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Continuous Improvement Procedure

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Type

Procedure

Project coordinator

Rosario Galán 

Technical coordinators

Janja Eke and Annah Agasha

Objective of the document

To allow smallholders and communities to be initially certified based only on a subset of forest management requirements, offering flexible steps towards conformity with the remaining requirements within a defined timeframe.

Purpose of the process

Development of a new international procedure.

Strategic allignment

At the 2017 General Assembly in Vancouver, Canada, the membership approved Motion 46 with a focus on developing new solutions, including new ideas not currently contemplated in the FSC normative framework and system.

Technical working group

Doralice Ortiz - Aldea Global

 

Severinus Jembe - Soil Association

Jens Kanstrup - Forests of the World

Suphawadee Wilamart - IKEA

Mateo Cariño - NEPCon

Oliver Bach - Sustainable Agriculture Network

Timeline

History

A summary of steps taken and outcome in the process to date. 

History
11 February 2020
Consultative Forum open.

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17 December 2019 – 17 January 2020
Call for applications to join the Technical Working Group to develop the Continuous Improvement Procedure.

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Application form

December 2019
Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Technical Working Group approved by the Steering Committee.

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