Special Programme for Developing Countries
The mission of the Special Programme for Developing Countries (in short IUFRO-SPDC) is "to expand and foster forest research capacity in developing and economically disadvantaged countries".
According to the programme's strategy for 2007 to 2010 the IUFRO-SPDC activities cover the following five priority areas:
- Enhancing core scientific competence;
- Improving information management and dissemination;
- Enhancing science contribution to policy processes;
- Promoting communication and multi-stakeholder learning processes,
- Providing institutional support to regional forest research networks.
Now upcoming!
IUFRO-SPDC Pre-Congress Training Workshops
within the framework of the XIII IUFRO World Congress
in Seoul, Korea, 2010
Please see short introduction by the Coordinator on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHal9BII1GM
Major IUFRO-SPDC Sponsors 2009
IUFRO gratefully acknowledges the contributions and assistance of:
FORMIN – Ministry of Foreign Affairs Finland – Korea Forest Research Institute – USDA Forest Service – Lebensministerium – International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Activities and Projects 2010
- IUFRO-SPDC Pre-Congress Training Workshops
within the framework of the XIII IUFRO World Congress
in Seoul, Korea, 2010
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Activities and Projects 2009
ONGOING Activities:
- Scientific Publication Project "Keep Asia Green" – Work on Volume IV on West and Central Asia in progress
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RECENT Activities:
- IUFRO-SPDC Training Workshop
"Working effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy"
In conjunction with the XIII World Forestry Congress
16-17 October 2009
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- FORNESSA Networking Week
22-26 June 2009
Blantyre, Malawi
With the aim to strengthen forest research cooperation within the Sub-Saharan region and to further enhance the ongoing reform process of FORNESSA, a one-week meeting event for FORNESSA member institutions was organised in Blantyre. Initiated by Dr. Joseph Cobbinah (currently the coordinator of the FORNESSA reform process) and IUFRO-SPDC, the event received financial support from KFRI (Republic of Korea), FORMIN (Finland), US-Forest Service, and ITTO. IUFRO-SPDC assisted in preparations and facilitation of the meeting including travel arrangements, fund management, input to the agenda and moderation during the workshops and plenary sessions. Local logistics were provided by the Forest Research Institute of Malawi (FRIM).
The event brought together 34 scientists from 8 institutions of forest research and higher learning from 6 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia and Malawi. The programme included five different workshops, four on specific thematic areas and one workshop on information management to establish the FORNESSA Information Service (FORNIS). In addition two meetings of the FORNESSA Head of Institutions were also held. - Science-Policy Interfacing Training Workshop:
"Working effectively at the Interface of Forest Science and Forest Policy"
14-15 March 2009
Chandigarh, India
Implemented in conjunction with the IUFRO Scientific Meeting on "Plant Invasion and Forest Ecology: Concerns and Solutions"
Organizers:
IUFRO-SPDC in cooperation with the Centre of Environment & Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh and the Dayanand National Academy of Environmental Sciences, India.
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- Proposal Writing Training Workshop
20-22 February 2009
Hetauda, Nepal
Implemented in cooperation with the Institute of Forestry of the Tribhuvan University, Nepal and the ComForM Project (Community-based Natural Forest and Tree Management in the Himalaya Project), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Workshop Report
