Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en IFMN

Name

Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en IFMN

Legal name

Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en Ingeniería Forestal y del Medio Natural

Website

https://forestales.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Colegiación y Cuotas de Miembros: Annual membership fees charged to registered forestry engineers and graduates (Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en Ingeniería Forestal y del Medio Natural). Members receive access to the private area, professional services, legal support, visados, and other member benefits.
2. Formación y Cursos: Revenue generated from professional training courses, seminars, and events offered to both members and non-members, including online courses such as the basic wildfire extinction course.
3. Visados y Registros: Fees charged for the certification and registration (visado) of professional documents and work.
4. Tienda Online y Publicaciones: Revenue from the sale of publications including the Foresta journal, technical books, and other forestry-related products through the online store.
5. Seguros: Revenue from insurance products and services offered to members through the Colegio.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en IFMN is the official professional association (colegio oficial) for forestry engineers in Spain, operating under RD 127/2013. It provides mandatory professional registration (colegiación), document certification (visados), legal defense of professional titling, continuing education, a job board, the Foresta journal, a cadastral information point (PIC), and member benefits including insurance and discount programs. The organization represents forestry engineers at national and regional government levels and operates territorial offices in Madrid, Huelva, and Valladolid.

Product overview

Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en IFMN operates a professional association platform offering digital and in-person services for forestry engineers. The core offerings include the Oficina Virtual for member registration and certification, the Revista Foresta professional journal, a Formación training platform with RedForesta seminars, and a Portal de Empleo job board. Additional services include the Club Forestal member benefits program, technical standards publications, Cadastral Information Point access, legal support, labor guides, and an online store. The organization functions as a regulatory and professional body for forestry engineers in Spain, providing continuing education, professional certification, and advocacy services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Colegiación y Precolegiación (Professional Membership) Annual professional registration for Ingenieros Técnicos Forestales y Graduados en Ingeniería Forestal y del Medio Natural, with a reduced-rate Precolegiación option for university students. Required for legal practice and provides access to member services, legal support, visados, and benefits.
• Visados y Registros Professional certification and registration service (visado) for forestry technical documents and projects, certifying work performed by registered forestry professionals.
• Punto de Información Catastral (PIC) Cadastral information point service providing access to land registry (cadastral) data for members and the public.
• Revista Foresta (Foresta Journal) Official professional journal publishing technical articles, research, and news related to forestry, environmental management, and the forestry engineering profession. Available by subscription or single-issue purchase.
• Canal de Formación (Training Platform) Professional training platform offering courses, seminars, and educational events including RedForesta technical seminars, available to both members and non-members. Includes online courses such as the basic wildfire extinction course.
• Portal de Empleo (Job Board) Job board connecting forestry professionals with employment opportunities including private sector jobs, public sector positions, international offers, and scholarships. Employers can publish job offers through the platform.
• Tienda Forestal (Online Store) E-commerce store selling publications including the Foresta journal, technical books, forestry standards documentation, and forestry-related merchandise.
• Club Forestal (Member Benefits Program) Benefits and discount program offering advantages to registered members of the Colegio across partner businesses and services.
• Seguros (Insurance Products) Insurance products and services offered to members through the Colegio, negotiated as part of the member benefits package.
• Normas Tecnológicas de Jardinería y Paisajismo Technical standards documentation publication for gardening and landscaping professionals, available for purchase through the Colegio.

Quantifiable outcome

• Between 20% and 30% of trees evaluated in Spain show significant defoliation or damage associated with biotic or abiotic factors (National Forest Health Inventory, MITECO)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Junta de Castilla y LeóncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Colegio maintains an active collaboration with the Junta de Castilla y León's Consejeria de Agricultura, Ganadería, Medio Rural y Política Ambiental. The decana-presidenta Ana Belén Noriega and secretary general Raúl de la Calle met with the regional counselor Joaquín Antonio Pino in July 2026 to establish new collaboration lines in strategic areas for rural development and the forestry sector. The region is also a key investment partner in the RetechFOR project with €16.6M allocated.
• RetechFOR (Junta de Castilla y León and Gobierno de Canarias)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRetechFOR is a digital innovation project for the forestry sector co-funded by the Junta de Castilla y León (€16.6M) and the Gobierno de Canarias (€11.85M), with total budget of €28.45M funded by the Spanish RETECH program (Secretaría de Estado de Digitalización e Inteligencia Artificial) under the Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia (Next Generation EU funds). The project aims to digitize and transform the forestry sector through advanced technologies for natural environment monitoring and disaster prevention.
• Asociación de Propietarios Forestales Valle del Árrago (APFVA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Colegio is listed as a collaborating institution in the EVCArrago project (Economía verde y circular contra los incendios forestales y la despoblación en el valle del Árrago), a project promoted by the Association of Forest Landowners of the Valle del Árrago, financed by the Fundación Biodiversidad of MITECO with Next Generation EU funds.
• Fundación Biodiversidad (MITECO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fundación Biodiversidad del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico (MITECO) co-finances key forestry projects in which the Colegio participates, including the EVCArrago project for the Valle del Árrago and the PRO-FOMUR bioeconomy project in Murcia. The Foundation also supports RedForesta seminars and other professional activities.
• PROFOMUR - Asociación de Propietarios Forestales de la Región de MurciaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPROFOMUR (Asociación de Propietarios Forestales de la Región de Murcia) completed a forest bioeconomy project contributing to the demographic challenge in Murcia. The initiative promoted forest management actions, wildfire prevention, biomass, SME training, forest tourism, digitalization, environmental credits, and communication to activate new opportunities in rural areas. The project was funded by the Dirección General de Administración Local de la CARM.
• Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural (Madrid)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Colegio is institutionally linked to the ETS de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural in Madrid, where its headquarters is located (Sala de Grados, Edificio Montes). The institution participates in academic events, promotes the profession to students, and coordinates with the school for professional development.
• RedforestacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRedforesta is a professional network and seminar series organized with the participation of the Colegio. Technical seminars are held in cities including Huelva and Valladolid, covering topics such as plant health and phytosanitary treatments. The seminars generate published presentations available in open access.
• Universidad de ExtremaduraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Universidad de Extremadura collaborated on the EVCArrago project and in research on oak decline (la seca) with Lithium Iberia S.L. The Colegio is associated with these research initiatives in forestry and environmental management.
• CICYTEX / Instituto del Corcho, la Madera y el Carbón Vegetal (ICMC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Instituto del Corcho, la Madera y el Carbón Vegetal (ICMC), part of CICYTEX in Mérida, participated in the EVCArrago project conducting bark stripping activities and research in the Valle del Árrago area, with over 3,000 cork oaks studied.
• Escuela de Ingeniería Agraria y Forestal del Campus de PonferradaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Colegio participated in the academic ceremony of the Escuela de Ingeniería Agraria y Forestal del Campus de Ponferrada, representing institutional engagement with forestry education.
• Generalitat ValencianaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Colegio achieved the opening of a forestry post in the Relación de Puestos de Trabajo (RPT) of the Generalitat Valenciana, advocating for the inclusion of forestry professionals in the regional administration.
• Junta de AndalucíaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Junta de Andalucía executed a court ruling recognizing access of forestry qualifications to teaching specialties, after advocacy by the Colegio on behalf of its members.
• Lithium Iberia S.L.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLithium Iberia S.L. collaborated with the Universidad de Extremadura on research to combat oak and cork oak decline (la seca), with a non-profit agreement for applied research and knowledge transfer in forest health management related to the lithium mining project in Las Navas, Cañaveral, Cáceres.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Consejo General de la Ingeniería Técnica Forestal: National coordinating body of Spanish forestry engineering colegios profesionales. Directly comparable to COITF as the umbrella institution representing the same professional cohort nationally.
• Colegio de Ingenieros de Montes: Spanish professional college for the related forestry engineering degree (Ingenieros de Montes). The direct counterpart to COITF in the same sector, serving a parallel cohort of forestry professionals with overlapping scope but distinct titulación.
• Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales (SECF): Spanish scientific society for forestry. Like COITF, it serves forestry professionals in Spain, focused on technical knowledge exchange, publications, and congresses (e.g., the Spanish Forestry Congresses).
• Asociación Forestal Española: Spanish forestry association representing forest owners and managers. Comparable to COITF as a forestry-sector membership organization in Spain, though oriented toward landowners rather than individual professionals.
• Centre de la Propietat Forestal de Catalunya: Catalan public forestry entity serving forest owners and professionals in Catalonia. Comparable as a regional forestry services/advocacy body, though focused on private forest management rather than professional titling.

Regional players

• Royal Forestry Society: UK chartered forestry professional body offering membership, certification (Cert.FR), and publications. Highly comparable as a forestry professional association with education, publication, and qualification functions analogous to COITF.
• Society of American Foresters (SAF): US national forestry professional society with membership, certification (CF), and publications. Highly analogous to COITF in serving forestry professionals with credentialing and continuing education, though in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• European Forest Institute (EFI): Pan-European forest research and policy organization. Comparable to COITF as a forestry-focused membership/institutional body, but operating at the European level on research, policy, and certification rather than national professional titling.
• Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Agrónomos: Spanish professional college for agricultural engineers. Comparable to COITF as a parallel regulated Spanish engineering colegio with statutory registration monopoly, training, and advocacy functions.

Others

• Fundación Biodiversidad (MITECO): Spanish government-affiliated foundation funding biodiversity and forestry projects (including EVCArrago). Comparable as a funder and ecosystem participant in Spanish forestry alongside COITF's collaborations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ingforestal50
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfas5uotjDuBdcK82zVEGhQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/COITF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/colegio-oficial-de-ingenieros-t-cnicos-forestales
• Instagraminstagram.com/ingforestales

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