ANNEX IXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IX SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT Activities Secondary activities Yr 1 ( 1 ) Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Preparatory phase Operational phase 1 1. Raising awareness and providing information among actors and the public 1.1. Preparation of a communication plan x 1.2. Evaluation and readjustment of the communication plan x x x 1.3. Implementation of the communication plan x x x x x x x x 1.4. Establishment of an exchange platform between COMIFAC countries x x x 1.5. Communication activities designed to inform international opinion x x x 1.6 Promotional campaigns x x x x x x x x 1.7. Raising awareness of the actors in relation to elements of the LVP x x x x x x x x 2. Promotion of ‘FLEGT Cameroon’ products on the Union market 2.1. Preparation of a promotional plan/feasibility study for a ‘FLEGT Cameroon’ label x x 2.2. Labelling ‘FLEGT Cameroon’ products x 2.3. Label protection and management x x x x x 2.4. Promotion of ‘FLEGT Cameroon’ products on targeted markets x x x x x x x x 2.5. Raising awareness among the European public x x x x x x x x 2.6. Promotion of the LAS in other international markets (USA, China etc.) x x x x x x 3. Institutional arrangements 3.1. Organisation of the central structure x x 3.2. Organisation of the peripheral structures (Douala, Kribi etc.) x x 3.3. Establishment and function of the Council and the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) of the Agreement x x x x x x x x 3.4. Establishment and function of the National Monitoring Committee of the Agreement x x x x x x x x 4. Capacity building 4.1. Preparation of a training plan (identification of the actors involved and design of a matrix enabling determination of the objectives of the training and campaigns to be undertaken, including an estimate of the costs involved) x 4.2. Implementation of the training plan x x x 4.3. Definition of equipment and logistical tools x x 4.4. Acquisition of equipment and logistical tools x x 4.5. Putting equipment, logistical tools and maintenance into service x x 5. Reform of the legal framework 5.1. Review of forestry law and its implementing texts x x 5.2. Improvement of the legal framework relating to the domestic timber market x x x 5.3. Improvement of the legal framework relating to forests (community, communal and private forests) x x x 5.4. Improvement of the legal framework relating to social and environmental aspects x x x 5.5. Integration of the relevant provisions of international legal instruments duly ratified by Cameroon x x x 5.6. Any necessary readjustment of the legality matrix x 5.7. Improvement of the legal framework in relation to the industrialisation of the forestry sector and advanced processing x x x 6. Improvement of the national control system 6.1. Developing a system for planning the control actions x x x x x x x x 6.2. Establishment of procedures for the control operations, in accordance with the legality assurance procedures x x x 6.3. Development of measures to improve governance x x x 6.4. Function of the national control system feeding into the SIGIF II x x x x x x 7. Establishment of the traceability system 7.1. Development of the traceability system x x 7.2. Establishment of the link between the databases of the various ministries involved and the mechanises for the exchange of data with the CEMAC countries x x 7.3. Updating the inventory rules x x 7.4. Testing of the pilot system (operationalisation) x x 7.5. Acquisition of materials and equipment (identifiers, identifier readers, computers) for extension of the system to national level x x 7.6. Consolidation and extension of the system to national level: establishment and equipment of control posts along the supply chains, including border posts (infrastructure, computers, Internet links, etc.) x x 7.7. Strengthening the capacity of the actors (MINFOF and other administrations involved, private sector and civil society), with geo-referenced inventories, use of databases etc. x x x 7.8. Training of staff involved (legality unit and control posts), private sector and civil society x x x 7.9. Function of the traceability system x x x x x 7.10. Data gathering and processing x x x x x 7.11. Equipment maintenance x x x x x 8. Establishment of the scheme for verifying the legality of the forestry entity 8.1. Continued development and field tests of the legality matrices x x x 8.2. Development of detailed procedures for verifying the legality of the forestry entity x x x 8.3. Training and raising awareness on the procedures for verifying the legality of the forestry entity x x 8.4. Recognition and publication of the approved private certification schemes x x x 8.5. Testing the system for the issue of certificates of legality x 8.6. Evaluation of the function of verification of the legality of the forestry entity, together with any necessary corrective measures x x x 8.7. Issue of certificates of legality x x x x x x 9. Establishment of the system for the issue of FLEGT licences 9.1. Development of detailed procedures for the issue of FLEGT licences x x 9.2. Raising awareness of the procedures for issuing FLEGT licences within the private sector x x x 9.3. Establishment of contacts with the competent Union authorities x x x 9.4. Feasibility study on the issue of electronic FLEGT licences x x 9.5. Testing the system for the issue of FLEGT licences x x 9.6. Issue of FLEGT licences x x x x x 10. Independent audits of the system 10.1. Recruitment of the independent auditor and development of detailed methodology x 10.2. First independent audit (6 months after launch) x 10.3. Second independent audit (12 months after launch) x 10.4. Third independent audit (2 years after launch) x 10.5. Fourth independent audit x 10.6. Fifth independent audit x 10.7. Sixth independent audit x 11. Monitoring the domestic timber market (MIB) 11.1. Monitoring the domestic timber market x x x 11.2. Establishment of a statistic-gathering system x x x x x x x x 12. Industrialisation and marketing 12.1. Completion of an inventory of the timber sector in Cameroon and of the consumption of timber-based products on the Cameroon market x 12.2. Consultation with professionals (informal or otherwise) x 12.3. Analysis of the dynamics and of requirements x x 12.4. Preparation of plan for the evaluation, industrial development and more advanced processing of timber x x 12.5. Preparation of processing rules x x 12.6. Preparation of incentives for the use of timber (quality standards, promotion of new products) x x 12.7. Characterisation and promotion of lesser known species x x x x x x 12.8. Encouragement of technology transfer x x x x x x 13. Monitoring the impacts of the Agreement 13.1. Definition and monitoring of social indicators x x x x x x x 13.2. Establishment of a system for monitoring confiscated timber volumes x 13.3. Establishment of the system for monitoring socioeconomic and environmental impact x 13.4. Evaluation of the socioeconomic impact halfway through implementation of the Agreement x x x 13.5. Monitoring the growth in forestry sector revenue x x x x x x 13.6. Strengthening the mechanism for permanent monitoring of vegetation cover (monitoring permanent plots of land, satellite images etc.) x x x x x 13.7. Impact studies in relation to: illegal logging, market access, revenue growth, timber exports, of confiscated timber quantities x x x x 13.8. Monitoring developments in relation to fines and court cases x x x x x x 14. Seeking additional financing 14.1. Development a fund mobilisation strategy x x 14.2. Development of programmes and funding agencies x x x x x ( 1 ) Year 1 begins as from the signature of the Agreement.