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Bureau of Nordic Family Forestry

Acronym: NSF

General Information

Identification Code: 033976691788-31
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Entity Form: network
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 4/4/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: A close cooperation between the Nordic forest owners´national organisations started in 1946, when NSF was founded. NSF member organisations are Danish Forest Association (Dansk Skovförening), National Forest Cooperative Organisation in Sweden (LRF), Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners in Finland (MTK) and Norwegian Forest Owners' Federation (Norsk Skogeierförbund). NSF organisations have several annual meetings and they have a common strategy and goals for the EU advocacy. NSF follows and advocates on forest-related policy developments in the European Commission, the European Parliament the European Council and the Economic and Social Committee, as well as relevant processes on pan-European and global level with special focus areas on climate, biodiversity, and circular bioeconomy.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Climate action
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The new EU Forest Strategy and Forest Map; CAP and Rural Development; Climate Change and LULUCF; Wood Energy and Biomass Criteria, Renewable Energy Directive; Forest Monitoring Law; Environment, Soil Monitoring Law; Biodiversity and Natura 2000; EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR); Carbon Removals Certification Framework; Horizon2020; Horizon Europe; EIP; ETPs; Bioeconomy and Circular Economy; Forest ecosystem services; Forest health and vitality; Sustainable Finance and Taxonomy; EU Green Deal; Deforestation and Forest Degradation; EU Framework for Forest Monitoring and Strategic Plans
Communication Activities: NSF Manifesto for the upcoming EU political cycle (2024): "The Nordics - A Region of Forests" downloadable from here: https://www.nordicforestry.org/page/nordic-family-forestry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Rue du Luxembourg 66European Forestry House
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue du Luxembourg 66European Forestry House
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: NSF is the network of four national forest owner's association. The regular 'staff' of NSF consist of the 4 forestry directors (NSF Directors' Group) from each NSF member organisatons as well as 4 liaison policy advisor from each member organisations (NSF Policy Group). Both the members of the Directors' Group and the Policy Group dedicate part time of their work hours to dedicated 'NSF activities' on an ad-hoc basis, depending on EU policy developments and events in Brussels. Their related staff costs are incorporated in the budgets of their respective organisations, their work dedicated to NSF activities is not remunerated from the dedicated NSF budget, but from their organisations' respective budgets. The Brussels-based NSF Policy Advisor's (contact point) position is financed from the NSF annual budget.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 8
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 9
Members F T E: 1.7999999523162842
Info Members: The regular 'staff' of NSF consist of the full-time Brussels-based policy advisor, the 4 forestry directors (NSF Directors' Group) from each NSF member organisatons as well as 4 liaison policy advisor from each member organisations (NSF Policy Group). Both the members of the Directors' Group and the Policy Group dedicate part time of their work hours to 'NSF activities' on an ad-hoc basis, depending on EU policy developments and events in Brussels. The related staff costs of the NSF Directors' Group and Policy Group are incorporated in the budgets of their respective organisations and not part of the dedicated NSF annual budget. From the NSF annual budget, the following costs are financed: -the Brussels-based full-time NSF Policy Advisor's (EU contact point) position -the Brussels-based full-time NSF Policy Advisor's travel and representation costs -costs of communication materials (i.e. design and printing of the NSF Manifesto)

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Danish Forest Association - https://www.danskskovforening.dk/ National Forest Cooperative Organisation in Sweden (LRF) - https://www.lrf.se/ Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners in Finland (MTK) - https://www.mtk.fi/ Norwegian Forest Owners' Federation (Norsk Skogeierförbund) - https://skogeier.no/
Organisation Members: NSF is partner organisation of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) - https://www.cepf-eu.org/ All NSF member organisations are full member organisations of CEPF. Please see further information here: https://www.cepf-eu.org/about-us/members