The EU Timber Regulation aims to reduce illegal logging by ensuring that no illegal timber or timber products can be sold in the EU. It was created as part of the EU’s FLEGT Action Plan. The EU Timber Regulation came into force on 3 March 2013. It prohibits operators in Europe from placing illegally harvested timber […]
Impacts of the VPA
VPAs are among the key tools of the EU Forest Law Enforcement, Government and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan of 2003. As of mid-2016, 15 countries were negotiating or implementing VPAs with the EU. Vietnam and the EU began negotiating the VPA in 2010. On 11 May 2017, Vietnam and the EU initialed the VPA. Initialing […]
FLEGT Readiness Checklist
The enterprise can conduct a quick self-assessment to identify the company’s FLEGT-VPA adaptability, following the suggested questions below: Adjusted from the questionnaires from NEPCON project.
FLEGT-VPA Workshop and its Implications for Business Strategies
On November 28, 2016, Center for Education and Development (CED) collaborated with the Binh Duong Furniture Association (BIFA) to organize a workshop on “FLEGT-VPA and its potential impact on business strategies” and Training in “Capacity Building for enterprises to satisfy FLEGT-VPA requirements” Minh Sang Plaza, 888, Binh Duong Boulevard, Thuan An, Binh Duong province. This […]
FAO-EU FLEGT Launching and Planning Workshop
On September 23, 2016 at Bamboo Hotel, 125 Phan Chu Trinh Street, Da Nang City, the Center for Education and Development (CED), in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Da Nang (VCCI Da Nang) launched the project, “Promoting private sector engagement in the VPA process”, funded by the Food and Agriculture […]
Civil society keen to take part in ASEAN’s new FLEG plan
As the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states implement a new ten-year plan to improve forest governance, civil society organisations (CSOs) in region are keen to get involved. The ASEAN Work Plan for Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (2016-2025) has four strategic thrusts: Enhancing sustainable forest management Enhancing trade facilitation, economic integration […]