Duncan Brack Brussels, 27 April 2012

1. Support to timber-producing countries 2. Trade in timber 3. Public procurement 4. Private sector initiatives 5. Financing and investment 6. Existing legislative instruments 7. Conflict timber

 Several developing countries now major consumers – need different type of engagement  Development cooperation changing – how best to integrate FLEGT?  EU delegations play key role  Importance of support for private sector, civil society, government forestry institutions  Role of technology  Ensure alignment with REDD

 Engagement with other consumer countries critical – US, Japan, China …  Importance of trade in deforestation-related agricultural commodities  Focus on demand-side actions – not just VPAs  Need for different kind of VPAs in some cases  Impact of VPAs on domestic markets  What’s Commission’s fallback plan if no VPA- licensed timber by March 2013?

 Important more as signal than in real impact?  Need for better enforcement  Need for better communication about value of sustainable timber  Government standards: building regulations, biomass sustainability standards …

 Use wider range of EU instruments – e.g. trade missions – as well as development cooperation  More support for independent monitoring and transparency initiatives  Private sector should access more EU projects

 Look at new instruments – accounting directives, forest footprint disclosure – to improve transparency and awareness of risk  Need to ensure investments still flow to ‘good’ companies  Also focus on investment flows to agriculture

 Value of money laundering legislation in producer countries  Use World Bank financial units  Anti-corruption commissions  EUTR will increase focus on CITES – need to engage on improving CITES permit system

 Still important

 Law enforcement key – in EU as well as producer countries  Communications critical – industry, general public, other countries  Need for reporting on progress and impact – Commission and EU member states  No need for new Action Plan – focus on implementation of this one, and application in changed circumstances