The 27th Session of the EFC Working Party on the Management of the Mountain WatershedsŠtrbské Pleso on 7th – 10th April 2010Slovak RepublicSlovak Republic

Keynote address Eero Kubin President of EFC's Working Party onEero Kubin, President of EFC s Working Party on the Management of Mountain Wathersheds

The focus of the 27th Session

“Integrated forest and water

management of mountain watersheds:

Experiences and perspectives”

The first WP session was held in Nancy, in 1952.

Since then, sessions have been held on a regular biannual basisregular biannual basis

Twenty-sixth Session of the Working Party was held in Oulu 19 – 22 August 2008

In the focus

“Forests, water and climate change in high altitude and , g ghigh latitude watersheds”

Reception in the Oulu City Hall

Recomendations from Oulu Working Party Session:

• Further research on hydrometeorological processes monitoring• Further research on hydrometeorological processes, monitoring systems, climate change impact models and risk management tools on transnational basis

• Concrete case studies to document climate change impacts on watersheds in high latitudes and altitudes

• The participants agreed also to strengthen linkages to improve co-• The participants agreed also to strengthen linkages to improve co-operation with the European Forestry Commission in the upcoming EFC sessions and in the Forest and Water session during the European Forest Week.

After Oulu the Working Party has taken active steps to strenghtenlinkages with EFC

The Steering Committee participated to the Meeting of

the Bureaux of the UNECE Timber Committee and the

FAO European Forestry Commission on 25th

February 2010 in Geneva

In the report for the meeting item 11 brings up co-operation with EFC and EFC MMW

Item 11 “Presentation of Activities by the Working Party on the Management Mountain Watersheds, request for guidance by EFC and plans for EFC session”p

Main things under discussion were:

• Introduction to the WP MMW• Cooperation between the EFC and the WP MMW• EFC Session on Forests and Water

Tomorrow we continue discussion about collaboration with EFC

Finally I once again say my best

thanks to local organizers and wishthanks to local organizers and wish

you all successful Working Party

SessionSession

After two indoors days we shall have

i t ti t d t I tan interesting study tour. I expect

breathtaking panoramic views over

the valleys and mountain peaks and Ithe valleys and mountain peaks and I

am pretty sure these will give us an

unique experience!q pStudy toor in Finland

P i i lProvisional programme

Wednesday 7th April1. Arrival of participants to Vienna or Bratislava airport to 13:00 or 14:00, respectively 2. Invitation by representative of ministry2. Invitation by representative of ministry3. Common transport of participants from Bratislava 15:00 to Štrbské Pleso by bus (secured by organizers)4. Lodging at the Hotel CROCUS

20:00 - 22:00 Informal Welcome Party (Hotel Restaurant CROCUS)

Thursday 8th April08:00 - 09:00 Registration of participants (Hotel CROCUS)09:00 - 11:00 Opening of the Twenty-seventh Session of the European Forestry Commission’s Working Party on the Management of Watersheds g

Welcoming words by the organizers:

1. Matej Schwarz. Chair of the local organizing committee2 E K bi P id t f EFC' W ki P t th M t f M t i W th h d2. Eero Kubin. President of EFC's Working Party on the Management of Mountain Wathersheds3. Pavel Toma. Head of Forestry Department. Ministry of Agriculture of Slovak Republic 4. Juraj Cabaj. Head of Department of Coordination and Foreign Affairs. Ministry of Agriculture of Slovak Republic 5. Martin Moravčík. Director General of National Forest Centre 6. Thomas Hofer. Secretary of Working Party. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)6. Thomas Hofer. Secretary of Working Party. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 7. ...

Adoption of the agenda

11:00 - 11:30 Report on inter-sessional activities following the 26th Session of the Working Party (Oulu). Thomas 11:00 11:30 Report on inter sessional activities following the 26th Session of the Working Party (Oulu). Thomas Hofer. FAO

11:30 - 12:30 Lunch break (Hotel Restaurant CROCUS)12:30 - 15:00 Seminar: “Integrated forest and water management of mountain watersheds: Experiences and

perspectives”

Chair: Dusan Huska, Vice Dean, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture

Opening the Seminar: Thomas Hofer, FAO

Christophe Besacier, FAOHideaki Marui, Research Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata UniversityEdward Pierzgalski, Stanisław Niemtur, Forest Research Institute, Poland

Harald Grip, Harald Grip Consulting AB, Sweden

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 - 17:00 Katarina Strelcova, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen

Peter Fleischer, Research Station and Museum, Slovak National Forests TANAP

Ladislav Holko, Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Anna Bandlerova, Dusan Huska, Lubos Jurik, Slovak University of Agriculture

Matej Schwarz, National Forest CentreMatej Schwarz, National Forest Centre 17:30 - 18:00 Access walk time (Štrbské Pleso) 18:00 - 19:30 Reception in the Hotel Restaurant CROCUS

Friday 9th April08:30 - 10:30 Programme of Working Party until 2014:

1. Defining long term programme,2. Inter-sessional activities,3. Linkages between the Working Party and the European Forestry Commission,4 P f th W ki P t t th 36th S i f th E F t C i i i4. Presence of the Working Party at the 36th Session of the European Forestry Commission in

October 2008

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 Presentation of National and Observer Reports

12:30 14:00 Lunch break (Hotel Restaurant CROCUS)12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break (Hotel Restaurant CROCUS)

14:00 - 15:00 Session continues (Presentations of National and Observer Reports)

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 16:30 Closing programme: 1 C i ti ( ki t b it l tt l fl t l )1. Communication (working party website, newsletter, leaflet, logo)2. Election of officers of the working party3. Date and place of the 28th Session4. Any other matters5. Adoption of the draft report5. Adoption of the draft report6. Closing of the 27th Session of the Working Party

17:00 - 17:30 Bus transportation from Hotel CROCUS to Tatranská Lomnica

17:30 - 19:00 Introduction to the Research Station and Museum State Forests of TANAP and projection a poetical film “Tatras and their secrets” about the Tatra nature and the man inside

19:00 - 19:30 Bus transportation from Tatranská Lomnica to Hotel CROCUS

20:00 - 22:00 Dinner (Hotel Restaurant CROCUS)