The primary objective of the SILVA Network is to stimulate and facilitate educational co-operation in the field of Forestry in Europe. The secondary objectives will be realised at four levels:

- Students: to make it possible for students to carry out part of their studies abroad
- Teachers: to stimulate and facilitate sojourns of teachers abroad
- Curriculum: to encourage the exchange of information on the development of curricula and the development of joint curricula
- Courses: to stimulate and facilitate the development of joint courses