Open Consultations

In March 2017 PEFC International received an application from PEFC Canada for the assessment and endorsement of the revised Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Program, inclduing the SFM standard CAN/CSA-Z809-16. CAN/CSA-Z809-16 is the fourth edition of the CSA SFM standard, the second and third editions having been endorsed by PEFC. The standard was developed utilizing CSA’s consensus-based balanced matrix of interests approach by the CSA Technical Committee on Sustainable Forest Management, which also developed the previous three editions. A call for proposals for the selection of an independent consultant conducting the assessment of the revised CSA Program against PEFC sustainability benchmarks for forest certification systems will be sent out shortly, with the deadline for proposals being 7 June 2017. All comments submitted in this public consultation will be considered by the assessor in the evaluation of the scheme.

All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the revised PEFC Uruguay system by 16th July 2017. The revised PEFC Uruguay system was submitted by PEFC Uruguay to PEFC International for assessment against PEFC's sustainability benchmarks for forest certification systems. A tendering process for the selection of an independent consultant conducting the assessment will be started shortly with the deadline for proposals being 2nd June 2017. All comments submitted in this public consultation on the revised PEFC Uruguay system will be considered by the assessor in the evaluation of the scheme.

All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the PAFC Forest Certification System Cameroon by 9th July 2017. The sytem was submitted by PAFC Cameroon to PEFC International for assessment against PEFC's sustainability benchmarks for forest certification systems. A tendering process for the selection of an independent consultant conducting the assessment has been started, with the deadline for proposals being 6 June 2016. All comments submitted in this public consultation on the scheme of PAFC Cameroon will be considered by the assessor in the evaluation of the scheme.

PEFC Austria submitted its revised scheme to PEFC International for assessment against PEFC's sustainability benchmarks for forest certification systems. A call for proposals for the selection of an independent consultant conducting the assessment will be sent out shortly, with the deadline for submitting proposals being 6th July 2017. All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the revised forest certification scheme of PEFC Austria by 7th August 2017. All comments submitted in this public consultation will be considered by the assessor in the evaluation of the scheme.

PEFC Romania submitted its newly developed forest certification scheme to PEFC International for assessment against PEFC's sustainability benchmarks for forest certification systems. A call for proposals for the selection of an independent consultant conducting the assessment has been sent out, with the deadline for submitting proposals being 6th July 2017. All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the Romanian PEFC scheme by 14th August 2017. All comments submitted in this public consultation will be considered by the assessor in the evaluation of the scheme.