About UEF

UEF is a federation of professional foresters organizations from several European countries. 

She was created in 1965 in Berlin and groups together today 23 associations from 19 countries (Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,  Ireland, Leichtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldavia, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden and  Switzerland). In total she represents some 80.000 foresters of all ranks working for different kind of forest owners (state, community, private).

UEF is represented by a presidency, consisting of a president, 3 vicepresidents, a secretary, an assistant secretary  and a treasurer. The presidency forms part of the Governing Council, UEF's supreme authority, which is further composed of one representative of each member-association. A UEF-congress is held every four years. The Presidency and the Governing Council meet   in between. Since June 2009 the Presidency is composed as follows:

• president: Håkan Nystrand (Finland)
• vice-presidents:  Michael Diemer  (Germany), Piotr Grygier (Poland), Marian Stoicescu (Romania)
• secretary: Hervé Némoz-Rajot (France)
• assistant secretary: Thomas Baschny (Austria)
• treasurer: Bjørn Karlsson (Sweden)