Regional Offices

EFI has five Regional Offices:

Mediterranean Regional Office – EFIMED, located in Barcelona, Spain. The first EFI Regional Office, the Mediterranean Regional Office EFIMED, was established in July 2007 as a pilot. The Regional Office focuses on forest issues of particular importance to the Mediterranean region, including non-timber values of forests. The Head of the Regional Office is Dr. Marc Palahi. (website: http://www.efimed.efi.int/portal/)

Central European Regional Office – EFICENT, located in Freiburg, Germany and Nancy, France. EFICENT - a joint initiative by Eastern France, Southern Germany and Switzerland - is focusing on Central Europe. The Regional Office started its activities in early 2009 and is headed by Mr. Andreas Schuck. EFICENT addresses with its activities Central European research needs and through its integral part, ‘the Observatory for European Forests (OEF)’ based in Nancy, supports EFI in constituting a recognised provider of pan-European information and information products.

Atlantic European Regional Office – EFIATLANTIC, located in Bordeaux, France. It covers the region of the Atlantic Rim. The general topic of EFIATLANTIC is the sustainable management and competitive utilization of planted forest resources. EFIATLANTIC was launched in spring 2009. The Head of the Regional Office is Dr. Christophe Orazio.

Central Eastern European Regional Office – EFICEEC, located in Vienna, Austria. It covers a region extending from the Baltic Countries down to South Eastern Europe. EFICEEC has three broad Work Areas: forest sector policy and economics; land use change in the context of climate change and bio-energy; and forest ecosystem management. The Regional Office was launched in April 2010. The Head of EFICEEC office is Dr. Bernhard Wolfslehner

North European Regional Office – EFINORD, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It covers the Nordic countries and the countries in the Baltic Sea region and the North Atlantic region. EFINORD launched its activities in April 2010, and is headed by Mr. Mika Mustonen. The two thematic issues of EFINORD will be biomass production and ecosystem services, with cross-cutting themes of climate change, environmental economics and governance and policy.

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The Regional Offices of EFI are integral parts of the Institute and governed by Terms of Reference and EFI management practises. They address forest research and networking issues at a regional level following the EFI Strategy. Their activities bring visibility to regional forest issues by putting them into European context. Regional Offices also strengthen the EFI network by opening new avenues for funding.