Organisation

The European Forest Institute is an international organisation established by European States.


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Country Members

By the spring of 2011, a total of 23 European States had ratified the Convention on EFI, namely Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

These countries are Members of the Institute. The highest decision-making body of the Institute, the Council, consists of representatives of the Members, and meets in ordinary session every three years.

Associate Members

A central decision-making body in EFI is the Annual Conference, formed of EFI Associate Members. EFI currently has over 125 member organisations from 36 countries. The organisations include research institutes, universities, non-governmental organisations and industries.

Board

The Board of EFI is responsible for establishing and keeping under review the overall research framework and the strategy of the Institute, and it supervises the Secretariat.

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

The Scientific Advisory Board advises the EFI Board, Directors and the scientific staff of the Institute on research, strategies and networking.