CTFC) |
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9:30-10:00 |
Sixth
Framework Program presentation |
Risto Paivinen (EFI)-Leena
Roihuvuo (EFI) |
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10:00-10:30 |
Science
presentation. Research gaps |
Giuseppe Scarascia
(IBAF-CNR) |
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10:30-11-00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-11:30 |
Science
presentation. Hydrology |
Carles Gracia (CREAF) |
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11:30-12:00 |
Science
presentation. Information Technology |
Joser G. Borges (ISA) |
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12:00-12:30 |
Science
presentation. Econommics |
Pere Riera (CTFC)-Anssi Niskanen (EFI) |
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12:30-13:00 |
Science
presentation. Fires |
Jean Charles Valette (EUFIRELAB) |
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13:00-14:15 |
Lunch |
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14:15-14:30 |
Discussion questions
presentation |
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14:30-16:30 |
Group
discussions |
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16:30-17:00 |
Coffee break |
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17:00-17:30 |
Group
presentations |
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17:30-18:00 |
General
discussion and Conclusion |
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18:00 |
Meeting ends. Return to hotels by bus |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
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Practical arrangements
Accommodation and transport
Most
participants will be accommodated at one of the Hotel Mercure near the Pope
Palace.
General
transport information to Avignon can be found at http://officepj.alias.domicile.fr/pages-en/acces-en.htm
and
http://www.avignon.inra.fr/MenuPrincipal/informations/acces/page_simple_html
If
you need a taxi to go to the hotel, please pay the taxi driver and keep the
receipt, so it can be refunded to you after the meeting.
Collective
transportation will be organized from the hotel to the meeting place.
For
those participants coming by car, there are parking facilities inside the INRA
gated area of domaine St Paul. A location map can be found at http://www.avignon.inra.fr/MenuPrincipal/informations/acces/objets/planacces1.pdf
Meals
Lunch
will be served at INRA cafeteria, located at five minutes walk from the meeting
room.
Dinner
on Thursday January 30 will be served at 20.00 at restaurant Le Bain-Marie,
5 Rue Pétramale
Dinner on Friday January 31 will be served at
20.00 at restaurant Le Forum, 20, place de l'Horloge
Please,
contact Ms. Monica Bori at monica.bori@ctfc.es
for confirmation and further questions or any dietary restriction.
Dress
code
No
formal dressing is required. Casual dressing is perfectly all right.
Venue
INRA
Domaine
St Paul
Room
3
Further information
The
official language for the meeting is English
Information
on Avignon can be obtained from http://www.ot-avignon.fr
All
the relevant material and information updates will be placed found at http://www.medforex.net/imacford/