1. International Partnership for Forestry Education
Hosny El Lakany
Chair, IPFE

2. Background Forestry Education Workshop, UBC, 2001
Status of global forestry education
Lack of an international forestry education forum
Creating an entity that would link forestry institutions through curriculum development and networking

3. International Partnership for Forestry Education (IPFE)
The IPFE’s founding members met at FAO, Rome in 2006, and agreed to initiate a Secretariat for the Partnership jointly between UBC and the University of Joensuu, Finland. The Founding members are:
UBC, Faculty of Forestry
University of Joensuu, Finland
Australian National University
Oregon State University
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Univesidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Kenya
Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
International Forestry Students Association (IFSA);
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations (FAO), Italy
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), Austria

4. What is the IPFE?
A new global partnership and a network to share information, experiences, resources and skills regarding forestry and its allied fields

5. Vision
By 2015, forestry education is responsive to globally agreed needs and contextualized in locally relevant social, economic and ecological settings

6. Mission
Helping institutions concerned with forestry education meet societies’ needs, through facilitating forestry educators’ and students’ engagement with relevant knowledge and understanding among each other, and with society

7. International Partnership for Forestry Education (IPFE)
Approaches
Sharing learning and experiences – of curricula, courses, methods and joint programming
Strengthening and connecting regional networks – in order to share knowledge and address needs

8. Approaches (cont.) Partnering with student bodies – IFSA
Fostering dialogue among diverse interests about forests and forestry education
Enhancing societies’ understanding of forests and forestry – a key role for universities

9. Approaches (cont.)
Joint programming among forestry schools (national and international)
Faculty exchange (e.g. to fill some gaps), and participation in inter-governmental forums to inform and influence decisions
Student exchange
Training student abroad
Joint research

10. International Partnership for Forestry Education
Activities
The First Regional Workshop on Forest Education in Africa was held under the auspices of IPFE at the World Agroforestry Center, (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya in October 2007
Maintaining the information portal about forestry education institutions globally– . The portal will link with other forestry information providers such as the Global Forestry Information Service of IUFRO and SILVA network

11. International Partnership for Forestry Education
Activities (cont.)
Supporting the Development of International Forest Policy course (several universities)
Supporting regional forestry education workshops in Latin America and Asia
Facilitating the Canada-China Forestry Education Symposia

12. IPFE contact www.ipfe.fi/
Jorma Neuvonen Director, Special Projects Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
Dr Sari Pitkänen
Secretary General, IPFE,
University of Joensuu Faculty of Forest Sciences P.O Box 111