Participants learnt what the requirements of the regulation are and how they had been implemented and enforced so far, they also gain an understanding of due diligence and how to use NEPCon’s tools to conduct your own. Guest speakers were also present to give different perspectives and experiences. The afternoon session involved an interactive session using NEPCon’s new Sourcing Hub and the risk assessments and tools available on it to investigate and discuss various sourcing scenarios across a series of themes.
Agenda and Materials
- Sissejuhatus EUTRi // Introduction to the EUTR by Ann Weddle, NEPCon (download presentation in Estonian/English)
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EUTR kohaliku Eesti eksperdi perspektiivist // The EUTR from local expert in Estonia by Ave Saksen, Manager of external regulations in Jeld-Wen Nordic region (download presentation in English)
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Nõuetekohase hoolsuse uurimine: mida see praktikas tähendab? // Exploring due diligence: what does it mean in practice? // by Ann Weddle, NEPCon (download presentation in Estonian/English)
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Euroopa Liidu puidumääruse pädeva asutuse tegevused // EUTR Competent Authority Activities by Aavo Sempelson, Environmental Inspectorate Chief Inspector (download presentation in Estonian)
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NEPCon’i juhenddokumentide tutvustamine // Introducing NEPCon’s tools by Ditte Steffensen, NEPCon (download in Estonian/English)
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Putting the tools into practice – break out session: Download exercise in Estonian and supplementary presentation in English
Speakers
Ave Saksen
Manager of external regulations in Jeld-Wen Nordic region. Responsible of FSC/PEFC certification in Jeld-Wen Europe (21 factories + 6 factories to become added). She has been working in company for 13 years, past 8 years she has been working with certification and auditing. Since 2013 JELD-WEN is in compliance with EUTR regulations and has implemented DDS.
Aavo Sempelson
Aavo Sempelson is a Environmental Inspectorate Chief Inspector with the Ministry of the Environment, Forest Department representing the Estonian Competent Authority. Aavo will be giving an overview of the enforcement activities in Estonia and what companies should be able to prepare for in relation to checks from the Competent Authority.
Ann Weddle
Ann works as a Project Manager for NEPCon, implementing donor-funded timber legality projects focusing on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) and due diligence. Ann worked as Chief Technical Advisor to a project building the capacity of Vietnamese SMEs to fulfil demands for legal timber assurance and spent two years in Vietnam working with trade to facilitate access to EU markets. Ann has technical expertise within FSC and PEFC chain of custody and EUTR due diligence auditing and worked for over five years with the timber industry in the UK and Ireland.
Ditte Steffenson
Ditte has worked with forest certification and legality for NEPCon for 3 years. She works primarily with NEPCon legality projects and has experience with the evaluating and setting up Due Diligence Systems. Ditte is FSC and PEFC Chain of Custody lead auditor, as well as Lead auditor in NEPCons LegalSource Certification Programme. She has participated in LegalSource services in Denmark, as well as forest legality audits in Malaysia and Indonesia.
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This workshop was conducted as part of the joint project ‘Supporting Legal Timber Trade’ aimed at supporting timber-related companies in Europe with knowledge, tools and training in the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation. Knowing your timber’s origin is not only good for the forests, but good for business. The joint project was funded by the EU LIFE programme and UK aid from the UK government.