Participants learnt what the requirements of the regulation are and how they had been implemented and enforced so far, they also gain an understanding of due diligence and how to use NEPCon’s tools to conduct your own. Guest speakers were also present to give different perspectives and experiences. The afternoon session involved an interactive session using NEPCon’s new Sourcing Hub and the risk assessments and tools available on it to investigate and discuss various sourcing scenarios across a series of themes:
- due diligence for Forest Management Enterprises;
- the use of certification;
- sourcing from Russia;
- documentation, its uses and limitations
Agenda and Materials
- Introduction to the EUTR // Supažindinimas su ES medienos reglamentu by Justinas Janulaitis, NEPCon (download presentation in Lithuanian/English)
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The legality challenges and issues in Lithuania // Medienos teisėtumo problematika vietos kontekste by Edmundas Petrauskas, Chair of Lithuanian association of impartial timber scalers
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Exploring due diligence: what does it mean in practice? // Deramo patikrinimo sistema: ką tai reiškia praktikoje? by Ann Weddle, NEPCon (download presentation in Lithuanian/English)
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EUTR Competent Authority Activities // ES medienos reglamento kompetentingos institucijos by Darius Vižlenskas, Lithuanian State Forest Service, head of Forest Use and Statistics Department (download presentation in Lithuanian)
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Introducing NEPCon’s tools // Supažindinimas su NEPCon įrankiais by Ann Weddle, NEPCon (download presentation in Lithuanian/English)
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CW Risk issues in Russia and Belarus // CW rizikos problematika Rusijoje, Baltarusijoje by Roman Verin, NEPCon Russia Director (download presentation in English)
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Putting the tools into practice – break out session (download exercise in Lithuanian/English and the supplementary presentation in Lithuanian/English)
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This workshop was conducted as part of the joint project ‘Supporting Legal Timber Trade’ aimed at supporting timber-related companies in Europe with knowledge, tools and training in the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation. Knowing your timber’s origin is not only good for the forests, but good for business. The joint project was funded by the EU LIFE programme and UK aid from the UK government.