European Network of Forest Entrepreneurs e.V.

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European Network of Forest Entrepreneurs e.V.
ENFEBarrie Hudson OBE, Chairman

• European Office European Forestry House
• Rue de Luxembourg, Brussels
• Secretariat General
• Sölden, Germany
• www.enfe.net

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ENFE Members are Forestry Contractors
Associations in 14 European Countries
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• The current annual harvest in Europe is some
  450 million cubic metres services for 15
  billion
• Forestry Contractors are responsible for some
  80 of this production
• ENFE represents some 50,000 enterprises with a
  work force of around 250,000

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• is the main European representation of the forest
  operations sector
• aims at information dissemination between its
  members, and between the Network and opinion
  formers in Europe
• acts towards the social and economic development
  of SMEs in European Forestry along with partner
  organisations such as CEETTAR

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What ENFE does

• provide communication and understanding of common
  problems
• raise the profile of the contractor
• improve access to training and education of
  contractors their employees
• ensure that research and development is geared to
  the demands of contractors
• provide access to best practice

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What is the Vision? That Good Contractors

• are profitable
• are competent
• offer high quality at competitive costs
• are specialised in equipment, skills and work
  organisation
• are capable of continuous development
• offer attractive jobs and stable employment
• offer safe and healthy workplaces

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Best practice

• to define standards
• qualification, quality, decent work
• to combat unfair competition
• to achieve a level playing field
• ENFE has developed
• Guide to Good Practice in Contract Labour in
  Forestry (FAO, published autumn 2008)

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• ENFE has gathered a team of 10 core SMEs
  (assisted by their National Contracting
  Associations), three university and seven
  field-based Research, Training and Development
  Organisations (RTDs) from across North, West
  Central and East Central Europe
• Funding from the EU of 1.6m over 3 years

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Partners in 10 countries grouped into three
regions
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COMFOR

• The objective of COMFOR is to put science into
  practice by researching and developing tools
  which will encourage forest SMEs to adopt
  ergonomically sound working practices
• COMFOR will train the Entrepreneur Associations
  in methods of knowledge transfer to spread the
  results of the research to a wide body of
  European forest operations SMEs

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EFECT ?

• EFECT ? the European Forest Entrepreneurs
  CerTificate.
• Objective
• Define the core criteria for forest
  entrepreneurs good practice in Europe

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• Vision Europe is the homemarket for forestry
  contractors
• wider markets are more flexible demand
  decreases there and increases here , services
  should be directed more easily than it is
  possible today
• tight local markets cause overcapacities
• transfer of knowledge and best practices would be
  easier
• result is better competitiveness ? good for
  European forestry
• What to do? ? Go forward toward a common vision
• ? EFECT ? makes it easier

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EFECT ? - Draft Core Criteria

• Company should be registered
• Employ qualified staff
• Adequate and safe equipment
• Provision of capital (sound financial position)
• Management systems for
• Work quality
• Environmental standards
• Health Safety
• Long term written labour / subcontracting
  contracts
• Written service contracts
• Works to laws and regulations
• Taxes, pension payments, wages,
• Qualified business management

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EFECT ? - next steps ?

• Create EFECT
• Analyse content of existing national certificates
  and define mutual elements.
• Define core elements for the acknowledgement of
  good forest entrepreneurs. !
• Design the core certification scheme based on
  core standards and requirements.
• Finalise EFECT ?
• 3. Establish a management handbook for
  accreditation of national certificates for EFECT
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• 4. Establish and accredit a certification body
• e.g. ENFE Members, Industry, Workers Union, PEFC,
  FSC International
• 5. Endorse EFECT ?