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FOREST SECTOR CHARTER COUNCIL
Appointment of
New Council
Who are we?
In October 2022, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment appointed the Forest Sector Charter Council,” FSCC” members. The new Council is constituted of 16 representatives from Industry (Sub sectors from Growers, Contracting, Fibre, Pole, Sawmilling), Government Departments (Forestry, Fisheries & the Environment (DFFE), Trade Industry & Competition (dtic), Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development (DALRRD), Labour (sactwu), and Communities. All members have sufficient experience complemented by extensive knowledge of the forest sector and its prospects thereto.
The Forest Sector Charter Council is mandated to oversee, facilitate and monitor the implementation of the Amended
Forest Sector Code (FSC), provide interpretation and guidance and report on the status of empowerment in the sector. The Council must also ensure that the Amended FSC is widely publicised and the scorecard, initiatives and undertakings made by industry, labour and government are comprehensively implemented.
Further to that the Council other duties as set out in the Memorandum of Incorporation (MoI) includes;
• Strategy development,
• Risk Identification and implementable risk management
plans
• Consensus Adoption of realistic resolutions for
implementation
• Approval of policies etc.
Community
Industry
Governance Structure
Organogram
Forest Sector Charter Council
CHAIRPERSON
Labour
Government
Executive
4 ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023