Conditions of the preparation of the European Forest-Based Sector Development Programmes (Forest Sector Outlook Study – FSOS)

Conditions of the preparation of the European Forest-Based Sector Development Programmes (Forest Sector Outlook Study – FSOS). The article in a synthetic manner presents information resulting from the author’s own experience from his activity in the ECE/FAO Timber Committee in Geneva in the years 1980-2014. The experience concerns preparation of forest sector development programmes1 for particular regions of the world by global agencies, mainly the UN (including the FAO). These programmes are based on the available source materials from individual countries and on the own estimation of these organizations. They also benefit from the available research methods and the involvement of experts and country correspondents. The programmes that were drawn up are used by scientists, politicians, and various specialists in strategic and operational activity, and also for scientific and didactic purposes.