European Forest Institute a helpful Link to the EU Harald Mauser EFINORD Annual Meeting 20140514
EU Forest Policy Environment a complex puzzle of scattered, weakly coordinated sectorial policies with lack of coherence Source: CEPF
European Union Institutions
EU Policy Making Institutions European Commission proposal European Parliament approval European Council Committee of the Regions advice European Economic and Social Committee
European Commission (EC) Commissioner Commissioner Personal Assistant Cabinet of the Commissioner Head of Cabinet Deputy Head of Cabinet Cabinet Expert/Advisor Cabinet Staff Directorate- General see extra slide EU Services Director Staff EU Agency Director Staff Committees Chair EC Representatives External Stakeholders
Directorates-General and the Forest-based Sector DG AGRI DG CLIMA DG COMP DG DEVCO DG ENER DG ENTR DG ENV DG ESTAT DG JRC DG REGIO DG RTD DG SANCO DG TRADE DG SG IAB Agriculture and Rural Development Climate Action Competition Development and Cooperation EuropeAid Energy Enterprise and Industry Environment Eurostat Joint Research Centre Regional Policy Research and Innovation Health and Consumers Trade Secretariat General Impact Assessment Board
EC Directorate-General (DG) Office of the Director-General Director General Assistant Adviser Office of the Deputy Director-General Deputy Director General Adviser Committee Chair EC Representatives External Stakeholders Directorate Director Deputy Director (HoU) Adviser Unit Head of Unit (HoU) Deputy Head of Unit Sector Head of Sector Office Programme Officer Project Officer Policy Officer Official Agency Director Staff Inter-Service Groups DG Representatives
Commissions and Committees at DGs (1) DG AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development Standing Forestry Committee (SFC) Advisory Group on Rural Development Advisory Group on energy and non-food crops Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork Coordination Committee of the European Network for Rural Development DG CLIMA Climate Action Climate Change Committee DG ENER Energy Committee on Renewable Energy Sources Committee on Sustainability of Biofuels and other Bioliquids Committee on the Eco-design and Energy Labelling of Energy-using Products Committee for the promotion of high efficiency cogeneration of heat and power based on useful heat demand and primary energy savings in the internal energy market Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation on the improvement of the energy performance of buildings
EC DG s Commissions and Committees (2) DG ENTR Enterprise and Industry Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation on the removal of technical barriers to trade in agricultural and forestry tractors Committee established under the Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (joint responsibility with DG ENV) Advisory Committee on Community Policy regarding Forestry and Forest-based Industries (FBI Committee) Enterprise Policy Group (Director Generals Chamber, Business Chamber) DG RTD Research and Innovation Programme Committees on Horizon 2020 Advisory Groups on Horizon 2020 Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR) Bioeconomy Panel KBBE-Net
European Parliament EP Intergroups Chair MEPs EC-Represent. External Stakeholders President President Vice-Presidents Bureau Secretariat Political Groups Chair MEPs Assistants to MEPs Secretariat Secretary-General Directorates General Parliamentary Research Service Plenary President MEPs EC-Represent. Parliamentary Committees Chair MEPs Bureau Secretariat Delegations Chair MEPs Political Bodies Conference of Presidents Bureau College of Quaestors Conference of Committee Chairs Conference of Delegation Chairs
Intergroups relevant for Forest Policy Sustainable Hunting, Biodiversity, Countryside Activities and Forests (Secretariat by FACCE and ELO) Mountains, Islands and Sparsely-Populated Regions Water Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (Secretariat by EBCD and IUCN) Subgroups on Agriculture Business and Raw Materials Energy Forestry Mediterranean Transport and Tourism Water
EFI Activities at EU Level (1) Participation in EU policy bodies Advisory Group on Forestry and Cork European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (High Level Steering Board) Forest Research Coordination and Advocacy Advisory Committee of the European Technology Platform for the Forest-based Sector (FTP) Management Team of FTP forest research stakeholder processes in contributing to the content of EU framework programmes, work programmes and call texts (cooperation with FTP) ThinkForest European high-level forum on the future of forests policy events in the European Parliament targeted publications by European forest scientists
EFI Activities at EU Level (2) Communication and cooperation w ith partners in Brussels Parliament Commission Council Committee of the Regions Permanent Representations of M ember States European Forestry House (CEPF, EUSTAFOR, FTP, InnovaWood) other European organisations of the forest-based sector (CEIBois, CEPI, Copa-Cogeca, ELO, EOS, FERN, ) organisations outside the traditional forest sector (EBCD, IUCN) Information services to EFI members EFI Insights from Brussels EFI Network News EFI News Director s letter.