Sessions of the Sixth MFW will be complemented with side events. Six side events in total will be organized on Monday, 1 April and Tuesday, 2 April 2019 between 17:00 and 18:30. A call for side events has been sent to the Joint Organizing Committee members.

As a result of this call, the following six events have been selected:

On Monday 1 April 17:00-18:30

Towards an integrated Mediterranean forest genetic resources conservation strategy [1], EUROGEN - EFI.
Contacts: Mr. Michele Bozzano (Michele.Bozzano@efi.int [2])
Venue: Cigar room

Scaling up forest and landscape restoration to restore biodiversity and promote joint mitigation and adaptation approaches in the Mediterranean [3], UfM Secretariat – FAO/FLRM.
Contacts: Mrs. Alessandra Sensi (alessandra.sensi@ufmsecretariat.org [4]) – Mrs. Carolina Gallo Granizo  (Carolina.GalloGranizo@fao.org [5])

Venue: Afrah room

Best Practices of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Used in Sustainable Land Management in Turkey, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey and UNDP Turkey.
Contacts: Mrs. Özlem Yavuz (ozlem.yavuz@tarimorman.gov.tr [6]), Mr. Bahtiyar Kurt (bahtiyar.kurt@undp.org [7])
Venue: Ball room

On Tuesday 2 April 17:00-18:30

Prevention and restoration on forest fires. Linking actions before and after fire, DGF of the Spanish MAPA.
Contact: Deputy General Directorate of Forest Policy of Spain (bzn-sgpf@mapama.es [8])
Venue: Afrah room

Combatting climate change through an informed landscape management strategy: optimization of land use values for resilient communities, Lebanon Restoration Initiative
Contacts: Dr. Maya Nehme (mnehme@lri-lb.org [9])
Venue: Ball room

Preservation and valorization of Mediterranean forests from mass tourism impact, AIFM.
Contacts: Mr. Abdelhamid Khaldi (contact@aifm.org [10])
Venue: Cigar room