The EUFORGEN Programme is overseen by a Steering Committee of nationally appointed representatives.
The Steering Committee has overall responsibility for the Programme. It is composed of National Coordinators from all member countries. If needed, experts may also be invited to participate in Steering Committee meetings as observers.
Decisions are taken by consensus. If a consensus cannot be reached then the Steering Committee has the option to vote on an issue so as to reach a decision based on a simple majority of votes. Each country has one vote. Between meetings, should the need arise for a decision on an urgent issue, the Secretariat will contact the Steering Committee members by email and action will be taken upon receiving feedback in the given timeframe.
National coordinators
Each country appoints a National Coordinator who is the official contact person for all matters relating to the Programme.
The role of the National Coordinators is to:
- Participate in Steering Committee meetings and other activities
- Promote EUFORGEN and its activities at national level
- Liaise between the Secretariat and relevant ministries and agencies in a country regarding its membership and other issues
- Ensure that necessary resources are channelled to the Programme
- Liaise between the Secretariat and national institutions involved in EUFORGEN activities
- Nominate experts on thematic areas relevant for EUFORGEN and maintain regular contact with them
- Assist experts and national institutes to contribute to EUFORGEN activities, as needed.
Nominated National Coordinators during current Phase of the Programme: see list see below.
Advisory Committee
The Advisory Committee consists of four members of the Steering Committee, elected by the Steering Committee for a four-year term of office and representing the European sub-regions (North, West, East and South, in a broad sense), and ex officio a designated representative of the hosting organisation.
The current members are:
- Central West Europe: Francois Lefèvre - France (until 2022)
- Central West Europe: Andreas Rudow. - Switzerland (from 2023)
- North Europe: Mari Rusanen - Finland
- Central East Europe: Roman Longauer - Slovakia
- South West Europe: Mladen Ivanković - Croatia
- Ex officio: Michele Bozzano, EUFORGEN Coordinator
List of National Coordinators
AustriaHeino KonradAustrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Department for Forest Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Vienna | See country page |
BelgiumAlain ServaisPublic Service of Wallonia Marche-en-Famenne | See country page |
CroatiaMladen IvankovićCroatian Forest Research Institute Jastrebarsko | See country page |
Czech RepublicJosef FrýdlForestry and Game Management Research Institute (FGMRI) Jíloviště | See country page |
DenmarkDitte Christina OlrikMinistry of Environment and Food of Denmark, Nature Agency Græsted | See country page |
EstoniaTiit MaatenInstitute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu | See country page |
FinlandMari RusanenNatural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) Helsinki | See country page |
FranceFrançois LefèvreINRAE - Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, INRAE - Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes Avignon cedex 9 | See country page |
GermanyBernd DegenJohann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries Grosshansdorf | See country page |
HungaryLászló NagyForest Research Institute, University of Sopron Sárvár | See country page |
IcelandAdalsteinn SigurgeirssonLand and Forest Iceland Egilsstadir | See country page |
IrelandBrian CliffordDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Dublin 2 | See country page |
ItalyMaurizio SabattiUniversity of Tuscia, Innovation in biological systems, food and forestry (DIBAF) Viterbo | See country page |
LithuaniaDarius KavaliauskasVytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy | See country page |
LuxembourgMartine NeubergAdministration de la nature et des forêts Diekirch | See country page |
MaltaDarrin T. StevensEnvironment and Resources Authority Marsa | See country page |
NetherlandsJoukje BuiteveldCentre for Genetic Resources (CGN), Wageningen University and Research Wageningen | See country page |
NorwayTor MykingNorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research As | See country page |
PolandMarcin BezaKostrzyca Forest Gene Bank Miłków | See country page |
PortugalMaria Isabel CarrasquinhoInstituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV) Oeiras | See country page |
SerbiaMirjana Šijačić-NikolićFaculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade Belgrade | See country page |
SlovakiaRoman LongauerNational Forest Centre, Forest Research Institute Zvolen | See country page |
SloveniaHojka KraigherSlovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenian Forestry Institute Ljubljana | See country page |
SpainFelipe Pérez MartínMinistry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), Deputy Directorate General for Forest Policy and Desertification Combat Madrid | See country page |
SwedenSanna Black-SamuelssonSwedish Forest Agency Uppsala | See country page |
SwitzerlandAndreas RudowSwiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems Zürich | See country page |
UkraineSvitlana LosUkrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration (URIFFM) Kharkiv | See country page |
United KingdomDavid WhiteForestry Commission | See country page |
