Sustainable Timber Action in Europe
Training for Small Medium
Enterprises (SMEs)
Introduction and Module 1
Training of SMEs operators
Place, date
Agenda
• 10.00: Welcome and introduction
• 10.20: Module 1 – Timber market and the public sector
• 10.40: Coffee break
• 11.00: Module 2 – CSR tools in the forestry sector
• 12.30: Lunch
• 13.30: Module 3 – Introduction to sustainable public procurement
• 14.30: Module 4 - Supplying sustainable timber
• 15.30: Coffee break
• 15.45: Module 4 – Supplying sustainable timber(continued)
Introductory round
[interactive]
• Name and professional position in the SMEs
• Which is your experience with GPP?
• Your expectations from the training?
• Remind! ask questions if something is not clear!
• Complete the evaluation form at the end!
The STA-EU project
Background:
The project is an initiative resulting from the collaboration between three main
partners involved interested in sustainable and fair timber procurement:
• ICLEI - Local GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY (EU)
• Fundación COPADE - Comercio Para el Desarrollo (SPA)
• FSC Italy
and from the experience of two
awareness raising campaigns
promoted by:
The main goal
To raise awareness among EU public authorities on link
between sustainable public procurement (SPP) and
development problems of people living in and depending
from forests.
How?
Promotion of Sustainable forest management and Fair Trade
community certified forest products in public procurement
policies and practices.
THE TEAM: 8 partners – 7 countries
ICLEI – COORDINATOR
(Germany & Belgium)
Fundación COPADE
City of Rakvere (Estonia)
Romanian Energy
Agencies Federation
(Romania)
City of Madrid
City of Miskolc
(Hungary)
Association of Local Authorities in
Italy (ANCI)
Gruppo FSC-Italia
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS in EU:
Protect the Future Association - Fair
Trade NGO
Maramures Forestry
Directorate
Alba County Forests
Administration
IDEAS – Fair Trade Importer
LEAF Department, University of
Padua
Maramures Mountain Nature Park National forestry body
ASSOCIATE PARTNERS at international level:
Cooperativa agroforestal
COATLAHL
Empresa Comunitaria
FORESCOM
COPADE Bolivia – NGO
FSC NI for RDC
FSC NI for Cameroon
Ways to engage!
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Training on sustainable timber procurement and supply – for
European public authorities and for SMEs
-
Developing guidance to help Small Medium Enterprises to
supply sustainable timber products
(practical guide on www.sustainable-timber-action.org )
-
Promoting best practices of ST procurement and Sustainable
and Fair timber products
-
 To engage at least 15 PAs in moving towards sustainable
timber procurement
Mod. 1 –Timber market and the
public sector
[interactive]
 The importance of the public sector in the timber sector
Group exercise (10 mins)
• who already supplies products for the public sector directly
or indirectly?
•Which products?
•What is the business share?
Why public authorities & forests products?

Market opportunity: In the EU there are about
200 000 PAs which purchase 19% of the
timber and paper sold in Europe

Drivers for good practices: PAs can give
good example to the private sector and
consumers [drivers]

PAs can mobilize greater support for actions
against forest related poverty and sustainable
forest management (e.g. financing development
cooperation projects in forestry sector: FSC, Carbon, Fair
Trade).
 The importance of the public sector in the timber sector
• In Denmark, the total market for wood, wood products, furniture and paper
was estimated at USD 4.5 bill. In 2004 of which nine per cent is consumed by
the public sector (FAO, 2006)
• In France, the public sector market for wood used in the construction could
roughly be in the range of EUR 3-5 bill. Tropical timber used in many
construction and civil works uses (CIRAD, 2004).
• In Belgium the market share of public procurement in forest based products
is estimated at 18% (van Orshoven, pers. comm.). (FAO, 2006)
PP in your country?
•
Paper, packaging, billposting, advertising, XX%
•
Building (offices, public buildings, houses, theaters,
stadium, harbours, …) XX%
•
Road constructions (traffic barriers, barriers
against noises, …) XX%
•
Furniture (offices, public rooms, schools, …) XX%
•
Garden furniture (kindergarden, pic-nic areas,
…) XX%
•
Others? NWFPs in schools’canteens menu ??%
PA training and raising awareness
Place, date
PP an tropical timber
Tropical Timber consumption of EU countries
Source: IDH 2012
• 5-10% of all primary
tropical timber in the
world (excluding
secondary processed
timber) is imported by EU
countries
• The average of
government purchasing of
tropical timber is in the
range of 5-20% :
France 25%
Germany 5%
Belgium 10%
UK 15%.
From timber procurement to
Sustainable (Green) Public
Procurement of wood products...
a quick view at EU level.
GPP policies for wood
products
GPP for timber
products in EU
countries (1/3)
Source: Oliver, 2009; Nielsen, 2011
GPP criteria for some wood
products
GPP for timber products in EU countries (2/3)
FRA
GER
BEL
DK
UK
NL
Compulsary Compulsary
Centreal/federal
governments
Compulsary
Compulsary
Compulsary
Compulsary
for paper
and wood
Local
Administration
Guidance &
promotion
Guidance &
promotion
Guidance
Guidance &
promotion
Guidance &
promotion
Guidance &
promotion
Up to 25%
Federal: 5%, Min 5-10 %
> in the other
Land
15-25%
(tropicale
timber)
Min 8%-15%
N/A
Procurement
share
Source: FFI, 2009; Nielsen, 2011
GPP for timber products in EU countries (3/3)
FRA
Requirements
Do de Gov.
Defines
procurement
criteria?
Legality with
preference for
sustainability
No
Source: FFI, 2009; Nielsen, 2011
GER
BEL
DK
UK
NL
Legality with Sustainabili
ty or
Sustainability Sustainability preference for
Sostenibilit.
sustainability
FLEGT
licenses
N.A.
YES
YES
YES
YES
How provide Sustainable Public
Procurement of wood products?
Answer in module 2