OptFORESTS Delphi Panel

This section provides background information and ethics documentation for the OptFORESTS Delphi Panel.

The panel brings together 100 experts from across Europe to share informed perspectives, identify priorities, and explore where views converge and diverge on policies affecting forest genetic resources (FGR) and forest reproductive material (FRM). Through a structured, iterative consultation process, the panel aims to support evidence-based recommendations and inform future strategies and policies.

The study is part of OptFORESTS Task 7.4. It is led by the University of Padova (TESAF), in collaboration with EFI (Finland), GIS (Slovenia), and NIBIO (Norway). It has received an ethics waiver from the TESAF Ethics Committee and complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Participation is voluntary. Responses are treated confidentially and used solely for the purposes of the OptFORESTS project.

The documents below give further details on the consultation process, data protection, participants’ rights, and how to use the Delphi panel platform.