Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests Instituto Europeo del Bosque Cultivado IEFC Strategic Plan 2019-2023 ’Reacting to an Ever Changing Environment’ The Title of the Presentation (Arial Bold 36 pt)
IEFC Strategy Overview GOAL 1 Promote the development of forest owner/practitioner led research into finding solutions to ensure the IEFC Mission sustainable management and the multi-functionality of Planted forests in Europe. Using a bottom up approach GOAL 2 Facilitate cooperation, communication and through collaboration driven dissemination of new and emerging technologies and by Forest owners and solutions to practitioners. practitioners • to Promote, Focus Areas • Meeting the demands of sustainable planted • Facilitate, forest management in a growing bio-economy • Maintaining increasing utilisation of ecosystem • Coordinate and services • Disseminate • Climate change adaption and mitigation solutions to aid forest owners to manage and ensure the GOAL 3 economic, social and Co-ordinate the constant development, environmental pillars of updating and revision of information, training modules, tools and courses relevant to sustainably Planted Forests in practitioners. . Europe. GOAL 4 Communicate and disseminate through networking, field training days, publicising information, etc., relating to the planted forest Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Review of Current situation • Members disillusioned 1. Membership is falling • IEFC no longer doing what it set out to do • No tangible benefits to being a member • Members survey validates this 2. There is a need for the • EFI – while good at what it does – members want IEFC IEFC to Continue • However - back to our roots – reinvent ourselves • Core Donor funding since 2013/14 going to EFI 3. Core (Donor) Funding • Being used to fund the EFIPLANT Unit is gone • Our only source of funding is memberships 4. Approached to set up • France no host country agreement -EFIPLANT no longer viable and coordinate an EFI • IEFC approached by EFI to set up and coordinate an RN • IEFC to look into possibility of funding some support staff Research Network (RN) Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Issues of Immediate Concern Challenges Today IEFC Tomorrow • Lost our unique Identity Develop a strategy to recover A new improved IEFC with our our identity unique identity • • Lost our way Demonstrate a willingness to Restore confidence in the Dissatisfied Members and make IEFC work again for the network • Falling Membership forest owner Increased Membership • • Demonstrate tangible Satisfied and collaborating benefits of being an IEFC members member again. • Get members involved. • • Atlantic Rim based network Publicity, exposure, joining Create a European wide IEFC complimentary networks Network • • No IEFC Staff Negotiate with EFI, donors, Employ some IEFC Staff members for core funding working to promote the IEFC and project funding mission and strategy • • No Funding/resources since Negotiate with donor Recover funding from donors 2013/14 funders and have baseline resources • Increase our donors to enable members projects. • • EFIPLANT no longer Viable Subject to favourable Set up and co-ordinate an EFI discussions with EFI, Research Network on members and donors Plantation Forests Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Strategic Goal 1: Promote the development of forest owner/practitioner led research into finding solutions to ensure the sustainable management and the multi-functionality of Planted forests in Europe Actions Areas of Interest • Management of a Continuously survey fragmented forest members and estate practitioners for ideas, • incentives and grants direction of important research initiatives to manage Support and Co-ordinating collaborate on sustainably an EFI strategic • Mechanisation and Research research within network on small holdings, Europe. Fund specialization Plantation • and division of work alternative products Forestry to optimize IEFC • resistant species research and thus • green chemicals maximize benefits to specific regions if • Pest management necessary . regimes Promote and showcase the IEFC capabilities Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Strategic Goal 2: Facilitate cooperation, communication and dissemination of new and emerging technologies and solutions to practitioners. Actions Continue to engage and Areas of Interest develop links with other • networks and actively New management tools seek to join or collaborate • Alternative species Empower in with new networks practitioners • Management of these relevant to our members. the necessary Promote the • Creating new markets critical development of • Early warning systems management IEFC-financed skills to drive • projects and Management regimes Expand the value chain networks into EU membership area and tools. sustainability. projects to encompass the whole of Europe. Utilise network links to learn about new cutting edge technologies Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Strategic Goal 3: Co-ordinate the constant development, updating and revision of information, training modules, tools and courses relevant to practitioners. Actions Cooperating with Educators to encourage education and Areas of Interest knowledge • exchange Development of a CPD Develop system across the EU identification workshops, videos • Supply chain Promote a system of and books for management, Continuous emerging Professional problems Development (CPD) of practitioners and forest owners Disseminating relevant, current and reliable results from activities funded by IEFC and others to decision makers Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Strategic Goal 4: Communicate and disseminate through networking, field training days, publicising information, etc., relating to the planted forest Actions Outcomes Areas of Interest • Newsletter • Regular posts Developing existing and • Use of social media new meeting points for communication online, • Advising policy Ensure that all information thus making IEFC more pertaining to sustainable widely known. Planted forest management is made available to the various donors and policy makers through workshops, seminars, training schools Disseminating etc information about IEFC activities and research results in appropriate formats and languages Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Budget and Resources IEFC Resources Currently (since 2013/14) • Membership fees € 5,400 approx. • No Staff members • No Office space • Administrative support Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Budget and Resources Potential Future Budget and Resourcing Scenarios Possible Resources If EFIPLANT staff Strategic Plan Proposal for IEFC (Per to be negotiated were to be Annum) for with EFI, Donors employed by IEFC Resources (to be Affordable Costs and Project leaders Projected Costs to negotiated) (Per Annum) IEFC (Per Annum) Donor € 250,000 25% ring fence € 60,000 Donors € 250,000 Staff € 400,000 Members € 5,400 Running cst € 50,000 Projects € 200,000 Running csts € 50,000 Projects € ? IEFC Staff € 145,400 Members € 8,000 Total € 458,000 Total € 450,000 Total € 255,400 +? Total € 255,400 Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Ris isks • Donors don’t see merit for them in the IEFC strategic plan • Donors refuse to commit funds to IEFC • EFI turn down our application to coordinate a Research Network • Members don’t engage or support and take ownership of the Network Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Requests Donors • Look favourably on this Strategy – give constructive criticism • Work with us on this – at least give us some funds Give us some time to implement the plan Members • Help us redefine the IEFC and bring it back to what it was • Engage and support the network • Its your network - we on the board are working with you and for you Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
Thankyou Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests
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