Myanmar Forest Certification Committee (MFCC)

April 29th 2019

NayPyiTaw, April 29th – PEFC International CEO and Secretary General Ben Gunnenberg pay an official visit to Myanmar at the end April and early May 2019.

As part of the visit, Ben met with high level forestry representatives responsible for oversight of the MFCC/PEFC collaboration
in the morning of 29th April in Nay Pyi Taw.

The objectives of the meeting include:

1) Reconfirmation of MFCC’s membership application to PEFC;
2) Updates and plans of the current and future project collaboration;
3) General exchange of feedback and information.

In addition to this meeting PEFC will also host, in Yangon, a seminar to update interested parties and
promote a broader awareness and gather further feedback on PEFC/MFCC activities and plans.