Invitation

INVITATION

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE

FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council)®

NATIONAL STANDARD

The Standard Development Group of the FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council®) National Standard for Forest Management invites you on 28.01.2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Aula of „Transilvania” University of Brasov, Room U17, at the public consultation on Version 1-1 of the FSC National Standard for Forest Management.

The FSC Principles and Criteria for the Forest Management Standard cover at a general level the elements and rules for an environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management.

Meeting these principles is the condition for obtaining the FSC certificate. Taking into account the increasing interest in the forest certification in Romania, we consider appropriate to adapt this Standard at the national level to really and efficiently reflect the national legislation, the social, economic and environmental conditions in our country through a participative process in which the relevant stakeholders are appropriately involved.

The process of the Standard adaptation for Romania (which addresses the indicators of the FSC standards, including the development of the verifiers) involves a large series of public consultations. The adaptation of the National Standard is a transparent, democratic process and offers all those interested the opportunity to contribute to its development.

Once the FSC Standard for Forest Management in Romania has been approved, its use shall become mandatory in the assessments for FSC certificate by all accredited certification bodies.

The purpose of the public consultation is to present:

• The FSC Principles for Forest Management and the stages of the adaptation at national level of the Standard
• The proposals made by the Standard Development Group with regard to the adaptation of the National Standard (V1-1) following the proposals received during the public consultations

Further information on the process of the Development of the FSC National Standard for Forest Management can be found on the webpage of FSC International – www.fsc.org. In Romania, the entire process can be viewed on the website www.standardnational.ro.

Sincerely yours,
The FSC National Standard Development Group

Meeting Agenda:

09:30 – 10:00
– Arrival of the participants

10:00 – 10:15
– Welcome and introduction of participants

10:15 – 10:30
– Overview of the FSC Forest Management Certification

10:30 – 10:45
– The stages of the process for developing the National Standard for Romania

10:45 – 11:30
– Principles I-IV. Presentation of the proposals made by the Standard Development Group on the adaptation of the National Standard following the comments/proposals received during the public consultation

11:30 – 12:15
– Principles V-VII. Presentation of the proposals made by the Standard Development Group on the adaptation of the National Standard following the comments/proposals received during the public consultation

12:15 – 13:00
– Principles VIII-X. Presentation of the proposals made by the Standard Development Group on the adaptation of the National Standard following the comments/proposals received during the public consultation

13:00 – 14:00
– Lunch

14:00 – 15:00
– Discussions on the proposals made by the Development Group. Identification of new proposals on the adaptation of the FSC National Standard

15:00 – 15:30
– Conclusions resulted from the public consultation