FOREST EUROPE ROUND TABLE ON TOPICS FOR THE 7 TH FOREST EUROPE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 4-5 November 2014, NH Hotel, Cuenca, Spain PRACTICAL INFORMATION Bellow you will find information on how to register for the Round Table on Topics for the 7 th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference, the venue, hotel and other practical information regarding the meeting. HOW TO REGISTER To register for the meeting, please visit the following site: http://www.news-foresteurope.org/form/form12.html Participants are requested to register at their earliest convenience, preferably no later than Monday 27 October 2014. MEETING The meeting will be held on 4 5 November 2014 at the NH Hotel, Cuenca, Spain. The meeting is scheduled to start at 10:00 hours on Tuesday 4 November 2014 and will last until 13:30 hours on Wednesday 5 November 2014. Participants are kindly invited to a fieldtrip that will take place in the evening of Wednesday 5 November 2014. More information about this fieldtrip will be available in due time. LANGUAGE & DOCUMENTATION The meeting will be held in English and interpreted into Russian, French and Spanish. The background documents for the meeting will be in English and will be delivered in due time. MEALS There will be coffee breaks during the meeting at the same venue. Lunch is not included in the meetings arrangements. There is a restaurant in the venue and restaurants nearby. VISA INFORMATION Participants are responsible for checking visa requirements and making their own visa arrangements before departure, including visa for transit or stopover. 1
Those participants needing a personalized invitation to comply with their visa procedures can address their request to Ms. Ana Nieto: ana.nieto@foresteurope.org CURRENCY The official currency in Spain is the Euro. Use of credit cards is widespread in Spain. VENUE The NH Hotel is placed in Ronda San José, 1, 16004 Cuenca (Spain). http://www.nh-hoteles.es/nh/es/hoteles/espana/cuenca/nh-ciudad-de-cuenca.html Tel. Reception: +34 969 23 05 02 ARRIVAL DETAILS To arrive to Cuenca you can take a flight either to Madrid or to Alicante or Valencia and from there a high speed train (AVE) to Cuenca. Travel from Madrid Airport (Barajas Adolfo Suárez) to Cuenca The major airport is the Madrid Barajas airport, located 12 Km northeast of Madrid. Participants can take the local train (line C1 in light blue) in the airport Terminal 4, and stops in Puerta de Atocha Station: 2
http://www.redtransporte.com/img/transporte/madrid/cercanias-renfe/planocercaniasrenfe.jpg You can also take the underground: https://www.metromadrid.es/export/sites/metro/comun/documentos/planos/plan oesquematicoespanol.pdf And there is an urban bus too, from airport to Atocha Station: http://www.emtmadrid.es/lineaaeropuerto/horarios.html In Puerta de Atocha Station a high speed train (AVE) will take you to Cuenca in one hour (Cuenca is located approximately 140 km from Madrid). Please visit the following website to buy the train tickets from Madrid to Cuenca: http://www.renfe.com/index.html (please note that the tickets cannot be bought through the web till 50 days before your trip). Travel from Valencia or Alicante Airports to Cuenca You can also fly to Valencia or Alicante airports, where a high speed train (AVE) will take you to Cuenca in one hour more or less (Cuenca is located approximately 280 km from Alicante and 190 from Valencia). PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN CUENCA Travel from Cuenca Train Station to Cuenca city: Participants can take taxi (taxi desk is located on the exit of the Cuenca Station, and the price should not be higher than 20 EUR), or also can take an urban bus L12 that will take you directly to the NH Hotel (every 30 minutes, 1,05 ). http://www.urbanoscuenca.com/ http://www.urbanoscuenca.com/adjuntos/pdflinea/24072014_121514_635418009 146028946.pdf ACCOMODATION Participants are kindly requested to take care of their hotel booking. There are several nice hotels in Cuenca. The Liaison Unit Madrid has arranged a limited number of rooms at discount price for FOREST EUROPE guest in the same hotel where the meeting will take place, and in two others hotels in the old center of the city. Prices include breakfast. NH Hotel**** http://www.nh-hoteles.es/nh/es/hoteles/espana/cuenca/nh-ciudad-de-cuenca.html Ronda San José, 1, 16004 Cuenca (Spain) Reception: +34 969 23 05 02 3
Prices: 62,70 double room for single occupancy per night, includes breakfast. You can contact nhciudaddecuenca@nh-hotels.com in order to arrange your reservations from 30 August to 3 October 2014 with the following reference: FOREST EUROPE Meeting, loc 212741111. Hotel Convento del Giraldo **** http://www.hotelconventodelgiraldo.com/ Calle San Pedro 12, Cuenca, 16001 (Spain) Tel: +34 969232700 Fax: +34 969237205 Prices: Double room for single occupancy: 58, includes breakfast. Double room for two people: 68, includes breakfast. You can contact reservas@hotelconventodelgiraldo.com in order to arrange your reservations from 30 August to 3 October 2014 with the following reference: FOREST EUROPE Meeting. 4
This hotel is in the historic center of Cuenca. Located 30 minutes walking and 10 minutes on the bus L1, leaving the cathedral square and leads to the door of NH, with departures every 30 minutes, at the following times: http://www.urbanoscuenca.com/adjuntos/pdflinea/29072013_112540_635106939406540 000.pdf) Please find below a map with the distance between the hotel and the venue: Hotel Leonor de Aquitania *** http://www.hotelleonordeaquitania.com/ Calle San Pedro 60, Cuenca, 16001 (Spain) Tel: +34 969231000 Fax: +34 969231004 Prices: Double room for single occupancy: 50, includes breakfast. Double room for two people: 58, includes breakfast. You can contact reservas@hotelleonordeaquitania.com in order to arrange your reservations from 30 August to 3 October 2014 with the following reference: FOREST EUROPE Meeting. 5
This hotel is in the historic center of Cuenca. Located 30 minutes walk and 10 minutes on the bus L1, leaving the cathedral square and leads to the door of NH, with departures every 30 minutes, at the following times: http://www.urbanoscuenca.com/adjuntos/pdflinea/29072013_112540_635106939406540 000.pdf Please find below a map with the distance between the hotel and the venue: GENERAL INFORMATION See http://www.turismocuenca.com/ 6
FINANCIAL SUPPORT Financial support is available for this meeting and may be provided for one participant per eligible country. Request for financial support should be submitted as soon as possible, but no later than 15 October 2014. Please contact Ms. Ana Nieto from Liaison Unit Madrid: ana.nieto@foresteurope.org FURTHER INFORMATION Please, do not hesitate to contact with us if you have any additional question regarding the Round Table on Topics for the 7 th FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference. FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Madrid Tel +34 914458410 Email: liaison.unit.madrid@foresteurope.org 7