Steering committee

Participants of the 20th meeting of the Steering Committee in Norway. Credit: Tor Myking

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 National Coordinator is to (as described in the EUFORGEN Strategic objectives and implementation plan for Phase VII):

Participate in Steering Committee meetings and other activities;
Promote EUFORGEN and its activities at national level;
Liaise with the Secretariat and relevant Ministries and National Agencies regarding membership, fees and other relevant issues;
Nominate experts on thematic areas relevant for EUFORGEN and maintain regular contact with them;
Assist the experts and the national institutes in contributing to the EUFORGEN activities, as needed.
Present EUFORGEN at meetings and events, when relevant / appropriate

Nominated National Coordinators during current Phase of the Programme: see list below.

List of National Coordinators

Austria Heino Konrad Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW), Department for Forest Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Vienna email	See country page
Belgium Alain Servais Public Service of Wallonia Marche-en-Famenne email	See country page
Croatia Mladen Ivanković Croatian Forest Research Institute Jastrebarsko email	See country page
Czech Republic Josef Frýdl Forestry and Game Management Research Institute (FGMRI) Jíloviště email	See country page
Denmark Christina Kjærby Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark, Nature Agency Græsted email	See country page
Estonia Tiit Maaten Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences Tartu email	See country page
Finland Mari Rusanen Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) Helsinki email	See country page
France François Lefèvre INRAE - Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes, INRAE - Ecologie des Forêts Méditerranéennes Avignon cedex 9 email	See country page
Germany Bernd Degen Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries Grosshansdorf email	See country page
Hungary László Nagy Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron Sárvár email	See country page
Iceland Adalsteinn Sigurgeirsson Land and Forest Iceland Egilsstadir email	See country page
Ireland Brian Clifford Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Dublin 2 email	See country page
Italy Maurizio Sabatti University of Tuscia, Innovation in biological systems, food and forestry (DIBAF) Viterbo email	See country page
Lithuania Darius Kavaliauskas Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy email	See country page
Luxembourg Martine Neuberg Administration de la nature et des forêts Diekirch email	See country page
Luxembourg Thierry Diedenhofen Administration de la nature et des forêts Flaxweiler email	See country page
Malta Duca Ethelbert Erasmus Environment & Resources Authority Marsa email	See country page
Netherlands Joukje Buiteveld Centre for Genetic Resources (CGN), Wageningen University and Research Wageningen email	See country page
Norway Tor Myking Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research As email	See country page
Poland Czesław Kozioł Karpacz email	See country page
Portugal Maria Isabel Carrasquinho Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV) Oeiras email	See country page
Serbia Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade Belgrade email	See country page
Slovakia Roman Longauer National Forest Centre, Forest Research Institute Zvolen email	See country page
Slovenia Hojka Kraigher Slovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenian Forestry Institute Ljubljana email	See country page
Spain Felipe Pérez Martín Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), Deputy Directorate General for Forest Policy and Desertification Combat Madrid email	See country page
Sweden Sanna Black-Samuelsson Swedish Forest Agency Uppsala email	See country page
Switzerland Andreas Rudow Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems Zürich email	See country page
Ukraine Svitlana Los Ukrainian Research Institute of Forestry & Forest Melioration (URIFFM) Kharkiv email	See country page
United Kingdom Jonathan Burton Forestry Commission email	See country page

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