Background
The GTTN phase II kick-off meeting was held in Bonn on 15-16 February, kindly hosted at the premises of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. In total 32 people participated from 21 organizations, from 12 countries. 11 participants represented the supply side of timber tracking services, and 10 participants represented the actual and potential customer base for such services.
The first part of the meeting started with a review of GTTN phase I activities, followed by presentations on the progress with the development of the different methodologies, and presentations on the actual and potential application in real-life business and law enforcement.
The second part of the meeting introduced GTTN phase II objectives, activities, modes of interaction and organisational setup. Breakout discussions focussed on the key GTTN activities: standardisation of methods, development of an expert and service portfolio, development of a reference database and promotion of the timber tracking tools.
Agenda and presentations
Wednesday 15 February
1. Opening of the meeting
1300 – 1330 Welcome (BMEL, EFI, TI) and short introductions by participants (All)
2. Review of past accomplishments and lessons learnt
1330 – 1400 
GTTN Phase 1 (Marius Ekue, Bioversity International) (1.7 MB)
3. Updates on developments from GTTN partners
1400 – 1500 Overview on development and application of timber identification methods (for each topic: 10’ presentation + 5’ Q&A)
– Wood anatomy (Gerald Koch) (2.7 MB)
– Genetics (Andrew Lowe) (2.8 MB)
– Isotopes (Mart Vlam) (1.5 MB)
– 
Spectrometry (Ed Espinoza, US Fish & Wildlife Service (video))
– Methods combinations to improve origin check (Markus Boner) (3.5 MB)
1530 – 1615 Actual and potential day-to-day applications by user organisations (for each topic: 10’ presentation + 5’ Q&A)
– Public authorities perspective (Michael Sawyer, UK Regulatory Delivery) (181 KB)
– EUTR monitoring organisation perspective (NepCon – cancelled)
– NGO perspective (Colomban Mac Dowall, Traffic) (1013 KB)
4. Planning the way ahead – GTTN Phase 2
1615 – 1645 GTTN Phase 2 (Jo Van Brusselen, EFI) (673 KB)
– Overall objectives and structure of the project (EFI) (20’ presentation + 10’ Q&A)
1645 – 1700 Wrap-up of the day
Thursday 16 February
0900 – 1000 Introductory presentations for the 3 workshops (each 15’ + 5’ Q&A)
A. GTTN Phase 2 and development of international standards (Bernd Degen & Nele Schmitz, TI) (376 KB)
B. GTTN Phase 2 communication, promotion, policy and advocacy (Albert Garduño, EFI) (290 KB)
1000 – 1400 Three Workshops: facilitated discussions in three breakout groups.
1400 – 1500 Workshop result summaries presented by the topic facilitators (for each topic 10’ presentation followed by 10’ discussion)
1515 – 1545 GTTN 2 network and governance (Jo Van Brusselen) (274 KB)
– Plenary session: proposal on GTTN Phase 2 governance, working groups
– Discussion and feedback from participants
1545 – 1600 Next steps and wrap up, closing of the meeting
Download the agenda (285 KB) of the meeting.
Meeting notes
Download the meeting notes (349 KB).
Participants
Download the list of participants (100 KB).
Organizers
The meeting was jointly organized by European Forest Institute (EFI) and hosted by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) at their premises in Bonn, Germany.
