ATIBT Forum in Antwerp

15h - 17h30 : ATIBT General Assembly

This General Assembly will be an opportunity to bring together members of the association and its partners, to discuss the functioning of the ATIBT and its main challenges.

This General Assembly will, as usual, also be open to non-members wishing to learn more about our organization. Only members will be able to vote.

18h : Welcome cocktail

8h30-9h : Welcome of participants

9h : Opening of the ATIBT Forum

• A word from Luc ARNOUTS, Vice-President of the Port of Antwerp
• A word from Françoise VAN DE VEN, President of ATIBT
• A word from the Representative of the European Institutions (Karl PINCHERELLE, European Parliamentary Assistant) (TBC)
• A word from an international forestry institution (Hervé MAIDOU, Executive Secretary COMIFAC)
• A word from Flore KOUMBA PAMBO, PFCB Co-facilitator, representing Gabon's Minister of Water and Forests
• A word from SEM  Abou DOSSO Ambassador of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire in Belgium
• A word from M. Jules DORET NDONGO, Minister of Forests, Cameroun

9h30-12h30 SESSION 1 :  The European Regulation against deforestation and other regulations.  How is the tropical forestry sector preparing? 

Three round table discussions followed by Q&A sessions :

9h30-10h15 : Round Table 1.1 - EUDR status at 3 months of implementation (moderator : Claude Garcia)

• André DE BOER, ETTF
• Alessandra NEGRI, LCB
• Michel VAN DEN BOSSCHE, (Customs)
• Antoine HAOUCHINE, European Commission
• Silvia MELEGARI, CEI-Bois

10h15-10h30 : Break

10h30-11h30 : Round Table 1.2 - The point of view from exporting countries (non-EU) (moderator : Claude Garcia)

• Elvire Joelle MAILLY ZOUZOU, Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Water and Forests, General Conservator of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
• MOUNCHAROU Djayou Georges, Head of Division, Republic of Cameroon
• Li PEIXIN, President, Shanghai Timber Industry Association (STTA)
• Jean Marie NTOUTOUME, SG UFIGA
• Ashley AMIDON, Executive Director IWPA
   

11h30-12h30 : Round Table 1.3 - How are players in the EU preparing?

• Michel BERGER, PEFC General Secretary
• Kim CARTENSEN, FSC Executive Director
• Caroline DUHESME, ATIBT
• Robbie WEICH, Tradelink

12h30-13h30 : Buffet lunch on site

13h30-16h30 SESSION 2 : Forest management in the Congo Basin in the context of market trends

13h30-15h30 : Round Table 2.1 - CITES : What impact for producer countries? How countries are mobilizing and preparing for the next CITES COP (moderator : Françoise Van de Ven, resource : Franck Monthe)

• Background and issues: Franck MONTHE (ATIBT)
• CITES in the COMIFAC space, role, responsibility and challenges: Hervé MAIDOU, (SE COMIFAC)
• Belgian customs and the control of Annex 2 timber: Brenda SANCTORUM (Customs Antwerp)
• CITES EU: Application of domestic measures for the sustainability of species listed in Appendix II of the CITES Convention: Barbara SOTO-LARGO MORENO, President SRG/EU
• Paulette EBINA/Directeur Forêts République du Congo
• Ingrid Hontis, FEDUSTRIA/Belgium
• Gabriel MOLA MOTYA, President FIB/DRC
• Flore KOUMBA PAMBO, Chair of the CITES Plant Committee and CBFP co-facilitator

15h30-17h00 : Round table 2.2 - Evolution of management plans : from harvesting to silviculture and the role of LKTS

•  Nicolas BAYOL (FRMi), Chairman of the ATIBT Forestry and Industry Commission 
• Stéphanie DAULLE (TEREA),  Forest management expert
• Crispin ILUNGA-MULALA MUSHAGALUSA (Gembloux), PhD student reforestation
• Jean GERARD (CIRAD), Wood expert
• Hugues Serges MOUIDY BOUNGUENDZY (MINEF Gabon), Director General of Forests
• Yannick NKOULOU (ATIBT), Project Coordinator UFA Reforest
• Markus PFANNKUCH (Precious Woods), Co-CEO
• Armand STOCKMANS (Stockmans Wood Products), General Manager

17h00-17h30 : Coffee break-Networking

17h30-18h30 : High-Level Round Table (by invitation only). Moderator : Sven Walter (FAO)

The aim of this round table is to bring together representatives of the European Commission, CITES and SRG, as well as government representatives from African countries, COMIFAC and ECCAS, for frank and direct exchanges on the crucial subjects of CITES, EUDR and the tropical timber sector in general.

20h00 : Gala Evening

7h15 : Meeting point for bus departure 

7h30-9h45: Visit to the port of Antwerp

9h45-10h00: Return to the hotel /coffee break 

10h-13h: SESSION 3 : Sustainability and innovation

10h00-11h00 : Theme 3.1-Sustainable forest management as a means of preserving biodiversity in the tropical forests of the Congo Basin (moderator : Claude Garcia, resource : Pierre Schuller)

• Karl PINCHERELLE
• Maylis BORELLI (FFEM/ZSL biodiversity activities) ATIBT
• Fabiola FLEX - (Adryada/OBC)
• Joeri ZWERTS - University of Utrecht
• Tom VAN LOON - Interholco 
• Sophie DIROU - WCS

11h00-12h00 : Theme 3.2-Update on Forest Carbon Projects (moderator : Claude Garcia, resource : Pierre Schuller)

• Pierre SCHUELLER - TEREA
• Karl PINCHERELLE
• Elvire Joelle MAILLY ZOUZOU- Ministère forêts,  RCI
• Fabliola FLEX - Adryada/OBC
• Vincent ISTACE, CIB Olam
• Markus Pfannkuch, CEB/Precious Woods

12h00-13h00 : Theme 3.3-The role of vocational training in sustainable forest management in the Congo Basin (moderator : Claude Garcia, resource : Hortense ELLA-MENYE BATINDEK)

• Elise MZAYRAC - ATIBT
• Alain TIOTSOP - ATIBT
• Jacques XU - Bornus Harvest

13h-14h: Buffet lunch 

15h : Closure of the ATIBT Forum.