| Avdibegovic, Mersudin | Associate professor | Bosnia and Herzegovina | University of Sarajevo |
| Brajic, Amila | Researcher | Bosnia and Herzegovina | University of Sarajevo |
| Chomich, Dragan | Senior Assistant | Bosnia and Herzegovina | University of Banja Luka |
| de Francqueville, Thomas | TLAS expert | Spain | European Forest Institute – EFI |
| de La Rochefordiere, Antoine | Consultant | France | Independent, self-employed |
| elvan, osman devrim | assit.prof.dr. | Turkey | Istanbul University |
| Giessen, Lukas | Senior Researcher, working group leader | Germany | University of Göttingen |
| Huttunen, Kimmo | Researcher | Finland | University of Eastern Finland – UEF |
| Leal Riesco, Iola | Governance Expert | Finland | European Forest Institute – EFI |
| Martínez de Aragón, Juan | Senior researcher | Spain | Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia – CTFC |
| Milol, Adonis | Senior consultant | Cameroon | AAREF - GREEN DESK Consulting |
| Mutabdzija, Senka | Researcher | Bosnia and Herzegovina | University of Sarajevo |
| Nuorteva, Heikki | Researcher | Finland | Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) |
| Pettenella, Davide | Senior researcher | Italy | University of Padova |
| Prokofieva, Irina | Senior researcher | Spain | Forest Sciences Center of Catalonia – CTFC |
| Pülzl, Helga | Senior researcher | Austria | EFICEEC & BOKU Vienna |
| Ramcilovic-Suominen, Sabaheta | Researcher | Finland | European Forest Institute – EFI |
| Rosenbaum, Kenneth | Consultant | United States | Sylvan Environmental Consultants |
| Steinsberger, Thomas Norbert | technical adviser | Germany | Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH |
| Ulybina, Olga | Research Fellow | United Kingdom | Cambridge Central Asia Forum |