1. International Cooperation in Forest Research and Innovation
Harald Mauser
EFI Liaison Office Brussels |

2. Who we are 29 member countries 115 member organisations in
Affiliate Members from Canada, D.R. Congo, Israel, P.R. China and USA
29 member countries
115 member organisations in
39 countries

3. EFI Network Fund
€1m for exclusively for EFI Associate and Affiliate Members.
Two calls: ,
supports networking activities like joint research initiatives, knowledge networking and capacity building. Funding of coordination, travel, events, short visits and dissemination.
at least 4 EFI member organisations from at least 4 different European regions. Non-EFI member organisations can join as partners without reimbursement. Maximum contribution for each proposal is €100k.
Ongoing projects
ENGAGING–Engaging owners of small private forests in active management
FORMASAM–Forest Management Scenarios for Adaptation and Mitigation
FORSCEE–The future of a forest-based bioeconomy in Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
FOSPREF-Wind – Wind risk to European forests under climate change
PerForm-Perceiving the Forest-based Sector in the Bioeconomy

4. EFI Multi Donor Trust Fund for Policy Support
part of the EFI Policy Support Facility that brings our science-based knowledge to the policy arena
Term
Donors: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, (France), Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Observers: Estonia, Portugal
MDTF Steering Committee (all donors, EFI director): decides on budget and topics, comments on draft reports
Bark beetle outbrakes: causes, impacts and adaptation strategies (ongoing)
European forest policy pathways after 2020 (ongoing) 
Afforestation and plantation forests: potential and impacts in Europe (ongoing)
China-Europe Bioeconomy - Assessment and outlook (ongoing)
Role of bioeconomy in controlling forest fires
The importance of forest and water nexus for the European natural resource governance
Public health and forestry in Europe

5. Capacity building Young Leadership Programme 10 IUFRO-EFI grants*
10 EFI Short Scientific Visits
*Strategic cooperation EFI-IFSA-IUFRO supported by BMEL, Germany
Photo by Saku Ruusila

6. Co-operation with China
Chinese Academy of Forestry (Bio-economy, Resilience, Sustainability)
China-Europe Bioeconomy - Assessment and outlook
National Forestry and Grassland Administration (forest policy dialogue, bioeconomy)
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Forestry and Parks (circular bioeconomy, zero carbon, carbon neutral)
Beijing Forestry University (forest research, bioeconomy)
Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management (bioeconomy governance)
Mapping the activities of EFI member organisations in China to maximise synergies
Side event during EFI Annual Conference 2019

7. Co-operation with Russia
Project SUMFOREST: SUstainable forest management; Multifunctional Forestry, European Forest Policy
Young Leadership Programme on the Russian Forest Sector
Moscow School of Management joint programme (policy, business models, strategic cooperation with Europe)
Russian Academy of Science, Russian Ministry of Education and Research
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2018 (Business Roundtable on Bioeconomy and Circular Economy)
EFI Annual Conference 2015 in St. Petersburg
Impacts, challenges and opportunities for Russian forests, forestry and forest bioeconomy to mitigate climate change RUFORCLIM

8. Mapping forest bioeconomy research in Europe
Marko Lovric, Natasa Lovric, Robert Mavsar
Presented by Harald Mauzer

9. Background
EFI conducted a review on existing information about forest bio- economy research and innovation in Europe. Supported by SCAR.

10. FP Research funding
More possibilities for trans-national cooperation as total funding for research and innovation in forest based bioeconomy is increasing (20% from FP7 to H2020 period)

11. Forest Biomass &Raw Materials
Research capacities
existing research capacities in all regions, but unevenly distributed
Forest system
Forest Biomass &Raw Materials
Primary processing
Secondary processing

12. Research cooperation
Still limited cooperation between “east” and “west”

13. Research cooperation
And between different actors along value chains