Innovation news
December 22, 2022
77 Horizon Europe call topics relevant for the forest-based sector – FTP Call Topics Manual 2023-2024
To support FTP stakeholders, FTP analyzed the published Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2023 -2024 and identified the Call topics relevant for the forest-based sector. As a result, around 70 Call topics with a budget of € 1 billion were identified as relevant or indirectly relevant to the forest-based sector. These relevant Calls topics were mainly […]
October 14, 2024
FTP’s Position on FP10: the importance of an innovative forest bioeconomy
FTP published its Position Paper on FP10, the upcoming EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. FTP calls for a stronger emphasis on the forest bioeconomy and wood-based products as building blocks of European competitiveness and a sustainable future. The forest-based sector is uniquely positioned to contribute to Europe’s strategic objectives. Its renewable raw material […]
October 3, 2024
FTP exploring innovations in Slovakia
On 24 and 25 September 2024, the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) embarked on a trip to Slovakia, immersing participants in technologies developments in the wood and paper sectors. The first day of the visit was marked by a meeting of the FTP Advisory Committee at the Pulp & Paper Research Institute in Bratislava. During […]
March 20, 2024
The Future of Forestry might be closer than you think
This year, the International Day of Forests brings to light the innovation in the Forest-based sector with the theme “Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World”. On this occasion, FTP, together with EUSTAFOR recall the evolution of the sector and the importance of taking adequate measures to support it and to keep the […]
November 28, 2023
Innovation Fund Call and Auction: Advancing Low-carbon technologies
Last week, on 23 November 2023, the European Commission opened 2 Innovation Fund calls for proposals aiming at accelerating the deployment of innovative low-carbon technologies across Europe: the Innovation Fund 2023 Call and the Innovation Fund 2023 Auction. This funding could be primarily of interest to the pulp and paper industries and larger companies with […]
October 31, 2023
Exploring EU R&I funding opportunities: FTP and Xylofutur Partnering Event
On October 16th, FTP, in collaboration with its French member Xylofutur, organized a whole day Partnering Event in Bordeaux, back-to-back with the WoodRise Congress. The aim was to bring potential partners together to discuss common interests for future EU projects and to help FTP’s stakeholders to build competitive consortia, able to take home some of […]
