International Symposium on “The Role of NGOs in Reaching Global Development Goals” 2-5 December 2018

The 5th edition of the “NATURE AND FORESTRY SYMPOSIUM TOWARDS 2023” was held on 2-5 December 2018 in Antalya/Turkey by the Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey under the general them of “Role of Public-Civil Society-Private Sector Cooperation and International Partnerships in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Global Forest Goals”

Around 150 participants from different countries and Turkey have participated to this Symposiom.

The 5th edition of the “NATURE AND FORESTRY SYMPOSIUM TOWARDS 2023” was held on 2-5 December 2018 in Antalya/Turkey by the Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey under the general them of “Role of Public-Civil Society-Private Sector Cooperation and International Partnerships in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Global Forest Goals”

Around 150 participants from different countries and Turkey have participated to this Symposium.

Background

The”2030 Sustainable Development Goals” adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 established a general framework for the “sustainable development” of the world and set goals. Reaching these goals will not be possible without the cooperation of all parties, including the public, private sector and non-governmental organizations.

“United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests 2017–2030[1]”  adopted by the UN General Assembly on 27 April 2017, set the road map for forestry in achieving sustainable development goals. The Strategic Plan features a set of six Global Forest Goals and 26 associated targets to be reached by 2030, which are voluntary and universal.

CSOs are vital in achieving these goals.

The Chamber of Forest Engineer of Turkey (OMO)

The Chamber of Forest Engineer of Turkey (OMO) is a non-governmental organization established in 1954 with the line of Turkish Constitution to represents its members.  According to the Turkish Constitution it has “public corporate entity” and “public institute nature”.  Currently it has approximately 17 thousand (17 000) active members.

According to the related Law, the “Chamber of Forest Engineers “is the legal representative of three different professional groups namely “Forest Engineers, Forest Industrial Engineers, Woodworking Industrial Engineers”

At national level, “Chamber of Forest Engineers” is an affiliated chamber to the “Union of Chamber of Turkish Engineers and Architects- https://www.tmmob.org.tr ”

 

 

THE CHAMBER OF FOREST ENGINEERS OF TURKEY UNION OF CHAMBERS OF TURKISH ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS FEANI-EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF NATIONAL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATIONS- HTTPS://WWW.FEANI.ORG/ THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ENGINEERING ORGANIZATIONS (WFEO) HTTP://WWW.WFEO.ORG/     The Chamber of Forest Engineers is a professional organization founded under the “UNION OF CHAMBERS OF TURKISH ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS TMMOB)”.-   https://www.tmmob.org.tr/en/page/about The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) was established in 1954 by the Law Numbered 6235. TMMOB is a corporate body and a professional organization defined in the form of a public institution as stated in the Article 135 of the Constitution. ARTICLE 135 of Turkish Constitution as follows-  “Professional organizations having the characteristics of public institutions and their higher bodies are public corporate bodies established by law, with the objectives of meeting the common needs of the members of a given profession, to facilitate  their professional activities, to ensure the development of the profession in keeping with common interests, to safeguard professional  discipline and ethics in order to ensure integrity and trust in relations among its members and with the public; their organs shall be elected by secret ballot by their members in accordance with the procedure set forth in the law, and under judicial supervision-  https://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf   TMMOB is maintaining its activities with its 24 Chambers, which the Chamber of Forest Engineers is one of them. The Chamber  of Forest Engineers has been established by “6235 Numbered Turkish Engineer and Architect Chambers Union Law” –https://www.tmmob.org.tr/en/hukuk/legal-framework/6235-numbered-turkish-engineer-and-architect-chambers-union-law Article 16 of 6235 as follows – “Forest and agriculture engineers can be included in the Union by establishing a chamber with the resolution by Board of Directors of the guilds they belong to” In line with above mentioned information Certificate of registry of this Organization (original and translated into English) Original: 4 Şubat 1954 tarih ve 8625 Sayılı Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Resmi Gazetesi- http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/main.aspx?home=http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/8625.pdf&main=http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/arsiv/8625.pdf English:: 4 February 1954 (Posted February 4, 1954 and numbered 8625, Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey) Charter (original and translated into English):  Since the Chamber of Forest Engineers was established by law, there is no separate declaration of establishment or charter. However, there is the “MAIN REGULATION OF THE CHAMBER OF FOREST ENGINEERS” which determines the working principles and procedures of the Chamber. This regulation was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey No. 26 226. July 12, 2016 . http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/main.aspx?home=http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2006/07/20060712.htm&main=http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2006/07/20060712.htm Since the regulation is quite long, it has not been possible to include all text here. However Items of 6 /ç and 6 /f of the regulation are as follows. i.      6 / ç) To organize technical congresses, seminars, symposiums, conferences and exhibitions related to the development and promotion of the profession, to participate in the activities of other organizations for this purpose, ii.      6/f) To disseminate innovations in the field of forestry profession, to cooperate by establishing relations with domestic and international professional organizations for this purpose and to represent its members at home and abroad, At European Level, this Union is a member of “FEANI-European Federation of National Engineering Associations- https://www.feani.org/ “. FEANI is a founding member of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) http://www.wfeo.org/ and collaborates with many other organizations dealing with engineering and technology issues and engineering education. FEANI is officially recognized by the European Commission as representing the engineering profession in Europe. The federation also has consultative status with UNESCO, UNIDO and the Council of Europe. Currently, the Chamber of Forest Engineer is the President of the Council of European Foresters and it is a member of Union of European Foresters http://www.european-foresters.eu/ The management of the Chamber of Forest Engineers is determined by the votes of the members. Completely democratic and free elections are repeated every two years. The current management was elected in April 2018.The Board of Directors consists of seven members.

 

 

 

International Symposium

The Chamber of Forest Engineers has been organizing the “Nature and Forestry Symposium Towards 2023”’for many years.  The fourth of which was organized on 3-6 December 2017 in Antalya.

As the continuation of this tradition, it was decided to hold the fifth symposium on 2-5 December 2018 in Antalya/Turkey.  On the other hand, this year’s symposium was organized in cooperation with the related parties and at international level.

The theme of the symposium was decided to be-“ The Role of “Public-Civil Society-Private Sector Cooperation and International Partnerships” in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Global Forest Goals”

The symposium planned for the first week of December 2018 (Monday to Thursday, 2-5 December 2018) as four days including the transportation. Participants registered for the hotel on 2 December 2018 and left on 5 December 2018 Wednesday.

Public-Civil Society-Private Sector Cooperation and International Partnerships play a vital role in achieving “Sustainable Development and Global Forest Goals”. This situation is becoming more significant and important for a country like Turkey, which all forests owned by the state.

Forestry-related units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry namely the General Directorate of Forestry, General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks and General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion have a very meaningful and close work with civil society organizations in this regard.

 

Agenda

2-5 December 2018- Antalya/Turkey  Venue: http://premiumbelek.rixos.com/

2 December 2018 Sunday:

• Arrival to the hotel
• 19:00 Buffet dinner at the hotel

3 December 2018 Monday  (Simultaneous translation provided in Turkish and English for opening, closing and panel sessions.)

• 08:30-09:00 Registration
• 09:00-10:30 Opening Speeches
• 10:30-10:45 Signing Ceremony of Cooperation Agreement with NGOs
• 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:00-13:00 Panel-First Session
• 13:00-14:00 Lunch
• 14:00-16:00 Panel-Second Session
• 16:30-18:00 Question-Answer-Conclusions and Closing

18:10-19:00 

• Board Meeting of Council of European Foresters
• Other Bilateral or Multilateral Meetings

20:00 Buffet dinner at the hotel

 

4 December 2018 Tuesday

• 09:00-13:00  Field Trip for Foreign Participants
• 13:00-14:00 Buffet Lunch at the Hotel
• Bilateral or Multilateral Meetings
• 20:00 Buffet dinner at the hotel

5 December 2018 Wednesday: Departure of Participants–