Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
26
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Forest Institute (EFI)
EU Transparency Register
38315289949-88 First registered on 22 Oct 2012
Goals / Remit
EFI's mission is to carry out, strengthen, and mobilise forest research and expertise aimed at addressing policy-relevant needs with regard to forests and their governance. The aim of EFI’s research activities is to provide scientific basis for policy support, using applied, integrated and multidisciplinary methods in addressing policy needs at the European level and in different European regions and countries.
Main EU files targeted
• COM(2021)706 Deforestation-free supply chains
• COM(2022)304 Nature Restoration Law
• COM(2022)672 Carbon Removal Certification
• COM(2023)415 Forest Reproductive Material
• COM(2023)728 Monitoring Framework for resilient European Forests
• COM(2021)554 LULUCF Revision
• COM(2021)572 New EU Forest Strategy for 2030
• Horizon EuropeAddress
Head Office
Yliopistokatu 6 B
Joensuu 80100
FINLANDEU Office
Yliopistokatu 6 B
Joensuu 80100
FINLANDWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Harald MAUSER 26 May 2023 24 May 2024 Mr Harald Mauser 26 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Harald Mauser 09 Jun 2022 26 May 2023 Mr Harald Mauser 01 Jul 2021 09 Jun 2022 Mr Harald Mauser 09 Jun 2020 01 Jul 2021 Mr Harald Mauser 18 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Mr Marcos Palahí Lozano 10 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Mr Harald Mauser 01 Jun 2018 18 May 2019 Mr Marcos Palahí Lozano 27 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Mr Harald Mauser 09 Jun 2017 01 Jun 2018 Ms Anne Autio 09 Jun 2017 07 Jun 2018 Mr Marcos Palahí Lozano 20 Oct 2016 14 Oct 2017 Mr Harald Mauser 15 Jun 2016 10 Jun 2017 Mr Lauri Hetemäki 15 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017 Ms Ulla Vänttinen 15 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017 Ms Rachael Colling 15 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017 Mr Harald Mauser 18 Jul 2015 16 Jun 2016 Mr Lauri Hetemäki 01 Jul 2015 16 Jun 2016 Ms Ulla Vänttinen 01 Jul 2015 16 Jun 2016 Ms Rachael Colling 01 Jul 2015 16 Jun 2016 Mr Harald Mauser 24 Jul 2014 18 Jul 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Think tanks and research institutions
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Networking
Affiliation
Member of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
18,500,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Other
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution TheGovernment of the UK of GB and Northern Ireland 2,883,347€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Forest and Forestry Stakeholder Platform#E03888#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3888 #Observer #C#Academia/Research#EU Biodiversity Platform#E02210#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2210 #Not a member #C#Professionals#ENV.D.1-Working Group on Forests and Nature#Expert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1356 #Member #C#Academia/Research
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ThinkForest events see
• Monitoring Future Forests, 12 December 2023
• Implementing Closer-to-Nature Forest Management, 24 October 2023
• Achieving the EU Forest Strategy goals - what can science tell us? 26 June 2023
• https://efi.int/events
Publications, i.a.:
• How to govern Forest Ecosystem Services, EFI Policy Brief 3, January 2023
• Significant increase in forest disturbances since 1950s, Policy Brief 4, March 2023
• Forest soils can increase climate change mitigation with targeted management, EFI Policy Brief 7, May 2023
• SUPERB’s Policy recommendations for the EU Nature restoration Law, Policy Brief, May 2023
• Meeting the European Union’s Forest Strategy goals: A comparative European assessment, From Science to Policy 15, September 2023
• See more at https://efi.int/publications-bank
• Presentation at the European Parliament’s "Public Hearing on “Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds”, 27 November 2023Other activities
Observer in the Subworking Group on Nature and Forests of the Coordination Group on Biodiversity and Nature
http://www.efi.int/portal/virtual_library/annual_reports/
Meetings
Meetings
26 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 14 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject High level dialogue on forest-based bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - OÜ Fibenol
- European Agroforestry Federation
- European State Forest Association
- Sonae Arauco, SA
- Sappi Europe SA
- Single.Earth
- Innofor Finland Ltd
- European agri-cooperatives
- Stora Enso Oyj
- Land Life Company B.V.
- Pro Silva
- Pluckhugget Aktiebolag
- European Confederation of Woodworking Industries
- Metsäliitto Cooperative
- HS Timber Group GmbH
- European farmers
- European Landowners' Organization asbl
- Arbonics OU
- Stichting BirdLife Europe
- Conféderation Européenne des Propriétaires Forestiers
- Fern
- EcoTree
- Organization for Biodiversity Certificates
- EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
- European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF)
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Date 05 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject Forests. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EU Forest Strategy and forest partnerships. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Jun 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Presentation on biomass – use of woody biomass. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2020 Location video-call Subject EU Green Deal, biodiversity and forests Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Commission transition and forests Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Tatu Liimatainen (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2018 Location Sardinia Subject Addressed Annual Conference Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Bio-economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject State aid Guidelines Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Conference Details Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Bioeconomy framework Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Aura Salla (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject COP21 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject EFI Science-policy report on Forest and climate change Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - José Mendes Bota (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject EFI Annual Scientific Seminar 2016 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - José Mendes Bota (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject The European Forest Sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 08 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Forest policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)