Summary
The fifty-third session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC-53) continued its deliberations in Lima, Peru on 29 November 2017. In the morning, delegates met in the Council to discuss the issue of rotation in the selection of the Executive Director. A small contact group was created to discuss proposals in greater detail that will report back to plenary on Friday.
In the afternoon, delegates convened a Joint Committee Session to examine the Report of the Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals, followed by the Annual Market Discussion for 2017 under the theme "Sharing Experiences on Promoting Investment in Tropical Timber Industries and Tropical Forestry."
After the Joint Committee Session, the Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA) met in parallel with the Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets and the Committee on Forest Industry (CEM-CFI). CFA discussed the appointment of the auditor, the request from Central African Republic for relief of obligation, increasing transparency of ITTO documentation and increasing the Special Reserve Fund. CEM-CFI continued discussions on policy work and began consideration of the draft 2018-2019 Biennial Work Programme (BWP) for the committee. The Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF) met afterward, discussing a completed project and the 2018-2019 BWP for the committee.
In the evening, delegates attended a reception co-hosted by ITTC-53 Chair Tabi Agyarko and ITTO Executive Director Gerhard Dieterle.
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Council Session
Gerhard Dieterle, ITTO Executive Director; Tabi Agyarko (Ghana), Chair of ITTC-53;
and Zhang Zhongtian (China), Vice-Chair of ITTC-53
Victoire Eheth, Cameroon, speaking for Producers
Hiroyuki Nishiura, Japan
Jorge Malleux Orjeda, Peru
Producer members consulting
Luo Xinjiang, China
Anna Tyler, New Zealand, speaking for Consumers
Participants during the Council session
Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat
Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat
María Fernanda Potes Pair and Rubén Darío Guerrero, Colombia
Gerhard Dieterle, ITTO Executive Director
Dambis Kaip, Papua New Guinea
Zurinah Pawanteh, Malaysia
Joint Committee Session
The panel for the Annual Market Discussion: Ingrid Nielsen, Indufor Group, Finland; Christian Held, Forest Investment Division UNIQUE Consulting, Germany; Bob Tate, Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA); André de Boer, Trade Advisory Group (TAG) Co-Coordinator; Rik Sools, FORM International, the Netherlands, Ivan Tomaselli; STCP Consulting and Engineering, Brazil; and Erik Fisher, Association of Exporters, Peru
Ingrid Nielsen, Indufor Group, Finland
Erik Fisher, Association of Exporters, Peru
Jobst-Michael Schroeder, Germany, presented the report of the 52nd Expert Panel for Technical Appraisal of Project Proposals
André de Boer, Trade Advisory Group (TAG) Co-Coordinator
Ivan Tomaselli, STCP Consulting and Engineering, Brazil
Bob Tate, Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association (PNGFIA)
Christian Held, UNIQUE Consulting, Germany
Rik Sools, FORM International, the Netherlands
Committee on Economics, Statistics and Markets and the Committee on Forest Industry (CEM-CFI)
Tetra Yanuariadi, ITTO Secretariat; Achille Orphée Lokossou (Benin), CFI Chair; Jorge Malleux Orjeda (Peru), CEM Chair; Björn Merkell (Sweden), CEM Vice-Chair; and Steven Johnson, ITTO Secretariat
Jorge Malleux Orjeda (Peru), CEM Chair; and Björn Merkell (Sweden), CEM Vice-Chair
Felix Magallon González, Panama
Alonso Rizo-Patron Mailhe, Peru
Desy Ekawati, Indonesia
Committee on Finance and Administration (CFA)
Luke Thompson (US), CFA Vice-Chair; Mad Zaidi Mohamed Karli (Malaysia), CFA Chair; Simon Kawaguchi, ITTO Secretariat; Sheamala Satkuru, ITTO Secretariat; Gerhard Breulmann, ITTO Secretariat; and Maiko Suzuki, ITTO Secretariat
Luke Thompson (US), CFA Vice-Chair
Participants during CFA
Rob Busink, EU
Mad Zaidi Mohamed Karli (Malaysia), CFA Chair
Committee on Reforestation and Forest Management (CRF)
Hwan Ok-Ma, ITTO Secretariat; Marjukka Mähönen, CRF Chair; Dambis Kaip (Papua New Guinea), CRF Vice-Chair;
and Polycarpe Masupa Kambale, ITTO Secretariat
Shigeki Hata, Japan
Participants during CRF
Deniz Randolfo García Juárez, Guatemala
Aysha Ghadiali, US
Around the Venue
