IMACFORD
Improving
and Advancing Co-ordination
of
Forest Research and Development in
Europe
April 11-12, 2003
Fatih University
Istanbul, Turkey
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 January 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 |
Fatih University |
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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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The objective of the
workshop:
To discuss how are the
trade-offs currently addressed by different disciplines and how are they communicated
to end-users
The questions
that should be answered:
Q.1 How the co-operation among researchers (from different research fields) and between researchers and end users can be improved?
Q.2 Which
are the most relevant topics of social concern in relation to Mediterranean
forests?
Q.3 How
the communication to end-users and the usefulness of the research results can
be improved?
Working methods:
To
achieve the objective and to develop a broad discussion among the participants,
group process working methods should be used (different participatory methods
like: H-method, Pair ranking and neutral scoring).
The expected
results of the workshop:
1.
A list with proposals for the improvement of
co-operation among researchers and between researchers and end-users (aprox. 10
proposals);
2.
A list with proposals for the improvement of
the communication to the end-users and the usefulness of the research results
(aprox. 10 proposals);
3.
A list of the 5 most relevant topics.
Program
Friday April 11
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10:00 |
Bus departure from hotel to the venue |
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10:15-10:30 |
Registration |
Speaker
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10:30-10:40 |
Welcome
addresses |
Turgut Balkas
(Rector of Fatih Unıversıty) |
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10:40-11:00 |
IMACFORD
presentation |
Pere Riera (CTFC) |
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11:00-11:30 |
Turkish
Forest presentation |
Mustafa F. Turker
(Technical Univerity of Karadenik) & Said Dagdas (Central Anatolia Forest
Research Directorate)
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11:30-11:45 |
Coffee break |
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11:45-12:15 |
Forestry
and Externalities in Bulgaria |
Georgy Pouhalev and Katinka Mihova
(University of Forestry, Sofia) |
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12:15-12:45 |
Research
programs available (INCO) |
Altan Kucukcinar (TUBITAK) |
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12:45-14.00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 14:20 |
Welcome and short presentation of the main goal and objectives of workshop |
Robert Mavsar and Nike Krajnc (Slovenia
Forestry Institute) |
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14:20 15:25 |
Q1. H-method: How do you estimate the co-operation/communication? |
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15:25 - 15:45 |
Pair ranking |
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15:45 16:00 |
Group report |
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16.00 16.05 |
Introduction to voting procedure |
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16.05 16:40 |
Voting and coffee break |
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16:40 17:40 |
Q2. H-method: How do you estimate the usefulness of the research results? |
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17:4017:55 |
Pair ranking |
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17:55 18:10 |
Group report
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18:05 18:10 |
Short presentation of the program for next day |
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18:10 |
Meeting ends. Return to hotel |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
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Saturday April 12
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9:15 |
Bus departure from hotel to the venue |
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9:30 9:35 |
Welcome and short presentation of the program
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9:35 9:45 |
Presentation of results of voting |
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9:45 10:00 |
Discussion on presented results
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10:00 10:10 |
Presentation of results of first H-method |
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10:10 10:30 |
Discussion on presented results |
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10:30 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00 11:10 |
Presentation of results of second H-method |
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10:10 10:30 |
Discussion on presented results |
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11:30-12:30 |
Final discussion |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-19:00 |
Field
visit |
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19:00 |
Meeting ends. Return to hotel |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
Practical arrangements
Accommodation and transport
Most
participants will be accommodated at Hotel Kaya Ramada, in Beykent.
Hotel Kaya Ramada Plaza
E5 Otoyolu, TUYAP Yani
Hadinkoysapagi/ Beylikdüzü
Istanbul, Turkey 34900
FAX +90. 212. 886.8440
A
person from Fatih university will most probably be waiting for you at the
airport when you arrive holding a paper with your name on it. However, 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 venue of the meeting.
Meals
Lunch
will be served at Fatih University.
Dinner on Thursday April 10 will be served at 20.00 at Durum restaurant
Durum Restaurant
Gazi Mustafa Kema Caddesi n.191
Büyükçekmece- Istanbul
Tel. 0212 880 60 99 88061 68/ 69
The meeting point will be at the hotel reception at 19.40.
Atatürk Mahç Münir Nurettin Sok. No. 3
Büyükçekmece
Tel 0212 883 7500
Fax 0212 881 0221
34900 Büyükçelmece
tel. 0212 883 32 08 883 7237
Fax 8837238
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
University
of Fatih
34900 Büyükçekmece
Istanbul
Turkey
Room
F- 502 in the Department of Economics (3rd Floor)
Further information
The
official language for the meeting is English.
Information
on Istanbul can be obtained from http://www.istanbulcityguide.com/
All
the relevant material and information updates will be placed found at http://www.medforex.net/imacford/