5th European Forest Pedagogics Congress 2010, Lahti, Finland

„Forest Pedagogics – Beneficial Impacts on Education and Society“ was the main title of 5th European Forest Pedagogics Congress which took place in Lahti, Finland 21-22nd October 2010.

Robert Tomusiak - a representative of Forest Friends Association at the Congress - presented idea of international contest "Young People in European Forests". He invited representatives of forest education institutions all over the Europe to join the Contest as well as to join the Contest Commision at its Meeting in Warsaw November 24th, 2010.

The meeting of the International Committee of YPEF - May 26, 2010 at Warsaw

The meeting of the International Committee of YPEF took place on May 26, 2010, in the Forestry Faculty conference room, at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

The programme of the Meeting included:

1. Welcome Speech - Andrzej Kawalec
2. Presentation of Faculty of Forestry and Warsaw University of Life Sciences - Prof. Albert Dudek
3. Presentation and discussion on the YPEF website - Robert Tomusiak
4. Presentation and discussion on the document “The Rules of the Contest” - Maciej Białecki
5. Election of the International Commission YPEF 2010.

During the Meeting “The Rules of the Contest” were finally accepted by all participants as well as The International Commision was elected. 

The YPEF 2010 International Commission:

• Chairman - Andrzej Kawalec, Poland
• Deputy Chairmen:
  • Fernando Molina, Spain
  • László Hoczek, Hungary
  • Anatolii Getmanchuk, Ukraine
  • representative of Czech Republic (to be delegated by Czech Republic Ministry)
• Secretary - Maciej Białecki, Poland
• Treasurer - representative of State Forests National Forest Holding in Poland (to be delegated by State Forest Director General).

The participants of the meeting:

• Anatolii Getmanchuk – Chairman of Volyn’ Regional Subsidiary of the Association of Foresters of Ukraine and the First Deputy Chief of Volyn’ Regional Subsidiary of the State Forestry Committee of Ukraine 
• Fernando Molina Martinez – President of Confederación de Organizaciones de Selvicultores de España COSE (Spain)
• József Pethő – President of the Hungarian Forestry Association
• Pál Kovácsevics – the Hungarian Forestry Association
• László Hoczek – the Competition “Kitaibel Pál” (Hungary)
• Stanislav Janský – Vice Chairman of the Association of Municipal and Private Forest Owners SVOL (Czech Republic)
• Adam Pogorzelski – Head of International Co-operation Department of the General Directorate of the State Forests (Poland)
• Jacek Zadura – the General Directorate of the State Forests (Poland)
• Grzegorz Lenart – Deputy Director of Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Lublin (Poland)
• Dorota Szpojda – the Regional Directorate of the State Forests in Warsaw (Poland)
• Andrzej Kawalec – Vice-President of the Forest Friends Association (Poland)
• Maciej Białecki – Member of the Board of the Forest Friends Association (Poland)
• Stanisław Biernacki – the Forest Friends Association (Poland)
• Prof. Albert Dudek – the Forestry Faculty of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences 
• Robert Tomusiak – the Forestry Faculty of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences
• Tomasz Oszako – the Forest Research Institute (Poland)
• Małgorzata Ziemkiewicz – the Borea Group (Poland)