This conference forms part of the Wild Europe initiative, which brings together a range of organizations – all of whom are providing key inputs. The Steering Committee currently includes the following organisations:

• Birdlife International
• Council of Europe
• Countdown 2010
• European Commission
• Europarc Federation
• IUCN Regional Office for Europe and Global
• Natuurmonumenten
• PAN Parks Foundation
• UNESCO
• Wild Europe Initiative
• World Wide Fund for Nature

There is also a Steering Committee for the Wild Europe Initiative, which will ensure proper follow up of the conference. The Steering Committee includes the following people / organisations:

• Ladislav Miko (Chair): Director Natural Environment EC
• Toby Aykroyd: Director, Wild Europe Initiative
• Mike Baltzer: Director WWF Danube Carpathian Prog
• Boris Barov: European Conservation Manager, Birdlife International
• Richard Blackman: Vice Director Europarc Federation
• Eladio Fernandez Galiano: Head of Biodiversity Council of Europe
• Natarajan Ishwaran: Head of Biodiversity UNESCO
• Zoltan Kun: Director PAN Parks Foundation
• Tamas Marghescu: Director IUCN Europe
• Jeff McNeely: Chief Scientist, IUCN Global
• Vance Martin: Chair IUCN Wilderness Task Force
• Feiko Prins: Europe Coordinator Natuurmonumenten
• Erika Stanciu: President Europarc Federation
• Tony Whitbread: Director, Sussex Wildlife Trust (representing the Royal Society of Wildlife Trust)
• Sebastian Winkler: Head of Countdown 2010