Dear IFSA Family,

Was it not always your dream to show the world your beautiful country and forests? Why not become the host of the 50th IFSS – International Forestry Students’ Symposium 2022!

This is Open Call is your opportunity to make it possible! You can finally be able to share with IFSA members the beauties and interesting facts of forestry in your area — your traditions, knowledge, landscapes, and more!

The International Forestry Students’ Symposium (IFSS) is the biggest annual IFSA event. Each year, this two-week meeting is attended by over a hundred students from all over the world. The symposium provides an opportunity for students to exchange knowledge and share interests while participating in a range of forestry activities. During the Symposium, the IFSA General Assembly (GA) takes place, where different proposals collected through diverse commissions and working groups are discussed, and the elections of IFSA positions for the next year are held.

Throughout the Symposium, students travel to different regions of the hosting country, obtaining an overall perspective of all the uses, traditions, development and culture of the visited places. IFSS allows students to visit research centres and forestry companies. At the same time while, it will also be possible to participate in workshops to develop personal and professional skills, and in multicultural meetings where all the participants can share the state of the forestry industry in their respective countries framed by different regional traditions.

It is possible for more than one Local Committee (LC) to collaborate and work together in this (either within the same country or neighbouring countries), as long as the distances are feasible and not too long.

Those who are interested in hosting the event can apply to this open call until Sunday 2nd of August 2020 23:59 UTC+2 (CEST). To apply, you have to submit your proposal to opencall@ifsa.net including:

  • A Power Point presentation (including an exported file of the presentation in PDF) about:
    • Tentative itinerary and programme
    • Maximum number of participants
    • Provisional budget plan
    • Tentative dates.
  • A video of max 5 mins where you briefly explain your proposal

All the proposals will be then upload in our website page of the Online GA 2020, and all IFSA members will gain access to them. During the second session of the live GA you will also have a space to present your proposal.

It is strictly required to be an IFSA Local Committee member to apply!

Please If you have any questions/ comments feel free to send inquiries to opencall@ifsa.net