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Programs » Supporting Networks » Civil Society Advisory Group

The Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) is a group of non-member stakeholders with an interest in the activities and dialogues of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).

CSAG is a body mandated by the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC, the governing body of ITTO) to represent the views of civil society organizations in council sessions, and increase their participation and input to the implementation of the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA). Several Rights and Resources Partners are members of CSAG, including ACICAFOC, Forest Trends, FPCD, IUCN and RECOFTC.

CSAG involvement has been key in encouraging and supporting ITTO initiatives that support community forestry and community forest enterprises in tropical forest countries, including the Community Forestry Enterprise conference which took place in July 2007 in Brazil.

Listed here is more information illustrating contributions from CSAG to the work of the ITTO.

2009

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) 45th Session - November 2009

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Closing Statement
• Note on CSAG Activities and Governance Structures
• Presentation: Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment and the International Conference on Forest Tenure Governance and Enterprise: New Opportunities for Central and West Africa
• CSAG Side Event Agenda: Tropical Tenure Assessment, Policy Reforms, and Challenges
• Side Event Presentation: Forest tenure and policy reform and enterprise: Issues and Challenges going forward
• Additional related documents

2008

Meeting on Operational Modalities of Future Work fo the ITTC- June 2008

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Closing Statement

ITTO Expert Meeting on Addressing Climate Change through Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Opening Statement
• More on this event
• Highlights from this event

2007

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) 43rd Session - November 2007

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Closing Statement to the 43rd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)

Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Side-Event at the Conference on Community Forestry Enterprise and Management: Global Issues and Opportunities - July 2007

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Presentation to the Community Forestry Enterprise Conference

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) 42nd Session - May 2007

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Closing Statement to the 42nd Session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)

2005

United Nations (UN) Conference on Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (1994), 2nd Session - February 2005

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Statement to the Second Session of the United Nations Conference on the Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (1994)

2004

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) 35th Session - November 2004

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Statement to the 35th International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)

United Nations (UN) Conference on Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (1994) - July 2004

• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Position Statement on the Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (1994)
• Annex to Civil Society Advisory Group Statement to the UN Conference for Negotiation of a Successor Agreement to the International Tropical Timber Agreement (1994)
• Closing Statement of the Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) to the UN Conference on Re-negotiation of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) and Trade Advisory Group (TAG) Joint Workshop on Illegal Logging and Illegal Trade: Report to the International Tropical Timber Council

Review of Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Contributions and Governance Structure - April 2004

• Note on Civil Society Advisory Group Governance
• Note on Civil Society Advisory Group Governance (Spanish version)

2003

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) 34th Session - May 2003

• Civil Society Advisory Group Statement to the 34th International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC)
• Civil Society Advisory Group Statement to the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

2002

International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) 33rd Session - September 2002

• Civil Society/Private Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Forest Management
• Review and Assessment of Experiences in Forest Management Partnerships in the Congo Basin
• Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) Closing Comments to the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC), 9 September 2002