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UEF meetings and projectsUEF meetings:

• XVIII Congress of Union of European Foresters, 27th – 31st of August 2013 in Saariselkä, Finland

• “Multiple Use of Forests Beyond the Arctic Circle”

• Elections

• New member - Czech Forestry Society

• Rules for reduced member fees

• 14 organizations and 60 participants with V.I.P:s

• Presidency and Round table meeting in Bruessels, 5th-6th of November 2014

• Presidency meeting in Prague 8th-9th of April 2014

• Presidency meeting in Nessebar 9th of October 2014

• Governing Council Meeting in Nessebar 9th-11th of October 2014

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UEF meetings and projectsUEF meetings, plans for future:

• Presidency and Round Table Meeting in Bruessels, winter 2015

• PM in June – place and date open

• Governing Council Meeting in Poland 2nd week of September 2015

• Governing Council Meeting 2016 - open

• XIX Congress of Union of European Foresters 2017 - open

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UEF meetings and projectsUEF projects:

• International Forestry Workcamp for forest students in Germany

• 2006: UEF became a cooperation-partner.

• Since 2007: The workcamp is supported by UEF.

• July 2014: The XVIII Workcamp took place

• with 13 participants from Lithuania, Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Poland, Russia, Italy, Turkey and South-Corea.

• That means from the beginning of the Workcamp there has been participants from 37 different nations.

• In future : yearly in July

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UEF meetings and projectsUEF projects:

• Forest Pedagogic Seminar

• idea from Tiina Eklund (Finland) and Michael Diemer (Germany)

• first time planned for June 2014 in Austria (Bruck/Mur - Styria) by Thomas Baschny

• postponed, mainly because of financial reasons

• another try is foreseen for June 2015

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UEF meetings and projectsUEF projects:

• Seminar on Urban Forestry

• In 2014 the EFUF-Conference (European Forum on Urban Forestry) took place in Switzerland

• Beside this expert meeting UEF tried to organize a Seminar for "normal" foresters.

• This should be organized in cooperation with FECOF

• unfortunately it has to be postponed

• another try is foreseen for 2015

• Excursion on Windmills on Forest stands

• 2015 in Germany ( If the member organizations wish that)