Application Form for FSC Pesticides Policy Working Group
Please submit together with your CV to: pesticides.policy@fsc.org by 31 January 2016
Please select the subgroup you would like to become part of:
☐ Stakeholder subgroup
☐
Technical expert subgroup
Please select the interest you represent: (see classification criteria in Annex 1)
☐ Economic
☐ Environmental
☐ Social
Please select the socio-economic region you represent: (see list of countries classified as North or
South in Annex 2)
☐ North
☐ South
Background Information
Name:
Position:
Organization:
Phone:
E-mail:
1. Please describe your interest in participating on this working group:
Knowledge/Experience
2. Please describe how you meet the qualifications specified in the Terms of Reference for this
Working Group, including all qualifications in which you have expertise and knowledge. If you
are applying to be a member of the technical expert subgroup, please describe also your
scientific career:
3. Please describe whether and how you were involved in the development of the FSC Pesticides
Policy or any related document:
4. Have you previously been involved in interest-balanced and consensus-based processes? If so,
please describe your experience:
5. If required, FSC agrees to negotiate a fee for the participation in the WG discussions. However,
active and effective participation on this working group will take a significant investment of
time during certain periods in the process. Do you have any concerns about making this time
commitment and if so, please describe:
6. Is there anything else you would like to share regarding your candidacy on this working group?
Thank you!
Annex 1. Working group member’s criteria to the three interests:
1) Economic
Applicants representing individuals, companies and organizations that principally have a commercial
interest in forest management, the production, processing or commercialisation of forest products,
or in the activities of the Organization, including, but not limited to the following.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Forest management and forest product companies.
Manufacturing companies.
Wholesalers, retailers, traders and brokers.
Consulting firms.
Commercially oriented communally - owned forest enterprises, indigenous organizations or
community groups.
f) Industry associations.
g) Research organizations and academics whose primary interests are the economic or trade of
forest products.
h) Certification bodies.
i) Government owned or controlled entities
j) Employees, consultants and representatives of the above.
2) Social
Applicants representing individuals and not-for-profit organizations whose principal purpose and
interest is socially beneficial forestry, including, but not limited to the following.
a) Socially oriented communally- owned organizations, indigenous organizations and community
groups.
b) Trade unions, labour unions and workers associations.
c) Non - Governmental Organizations engaged in social development, social justice,
strengthening civil society or similar.
d) Organizations and associations working to promote recreational uses of forests.
e) Research organizations and academics whose primary interests are social issues within
forestry.
f) Development non - governmental organizations.
g) Employees, consultants and representatives of the above.
3) Environmental
Applicants representing individuals and not-for-profit organizations whose principal purpose and
interest is the protection, preservation or conservation of the natural environment, including, but not
limited to the following.
a) Environmental non - governmental organizations.
b) Environmental interest groups.
c) Research organizations and academics whose primary interest is the protection, the technical
aspects of forest management and the preservation or conservation of the natural
environment.
d) Environmentally oriented communally - owned organizations, indigenous organizations and
community groups.
e) Employees, consultants and representatives of the above.
Annex 2. List of countries classified as North or South (Draft June 2015)
North
South
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BELGIUM
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
CANADA
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CROATIA (Hrvatska)
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
GUAM
HONG KONG
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAPAN
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
OMAN
POLAND
PORTUGAL
PUERTO RICO
QATAR
SAN MARINO
SAUDI ARABIA
SINGAPORE
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES
ALBANIA
ARGENTINA
BANGLADESH
BELARUS
BELIZE
BOLIVIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BRAZIL
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
BULGARIA
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
CONGO, THE REPUBLIC OF
COSTA RICA
COTE D'IVOIRE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
ETHIOPIA
FIJI
GABON
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GUATEMALA
GUYANA
HONDURAS
HUNGARY
INDIA
INDONESIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
LAOS
LATVIA
LEBANON
MACEDONIA
MALAYSIA
MEXICO
MONACO
MONTENEGRO
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
NAMIBIA
NEPAL
NICARAGUA
PAKISTAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
SAMOA
SENEGAL
SERBIA
SEYCHELLES
SOLOMON ISLANDS
SOUTH AFRICA
SRI LANKA
SURINAME
SWAZILAND
TAIWAN
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
THAILAND
TOGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
UGANDA
UKRAINE
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
VIETNAM
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE