DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION ON 6 JUNE/ RP 5 JUNE

IMACFORD

Improving and Advancing Co-ordination

of Forest Research and Development in Europe

Workshop 2 of Task B2

END-USERS PERCEPTION OF THE Trade-offs involved in sustainable Mediterranean forests

ISA

Forest Resources Management Research and Outreach Program

December 2-3, 2002

Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa

Portugal

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 5^th 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.

Workshop 1:	Barcelona, Saturday November 16, 2002
Objectives	To discuss what are the trade-offs involved in sustainable Mediterranean forests relevant to end-users of different nature and in different regions
Deliverables	Interim report (Month 3)
Venue	Fundació Catalana per la Recerca, Passeig. Lluís Companys, 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain

Workshop 2:	Lisbon, Monday-Tuesday December 2-3, 2002
Objectives	To discuss how the trade-offs are currently perceived by users
Deliverables	Interim report, (Month 3)
Venue	Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal

Workshop 3:	Avignon, Friday Januray 31, 2003
Objectives	To discuss how are the trade-offs currently addressed by different disciplines and how are they communicated to end-users
Deliverables	Interim report (Month 7)
Venue	INRA

Workshop 4:	Place to be decided, April 11 and 12, 2003??
Objectives	To discuss how scientific approaches can take into account the perceived trade-offs, co-operate and improve the usefulness of the results
Deliverables	Interim report (Month 7)
Venue

Final workshop:	Place to be decided, May 30 and 31, 2003??
Objectives	To wrap up the previous work and plan dissemination, involving researchers, end-users, and other interested observers.
Deliverables	Final report (Month 10)
Venue

Workshops 1 and 2 will address topics such as:

1) The identification of the most relevant trade-offs for sustainable Mediterranean forests as identified by stake-holders, especially by researchers and end-users

2) A list of specific features of Mediterranean forest trade-offs

3) A proposal for research and communication among Mediterranean countries, research institutions and end-users

4) A proposal for establishing a more formal relationship between Mediterranean research and the research from other European regions

5) A list of the main differences between research and research needs from the end-users perspective

6) The agenda for future workshops

http://www.medforex.net/imacford/TechnicalAnnex.doc

II. ISA Program background and objectives

ISA has developed a research and outreach strategy with the aim of building and disseminating the use of forest resources decision support tools that may promote the forest sector development. The institutional arrangement designed to confront some structural problems and to sustain that strategy involved the participation of a wide range of end users. In this workshop, the strategy objectives are characterized and its results are summarized. A reference is made to its integration within an European level strategy designed at the European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Project Centre (MEDFOREX). Finally, future research and outreach work to promote forest resources sustainable management is briefly addressed.

Provisional program and agenda

Monday December 2

8:30-9:00	Registration	Speaker
9:00-9:30	IMACFORD presentation	Pere Riera
9:30-10:00	6^th Framework Programme presentation	Leena Roihuvuo
10:00-10:30	End user presentation (AFVS)	Américo Mendes
10:30-11-00	Coffee break
11:00-11:30	End user presentation (GEOTA)	Fernando Teigão
11:30-12:00	End user presentation (ATD)	Nazaré Toureiro

13:00-14:30	Lunch
14:30-15:00	End user presentation (DGF)	António Leite, João Pinho e Emídio Santos
15:00-15:30	End user presentation (CELPA)	Luis Leal
15:30-17:00	Group discussions
17:00-17:30	Coffee break
17:30-18:00	Group presentations
18:00-18:30	General discussion and Conclusion
18:30	Meeting ends
20:00	Dinner

Tuesday December 3

8:30-9:00	Registration	Speaker
9:00-9:30	MEDFOREX and IMACFORD presentation	Pere Riera
9:30-9:50	ISA Research and outreach strategy presentation	Jose Borges
9:50-10:30	Presentation of forest resources management information and decision systems	André Falcão and Vanda Oliveira
10:30-11-00	Coffee break
11:00-11:15	IMACFORD Monday meeting conclusion presentation
11:15-12:00	Discussion among participants
12:00-12:15	Conclusions and meeting closure
12:30	Lunch
	Meeting ends

Practical arrangements

Accommodation and transport

For those participants arriving to Barcelona on December 1, dinner will be arranged.

Please, contact Ms. Monica Bori at monica.bori@ctfc.es

Venue

Auditório da Lagoa Branca

Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.

Further information

The official language for the Monday meeting is English, while in the second meeting Iberian languages are also welcome.

Please, contact Ms. Monica Bori at monica.bori@ctfc.es and visit http://www.medforex.net/imacford or

Please contact Ms. Marta Domingues at mmdomingues@isa.utl.pt and visit http://floresta.isa.utl.pt/gegref/english/mainpage.htm

Acknowledgements

This workshop has been partly funded by IMACFORD and by Project Sapiens 36332/AGR/2000, with the title ‘Forest ecosystem management: an integrated stand‑to‑landscape approach to biodiversity and to ecological, economic and social sustainability’, funded by FCT, POCTI and European Fund FEDER.