First meeting of FOREST EUROPE Expert Group on Implementation of Updated pan- European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

24-25 January 2017, Technical University – Student Hall of Residence, Študentská 27, Zvolen,

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

REGISTRATION Participants of FOREST EUROPE Expert Group meeting are kindly requested to register by filling in Registration Form at FOREST EUROPE web site. Please note that registration consists of two steps – after completion of initial form you will receive confirmation e-mail requesting completion of additional information. Registration is open since 13 December 2016 and will be closed on 16 January 2017.

VENUE

The meeting will be held in premises of Technical University – Student Hall of Residence (Internát Bariny), Študentská 17, Zvolen, Slovakia (please see map below).

The venue building is located in a green area, close to the bus and train stations, to the NW from the main building of Technical University. Meeting room is at the ground floor. The entrance to the meeting room is through cafeteria. Venue coordinates: N 48.572600, E 19.114700

LANGUAGE AND DOCUMENTATION The meeting will be held in English only. The background documents for the meeting will be in English and available at FOREST EUROPE website.

ARRIVAL DETAILS

There is highway connecting Zvolen with and further with . Bus is recommended for connection from/to closest airports. Train connection is also available.

Vienna International Airport Vienna airport is located 63 km from Bratislava. Shuttle buses from Vienna airport to Bratislava bus station (Bratislava AS) stop directly in front of the Terminal 2 of the Vienna airport building. The journey takes about 1 hour and buses are available in about 1 hour intervals, price is about 5€. Timetable and further information on shuttle buses is available at: http://www.eurolines.sk/fileadmin/user_upload/cestovne_poriadky/mal_new/wien_new.pdf. Ticket can be purchased in the bus or in advance at http://www.slovaklines.sk/main-page.html (from the airport “Wien,Flughafen Wien” to Bratislava bus station “Bratislava,AS”). Bratislava letisko (International Airport) When landing at Bratislava airport, there are direct buses from Bratislava airport to Bratislava central railway station (bus stop is to the right when leaving airport exit, city bus No. 61, timetable is available at: https://imhd.sk/ba/schedule-timetable/route-line/61, ticket has to be purchased in vending machine at the bus stop (1,20€) and validated in the bus. There are also direct connections from Bratislava airport to Bratislava bus station at 8:30, 10:35, 14:35, 15:35, 16:35, 17:35 and 21:35, these are operated on the line from Bratislava Airport to Vienna. Taxi service is easier choice for transfer from Bratislava airport to Bratislava bus station (autobusová stanica) or Bratislava central railway station (Bratislava hlavná stanica). Price of taxi in Bratislava waiting for clients at the airport or bus/railway station is about 25€; Note: Price is significantly lower (e.g. 8€) when taxi is ordered by phone (calling e.g. +421 918 555 555).

Bratislava, AS (bus station)

The distance between Zvolen and Bratislava is 192 km. Recommended connection is by bus, alternative connection is by train, by any of these means journey takes about 3 hours and price is about 10€. Buses and trains timetable is available at: http://cp.atlas.sk/vlakbus/spojenie/ (also in English and German versions – please choose the language version in the bottom right corner) - for bus choose from Bratislava,,AS (autobusova stanica) to Zvolen, for train choose from Bratislava hl.st. to Zvolen, platform is indicated in the note column. City bus No. 210 (https://imhd.sk/ba/schedule-timetable/route-line/210) is available if transfer between central railway station and bus station is needed (bus stop is in front of station building - ticket has to be purchased in vending machine at the bus stop (0,90€) and validated in the bus). Taxi service is also available for about 5-10€ (calling e.g. +421 918 555 555, see also note about Taxi service above).

Note: When planning your flight, please consider that night public transport is limited. Do not hesitate to contact us if assistance with timetables of local transport is needed.

ACCOMMODATION Please book the accommodation individually. We would recommend following hotels as the closest to the venue:

Hotel***Franko (56€) & Guest House*** FRANKO (39€) (distance to venue 1,0 km) Ľ. Štúra 11, 960 01 Zvolen Phone: +421-45-5330 928 Cell: +421-908-801 880 E-mail: [email protected] GPS location of hotel Franko: 48°34´34.80 N 19°07´24.81 E

Hotel Academic*** (34€) (distance to venue 1,4 km) Hviezdoslavova 13, 960 01 Zvolen Phone: +421-45-5322 745, 5321 777, Cell: +421-915-335 288 E-mail: [email protected] GPS location of hotel Academic: 48°34'37.1"N 19°07'50.3"E

Hotel Poľana*** (46€) (distance to venue 1,0 km) Námestie SNP 64/2 960 01 Zvolen Phone: +421-45-5320 124 E-mail: [email protected] GPS location of hotel Polana: 48°34'26.9"N 19°07'37.7"E

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Note: Prices are indicative per night, single use of room, breakfast included, city tax not included. A limited number of rooms is available also in the venue - Student Hall of Residence (30€), breakfast not included. In case of interest please contact LUB staff for reservation.

1 – Hotel Franko***, Pension Franko*** 3 – Hotel Poľana 4 – Technical University – Student Hall of Residence 5 – Hotel Academic*** Red arrow sign – Venue of the meeting (Technical University – Student Hall of Residence; there is pedestrians lane connecting venue and bus station – indicated by red dashed line) Taxi service in Zvolen - taxi parking places are located between train and bus station - parking place of Lidl store, or call +421 944 222 750 or +421 905 891 958.

EXCURSION

A walk for 2,5 hour is planned to woods surrounding Zvolen city.

Note: Outdoor shoes are strongly recommended for excursion. The temperature in Zvolen in January is usually below zero and snow cover occurs. In case of adverse weather conditions, short city walk will be organized as an alternative.

CONTACT

Should you need any additional information or support, do not hesitate to contact LUB: e-mail: [email protected] or

Mr. Rastislav Raši Tel.: +421-45-5314 206, Cell: +421-905-620 468 e-mail: [email protected]

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