Forestry- Opportunities

Final PROGRAME

International Seminar: Emerging Opportunities in Forestry:

The case of Kenya

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland has recently prepared a strategy/policy for the support of the Forest sector in development cooperation. This document constitutes a framework approach in the forest sector and lays down a blue print that guides how the Government of Finland engages with partners globally in the Forest Sector.

Kenya a partner country to Finland is moving towards the second stage of a bilateral forestry cooperation programme in support of forestry sector reform.  The tendering process is currently ongoing.

In this seminar you will get to hear about the new forest strategy/policy and case specific interventions in the context of Kenya.

Date: 21st August 2009
Venue: KEPA Auditorium, Töölöntorinkatu 2 B (ground floor)
Time: 8.45-1330

To register send email to: shalinry@gmail.com

Max available places 40

PART 1 (Institutions and Forestry) Facilitator Dr Aili Pyhälä

8.45-9.00- Registration and Coffee

9.00-9.30

Dr Vesa Kaarakka, Forestry Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Introducing the MFA new Forest Policy/Strategy and the framework support of the Forestry Programme in Kenya 2009-2014

09.30-10.00

The challenges of inter-facing Government institutions in promoting forest based enterprises

Mr. Anthony Maina
Deputy Director – Forest Plantations and Enterprise – Kenya Forest Service
Currently at the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife

10.00-1030
Getting communities involved in Forest Management, Who is the Community?
Ms. Toroitich Jebor Zipporah
Kenya Forest Service Coordinator of the Miti Mingi Maisha Bora Programme (2009-2014): Funded by the MFA

1030-1045 Coffee Break

PART 2 Civil Society and Social Perspectives of Forestry Facilitator Hanna Matinpuro (Siemenpuu Foundation)

10.45-11.15
Introduction of Forestry from a Civil Society Perspective Ms Mira Käkönen

11.15-1145
The Role of NGOs and Working Groups in shaping Forest Policy
Mr. Volga Habwe Lipwoni Kenya Forests Working Group (KFWG) – NGO

11.45 -1215
Working with Emerging Global Tools to Reward Environmental Stewardship in Kenya and Uganda
Mr. Kairu Gerald Isiko
The Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda (ECOTRUST)
- ICRAF/PRESA (Pro-poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa) project has three study sites in Kenya.
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1215- 1245
Opportunities in Energy and Forestry for Local Communities: Eva Kagiri and Goodspeed Kopolo

1245- 13:30
Questions to the Panel

Seminar is supported by MFA

Organisers of the Seminar

SHALIN Finland, KEPA, CED, Siemenpuu Foundation, Biochar Trust

The tender documents for the forestry programme in Kenya can be accessed here