Towards a strategy to promote the forest industry development in the Congo Basin: challenges and perspectives of the Republic of Congo

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), the Interafrican Forest Industries Association (IFIA), the FAO and the National Forest Programme Facility (NFP Facility) are organizing together with the Government of the Republic of Congo a meeting to promote the forest industry development in the Congo Basin. This meeting will be conducted in French.

The main objective of this meeting is to identify priorities for formulation of national strategies for the development of further wood processing, and to agree upon a road map for the formulation and implementation of those national strategies. It is the second meeting on further wood processing after Yaoundé meeting held in September 2010.