The RCEN selected Rachel Plotkin, National Director of Forests and Biodiversity at the Sierra Club of Canada, to be the ENGO representative of the Forest Sector Sustainability Table (FSST). Mara Kerry, Manager – Conservation Program Development at Nature Canada, was selected as the alternate delegate, in the case that Rachel is unavailable to participate in the FSST meetings. Beatrice Olivastri, co-founder and CEO of the Friends of the Earth Canada, is the ENGO representative selected by the FSST Co-Chairs for the design and operational phases of the FSST.
The first operational meeting of the FSST will be held in Montreal on February 7th, 2006. Suzanne Boileau, who is the new Consultations Coordinator responsible for coordinating the SST process, will be organizing a FSST Task Group conference call to strategize before the meeting. Please do not hesitate to contact Suzanne with any questions via email: suzanne@cen-rce.org or tel: (613) 728-9810 ext.30.
The Forest Sector Sustainability Table will meet up to six times per year, with each meeting lasting between half a day and a day and a half, depending upon the agenda. The FSST inaugural meeting is tentatively scheduled for February 6, 2006. The term length for the selected ENGO is yet to be confirmed, but could be for several years. The selected ENGO representative will be expected to participate in a preparatory task group conference call, to take minutes and represent the views of the ENGOs during the meeting, and a write up a report following the meeting. |
Environment Canada is proposing fundamental changes in their approach to the environment and have developed a new Competitiveness and Environmental Sustainability Framework (CESF) (see more information on CESF). The SSTs are one specific mechanism of the Framework; they are described as a permanent forum for collaboration between federal / provincial / territorial governments and industry, Aboriginal organizations and non-governmental organizations. The Sector Tables are intended to identify how to meet the goals of the CESF through jointly developed, long-term planning (See more information on the SSTs).
The RCEN organized a meeting with 43 ENGO representatives in January 2005 to discuss ENGO involvement in this process (See more information about this meeting and the outcomes) |
for the Forest Sector Sustainability Table.