This high-level meeting of members of the International Tropical Timber Organization will address modalities of its Council’s future work, including clarification of the operational issues needed to be considered on the entry into force of the International Tropical Timber Agreement, 2006. Although this meeting will not include Council or Committee sessions, arrangements will be made to approve and fund projects submitted to ITTO under the current 6-month project cycle. The meeting will also include a one-day conference for ITTO African member countries focusing on regional challenges.  

dates: 9-12 June 2008  
location: Accra, Ghana  
contact: Collins E. Ahadome, ITTO Secretariat  
phone: 81-45-223-1110  
fax: 81-45-223-1111  
e-mail: ahadome@itto.or.jp  
www: http://www.itto.or.jp/live/PageDisplayHandler?pageId=223&id=3915