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European Forest Institute

Acronym: EFI

General Information

Identification Code: 38315289949-88
Website: https://efi.int/
Entity Form: International organisation
Registration Category: Think tanks and research institutions
Registration Date: 10/22/2012
Last Update: 5/7/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: EFI's mission is to carry out, strengthen, and mobilise forest research and expertise aimed at addressing policy-relevant needs with regard to forests and their governance. The aim of EFI’s research activities is to provide scientific basis for policy support, using applied, integrated and multidisciplinary methods in addressing policy needs at the European level and in different European regions and countries.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Climate action
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • International co-operation and development
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • sub-national
  • global
  • european
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: • COM(2021)706 Deforestation-free supply chains • COM(2022)304 Nature Restoration Law • COM(2022)672 Carbon Removal Certification • COM(2023)415 Forest Reproductive Material • COM(2023)728 Monitoring Framework for resilient European Forests • COM(2021)554 LULUCF Revision • COM(2021)572 New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 • Horizon Europe
Communication Activities: ThinkForest events see • Monitoring Future Forests, 12 December 2023 • Implementing Closer-to-Nature Forest Management, 24 October 2023 • Achieving the EU Forest Strategy goals - what can science tell us? 26 June 2023 • https://efi.int/events Publications, i.a.: • How to govern Forest Ecosystem Services, EFI Policy Brief 3, January 2023 • Significant increase in forest disturbances since 1950s, Policy Brief 4, March 2023 • Forest soils can increase climate change mitigation with targeted management, EFI Policy Brief 7, May 2023 • SUPERB’s Policy recommendations for the EU Nature restoration Law, Policy Brief, May 2023 • Meeting the European Union’s Forest Strategy goals: A comparative European assessment, From Science to Policy 15, September 2023 • See more at https://efi.int/publications-bank • Presentation at the European Parliament’s "Public Hearing on “Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds”, 27 November 2023
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Expert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1356 #MEMBER #C#Academia/ResearchENV.D.1-Working Group on Forests and Nature#E02210/14#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100777 #OBSERVER #C#ProfessionalsForest and Forestry Stakeholder Platform#E03888#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3888 #OBSERVER #C#Academia/Research
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Yliopistokatu 6 B
Post Code: 80100
City: Joensuu
Country: FINLAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 358
Phone Number: 10 773 4300

EU Office

Address: Yliopistokatu 6 B
Post Code: 80100
City: Joensuu
Country: FINLAND
Phone:
Indic Phone: 358
Phone Number: 10 773 4300

Financial Data

Closed Year:
Start Date:
End Date:
Funding Sources:
  • Other
Other Source Info: Appr. 40kEUR, funded by EFI core funding.
Contributions:
  • Amount: 0
    Currency: €
    _id:
    Buffer:
    0: 104
    1: 64
    2: 61
    3: 84
    4: 158
    5: 212
    6: 182
    7: 32
    8: 86
    9: 90
    10: 53
    11: 186
Total Budget: 18500000
Grants:
    Current Year:
    Grants:

      Membership Information

      Members25 Percent: 3
      Members50 Percent: 1
      Members: 4
      Members F T E: 1.25

      Structure

      Structure Type: Structure
      Is Member Of: https://efi.int/membership. All members are legal persons (organisations).
      Organisation Members: Member of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

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