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European Forest
Institute
Formation	1993 as a NGO and 2005 as an international organization
Headquarters	Joensuu, Finland
Membership	30 member states
EFI Director	Robert Mavsar
Website	efi.int

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The European Forest Institute (EFI) is an international organization established by the European states. It has 30 Member Countries, and c. 130 member organizations from 40 countries working in diverse research fields. EFI provides forest-related knowledge around three interconnected and interdisciplinary themes: bioeconomy, resilience and governance.

Organization[edit]

Places and staff[edit]

EFI' s headquarters is located in Joensuu, Finland, and also has offices in Barcelona, Bonn and Brussels as well as an Asia Regional Office in Malaysia. It employs a staff of over 100 experts.

Country members[edit]

The Convention on the European Forest Institute has been ratified by total of 30 European countries^[2] by the spring of 2022, namely Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. These countries each have a seat in the highest decision-making body in EFI's organisation, the council.

Associate and Affiliate members[edit]

EFI currently has approximately 130 member organisations from more than 40 countries. The benefits of associate and affiliate membership include voting rights for important decisions, access to the EFI network, news and announcements related to European forest research, visibility on the EFI website, and opportunity to receive EFI publications and publish announcements in various EFI channels.

Activities[edit]

EFI conducts research Archived 2 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine and provides policy support on forest related issues. Further, it facilitate and stimulates forest related networking as well as promotes the supply of unbiased and policy relevant information on forests and forestry. It also advocates for forest research and for scientifically sound information as a basis for policy-making on forests.

EFI excels in carrying out projects at the European level, and has a track record of over 30 projects carried out for the European Commission DGs during the past few years. EFI puts increasing emphasis on cross-sectoral approaches in its research and development activities. It is thus in a good position to have efficient access to social, economic and environmental expertise covering all of Europe's bio-geographical regions. The work in the field of policy support includes enhanced support for decision takers and policy makers. For example, the high-level forum on forests, ThinkForest, brings together high-level policy makers and leading European forest scientists to generate science-policy dialogue on strategic forest-related issues. EFI is quickly becoming a leading science-policy platform providing forest-related knowledge to build a sustainable future: connecting knowledge to action.

EFI has also several facilities, which build on the research knowledge and address particular policies, topics and activities through capacity building, networking and the provision of demand-based expertise.

External links[edit]

Official EFI webpage

References[edit]

^ EFI started its activities in 1993 as an independent, international and non-governmental institution (Association). In 2005 EFI received the legal status of international organization. The Convention on the European Forest Institute and Host country agreement are available on the website of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
^ "List of EFI Country members". Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

[1] EFI started its activities in 1993 as an independent, international and non-governmental institution (Association). In 2005 EFI received the legal status of international organization. The Convention on the European Forest Institute and Host country agreement are available on the website of the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

[2] "List of EFI Country members". Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

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-{{Infobox Organization
+{{Infobox organization
-|image        = EFI logo.png
+|image        = EFI-logo black.png
 |name=European Forest <br />Institute
 |headquarters = [[Joensuu]], Finland
-|membership   = 23 member states
+|membership   = 30 member states
 |leader_title = EFI Director
-|leader_name  = [[Risto Päivinen]]
+|leader_name  = Robert Mavsar
-|formation    = 1993 as a [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] and 2005 as an [[international organization]] <ref>EFI started its activities in 1993 as an independent, international and non-governmental institution (Association). In 2005 EFI received the legal status of international organization. The ''Convention on the European Forest Institute'' and ''Host country agreement'' are available on the website of the [http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=35662&contentlan=2&culture=en-US#European_Forest_Institute_EFI_2003 Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs]</ref>
+|formation    = 1993 as a [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] and 2005 as an [[international organization]]<ref>EFI started its activities in 1993 as an independent, international and non-governmental institution (Association). In 2005 EFI received the legal status of international organization. The ''Convention on the European Forest Institute'' and ''Host country agreement'' are available on the website of the [http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=35662&contentlan=2&culture=en-US#European_Forest_Institute_EFI_2003 Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs]</ref>
 |website      = [http://www.efi.int efi.int]
 }}
-The '''European Forest Institute''' (EFI) is an international organisation established by the European States. By the spring of 2013, a total of 24 European States had ratified the [[Treaty|Convention]] on EFI. With its about 130 Associate and Affiliate Member organisations, five Regional Offices and one Project Centre, it offers [[Forestry|forest research]] contacts and collaboration at the [[Europe|European level]]. The Headquarter of the Institute is in [[Joensuu]], Finland.
+The '''European Forest Institute''' (EFI) is an international organization established by the European states.
+It has 30 Member Countries, and c. 130 member organizations from 40 countries working in diverse research fields. EFI provides forest-related knowledge around three interconnected and interdisciplinary themes: [http://www.efi.int/portal/research/bioeconomy/ bioeconomy], [https://www.efi.int/resilience resilience] and [https://www.efi.int/governance governance].
 == Organization ==
+[[File:EFI Headquarters.jpg|thumb|left]]
-[[File:FVA Hauptgebaeude Wonnhalde Freiburg.jpg|EFI Central European Regional Office, Baden-Württemberg, Germany|thumb|left]]
-===  Regional offices ===
+===  Places and staff ===
+EFI' s headquarters is located in [[Joensuu]], Finland, and also has offices in Barcelona, Bonn and Brussels as well as an Asia Regional Office in Malaysia. It employs a staff of over 100 experts.
-EFI's five Regional Offices<ref>[http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/regional_offices/ List of EFI regional offices]</ref> are integral parts of the institute. They give EFI a strong regional presence around Europe, while in return EFI brings increasing visibility to regional issues at the European level.
 === Country members ===
-The Convention on the European Forest Institute has been ratified by total of 24 European countries<ref>[http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/country_members___council/ List of EFI Country members]</ref> by the spring of 2013, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom. These countries each have a seat in the highest [[decision-making]] body in EFI's organisation, the Council.
+The [[Treaty|Convention]] on the European Forest Institute has been ratified by total of 30 European countries<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/country_members___council/ |title=List of EFI Country members |access-date=16 March 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811182048/http://www.efi.int/portal/about_efi/organisation/country_members___council/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> by the spring of 2022, namely Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. These countries each have a seat in the highest [[decision-making]] body in EFI's organisation, the council.
-=== Associate and affiliate members ===
+=== Associate and Affiliate members ===
-EFI currently has approximately 130 member organisations from more than 35 countries. The benefits of [[Associate Member|associate]] and [[Affiliation (disambiguation)|affiliate]] membership include [[voting rights]] for important decisions, access to the EFI network, news and announcements related to European forest research, visibility on the EFI website, and opportunity to receive EFI publications and publish announcements in EFI News free of charge.
+EFI currently has approximately 130 [http://www.efi.int/portal/members/member_organisations/ member organisations] from more than 40 countries. The benefits of associate and affiliate membership include voting rights for important decisions, access to the EFI network, news and announcements related to European forest research, visibility on the EFI website, and opportunity to receive EFI publications and publish announcements in various EFI channels.
-=== Project centres ===
-EFI also has project centres around Europe. These centres focus on specific topics relevant to particular regions or important issues.
 == Activities ==
-EFI conducts research and provides policy support on forest related issues. Further, it facilitate and stimulates forest related networking as well as promotes the supply of unbiased and policy relevant information on forests and forestry. It also advocates for forest research and for scientifically sound information as a basis for policy-making on forests. All these activities are done either at the pan-European level or the work is of European relevance and they are carried out by both the Institute's HQ and Regional Offices. The Headquarters' research units are:
+EFI conducts [http://www.efi.int/portal/research/ research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002193509/http://www2.efi.int/portal/research/ |date=2 October 2018 }} and provides policy support on forest related issues. Further, it facilitate and stimulates forest related networking as well as promotes the supply of unbiased and policy relevant information on forests and forestry. It also advocates for forest research and for scientifically sound information as a basis for policy-making on forests.
+EFI excels in carrying out [http://www.efi.int/portal/research/projects/ projects] at the European level, and has a track record of over 30 projects carried out for the European Commission DGs during the past few years. EFI puts increasing emphasis on cross-sectoral approaches in its research and development activities. It is thus in a good position to have efficient access to social, economic and environmental expertise covering all of Europe's bio-geographical regions. The work in the field of policy support includes enhanced support for decision takers and policy makers. For example, the high-level forum on forests, [http://www.efi.int/portal/policy_advice/thinkforest/ ThinkForest], brings together high-level policy makers and leading European forest scientists to generate science-policy dialogue on strategic forest-related issues. EFI is quickly becoming a leading science-policy platform providing forest-related knowledge to build a sustainable future: connecting knowledge to action.
+EFI has also several [https://efi.int/facilities facilities], which build on the research knowledge and address particular policies, topics and activities through capacity building, networking and the provision of demand-based expertise.
-* Sustainability and Climate Change
-* Forest for Society
-* Foresight and Information
-EFI's work on the field of policy support includes enhanced support for decision and policy makers. It has a strong policy advice role by hosting the EU FLEGT Facility <ref>[http://www.euflegt.efi.int/portal/ EU FLEGT Facility]</ref> which supports the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) process in developing countries, related to the implementation of the [[Illegal_logging#EU_FLEGT_Action_Plan|EU FLEGT Action Plan]]. EU FLEGT Facility assist the European Commission and the EU Member States in their joint efforts of its implementation.
 == External links ==
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+[[Category:Environmental agencies in the European Union|Forest Institute]]
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+[[Category:Organizations established in 1993]]
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