1. MARCH
1.1. Activity 1.1_Preparatory work, consider recommendations
1.1.1. Time frame: 26 - 30 Mach, 2018
1.1.1.1. Responsible: Forest Policy Division
1.2. Activity 1.2_Establishment of a formal coordination team (CT)
1.2.1. Time frame: 26 - 30 Mach, 2018
1.2.1.1. Responsible: Forest Policy Division
1.3. Activity 1.4_Establishing a small technical working group for the finalization of the C&I set
1.3.1. Time frame: 26 - 30 Mach, 2018
1.3.1.1. Responsible: Forest Policy Division
1.4. Goal 2. Stakeholder engagement, to gather Feedback from municipalities / local communities
1.4.1. Activity 2.1_ Identification of relevant stakeholder
1.4.2. Activity 2.2 _ Identify questions, which should be discussed with stakeholder
1.4.3. Time frame: 26 - 30 Mach, 2018
1.4.3.1. Responsible: Forest Policy Division
2. JULY
2.1. Activity 1.4_WG meeting N2: Discussion on Goal 3.
2.1.1. Need: Draft Agenda, Participant Lists, Send invitations, send documents,
2.1.2. Time frame: 9 - 13 JULY 2018
2.2. Reflection of Comments from WG and FAO
2.2.1. Forest Policy Division
2.2.2. Time frame: 16 - 20 JULY 2018
2.3. Translation of the outputs from WG and FAO
2.3.1. Need: Nino Salia
2.3.2. Time frame: 23 - 27 JULY 2018
2.4. Planning TC Meeting N 2:
2.4.1. Needs: prepare draft participant list, invitation letter, draft agenda, send invitations,
2.4.2. Time frame: 30 JULY - 3 August, 2018
3. SEPTEMBER
3.1. Goal 5. Consideration of National C&I in the respective legal regulations
3.1.1. Review and (if necessary) adjustment Regulation 241: Forest Protection, restoration and maintenance, Regulation 242: Forest Use, Resolution 179 on Forest Inventory, Planning and Monitoring, if necessary additional regulations.
3.1.1.1. Time frame: 3 - 14 September 2018
3.1.2. Translation of the recommendations in to Georgian or in English for updating regulations which will be sent to WG and FAO, CT
3.1.2.1. Translation: Nino Salia
3.1.2.1.1. Time frame: 10 - 28 September 2018
3.1.3. Activity 1.5._Sharing International Experiences - Involvement of UNECE/FAO expert and provision of inputs (esp. S. Linser) -Send this documents to WG and if necessary FAO
3.1.3.1. Review and (if necessary) adjustment Regulation 241: Forest Protection, restoration and maintenance, Regulation 242: Forest Use, Resolution 179 on Forest Inventory, Planning and Monitoring, if necessary additional regulations.
3.1.3.1.1. Time frame: 28 September 2018
4. AUGUS
4.1. Activity 1.3_CT meeting N2: Discussion on Goal 3.
4.1.1. Time frame: 6 - 8 August 2018
4.1.2. Need: Report of the meeting
4.2. Goal 4. Elaboration of final set of C&I Activity 4.1_Consideration of all recommendations in final formulation
4.2.1. Time frame: 13 - 31 August 2018
4.2.2. Forest Policy Division
4.3. Preparation work for Goal 5.
4.3.1. Review and check the translations of the latest versions Regulation 241, 242, 179
4.3.1.1. Time frame: 1 - 30 August, 2018
4.3.2. Need: Georgian and English Documents of those three regulations;
5. APRIL
5.1. Activity 1.1_Translation of the documents which where prepared in March
5.1.1. Responsible: Antje, Natia and Nino Salia
5.1.2. Time Frame: 2 - 6 April, 2018
5.2. Activity 1.4_WG meeting N1: Introductory meeting in order to present draft C&I set, introduce work plan and distribute tasks and responsibilities. (Discus Goal 2 and Goal 3)
5.2.1. Responsible: Forest Policy Division; Biodiversity Division; National Forest Agency; Agency of Protected Areas; GIZ;
5.2.2. Need: Prepare official Agenda, Invitation letter, send invitations; preparation minutes of the meeting;
5.2.3. Time frame: 9 - 13 April, 2018
5.3. Activity 1.5_Sharing International Experiences - Involvement of UNECE/FAO expert and provision of inputs (esp. S. Linser)
5.3.1. FAO/UNECE
5.3.2. Need: Document C&I
5.3.3. Time frame: 9 - 20 April, 2018
5.4. Reflecting the recommendations and information gathered From WG and from FAO
5.4.1. Forest Policy Division
5.4.2. Need: Translation of the recommendations into English if necessary
5.4.3. Time frame: 23 - 27 April, 2018
5.5. Planning NFP working group in Regions
5.5.1. Forest Policy Division
5.5.2. Need: Translation of the recommendations into English if necessary; contact CENN to organize regional NFP working groups; Consult with Lasha Khizanishvili about Tusheti; prepare draft agenda, participant lists; resend invitations; prepare the presentations for Economic and Social C&I
5.5.3. Time frame: 23 - 27 April, 2018
5.6. Planning TC Meeting
5.6.1. Forest Policy Division
5.6.2. Need: send invitation letters and document
5.6.3. Time frame: 23 - 27 April, 2018
6. JUNE
6.1. Goal 3. Elaboration of a standardized procedure / system concerning the monitoring of national C&I for SFM
6.1.1. Forest Policy Division; Biodiversity Division; National Forest Agency; Agency of Protected Areas; GIZ; Sawmills and local population
6.1.1.1. Need: TBD - additional support from persons who are experienced in Data gathering and validation of indicators; Translation document and preparation for discussions
6.1.2. Time frame: 25 MAY - 15 JUNE, 2018
6.2. Translation of the Document in order to send to WG and FAO for comments
6.2.1. Forest Policy Division; Biodiversity Division; National Forest Agency; Agency of Protected Areas; GIZ; Sawmills and local population
6.2.1.1. Need: TBD - additional support from persons who are experienced in Data gathering and validation of indicators; Translation document and preparation for discussions; Translation from Nino Salia
6.2.2. Time frame: 18 JUNE - 22 JUNE, 2018
6.3. Activity 1.5_Sharing International Experiences - Involvement of UNECE/FAO expert and provision of inputs (esp. S. Linser)and WG
6.3.1. send document: FAO and WG
6.3.2. Time frame: 25 JUNE -6 JULY, 2018
7. OCTOBER
7.1. Activity 1.4._Meeting with WG to discus Goal 5
7.1.1. Review and (if necessary) adjustment Regulation 241: Forest Protection, restoration and maintenance, Regulation 242: Forest Use, Resolution 179 on Forest Inventory, Planning and Monitoring, if necessary additional regulations.
7.1.1.1. Time frame: 1 - 5 October, 2018
7.2. Translation of the recommendations received from WG and FAO in to Georgian or in English for updating regulations
7.2.1. Translation: Nino Salia
7.2.1.1. Time frame: 8 - 12 October, 2018
7.3. Activity 5.1_Reflecting Comments to the document related to GOAL 5
7.3.1. Review and (if necessary) adjustment Regulation 241: Forest Protection, restoration and maintenance, Regulation 242: Forest Use, Resolution 179 on Forest Inventory, Planning and Monitoring, if necessary additional regulations.
7.3.1.1. Time frame: 8 - 19 October, 2018
7.4. Activity 5.1_Update the Translation of document and send it to CT
7.4.1. Time frame: 22 -26 October, 2018
7.5. Planning TC Meeting N 3:
7.5.1. Needs: prepare draft participant list, invitation letter, draft agenda, send invitations,
7.5.2. Time frame: 29 October - 2 November, 2018
8. NOVEMBER
8.1. Activity 1.3_CT meeting N3: Discussion on Goal 5 and final set of C & I
8.1.1. Time frame: 5 - 11 November 2018
8.1.2. Need: Report of the meeting
8.2. Activity 6.1_Participation at National and Regional workshops on the final set of national C&I for SFM
8.2.1. Time Frame: TBD, 2018
8.2.2. Stakeholders/representatives from: • Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MoEPA) including representatives from BFPD and DES • Development partners supporting the forest sector • National Forest Agency (NFA) • Agency of Protected Areas (APA) • NGOs, Academia, private sector • Representatives from regions including the Autonomous Republic of Ajara Representatives from UNECE/FAO and their designated team of Specialists (ToS)
8.3. Activity 5.2_Bring stakeholders together and present National C&I of SFM and their consideration in legal regulations and monitoring system
8.3.1. Time Frame: TBD, 2018
8.3.2. Stakeholders/representatives from: • Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia (MoEPA) including representatives from BFPD and DES • Development partners supporting the forest sector • National Forest Agency (NFA) • Agency of Protected Areas (APA) • NGOs, Academia, private sector • Representatives from regions including the Autonomous Republic of Ajara
9. MAY
9.1. CT meeting N1 present the result of the work done in March and April
9.1.1. Time Frame: 7 - 11 May, 2018
9.1.2. Forest Policy Division, NFA, GIZ, APA, DES
9.2. Activity 2.3_Organizing NFP meetings with identified stakeholder representatives in pre-selected municipality / municipalities to collect their comments
9.2.1. Forest Policy Division; Biodiversity Division; National Forest Agency; Agency of Protected Areas; GIZ; Sawmills and local population
9.2.2. Time frame: 14 - 25 MAY, 2018
9.3. Activity 2.4_Reflecting the recommendations and information gathered from NFP groups in the document
9.3.1. Forest Policy Division;
9.3.2. Time frame: 28 - 31 MAY, 2018
9.4. Goal 3. Elaboration of a standardized procedure / system concerning the monitoring of national C&I for SFM
9.4.1. Forest Policy Division; Biodiversity Division; National Forest Agency; Agency of Protected Areas; GIZ; Sawmills and local population
9.4.1.1. Need: TBD - additional support from persons who are experienced in Data gathering and validation of indicators
9.4.2. Time frame: 25 MAY - 15 JUNE, 2018