The second edition of the EFI Mediterranean Network Forum renews collaboration and invites new participation in EFIMED’s network connecting forest researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across the Mediterranean. In 2022, the inaugural EFI Mediterranean Network Forum in Barcelona saw the launch of the Mediterranean Forest Research Agenda (MFRA) 2030. The event offered wide-ranging collaboration on key themes and cross-cutting issues for Mediterranean forest management for resilience, which were explored in the MFRA.
In 2026, the second edition of this milestone event again offers the opportunity for the EFIMED network to meet in person, fostering new partnerships and collaborative initiatives.
The second edition of the EFI Mediterranean Network Forum will:
The forum will feature:
- A high-level session with policymakers to explore the role of forests as powerful tools for diplomacy, fostering cross-border cooperation in the Mediterranean, and how development cooperation funding can play a key role in financing environmental projects.
- Mid-term review of MFRA 2030 reflecting on achievements, challenges, and opportunities since its launch in 2022, and continuing and new needs going forwards.
- Interactive sessions focused on MFRA’s four core themes and cross-cutting issues. To ensure that a diversity of voices is heard, the sessions will include keynote presentations, reverse panels, live interactions with the audience, and poster flash talks.
- Networking opportunities, not only entailing interactive components in all sessions but also including a dedicated networking session to connect innovators and participants.
- Youth engagement through the continued involvement of leading youth organisations (i.e. the International Forestry Students Association and the FAO Mediterranean Youth Task Force) and a featured session to allow new voices from Mediterranean forests to be heard.
- A field visit showcasing projects connected to the themes of the MFRA (location to be announced).
- Back-to-back to the event, a thematic day to spotlight a characteristic Mediterranean tree species and its role in the regional landscape, culture, and economy, giving space to groundbreaking innovations.
We hope you will join us, and the wide Mediterranean network, in the second EFI Mediterranean Network Forum, held from 23 to 27 March 2026.
The venue will be announced at the end of summer 2025.
Next steps
- Venue announcement: end of summer 2025
- Definition of the programme: autumn 2025
- Call for posters: late 2025
- Registrations open: late 2025