08.30 -09.30 / Participants’ Registration / All
09.30 -09.45 / Welcome by Host Country, PS/ACTO
Introduction of participants / Country, PS/ACTO
- Regional Workshop of National Plans for Monitoring Forest Coverage in ACTO Member Countries
09.45 -10.00 / Objectives and goals of Regional Workshop / PS/ACTO
10.00 -10.20 / BREAK
10.20 -10.50 / Presentationof ACTO’sMonitoringProject (30 min) / PS/ACTO-UTCR
10.50 -11.00 / Questions from participants / All
11.00 -13.00 / Countries’ presentations:Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia (40min each) / Countries
13.00-14:30 / LUNCH
14.30 -16.30 / Countries’ presentations: Ecuador, Guyana, Peru (40min each) / Countries
16.30 -16.50 / BREAK
16.30 -17.50 / Countries’ presentations: Suriname, Venezuela (40min each) / Countries
17.50 -18.30 / Questions from participants / All
18.30 / Final comments on the day’s work and guidelines for the second day of the workshop (formation of working groups) / PS/ACTO and Countries
DAY TWO:
09.00 -10.00 / Group Work:
Group 1:Planning of actions and targets in monitoringforest coverage at national and regional level
Group2: Strengthening the capacity for monitoring deforestation at national and regional level / PS/ACTO
10.00 -10.20 / BREAK
10.20 -12.00 / Continuation of Working Groups / Countries
12.00 -12.45 / PresentationofGroup Work / Countries
12.45-13.15 / Conclusions and close of the Regional Workshop on National Plans for Monitoring Forest Coverage / PS/ACTO
13:15-14:30 / LUNCH
- Regional Workshop on the Exchange of Forestry Information and Methodology Development for preparing the Regional Report on the state of the Amazon Forest
14.30 -15.00 / Background, objectives and goals of Regional Workshop / PS/ACTO
15.00 -15.20 / Presentation: Global context of the state of forests / Guest Specialist
15.20-16.20 / Countries’ presentations: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia (20min each) / Countries
16.20 -16.40 / BREAK
16.40-18.20 / Countries’ presentations: Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela (20min each) / Countries
18.20 -18.40 / Questions and comments from the participants / All
18.40 / Final comments on the day’s work and guidelines for Day Three / PS/ACTO
DAY THREE:
09.00 -09.30 / Presentation: Experiences in the design and application of methodology for preparing a global and regionalreport on the state of forests / Guest Specialist
9.30 -10.00 / Presentation: Additional factors for guiding the setting of the objective and the methodology development for a regional report on the state of the Amazon forest / PS/ACTO
10.00 -10.30 / General viewpoints of the Member Countrieson producing a regional report on the state of the Amazon forest and its potential methodology development / Countries
10.30 -10.50 / BREAK
10.50 -13.00 / Discussion amongthe Member Countriesto guide the methodology development for the preparation of the report on the state of the Amazon forest. The delegates of the Member Countrieswill reflect on the:
-Objective of the regional report
-Topics and variables that the regional report could include
-The availability of national and Amazon information regarding the topics and variables
-Proposal for the structure of a regional report
-Proposal for a format for collecting information from the Member Countries
-Proposal for the process of institutional coordination, roles and responsibilities
-Proposal for a work schedule to be drafted / Countries
13:00 -14:30 / LUNCH
14.30 -16.20 / Continuation of thediscussion among the Member Countries / Countries
16.20 -16.40 / BREAK
16.40 -17.00 / Presentationof conclusions and recommendations regarding the methodology development for drawing up the regional report / PS/ACTO
17.00 -18.00 / Drafting the Joint Report of the two workshops / PS/ACTO
18.00 / Close of the event