Welcome to the EC Forest Platform - an initiative that links peoples in the South and the European Community on aid and forest issues
Iola Leal Riesco
"Please send me information about your activities that you want to publicise to other Platform members. I hope you will take this opportunity to make Platform a 'live' debate on EC aid and forest issues."
Co-ordinator of the EC Forest Platform.
Belmond Tchoumba
"Thanks to the EC Forest Platform we will be able to monitor the impact of the EC aid policy on forests and forest people in Cameroon."
Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement au Cameroun.
Welcome to the EC Forest Platform's Publications Page
FERN briefings
On
this site:
• Aims & history
• How to join
• Have your say
Platform News:
Find out about the latest developments in the latest issues of Platform News and Calls for proposals.
Publications:
Check out FERN's latest NGO statements and other publications on aid-related issues.
Links:
www.fern.org platform co-ordinator
www. telapak .org our partner in Indonesia
www.africa-environment.org our partner NGO in Cameroon
A FERN/Telapak briefing in Bahasa Indonesian (PDF 2.6MB)
A FERN Briefing Note summarising the main elements of the Commission's recent proposal to simplify EC development aid, together with FERN's key concerns and recommendations.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. The new financial instruments
3. The DCECI and its ramifications for development
4. Conclusion
This report is available in English (PDF 555KB)
EC Forest Platform Briefing: Illegal logging - what's in the European Commission's FLEGT Action Plan?
This briefing discusses the FLEGT action on plan on illegal logging, noting the Commission has acknowledged that in many timber-producing countries, law enforcement, without changing unjust laws, could make life more difficult for many poor people.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. What does the Action Plan say?
3. Conclusion
This report is available in English (PDF137KB ), French (PDF 141KB) and Spanish (PDF 157KB)
This briefing discusses the EC's requirements for consultation with civil society - or non-state actors during the development and implementation of its aid programme and encourages NGOs in the Global South to use the EC's own rhetoric to demand proper input during these processes.
Contents:
1. General consultation requirements
2. Consultation with ACP countries
3. Consultation with indigenous peoples
4. Conclusion
This report is available in English (PDF 56KB), French (HTML) and Spanish (HTML)
This introductory briefing describes the aims, structures and organisation of EC Development Aid (prior to 2005) and nature and impact of EC Development Policy.
Contents:
1. Legal basis and aims of EC Development Aid
2. Structure of EC Development Aid
3. Programming of AID: Country and Regional Strategy Papers
4. EU Development Policy
5. Conclusion
This report is available in English (PDF 55KB)
Read the letter in English (PDF 109KB)
OPEN the EC's response (PDF 20KB)
Read the joint NGO position (June 2004) in English (PDF 82KB)
FERN, Both Ends, IUCN, n(o)vib and RRDC contact EU President, Jan Peter Balkenende, regarding the rainforests of Cross River State, Nigeria.
Read the letter in English (PDF 52KB)
Louis Michel's response to the EC Forest Platform's resolution on development policy
Response from the EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid to the Joint NGO resolution (PDF40KB) and letter (PDF 98KB)
OPEN (PDF 39KB)
• See the meeting agenda in English, Spanish and French (Word 30KB)
• Read the resolutions on the EC Forest Platform (in English or French; PDF 40KB) and on Cameroon (in English or French; PDF 25KB)
• Read the presentations on the role of civil society (in French; Word 61KB), EC Development Co-operation (in French; PDF 201KB) and EC Development Aid in Indonesia (in English; PPT 230KB)
• Read the minutes of the meeting (in English 59KB)