Fourth Guyana – European Union Negotiation Session on the FLEGT VPA

  1. The fourth Guyana – European Union negotiation session on the FLEGT-VPA was held on 10 March, 2016 in Georgetown, Guyana.
  2. 2. The session was chaired by Ms Veronique Lorenzo, Head of Unit (Environment, Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Wildlife), Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development – European Commission (EC), on behalf of the European Union (EU) and by Mr James Singh, Commissioner of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), on behalf of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana (Guyana). A list of the participants is presented in Annex 1. 3. The parties committed to making public the presentations made at the technical sessions, the Aide Memoire which includes the revised Joint Roadmap, and a press release following the conclusion of this fourth negotiation session.

Aide Mémoire, March 10, 2016 | Download

Third Guyana – European Union Negotiation Session on the FLEGT VPA

  1.  The third Guyana – European Union negotiation session on the FLEGT VPA was held on 16 April 2015 in Georgetown, Guyana.
  2. The session was chaired by Dr. Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, Head of Unit (Climate change, Environment, Natural Resources), Directorate General Development and Cooperation -EuropeAid, European Commission (EC), on behalf of the European Union and by Mr James Singh, Commissioner from the Guyana Forestry Commission, on behalf of the Government of Guyana. A list of the participants is presented in Annex 1.
  3. The parties committed to making public the presentations made at the technical sessions, the aide memoire which includes the revised Joint Roadmap, and a press release following the conclusion of this third negotiation session.
  4. In order to facilitate the work of the negotiation teams, the parties agreed that future work on all texts and annexes should be done in track change for ease of reference.

Aide Mémoire, April 16, 2015 | Download

Second Guyana – European Union Negotiation Session on the FLEGT VPA

  1. The second Guyana – European Union negotiation session on the FLEGT VPA was held on 18 July 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
  2. The session was chaired by Ms Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, Head of Unit (Climate change, Environment, Natural resources, Water), Directorate General Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European Commission (EC), on behalf of the European Union, as suggested by Mr Tasreef Khan, Deputy Commissioner from the Guyana Forestry Commission, on behalf of the Government of Guyana. A list of the participants is presented in Annex 1.

Aide Mémoire, July 18, 2013 | Download

First Guyana – European Commission Negotiation Session on the FLEGT VPA

  1. The first Guyana – European Commission Negotiation session on a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) was held on 5 December 2012 in Georgetown, Guyana. The meeting was officially opened by Commissioner James Singh from the Guyana Forestry Commission.
  2. The session was co-chaired by Commissioner James Singh from the Guyana Forestry Commission and Cristiana Pasca-Palmer, Head of Unit (Climate change, Environment, Natural resources, Water), Directorate General Development and Cooperation, European Commission (EC). A list of the delegates is presented in Annex 1.

Aide Mémoire, December 05, 2012 | Download