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Participants are invited to submit COST Action proposals contributing to  the scientific, technological, economic, cultural or societal knowledge  advancement and development of Europe. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. The Open Call Action proposal submission, evaluation, selection and approval (SESA) procedure is fully science and technology-driven and will ensure a simple, transparent and competitive proposal evaluation and […]

BillerudKorsnäs’s partner, CHOCAL (Hörnlein Group) has been awarded “the ISM packaging award” for innovative packaging at ProSweets 2019 in Cologne. Seasonal chocolate figures – wrapped in paper – is one of the upcoming products soon to be out on the market. The goal of the collaboration between the companies is to create more sustainable packaging. […]

PRESS RELEASE – 19.02.19  UPM collaborates with leading research organizations and small to medium sized companies in order to create a new ecosystem and novel wood-based innovations for the biomedical sector. The sector faces a growing need for products sourced from natural materials that are free from animal-derived components as they offer many advantages over […]

Joint Press Release | 04 Feb.2019 Last December, the Commission published a progress report on the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy, discussed by the European Parliament in January. This report comes at a time when forests and the forest-based sector are recognised as essential players in responding to major societal and environmental challenges. In […]

On 10 January, the Swedish Forest Industries Federation organized its first important research conference of 2018. The new National Research Agenda “Skogsnäringens Forskningsagenda 4.0”, a compilation of Swedish research and development needs, was presented at the conference by Torgny Persson, the Chair of NSG Sweden. The document is a joint effort by forest owners, forest […]

Today, at an event organized under the auspices of the Austrian EU-presidency, the FTP Vision 2040 of the European Forest-based Sector was launched. The venue, the prestigious Marmorsaal within the premises of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism in Vienna, was packed with representatives from some 20 European countries. The conference, titled “Vision […]

The European Commission recently released the Horizon 2020 work programme for 2018–2020. For the next three years, Horizon 2020, the EU’s largest research and innovation programme ever, will focus on climate, clean energy, the circular economy and digitizing European industry, by offering EUR 30 billion to successful applicants. FTP has identified around 50 Call topics […]

As from the end of November 2018, Ms. Noor de Laat, who has been the Communications and Project Officer at FTP will leave the FTP office and Brussels, to pursue a new career in Antwerp. With Noor leaving, FTP is seeking a highly motivated professional to join its team as Communications and Project Officer at […]

Ms. Heini Hyrkkö has for the past two years been one of the team members of the FTP office in Brussels. Heini’s main responsibility has been the EU-funded research project VERAM but she has also been a great asset in developing FTP’s communications activities. “I am sad to see Heini leave FTP, but we are […]

FTP is pleased to introduce Ms. Noor de Laat, who joined our team at the beginning of October as Communications and Project Officer. She replaces Thais Mattos who left FTP and Brussels in September, to pursue a new career in Germany. Noor graduated from Wageningen University in the Netherlands with a master’s degree in Forest and Nature Conservation. She […]