Agenda

TIME	PROGRAM
8am - 10am 10am - 10.55am	Registration/Coffe/Networking Opening Plenary Welocome Address by Richard Eba'a Atyi, Regional Coordinator for Central Africa, Center for International Foresty Research (CIFOR) Speech by Raymond Mbitikon, Executive Secretary, Central Africa Forest Commission (COMIFAC) Keynote address by Peter Holmgren, Director General, CIFOR Keynote address by Ngole Philip Ngewese, Minister for Forest and Wildlife, Cameroon
10.55am - 11.30am	Coffe Break
11.30am - 12pm	Policy Keynote Addresses Robert Nasi, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Forest, Trees and Agroforesty Patrice Bigombe Logo, Independent Observer
12pm - 1pm	High-Level Panel Legal and institutional reforms in the foresty sector of Central Africa since the Rio Summit: Successes, Challenges and future perspectives.
1pm - 2 pm	Lunch
2pm - 3.30pm	Parallel Discussion Forums Forest, food and nutritional security Response to climate change in Central Africa: Realities and Challenges Multiple-use management of forested landscapes
3.30pm - 4pm	Coffee Break
4pm - 5pm	High-Level Panel Financing climate change and REDD+: How to help Central Africa capture the potential
5pm - 5.30pm	Closing Plenary Presentation of the key messages of the day.

TIME	PROGRAM
9am - 10am	Science Keynote Addresses Laura Snook, Programme Leader, Forest Genetic Resources Bioversity International Sylvie Gourlet Fleury, Senior Scientist, CIRAD
10am - 10.30am	Coffe Break
10am - 12noon	Parallel Discussion Forums Market-Based instruments for sustainable forest management in Central Africa The Congo Basin forest facing agro-industrial and mining expansion A review of the role of regional institutions and international instruments in forest management of the Congo Basin
12noon - 1pm	Special Session Launching of The Context of REDD+ in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Cameroon REDD Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) Country Profile
1pm - 2.30 pm	Lunch
2.30pm - 3.30pm	High-Level Panel Financing sustainable forest management
3.30pm - 4pm	Coffee Break
4pm - 4.30pm	Special Session Presentation by the Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife
4.30pm - 5pm	Closing Ceremony