Workshop in Galičica National Park

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Date(s) - 30 September 2025 - 2 October 2025
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Objectives of the meeting:

This regional workshop will bring together forest managers, conservation experts, and key stakeholders to strengthen capacities and foster collaboration around Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) in the Mediterranean region.

Focusing on practical tools and applied knowledge exchange, the workshop aims to:

• Introduce and clarify the Criteria and Supplementary Indicators (C&SI) framework, inspired by Forest Europe, as a practical tool to assess forest health, set conservation priorities, and guide sustainable interventions tailored to Mediterranean ecosystems.

• Demonstrate the spatialisation of selected indicators, using spatial proxies and remote sensing to support scalable and harmonised monitoring across the region.

• Present the High Ecological Value (HEV) forest concept, along with its spatial mapping methodology, as a means to identify ecologically significant forest areas and support site-level planning and restoration efforts.

• Build participants’ capacity to apply the Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP) in the field to assess biodiversity and inform forest management decisions.

• Review and validate the mapping outputs developed for the Galicica pilot site with local stakeholders, ensuring their relevance and usability.

• Advance the development of a Transboundary Action Plan for the Prespa/Ohrid area through collaborative review of the first draft.

• Explore concrete ways stakeholders can support the implementation of the Transboundary Action Plan and contribute to long-term conservation goals.

• This workshop represents a key milestone in StrategyMedFor’s efforts to co-develop practical, science-based tools and shared strategies for the sustainable future of Mediterranean forests.

  Agenda

  The sessions highlighted in yellow are open to online participants.

  Day 1: Tuesday, 30th of September Tools and Strategies for Mediterranean Forest Management
  TIME (CEST)	ACTIVITIES
  9:30 – 10:00	Opening remarks – PIGNP; Istituto Oikos  Introduction/Ice-Breaker – Istituto Oikos
  10:00 – 11:00 (Online access available)	StrategyMedFor: Shaping a Sustainable Forest Management Strategy for the Mediterranean region – ETC-UMA Adapted Criteria and Supplementary Indicators for Mediterranean needs  – ETC-UMA/CIHEAM-MAICh
  11:00- 11:15	Coffee Break
  11:15-13:00 (Online access available)	High Ecological Value Forests (HEV) – Concept and Spatialisation – ETC-UMA Overview on the Index on Biodiversity Potential (IBP) – its adaptation and applicability in Mediterranean forest management – CNPF
  13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
  14:00 – 17:00 (In-person session)	IBP Survey Methodology – Practical exercise (CNPF) Poster session – Deep dive into spatial indicators – ETC-UMA

   

  Day 2: Wednesday, 1st of October Field Implementation of Biodiversity Assessment and Spatial Indicators
  TIME (CEST)	ACTIVITIES
  9:00 – 13:00	Field application of the Index of Biodiversity Potential (IBP) – CNPF Data Collection Interpretation of IBP results to support forest management decisions
  13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
  14:00 – 17:00	Site-Level Evaluation of Supplementary Indicators – ETC-UMA

   

  Day 3: Thursday, 2nd of October Shaping the Transboundary Action Plan for Prespa/Ohrid
  TIME (CEST)	ACTIVITIES
  9:30 – 13:00	Presentation and  Interactive discussion on the Transboundary Plan  Insights from previous initiatives in the Prespa/Ohrid region (PIGNP; SPP; PPNEA) Stakeholder feedback on the first draft of the plan (Istituto Oikos)
  13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
  14:00 – 17:00	Defining the next steps for the adoption and implementation of the Transboundary Action Plan (Istituto Oikos) Developing the Action Plan for Galičica National Park Presentation of the Action Plan structure/template (CIHEAM-MAICh) Presentation and discussion on the Action Plan draft for Galičica National Park (PIGNP)

   

• Registrations close on July 15th. 
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