Representatives of the EU, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN member states gathered in Jakarta for a three-day workshop from 6-8 December 2016 to share progress under national and regional efforts to tackle illegal logging and associated trade. The ASEAN Secretariat, the EU FLEGT Facility hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI), and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) of Indonesia, with strong support from GIZ, coorganised the workshop

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WORKSHOP SUMMARY
5th Sub-Regional Training Workshop on
Timber Legality Assurance
6-8 December 2016 JAKARTA, INDONESIA
Introduction
Representatives of the EU, the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN
member states gathered in Jakarta for a three-day workshop from 6-8 December 2016 to share
progress under national and regional efforts to tackle illegal logging and associated trade. The
ASEAN Secretariat, the EU FLEGT Facility hosted by the European Forest Institute (EFI), and the
Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) of Indonesia, with strong support from GIZ, co-
organised the workshop.
The workshop was officiated by:
 Vincent Guerend, EU Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Darussaalam
 Francisco Fontan Pardo, EU Ambassador to ASEAN
 Tran Dong Phuong, Director of ASEAN Sectoral Development Directorate
 Dr. Putera Parthama, Director-General Sustainable Forest Management, Ministry of
Environment and Forestry, Indonesia

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Approximately 65 participants consisting of government officials, members of civil society and
the private sector from eight ASEAN Member States (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam), Chinese government representatives and
observers from six EU Delegations (Indonesia, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Cambodia and
Myanmar) to ASEAN Member States, the regional office of the EU FAO FLEGT support
programme, and the German forest support programmes to ASEAN, Laos and Indonesia were
present. Resource persons came from the EU FLEGT Facility, ASEAN Secretariat, RECOFTC, EU
FAO FLEGT and WWF Greater Mekong.
 The presence of the two Ambassadors for the first time together for any such event, as
well as the high level presence from ASEAN and the host country lent a special
significance to the occasion. To echo the words of the EU Ambassador to Indonesia, the
timber legality success story of Indonesia should inspire all Southeast Asian countries.
 The EU informed that it is working bilaterally with six ASEAN member economies on
FLEGT and welcomed the important role that ASEAN is playing in promoting regional
cooperation to combat illegal logging and associated trade. The Director of the ASEAN
Sectoral Development Directorate informed of ASEAN’s strategic plans for the next
decade as outlined in its new workplan on forest law enforcement and governance. The
DG of SFM, MoEF, while humbly acknowledging Indonesia’s success after years of hard
work, also wished that more ASEAN member countries could join the ranks of Indonesia
as a FLEGT licensing country.
 The opening of the workshop was covered by the local Indonesian media as well as by
media in several Southeast Asia countries.
The workshop agenda covered presentations, discussions, thematic group work and a field visit
to an SVLK-certified company that sources from community forests. The programme paid
special attention to the Indonesian VPA as Indonesia recently became the first country in the
world to issue FLEGT licenses to verified legal timber products it exports to the EU. Participants
were also informed about the Work Plan for Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) in
ASEAN (2016-2025), which the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF)
adopted in October 2016.
In ASEAN, member states have committed themselves to develop national standards on timber
legality, and the ASEAN Working Group on a Pan-ASEAN Timber Certification Initiative has
become involved in related capacity building. In November 2010, the first Sub-Regional Training
Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance was jointly conducted by ASEAN, the FLEGT Facility’s
Asia Regional Support Program implemented by EFI, and the Vietnamese Ministry for
Agriculture and Rural Development. A second event took place in Sabah, Malaysia in October
2012, a third in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in April 2013, a fourth in Vientiane, Laos in October
2014. Such Training Workshops are usually agreed by a Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on
Forestry (ASOF).

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Objectives
The training workshop had the following objectives:
 Exchange practical experience with Indonesia on its arrangements for VPA
implementation, and the various mechanisms and vehicles for taking the timber legality
assurance “live”;
 Exchange progress in other ASEAN Member States (AMS) with regard to ensuring and
documenting timber legality;
 Increase multi-stakeholder collaboration amongst AMS on forestry issues;
 Contribute to the development of an ASEAN position on timber legality and associated
trade;
 Exchange views and ideas on synergies between timber legality assurance and
certification.
Outcomes
DAY 1
On the first day, the Asia coordinator of EU FLEGT Facility presented an overview of timber
legality developments in the Southeast Asian region:
 Statistics from 2003, when the FLEGT Action Plan was developed, compared to 2013
show that China has exceeded the EU in trade in tropical timber. There have been
significant technical and legislative developments at domestic, regional and international
levels, as well as time-consuming governance and enforcement improvements. It is

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important to share experiences between initiatives and enable cross-learning between
countries in the region. Additionally, it will be necessary to broaden the focus from
illegal logging and trade to current global themes such as climate change and the SDG
agendas.
This was followed by presentations from the perspective of government, private sector and civil
society on Indonesia’s FLEGT VPA experience, its VPA implementation structures, SVLK process,
multi-stakeholder participation and FLEGT licensing:
 The Indonesian SVLK development took almost 15 years with 7 years of VPA negotiations
with the EU. The system comprehensively covers every aspect from legality definition for
all permit types in Indonesia, broad product coverage, barcode tracking, validation,
operator certification, shipment based licensing, and most importantly, information
capture. Presenters shared their experience with the multi-stakeholder approach, how
to ensure representativeness and transparency, challenges of maintaining interest and
continuous engagement, trust and ownership. The facilitation by DFID’s Multi-
stakeholder Forest Programme was also acknowledged.
 During a panel question and answer session, it was learnt that FLEGT-licensed timber is
issued for EU country destinations while V-Legal timber, following the same SVLK
procedures, is available for domestic and other market destinations. Sufficient funding
and human resource is important for maintenance and continuous improvement. On
conversion areas, SVLK certification is required before the timber can be sold. In an
overall national goal to improve governance, the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO)
initiative is currently looking at the SVLK model. Other questions relating to the number
of auditors (at present numbering 500), monitoring by a network of NGOs, periodic
evaluations and lesson-learning from implementation were also discussed.
In the afternoon, a representative from the ASEAN secretariat presented the ASEAN Work Plan
for Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) in ASEAN (2016-2025) and provided
updates on ASEAN Policy Framework on Forestry Cooperation.
 The new streamlined structure of ASEAN cooperation in Food, Agriculture & Forestry
under the ASOF was shared:
i. ASEAN Working Group on Forest Management
ii. ASEAN Working Group on CITES & Wildlife Enforcement
iii. ASEAN Working Group on Forest Products Development
iv. ASEAN Working Group on Forests & Climate Change
v. ASEAN Working Group on Social Forestry
 On top of the over-arching policy framework and strategic measures, information on
previous activities under the 2008-2015 Work Plan on FLEG in ASEAN was shared, such
as the development of a phased-approach to forest certification, guidelines for CoC for
legal & sustainable timber, the 2009 ASEAN C&I for legality of timber, studies on existing

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initiatives for ensuring legal and sustainable timber in ASEAN and initiatives to improve
ASEAN forest statistics.
 Some of the highlights shared were on the most recent high-level Ministerial
commitments of the 38th AMAF on:
i. developing a regional framework for mutual recognition of timber legality
systems
ii. seeking improved market access
iii. strengthening collaboration on information exchanges & technology
transfer
iv. adopting common positions on timber legality & associated trade at the
international fora where possible.
This was followed by a presentation of the outcomes of a half-day CSO Meeting on FLEG in
Southeast Asia preceding this workshop. A representative of the CSO meeting summarized:
 There is interest in regular regional meetings (including “meeting” on online platforms)
amongst CSOs in the region to share information, knowledge, skills & resources, learn
about timber legality, independent monitoring, SME work, advocacy and about ASEAN
workplans
 The CSOs expressed interest to better understand the Work Plan (WP) on FLEG in ASEAN
and its implementation. The interests raised were on:
i. participating in country delegations to ASEAN Working Groups (AWGs)
responsible for the implementation of the WP or having regular exchanges
with the responsible government representatives
ii. supporting cross-border collaboration on information exchange on ways
to demonstrate timber legality including learning from site visits
iii. supporting tracking of the implementation of the ASEAN FLEG WP
commitments and activities at national/regional levels
 Re the suggestion on monitoring implementation of the ASEAN WP, it was informed that
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) had been formulated, that there were monitoring &
evaluation elements and that reports of each AWG would be submitted to the ASOF.
 Suggestions were made for enhanced CSO and private sector contribution to the
regional dialogue and engagement in each of the AWGs, including the establishment of a
regional Technical Working Group on Public Participation.
Subsequently, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Lao PDR shared updates on VPA preparations
and negotiations while Philippines, Myanmar and Cambodia shared their individual country’s
progress in developing a credible timber legality assurance system. The presentations were
followed by lively discussions with strong engagement from members of the audience.
 In general, the participants noted that over the period of about 6 years, and from one
workshop to the other, notable improvements have been made in each ASEAN country

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in developing their timber legality systems, even though each country had faced its own
set of unique challenges, some of which included cross-border timber flows.
 On a question on tips to accelerate the negotiations process, the answer was given by
Indonesia that a system had already been developed before the negotiations. Elements
like access to public information, independent monitoring and regular systems checks
(with participation of CSOs) are required. Also in ensuring that there are sustained
efforts and a sense of ownership; that FLEGT is for a greater mutual interest. The process
must be a home-grown multi-stakeholder process and not donor-driven so that there is
sustain-ability when development cooperation is withdrawn. In relation to this, Vietnam
informed that the VPA would be signed in 4 months’ time; Laos informed that the
country’s ambition is to have the VPA signed in 2018, Malaysia informed that major
parts of its TLAS are in place, while Myanmar informed that the Myanmar draft TLAS will
be subject to consultations with relevant stakeholders, and that a FAO FLEGT project is
ongoing to strengthen it. Thailand informed that field testing of its draft TLAS would be
carried out in 2017; Cambodia informed of a Joint Study on Timber Flow & Control and
regulations put in place to control imports and exports, while The Philippines explained
that the country had fully met the ASEAN C & I for Legality of Timber; increased penalties
on qualified theft of timber, and that a tracking system would be in place by March
2017, with plans for a TLAS (developed outside of the VPA context) using the ASEAN C&I
that would be subject to multi-stakeholder consultations.
 On a question of why certain countries did not pursue the VPA path, it was explained
that different countries have different motivations to negotiate VPAs; whether to
address underlying issues leading to illegal logging or to accelerate industry
development, with the ultimate goal to have legality systems in place. This could take
the form of a regional process, a national process or a bilateral VPA process with the EU.
DAY 2
On the second day, the EU FLEGT Facility consultant presented on the challenges of having a
future ASEAN regional mechanism for mutual recognition of timber legality:
 The Strategic Plan of Action for ASEAN Cooperation in Forestry (2016-2025) looks
forward to a regional mutual recognition of timber legality, with linkage to the ASEAN
Single Window scheme.
 It is feasible for an ASEAN Timber Legality Verification Scheme to be developed but
before that happens, several pre-conditions are necessary to be in place.
 Third party verification should be considered to assess the fit with the regional ASEAN
framework.
 A possible start could be made by using the 2009 ASEAN C&I for Legality of Timber as a
baseline for each member states legality definition. However, these C & I would need to
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 Assessments, including through peer reviews, will need to be undertaken to decide if a
system is ready to be recognised.
 A country system could be developed outside a VPA process as long as it meets the
ASEAN framework.
During the subsequent discussions:
 the representative from China expressed interest to know what the further conditions
would be to enable this regional framework to be linked to other external initiatives,
perhaps as a way to accept only legal wood, through a clearing house mechanism;
 a suggestion was made, in the interim, to initially gather available documentation to
match a standard approach. It is foreseen that a period of at least 2-3 years would be
needed. This was welcomed as a good first step to generate better understanding before
the process can move forward to the stage of regional recognition;
 suggestions for the way forward would need to be submitted to the ASEAN Secretariat
for guidance at the next AWG on Forest Management or AWG on Forest Products
Development.
The subsequent presentation by the EU FAO FLEGT programme was on the synergies between
ASEAN Member States’ timber legality approaches and forest certification systems.
The presentation proffered three options for recognition between TLAS and certification
with option 1 for full recognition, option 2 for partial recognition and option 3 for
supporting risk-based legality verification.
The Chinese State Forestry Administration representative then shared China’s experience in
assisting its industries to comply with legality requirements.
 A Steering Committee was set up to develop the CTLVS with representatives from the
Ministry of Commerce, Customs, the Chinese State Forestry Administration and other
relevant bodies;
 The CTLVS is based on the concept of Due Diligence. It has undergone 7 revisions and
has an operational set of guidelines, management procedures, auditing guidelines, due
diligence guideline and measures on label management;
 China proposed a Mutual Recognition Mechanism (MRM) at the APEC-EGILAT meeting in
2014 in Qingdao, China. It has promoted an APEC legality template for member
economies of APEC to define legal timber and hopes to work along the lines of the
Australian Country-Specific Guidelines;
 China is also working on a Responsible Forest Products Trade & Investment Alliance –
the information provided by the countries using the APEC legality template will be used
to give information to the Chinese industry. The CNFPIA (a foremost Chinese timber

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trade association) is implementing the CTLVS amongst its members – implementation is
voluntary.
In the late morning and afternoon sessions, the participants self-selected themselves to join
four working groups to address the following topics:
 Group 1: SMEs and how to empower them?
 Group 2: Imports into ASEAN Member States and their control
 Group 3: Civil society’s role in timber legality assurance systems
 Group 4: Can we have an ASEAN Timber Legality Baseline?
The groups discussed these topics and presented the results of their discussions and
recommendations to the plenary in the late afternoon.
Group 1 recommended for SMEs (especially the informal and micro sector) to have:
 Support from government to simplify regulations and provide transparency, and
encourage banks to support SMEs such as by providing low interest rates on loans;
 Capacity-building for information on regulations & markets, support market access for
SMEs & innovation development;
 Help to link SMEs to industry associations & to involve them in multi-stakeholder
dialogue.
In Group 2, Indonesia, Vietnam and other ASEAN member states shared information on their
import regulations and recommended that:
 Pre-import due-diligence requirements are already implemented in Indonesia, the
system involves three ministries;
 Vietnam will develop under its VPA a risk-based import control system;
 Countries should be aware of systems and legislations of their trade partners; and
 ASEAN to explore opportunities for having an ASEAN approach to deal with imports.
Group 3, on civil society roles in TLAS recommended that:
 Enabling environment be created for CSOs to work with government agencies and
private sector;
 CSOs to form an alliance to speak as one;
 CSOs have an interest to be involved in ASEAN Technical Working Groups;
 China and Japan as major consumers need to be involved in discussions;
 Capacity Development Needs Assessment (CDNA) for CSOs in the VPA process be carried
out before actual Capacity Development programme is drawn up;
 Need to use available media resources and local languages for outreach.
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 As a start, the ASEAN C&I for Timber Legality (2009) reference set be used as the
baseline for assessing member states systems, before waiting for it to be reviewed to
meet international norms in timber legality verification such as VPA TLAS, or PEFC/FSC
certification;
 Meeting the baseline would allow for “admission” into the ASEAN Timber Legality
Verification System;
 This evaluation may use the ASEAN Peer Consultation Framework; alternatively, an
ASEAN Panel of Experts may be set up to review each country’s standards.
The workshop was concluded on day 3 with a visit to an SVLK-certified company that sources
from community plantations, arranged by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia.
Ministry officials and the company owner briefed the participants on supply chain control and
the FLEGT licensing procedures.
The success of the workshop is attributable to the informative presentations by resource
persons and country representatives, the active participation and good and open exchanges,
the conduct and structure of the workshop and the generous hospitality of the host
government. All participants wish to convey their appreciation to the sponsors of the workshop,
the workshop facilitators, the contributions of the resource persons, and the excellent logistical

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arrangements made by the secretariat. The workshop was held in the traditional ASEAN spirit of
cooperation and solidarity. Outcomes will be forwarded to ASEAN.

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Annex 1: List of Participants
NAME/COUNTRY ORGANIZATION EMAIL
VIETNAM
Mr. Nguyen Manh
Szung
MARD dzungnm@yahoo.com
Mr. Huynh Van Hanh HAWA hanhh@hawacorp.com.vn
Mr. Tan Le Huy Binh Dinh FPA Tranlehuy50@gmail.com
Mrs. To Kim Lien CED lientk@ced.edu.vn
Mrs Duong Thi Lien SFMI duongtlien@gmail.com
Mr. Nguyen Van Duc VNFOREST nguyenducvfp@gmail.com
THAILAND
Mr. Banjong
Wongsrisoontorn
Thai Royal Forest bj250311@hotmail.com
Mr. Boonsuthee
Jeravongpanich
Thai Royal Forest rfdpor@yahoo.com
Ms. Warangkana
Rattanarat
RECOFTC warangkana.rattanarat@recoftc.org
Mr. Trakul
Sawangarom
Chonburi Community
Forest Network
kaoyai2016@gmail.com
Mr. Thep Tanom Teak Cluster Group of
Prae Group
Thap009@hotmail.com
MYANMAR
Mr. Phyo Zin Mon
Naing
Min of Natural Resources
and Env Conservation
phyo.zmn@gmail.com
Mr. Thein Htike Oo MFPMF zyc.trading@gmail.com
Mr. Nay Linn Aung MFPMF nla70myanmar@gmail.com
Mr. Myo Myint Oo Green Networks
Sustainable Env Group
greennetworkola@gmail.com
Mr. Kyaw Mint Htut Thuria Sandar thuyeyasanda@gmail.com
CAMBODIA
Mr. So Lorn Forestry Administration lornchenda@yahoo.com
Mr. Sar Rao Forestry Administration raosar012@yahoo.com
Mr. Tek Vannara The NGO Forum on
Cambodia
vannara@ngoforum.org.kh
Mr. Rady Kong CAMAGRA Investment rady@krlo-cambodia.com

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Group
CHINA
Ms. Chen Jie CAF Jie_chen2007@163.com
Mr. Liao Wang SFA 630779228@99.com
Ms. Xu Xin SFA xuxin@forestry.gov.cn
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Raul M. Briz Forest Management
Bureau
Briz_raul@yahoo.com
LAOS
Dr. Khamfeua Sirivongs Head of FLEGT Standing
Office
Khamfeua.s@flegtlaos.com
Mr. Inthanouhack
Soukanh
PAFO/Forestry Section Soukanh65@gmail.com
Mr. Thongdam
Khounoudom
MOIC/Department of
Industry and Handicraft
thongdamk@hotmail.com
Dr. Chanthavy
Vongkhamhieng
The Lao Wildlife
Conservation Association
cvongkhamheng@gmail.com
Mr. Bounby Lasysamay CSO, Association for
Community Training and
Development
cdtclaos@yahoo.com
Mr. Thongsavanh
Soulignamat
President, Laos National
Wood Products Industry
Association
laofictv@yahoo.com
INDONESIA
Ms. Mardi Minangsari Jaringan Pemantau
Independen Kehutanan minangsari@gmail.com
Mr. Ian Hilman Eyes on the Forest ihilman@wwf.id
Ms. Katrin Pramastuti Directorate Forest
Products Processing and
Marketing. MOEF
Mr. Rudianto Directorate Forest
Products Processing and
Marketing. MOEF
Ms. Maidiward Directorate Forest
Products Processing and
Marketing. MOEF mmaidiward@gmail.com
Mr. Adhi Suprihadhi Secretariat General of
Sustainable Management
of Forest Products Adhi.hadhi@gmail.com
Mr. Herman Prayudi APHI hprayudi@gmail.com

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Mr. Durahman PHPL Durahman_69@yahoo.go.id
MALAYSIA
Mr. Abd
Ramlizauyahhudin Bin
Mahli
Forestry Department,
Malaysia
mramli@forestry.gov.my
Ms. Eleine Juliana
Malek
Ministry of Plantation
Industries and
Commodities
eleine@mpic.gov.my
Mr. Adam Bin Mohd
Zazri
Malaysian Timber Council adam@mtc.com.my
Mr. Adrian Choo Cheng
Yong
World Wide Fund for
Nature Malaysia
Adrian.choo@wwf.org.my
Ms. Emie Syarina
Norizan
Malaysian Timber
Industry Board
emiesyarina@mtib.gov.my
Ms. Sunita Muhamad Malaysian Timber
Industry Board
sunita@mtib.gov.my
Mr. Mad Zaidi Mohd
Karli
Ministry of Plantation
Industries and
Commodities
Zaidi.mpic@1govuc.gov.my
RESOURCE PERSONS
/OBSERVERS
Mr. Thành Hoang EU Del Vietnam Thanh.hoang@eeas.europa.eu
Mr. Ignacio Oliver Cruz EU Del Laos Ignacio.oliver-cruz@eeas.europa.eu
Mr. Nicolas Dross EU DEL Malaysia Nicolas.dross@eeas.europa.eu
Mr. Clemens Beckers EU DEL Cambodia Clemens.Beckers@eeas.europa.eu
Dr. Alex Hinrichs EFI alexander.hinrichs@efi.int
Ms. Aimi Lee Abdullah EFI aimi.lee@efi.int
Mr. Choo Kwong Yan EFI Kwongyan.choo@efi.int
Mr. Thang Hooi Chiew EFI Consultant hooicthang@gmail.com
Ms. Gan Pei Ling EFI Communication PeiLing.Gan@efi.int
Mr. Rizal Bukhari TNC Indonesia rbukhari@tnc.org
Ms. Delphine
Brissonneau
EU DEL Myanmar Delphine.BRISSONNEAU@eeas.europa.eu
Mr. Bruno Cammaert EU FAO FLEGT Bangkok bruno.cammaert@fao.org
Mr. Giovanni Serritella EU DEL Indonesia Giovanni.SERRITELLA@eeas.europa.eu
Ms. Ivonne Melissa EU FAO FLEGT Jakarta Ivonne.Melissa@fao.org
Ms. Josil P. Murray EU FAO FLEGT Bangkok Josil.murray@fao.org
Mr. Dian Sukmajaya ASEAN Secretariat Dian.sukmajaya@asean.org
Mr. Franck Viault EU DEL Indonesia
Mr. Michael Bucki EU DEL Indonesia Michael.BUCKI@eeas.europa.eu
Dr. Somrudee Nicro Consultant somrudee.nicro@gmail.com

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Ms. Laksmi Banowati MFP3 - Speaker banowatilaksmi@yahoo.com
Mr. Robianto
Koestomo
IDN Forum of CABs -
Speaker koestomo @ yahoo.com
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc
Thang
WWF Vietnam Thang.nguyenngoc@wwfgreatermekong.org
Ms. Phetdavanh
Sipaseuth
WWF Laos Phetdavanh.sipaseuth@wwfgreatermekong.org
Mr. Chaiphet
Phommachanh
National Coordinator,
ProFLEGT
Chaiphet.phommachanh@giz.de
Mr. David Gritten RECOFTC David.gritten@recoftc.org
Dr. Helmut Dotzauer GIZ-FOR CC Helmut.dotzauer@giz.de
Dr. Agus Suratno GIZ-FOR CC agus.suratno@giz.de
Ms. Ines Novitasary
Saragih
GIZ-FOR CC ines.saragih@giz.de

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Annex 2: Workshop agenda
Day
1
Session
& Time
Topic Sub Topic Method Responsible Person
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Tuesday(06.12.2016)
8:00 –
9.00
Registration Registration Host & EU FLEGT Facility
0900
0905
0915
0925
0935
9.45
Opening Remarks
Photo Session
Opening Ceremony
Remarks by Ambassador Vincent Guerend, Ambassador of the European
Union to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam
Remarks by Ambassador Francisco Fontan Pardo, Ambassador of the
European Union to ASEAN
Remarks by Tran Dong Phuong, Director of Sectoral Development
Directorate ASEAN Secretariat
Remarks by Indonesia MoEF Official, Director General Putera Parthama,
Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia
=>Tea break/Press meeting (9:50 – 10:20)
Formal ceremony Host (IDN) & EU Delegation

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10.00 Session 1 :
Overview on recent
developments with focus
on Indonesia
Setting the scene & highlighting a concerted national effort :
Overview of timber legality developments in the Southeast Asian region
Session facilitated
by Aimi Lee
Presentation by Dr.
Alexander Hinrichs
EU FLEGT Facility
10.15 Clarifications / Questions and Answers Facilitators / Participants
10.20 The Indonesian FLEGT VPA experience Presentation Indonesia
10.45 Plenary Discussions 1. VPA implementation structures,
2. SVLK process
3. Multi-stakeholder participation
4. FLEGT licensing (SILK & V-legal documents & tracking)
Panel discussion
facilitated by Arbi
Valentinus, EU
FLEGT Facility
Consultant
Facilitator & Indonesian
participants (Gov, PS &
CSO)
12.00 Lunch

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Day
1
Session
& Time
Topic Sub Topic Method Responsible Person
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Tuesday(06.12.2016)
1300 Session 2:
Update on ASEAN and
national developments
ASEAN FLEG structures & processes:
- Update ASEAN Policy Framework on Forestry Cooperation
- Work Plan for Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) in
ASEAN (2016-2025)
Session facilitated
by Dr. Alexander
Hinrichs
Presentation by
Dian Sukmajaya
ASEAN Secretariat
1320 Outcomes of a CSO Meeting on FLEG in Southeast Asia Presentation CSO representative
1330 Clarifications / Questions and Answers Facilitator & Participants
1350 Reporting on country
progress
1. Malaysia (10 min each)
2. Vietnam
3. Thailand
4. Lao PDR
5. Q&A
Session facilitated
by Aimi Lee
Presentation and
short discussion
Facilitator & Participants
1500 Tea Break
1515 Reporting on country
progress
1. Philippines (10 min each)
2. Myanmar
3. Cambodia
4. Q&A
Presentation and
short discussion
Facilitator & Participants
1600 Discussion and recap led by FLEGT Facility (tbc) Discussion Facilitator, Rapporteurs &
participants
1700 Close of day
1830 Dinner at workshop venue

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Day
2
Session
& Time
Topic Sub Topic Method Responsible Person
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Wednesday(07.12.2016)
0900 Session 3 :
Future ASEAN efforts and
China
Possibility for Future ASEAN Efforts:
Study on Feasibility & Understanding of the Challenges of having a regional
mechanism for mutual recognition of timber legality and an assessment of
the readiness of the ASEAN region for a common position on timber legality
for trade.
Session facilitated
by David Gritten,
RECOFTC
Presentation by Mr.
Thang Hooi Chiew
EU FLEGT Facility
Consultant
0925 Clarifications / Questions and Answers
0935 Coffee/Tea Break
0950 Synergies between ASEAN MS timber legality approaches and forest
certification systems
Presentation by Mr
Bruno Cammaert
FAO FLEGT
1010 China’s experience in helping industry to comply with legality requirements Presentation by Ms
Chen Jie, Chinese
Academy of Forestry
Chinese Government
Representative
1030 Clarifications / Questions and Answers
1045 Session 4:
Exploring specific topics
of timber legality
assurance
Briefing on parallel group work
Tentative group work topics:
1. SMEs & how to empower them (facilitated by Dr. Somrudee Nicro)
2. Imports into ASEAN Member States and their control (facilitated by Dr.
Alex Hinrichs)
3. Civil society role in TLAS (facilitated by Ms Gan Pei Ling)
4. Can we have an ASEAN Timber Legality Baseline? (facilitated by Aimi
Lee)
Group work Facilitators & Participants

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Day
3
Session
& Time
Topic Sub Topic Method Responsible Person
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1200 Lunch
1300 Continuation of Group Work including running tea break Facilitators & Participants
1500 Plenary Session on results of Group Work
Presentations of individual groups
Session facilitated
by Dr. Alex Hinrichs
Presentations of
individual groups
and discussion
1630 Session 5:
Recap
5. Recap of Discussions - Facilitated by Aimi Lee Plenary discussions Facilitator, Rapporteurs &
Participants
1730 Close of day
1830 Dinner
Thursday(08.12.2016)
0830 –
1300
Field Trip Visit of a SVLK certified company & community forests
Lunch provided
13:00 end of programme
Host country

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Annex 3: Photos
Photos of the TLAS workshop, including field trip:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x4ufovqfekhzpop/AACJwK9sx7cE9Nz_K-nkiHdKa?dl=0