RESEARCH PROGRAMME 3:
POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
Head of Programme: Ilpo Tikkanen
The following research directions identified in the current EFI Strategy are addressed in this Programme:
- Foresight studies on future conditions of forest-based well-being in Europe
- New modes and best practices of governance in the forest sector
- New emerging policy needs
The programme is active in the area of developing capacities in forest economics and policy science, especially in CIT-region, and in facilitating negotiations towards voluntary partnership agreements between EU and timber producing and exporting developing countries through technical assistance and analytical work. Moreover, the programme aims at strengthening science-policy interface in Europe at large, and dissemination of policy relevant information.
Most important ongoing projects
FOPER – Forest Policy and Economics Education and Research. The project aims to strengthen the capacities of education, training and research of forest policy and forest economics in South-Eastern European (SEE) region.
FLEGT - The project aims to combat illegal logging and strengthen forest sector governance in developing countries. The purpose is to assist developing countries to enter into and implement effective voluntary partnership agreements (vpas) with the EU through the provision of facilitation services, technical assistance and analytical work to initiate the programmes and to verify and monitor their implementation.
For more projects under Policy and Governance Programme, see
Project Database
For staff in the Policy and Governance Programme, see
Staff pages