Support to the Forestry Sector in the Slovak Republic

PHARE Project No. SR 9706/01/03

- Supporting the Non-State Forestry Sector -
This project is focusing specifically on the non-state forestry sector which is represented by various associations of forest owners existing in Slovakia.
The main objective of the project is to support the institutional development
of non-state forestry sector and improve the environmental awareness of its owners. This objective is to be pursued by providing technical assistance and training services aiming at:

Developing the sector and improving the conditions
for profitable profitable and sustainable forestry
and
Supporting the implementation and enforcement of
Government Forestry Policy

  

Activities within the Project

  1. Training of trainers
  2. Study visits to EU countries
  3. Conference on forest management in EU countries
  4. One-day seminars for forest owners and employees
  5. Preparation of leaflets, brochures etc.
  6. Purchase of  PCs for project-beneficiaries
  7. Aggregate Forestry Account
  8. Supply of certain institutional equipment
  9. Recommendations and final reporting

 

Training of trainers

Training of trainers is the central activity to the project to which other activities are related. A training course has been organised for a selected group of  trainers, who will act as resource persons for beneficiary organisations in the future.
The usage of  Internet is a part of the training program,  the setup of this homepage is related to that training including an orientation of other web-pages of interest for the beneficiaries.

 

Study visits to EU countries

The trainers took part in a study tour  to Austria, Germany and Sweden which focused specifically on how forestry sector is organised in these countries. Read the Executive Summary of the travel report. The complete travel report can be read/downloaded as a Microsoft Word file or as a PDF document  in case you have the Acrobat Reader 3.0 or later.
Read/Download the Full travel report   in  MS Word format (522 kB)  or  as a PDF-file (360 kB)


Slovak conference on non-state forest management in EU countries

With the aim to provide a common platform for discussion in non-state forest sector and to facilitate development of co-operation  a National Conference on Non-State Forestry was organised in November 1999. Read the Conclusions from the Conference (Slovak version)


Series of one-day seminars for forest owners and employees of non-state forestry

Experiences and knowledge gained during the training courses and  the study tour were shared and disseminated among forest owners through a series of one-day seminars carried out in all regions of Slovakia. The main objective of the seminars was to raise awareness amongst forest owners about trends and  development in forestry sector and to promote the cooperation of  forest owners through regional association of forest owners


Preparation of leaflets, brochures etc. for non-state forest owners

Within the project  The Handbook for Non-state Forest Owners (PDF file - 2,5 MB -Slovak version only) was elaborated and published. Target group are the non-state forestry owners with none forestry background so the vocabulary should be chosen accordingly. The content of the book is focusing on ownership, rights and obligations of the owners, forest management in Slovakia, advantages of joining an associations, etc. The handbook will be distributed by the Regional Associations through the seminars, workshops and the other activities which associations provide for their members.


Purchase and installation of computers and communication equipment at the beneficiary organisations of the Project

16 computers and computer equipment were purchased within the project. All these computers are connected to the internet and they are used for communication between the beneficiary organisations as well as for the improvement of information flows between state and non-state forests.


Development of an Aggregate Forestry Account

The objective of this activity is to identify what  information should be available form the non-state forest sector  to the state organisations in order to process and calculate statistical data and to unify the way how to provide and use this information.  


Purchase and install complementary equipment to the printing unit at the Institute for Education and Training of Staff in Forestry and Water Management in Zvolen

Complementary equipment to the printing unit at the Institute for Education and Training was purchased in order to increase labour productivity in the printing and editing centre and consequently to increase the quality and speed of the services provided to the non-state and state forest sector and all forestry public.


Elaboration of the Final Report and the recommendations

All the activities carried out during the whole project are regularly registered in the form of progress reports and finally completed in the final report. This report analyses and evaluates all undertaken activities and the recommendations and solutions for the competent organisations are made. 
 

Before you leave,
test some of our links

Look at the list of Associations
of Non-state Forest Owners in Slovakia

For more information contact the  Project Office in Zvolen

We hope to see you again!