Did we decide who is chairing the meeting this afternoon?? Jeff From: FFF Partners List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Obermaier, Svea (FOA) Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 16:36 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Minutes team Meeting 22.03.2017 Hi all, The minutes of our team meeting today (to dos in bold): 1) Administrative issues * Martina is on mandatory service break and will return on 14.04. * Clara got a job in Valencia, her contract with FFF is now for 15 days, homebased with the output being the gender assessment * Violeta's recruitment is being processed in Budapest * LoA with IIED has been checked and final amendments done; clearance is expected soon * Everyone should make sure to use the newest templates and to submit budgets in excel sheets for all LoAs 2) Updates from the Manager * We receive $ 60.000 additionally, assigned for Ruanda event, maybe used partly for/by IIED * International Day of Forests (forests and energy) raised some negative press, e.g. by Global Forest Coalition * Phase II fundraising: Violeta will prepare fundraising plan; SIDA will decide in April; FMM funds are cleared now; FLEGT money still not received - Jeff and Bob might go to Brussels soon; Further targets: Canada and GER/BMZ (see separate Email on Berlin Charter); Anna confirms that IIED has 2 fundraising trips scheduled for this year; * Concern over short time available for fundraising and the need for coherent/joint effort by all partners --> this will be discussed during team meeting in 2 weeks (04.04.), Jhony will prepare and chair; Duncan and Chris should be present if possible 3) Updates from the field * Regional meeting in Asia needs to be planned and decided upon soon; one option is Myanmar; Sophie to get feedback from Nepal and Vietnam to ensure soon decision on date and location. * Women's champions: Few countries will be selected for piloting, Jhony suggests Kenya and Myanmar from his countries; Anna will circulate ToRs soon for feedback * There is an IUCN vacancy in Bolivia, Pauline will link up and also with Latin-American chapters in general 4) Updates from Edinburgh and Gland * Business incubation (Anna): Draft had been sent by Duncan, feedback by the team required; 02.10.: Final draft of case studies expected; Will be presented e.g. at FLARE conference, Regional Meetings and IUFRO Conference; Field work in selected countries in August -->Consider needs assessment of Apex FFPOs? Needs gender and youth lense; Duncan and Anna will be linked up with Allison (consultant for guide of guides) for feedback/support * Pauline will circulate AMPB report soon * There will be a separate meeting with Anna on REFACOF, AFA etc. 5) Small but many is big * Svea sent around new concept note, please give feedback * Decision on meeting dates will wait after IUCN meeting with consultant on Friday as he might be facilitator for the meeting and could do write-up afterwards; No matter the decision, his paper will be an important input for the meeting (might be presented by Duncan alternatively); Is there money to engage the consultant for the meeting? And/or for having an additional consultant (e.g. Eric)? * As Svea will be on leave by then, Pauline will take over the coordination work, FFF colleagues (Martina, Zoraya, Tatiana) will help with logistics; We hope most will be paying for their travel themselves * Jeff will try to get Illias on board again We did not decide on a chair for next week's meeting! Please volunteer, otherwise I will chose someone tomorrow :) Kind regards, Svea Svea Obermaier Forestry Officer (APO) Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) FAO - Forestry Department, Room D-416 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla - 00153 Rome, Italy Phone: +39 - 06 570 - 50026 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility<http://www.fao.org/partnerships/forest-farm-facility> [cid:image003.png@01CED65F.6D2FA800] [cid:image004.png@01D18C22.D28567F0] ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the FFF-Partners-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FFF-Partners-L&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FFF-Partners-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FFF-Partners-L&A=1