Schedule of Meetings for the 15th Meeting of Parties of the

Schedule of Meetings for the 15th Meeting of Parties of the

Schedule of Meetings for the 15th Meeting of Parties of the CBFP Yaoundé, Cameroon from 15 to 20 June 2015 DATE 06/17/15 Event Time 13h00-­‐17h00 Organizer Strategic meeting of the CBFP Partners –Backing partners, members of the Advisory Board of the facilitation of CBFP and representatives of the associations of CBFP Facilitation by the United States of CBFP Secretary : Laurent Deniau, France Moderation : Dr Christoph Kohlmeyer, Germany Opening ceremony, welcome cocktail hour at the 15th meeting of the partners of the CBFP 11h30-­‐12h30 Room -­‐ are tentative and may be subject to change Complex A Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Tripartite -­‐ (Congress Palace) 06/18/2015 All day Begin 8.00 am Thematic Parallel Sessions/Streams (The conclusions and recommendations of each thematic session will be presented in the plenary session on the 19th of June for adoption) Stream 1 – Ecosystem services and human well-­‐being Leader : Academic consortium of CBFP partners– IUCN, CIRAD, RAFM Room E -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Will begin 06/17/2015 Leader : AWF, CIFOR -­‐ CEEAC, IUCN Stream 2 -­‐ Conservation, Wildlife and Bushmeat Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Will begin 06/17/2015 Will begin 06/15/15 (Invitation Only) Stream 3 – Application of forestry laws and good governance – Dynamic Utilization of Lands Leader : EU -­‐ EFI, IUCN, Germany, Cellule FLEGT CEEAC et GT Stream 4 – Climate and REDD+: On the road to Paris: Opportunities and Challenges for Central Africa Chef de file : USFS, France, CIFOR, COMIFAC -­‐ UICN, World Bank, CIFOR, GT climate COMIFAC, FAO-­‐
Project MRV, Rainforest Alliance, Room B -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) 1
15 June: Hotel Merina 16-­‐17 June : Room E -­‐ CIRAD Palais des Congrès 18 June : Room C – Palais des congrès Stream 5 -­‐ Green Economies and Creating Conditions for Growth Leader: U.S. Department of State, Presenters: CEEAC, Crelicam/Taylor Guitars, JGI, Ikompani, IITA, Model Forests, TNC, RA, and WWF. Stream 6 – Sustainable Financing Leader : BAD/CBFF – AWF, UICN, UNEP, GEF, GCF, FTNS, FIP, World Bank, CAFE/CFA, AWF, PPP, CEEAC Room A -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Complex A Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) 19h00-­‐21h00 Cultural event, welcome cocktail to the 15th Meeting of the Partners of the CBFP – Hosted by the Government of Cameroon and CBFP Facilitation 06/19/2015 8h30-­‐13h00 Plenary sessions presided by the Ministers of COMIFAC: It will be structured around 6 sessions resulting from the thematic streams on June 17th. Each sessions will be presided by a Minister of COMIFAC in collaboration with a CBFP Partner from the leader of the Stream concerned. Under receipt of confirmation (tentative): Plenary Session 1: Chairman : S.E.M. Ir Jean Claude NDUWAYO, Minister of Water, Environment, Management of Territory and Urbanism, Burundi Ecosystem services and human well-­‐being Plenary Session 2: Chairman : S.E.M. Henri DJOMBO, Minister of Forestry Economics and Sustainable Development, Congo Conservation, Wildlife and Bushmeat Congress Palace Hall Second Floor Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Plenary Session 3: Chairman : S.E.M. Nelson MESSONE, Tripartite -­‐ Application of forestry laws and good governance – Dynamic Utilization of Lands Minister of Water and Forests, Gabon Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Plenary Session 4: Chairman : S.E.M. Bienvenu LIYOTA NJOLI, Minister of Environment and Development of the DRC Climate and REDD+: On the road to Paris: Opportunities and challenges for Central 2
Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Africa Plenary Session 5: Chairman : S.E. Mme BAÏWONG DJIBERGUI Amane Rosine, Minister of Agriculture and Environment, Chad Green Economies and Creating Conditions for Growth Plenary Session 6: Chairman : S.E.M. NGOLE Philip NGWESE, Minister of Forests and Fauna of Cameroon Sustainable Financing 13h00 -­‐15h30 15h30-­‐16h30 16h00-­‐17h30 06/20/2015 6h00 -­‐15h00 Working Lunch: – Closed Door : Ministers of COMIFAC and Heads of Delegation of CBFP Partners – Financial Partners Government of Cameroon – COMIFAC and Facilitation by the United States of CBFP Continuity of engagement of the CBFP partners in favor of the Congo Basin Moderation : Philippe Mayaux, European Commission Plenary closing session with the presentation of the Prize of Excellence Delivery of Awards: HE. Cynthia AKUETTEH, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Gabon and the Democratic of Sao Tome and Principe Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Salle A -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) Field Visit -­‐ Congo Basin Institute (CBI) Opening ceremony and Campus: -­‐ 6am -­‐ first pickup from hotels for bird watching prior to ceremony UCLA and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Tripartite -­‐ (Congress Palace) Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès (Congress Palace) -­‐ 815am-­‐915am -­‐ second pickup from hotel for the CBI ceremony IITA -­‐ UCLA -­‐ CBI CAMPUS Nkolbission -­‐1pm -­‐ first transport of participants not participating in hiking tours back to hotel -­‐3pm -­‐ second transport of remaining 06/25/15 10 h00 – 11h00 First Meeting of the Ad-­‐hoc Committee charged with putting in place the Plan of Action on the mutualization of CBFP-­‐
COMIFAC communication systems Chairman: M. Raymond MBITIKON, Executive Secretary of COMIFAC and Matthew Cassetta Facilitator of CBFP 3
Executive Secretary of COMIFAC CONTINUED LIST OF MEETINGS CONNECTED TO CBFP DATE 6/11-­‐12/15 EVENT Sub-­‐regional workshop on the validation of the Agreement Protocol on the consensual plan of integration of transboundary migratory corridors of elephants on national allocation plans of TRIDOM lands ORGANIZER CONTACT ROOM • M. Chouaibou Nchoutpouen: [email protected] UNOPS, COMIFAC Douala 6/15 Joined Opening Fifth Days of protected airs in Central Africa: “Congress of Central African Parks” and OCFSA 6/15 au 16/15 Plenary Fifth Days of protected airs in Central Africa: “Congress of Central African Parks” 6/15 Understanding Benefit Sharing and Power and Politics of REDD+ Cameroon -­‐ RAPAC RAPAC, COMIFAC, Facilitation by United States of CBFP • Mme Victoire Eheth : [email protected] • Mme Florence Palla: [email protected] • Mme Florence Palla: [email protected] Samuel Assembe [email protected] Workshop and Science Policy Dialogue 6/15 6/15 au 16/15 REVIEW WORKSHOP AND VALIDATION OF
THE DRAFT SPECIAL REPORT SOF 2015 "CLIMATE AND FOREST" Session of Experts from the Organization for the Conservation of Savage Fauna in Africa (OCFSA) in the frame of the process of the re-­‐dynamization in parallel and/or integrated in the journey of protected areas • Jean Claude Kenfack COMIFAC Minister of Forets and Fauna of Cameroon (MINFOF), COMIFAC 6/16/15 Informal Technical Roundtable Discussion on Pangolin conservation in Central Africa 18h00 à 20h30 Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès Hotel Merina, Yaoundé Hotel Merina, Yaoundé • Mme Victoire Eheth : [email protected] • M. Chouaibou Nchoutpouen: [email protected] • [email protected] • [email protected]
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CIFOR Tripartite -­‐ Room B -­‐ Palais des Congrès Salle E Palais des congrès m 6/16 et 17/15 Expert session on the Complex of Transboundary protected areas: Tri-­‐national of the Sangha (TNS) (Lobéké (Cameroun), Dzanga-­‐Ndoki (RCA), et Nouabalé-­‐Ndoki (Congo) and Tri-­‐national Dja Odzala Minkebe (TRIDOM) (Cameroun, Congo and Gabon) – Meeting of the Tri-­‐national Committee of Supervision and Arbitrage (CTSA) of the Tri-­‐national Tri-­‐national Dja-­‐Odzala-­‐Minkébé (TRIDOM): Signing of the Accord Protocol discussing the Consensual Plan of integration of elephant migratory corridors in national plans of lands and landscapes TRIDOM -­‐ • Mme Victoire Eheth : [email protected] • M. Chouaibou Nchoutpouen: [email protected] • M. Bourges D.: Minister of the Forets [email protected] and Fauna of Cameroon • [email protected], (MINFOF), COMIFAC and FTNS and UNOPS Room A -­‐ Palais des Congrès Meeting of the Tri-­‐National Committee of Supervision and Arbitrage of the Tri-­‐National of the Sangha (TNS) 16 & 17 June Workshop Sessions in support of civil society organizations in the Congo Basin: Reinforcement of Capacities: Theme – the art of negotiating Instructors : Prof. Jean Kabongo, University of South Florida, Sarasota-­‐Manatee & Bernard Mercer, Philanthropy Advisor • Mme Rosette Mbenda : [email protected] Balcon 1 -­‐ Facilitation by CBFP, IUCN Palais des Congrès WORKSHOP 1 16, 17 et 18 June -­‐ Workshop Sessions in support of civil society organizations in the Congo Basin: the art of L’art de writing a request for financing Instructor : Barbara Wight, Chief Financial Officer of Taylor Guitars • Mme Rosette Mbenda : [email protected] Facilitation by CBFP, IUCN Balcon 2-­‐ WORKSHOP 2 Palais des Congrès -­‐ Organizational and Institutional session of CEFDHAC 17 /06/ 2015 RECEIAC – Media Forum RECEIAC 5
• Raoul Siemeni : [email protected]
Room C Palais des , 17/06/15 MOU signing between OCFSA and the Government of Cameron Ministerial Session (Closed Doors) of OCFSA 18/06/15 Minister of Forests and Fauna of Cameroon (MINFOF), COMIFAC Ministerial Session (Closed Doors) of TNS and TRIDOM • Mme Victoire Eheth : [email protected] • Chouaibou Nchoutpouen: [email protected] • Mme Victoire Eheth : [email protected] Minister of Forests and Fauna of Cameroon (MINFOF), COMIFAC • Chouaibou Nchoutpouen: [email protected] • M. Bourges D.: [email protected] Congrès Room: CLOSED DOORS Palais des Congrès Room: CLOSED DOORS Palais des Congrès • [email protected], 17/06/15 18h00-­‐20h00 Side Event :CIFOR-­‐CIRAD-­‐GIZ : Informal session engaging a discussion and exchange process of south-­‐
south experiences related to forestry politics of interested parties: Theme: forestry reform in Indonesia and Cameroon. Origins? Links with the REDD+ strategy? • [email protected] Room B -­‐ CIFOR – CIRAD-­‐GIZ Palais des congrès Prof. Agus Setyarso 17/06/15 18h00-­‐20.00 Side Event : RAPAC Parallel event for “Lessons learned and shortcomings of the program RAPAC-­‐ECOFAC-­‐V ». RAPAC Executive Secretariat • Mme Florence Palla: [email protected] Tripartite -­‐ Palais des Congrès 17/06/15 17h00-­‐19.00 REJEFAC : Dialogue and meeting to share experiences, projects, and initiatives of the young leaders of REJEFAC (Network of Young leaders for the Sustainable Management of Forest and Humid Ecosystems in Central Africa) • Marie Tamoifo Regional Coordination REJEFAC • [email protected] Balcon 1 -­‐ Palais des Congrès 20/06/15 Comité de pilotage de l’OFAC Coordination OFAC • Carlos Deasseige: cdewasseige@observatoire-­‐
comifac.net, • Charles DOUMENGE [email protected] 6
TBD 8 au 12/06/15 22-­‐23juin 22-­‐23/06/15 Capacity-­‐building seminar, “International negotiations and economic instruments for the alleviation of climatic changes” – Organized by CIRAD and the University of Yaoundé 2 and the Paul Anglo Ela Foundation of African Geopolitics (FPAE) with the support of the l’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS FFBC-­‐FAO-­‐COMIFAC : Fourth Meeting of the Sub-­‐
Working Group – Non-­‐Wood Forest Products in Central Africa Sub-­‐regional workshop on collaboration between parliamentarians and civil society for forestry governance in the Congo Basin CIRAD – University of Yaoundé 2 -­‐ FPAE FAO-­‐COMIFAC • M. Alain Karsenty: [email protected] •
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Ndoye Ousseynou - FAO
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g INSTITUT FRANÇAIS Douala • [email protected] EUCFPR Project Manager et le REPAR 7
• Hon. Jean Jacques ZAM: [email protected] Hôtel Lafalaise