European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC)

André de Boer, Secretary General ETTF

Demand can drive change!

A strong united message is required

Legal assurance, marketability and long term continuity of supply

A small additional step towards sustainability

Legal compliance as a basis

• Key players in the sector: both public and private join forces: strong message to producer countries

• Budget: app. 2.0 million IDH as co-funding

• Goal: market share of 50% in Europe by 2020

Activities STTC (II)

1) Increase number of STTC participants to 80-100

2) Work on STPPs in focus countries and EU harmonization

3) Support for technical developments (projects) and PR &

Comms, e.g.: a) ATIBT Forum & workshop for architects at Milan EXPO (Oct. 2015)

b) Conference FSC Spain targeting architects (Oct. 2015)

c) www.timbertradeportal.com

d) LCA sheet piling (2015) & LCA window frames (2015 – 2016)

e) LKTS Suriname (2015 – 2017)

f) website LCB

g) actionplans of federations and companies

Participants, Partners and Supporters

STTC Participants

Private AND public sector:

• Commit to undertake concrete activities set out in Action Plan

• Budget can be allocated to the activities (STTC co-funding up to 30%, with maximum of 15,000 EUR)

• 30.000 for federations submitting policy plans

• Project proposals can be submitted with request for maximum 50% STTC co-funding

Experiences and activities France

Eric Boilley – Le Commerce du Bois director

Experiences and activities France

Renovation of college Sydney Bechet in Antibes – architect Antoine Assus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eDbbdzXZHw

Table discussion:

1. What is the key-barrier preventing sustainably sourced tropical timber from becoming mainstream in your country and what can you do to tackle this barrier?

2. How can the private sector support the implementation of STPPs in practice?

3. How can we motivate timber trade federations to set up policies (like is done in the Netherlands and UK), and how to verify compliance?

4. Which type of projects should be executed which support the development and implementation of STPPs in practice? And by whom?

Bearing in mind:

Goal STTC: increase European sustainably sourced tropical timber sales to 50% above 2013

levels by 2020

- App. 15 min table discussion

- 2 key insights shared in break-out

- Selection key insights shared plenary