The European Institute for Export Compliance (EIFEC) is an independent not-for-profit organisation with a membership base of public and private organisations, universities, companies and individuals, and other institutions. 

EIFEC is the export compliance international standard setting and policy-making body. The main aim is to promoting an effective international culture of compliance with the relevant Export regulations within the financial, economic, industrial, academic and associative system of private and public sector.

EIFEC objectives are to disseminate among any organisation involved in export/ international trade behaviours of excellence through an effective implementation of the specialised compliance management framework based on International Export Compliance Standards (EIFEC EC1001 series).

EIFEC coordinates the European Universities Network for Export Compliance (EUNIFEC). EIFEC Masters and Training courses are managed in collaboration with universities members of EUNIFEC and give academic credits.

EUNIFEC Steering Committee is chaired by UNITO University of Turin (management and business), founded 1404, and Politecnico di Torino (technology).

EUNIFEC is a strategic alliance network between the leading EU technical universities and management and business universities with the main objectives, including: 

• Promoting the export compliance culture by embedding and integrating at each national level, the principles, best practices, operational procedures, implementing a common risk assessment approach underpinning all export control assessments in the EU and support the implementation of the EU export compliance framework
• Promoting, and establishing Academic and Master courses, with object the formation of skilled professional with export compliance capacity (Export Compliance Officer)
• To be a technical support for public decision to national government authorities and policy makers as custodian of the highest level of knowledge
• To establish and maintain an expert system to assist EU national authorities and exporters to evaluate and determine/classify if a product (for their technical content) is under EU export control regulations ( dual use, sanctions etc.)
• Cooperation on methodological and management systems to develop export compliance management procedures.