Help Make Certification SMART – get involved with the PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue

Participate, partner, promote or pitch a solution: there are many ways you can get involved with the 2017 PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue: Making Certification SMART. And we are looking forward to hearing from you!

Our two-day dialogue (16-17 November 2017; Helsinki, Finland) will explore and discover the benefits and potential for incorporating technology solutions into forest certification.

Join us as we exchange experiences and challenge each other to re-imagine how forest certification should re-equip for the next decade.

Pitch your innovative solution
Throughout the Stakeholder Dialogue, there will be opportunities to feature innovative, technology-based solutions that show promise in supporting forest certification.

Let us know what you would like to share at the event and we will see how we can include it!

Partner with us
Highlight your commitment to sustainable forest management, forest certification and PEFC! Our Stakeholder Dialogue offers a unique opportunity for your organization to raise its profile with forestry stakeholders from all over the world.

Your sponsorship will help shape this year’s Stakeholder Dialogue into the ‘must attend’ event for forest sector professionals.
more at: http://pefc.org/news-a-media/general-sfm-news/2407-help-make-certification-smart-get-involved-with-the-pefc-stakeholder-dialogue

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