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IEFC Strategic Plan 2019-2023

’Reacting to an Ever Changing Environment’

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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. GOAL 2 Facilitate cooperation, communication and dissemination of new and emerging technologies and solutions to practitioners. Focus Areas

• Meeting the demands of sustainable planted

forest management in a growing bio-economy

• Maintaining increasing utilisation of ecosystem

services

• Climate change adaption and mitigation

GOAL 3 Co-ordinate the constant development, updating and revision of information, training modules, tools and courses relevant to practitioners.

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GOAL 4 Communicate and disseminate through networking, field training days, publicising information, etc., relating to the planted forest

IEFC Mission

Using a bottom up approach through collaboration driven by Forest

• wners

and practitioners

• to Promote,
• Facilitate,
• Coordinate and
• Disseminate

solutions to aid forest owners to manage and ensure the economic, social and environmental pillars

• f

sustainably Planted Forests in Europe.

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IEFC Strategy Overview

Review of Current situation

• Members disillusioned
• IEFC no longer doing what it set out to do
• No tangible benefits to being a member
• 1. Membership is falling
• 3. Core (Donor) Funding

is gone

• Core Donor funding since 2013/14 going to EFI
• Being used to fund the EFIPLANT Unit
• Our only source of funding is memberships
• 4. Approached to set up

and coordinate an EFI Research Network (RN)

• France no host country agreement -EFIPLANT no longer viable
• IEFC approached by EFI to set up and coordinate an RN
• IEFC to look into possibility of funding some support staff
• 2. There is a need for the

IEFC to Continue

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• Members survey validates this
• EFI – while good at what it does – members want IEFC
• However - back to our roots – reinvent ourselves

Issues of Immediate Concern

Challenges Today IEFC Tomorrow

Lost our unique Identity

• Develop a strategy to recover
• ur identity

A new improved IEFC with our unique identity Lost our way Dissatisfied Members and Falling Membership

• Demonstrate a willingness to

make IEFC work again for the forest owner

• Demonstrate tangible

benefits of being an IEFC member again.

• Get members involved.
• Restore confidence in the

network

• Increased Membership
• Satisfied and collaborating

members Atlantic Rim based network

• Publicity, exposure, joining

complimentary networks

• Create a European wide IEFC

Network No IEFC Staff

• Negotiate with EFI, donors,

members for core funding and project funding

• Employ some IEFC Staff

working to promote the IEFC mission and strategy No Funding/resources since 2013/14

• Negotiate with donor

funders

• Increase our donors
• Recover funding from donors

and have baseline resources to enable members projects. EFIPLANT no longer Viable

• Subject to favourable

discussions with EFI, members and donors

• Set up and co-ordinate an EFI

Research Network on Plantation Forests

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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

Promote and showcase the IEFC capabilities

Co-ordinating an EFI Research network on Plantation Forestry Fund specialization and division of work to optimize IEFC research and thus maximize benefits to specific regions if necessary. Continuously survey members and practitioners for ideas, direction of important research initiatives Support and collaborate on strategic research within Europe.

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Areas of Interest

• Management of a

fragmented forest estate

• incentives and grants

to manage sustainably

• Mechanisation and

small holdings,

• alternative products
• resistant species
• green chemicals
• Pest management

regimes Actions

Strategic Goal 2: Facilitate cooperation, communication and dissemination of new and emerging technologies and solutions to practitioners.

Continue to engage and develop links with other networks and actively seek to join or collaborate with new networks relevant to our members. Utilise network links to learn about new cutting edge technologies Expand the membership area to encompass the whole of Europe. Empower in practitioners the necessary critical management skills to drive value chain sustainability. Promote the development of IEFC-financed projects and networks into EU projects

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Areas of Interest

• New management tools
• Alternative species
• Management of these
• Creating new markets
• Early warning systems
• Management regimes

and tools. Actions

Strategic Goal 3: Co-ordinate the constant development, updating and revision of information, training modules, tools and courses relevant to practitioners.

Disseminating relevant, current and reliable results from activities funded by IEFC and others to decision makers Develop identification workshops, videos and books for emerging problems Promote a system of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of practitioners and forest owners Cooperating with Educators to encourage education and knowledge exchange

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Areas of Interest

• Development of a CPD

system across the EU

• Supply chain

management, Actions

Strategic Goal 4: Communicate and disseminate through networking, field training days, publicising information, etc., relating to the planted forest

Disseminating information about IEFC activities and research results in appropriate formats and languages Developing existing and new meeting points for communication online, thus making IEFC more widely known. Ensure that all information pertaining to sustainable Planted forest management is made available to the various donors and policy makers through workshops, seminars, training schools etc

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Outcomes

Areas of Interest

• Newsletter
• Regular posts
• Use of social media
• Advising policy

Actions

Budget and Resources

IEFC Resources Currently (since 2013/14)

• Membership fees €5,400 approx.
• No Staff members
• No Office space
• Administrative support

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Budget and Resources

Potential Future Budget and Resourcing Scenarios

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Possible Resources to be negotiated for with EFI, Donors and Project leaders (Per Annum) Donors €250,000 Projects €200,000 Members €8,000 Total €458,000 If EFIPLANT staff were to be employed by IEFC Projected Costs to IEFC (Per Annum) Staff €400,000 Running csts €50,000 Total €450,000 Strategic Plan Proposal for IEFC (Per Annum) Resources (to be negotiated) Affordable Costs Donor €250,000 25% ring fence €60,000 Members €5,400 Running cst €50,000 Projects €? IEFC Staff €145,400 Total €255,400 +? Total €255,400

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
• wnership of the Network

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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

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Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée European Institute of Planted Forests

Thankyou