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 The planning process for the implementation of Horizon Europe has begun, with a first meeting of the shadow programme committee, responsible for overseeing the preparation of the plan. A preliminary outline of the plan, dated 8 May, was prepared by the Commission for consideration by EU member states, and will be subject to substantial […]

The political pundits are calling the EU elections a vote for change generally – to left or right, depending on your viewpoint. But for Horizon Europe, the EU’s next big R&D programme, the vote resulted in most of the key legislators winning re-election and  likely continuing their work on the programme.  For complete article […]

 The 2nd  stakeholder consultation round on the new Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda of the Forest-based Sector (SRA 2030) has been launched today. Contributions to the 1st stakeholder consultation have been crucial to the work of the SRA Editing Team and the new draft is now available for comment. Deadline Tuesday 21 May, 15.00h […]

The next FTP conference will take place on 27 November 2019 in Helsinki, Finland, under the auspices of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This one-day conference will be the launch event for the revised Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2030 and will be held at Aalto University, Espoo, on the […]

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) explains the expansion of multi-storey wood buildings in the world. Gerhard Schickhofer is awarded  the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for research and knowledge transfer behind the stable and eco-friendly material. Professor Gerhard Schickhofer, the Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology at Graz University of Technology, Austria, has laid the scientific and […]

EU budget for 2021-2027: The EU institutions have reached a partial political agreement on Horizon Europe. Investing in research and innovation is investing in Europe’s future, in knowledge and new solutions to maintain and improve the European way of life. That is why the Juncker Commission has set a new level of ambition to deepen […]

This spring, UPM will begin a transplantation project of rare and threatened wood-inhabiting fungi in co-operation with Natural Resources Institute Finland and the University of Helsinki. The aim of the project is to accelerate the reintroduction of species inhabiting deadwood to forests by planting these fungi to deadwood concentrations in the company forests. The project […]

In the context of the European Commission’s ongoing work on developing a classification system for sustainable investments, the organisations representing the European forest-based bioeconomy value chain have issued a joint statement on the role of forest management in the proposed taxonomy regulation, notably on the first round of climate mitigation activities drawn up by the […]

The aim of REINVEST 2050 is to stimulate competition between companies with low carbon solutions in order to create a knock-on effect and encourage the deployment of innovative solutions within the pulp and forest fibre industries. The launch of REINVEST 2050 was hosted by Members of the European Parliament Elsi Katainen (ALDE, Finland) and Ludek […]

 The first public Consultation on a new European Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRA) opens today – 4 March – for stakeholders of the forest-based sector. The renewed SRA follows the launch of the sector’s Vision 2040 in November 2018, and will provide a roadmap to achieve the 10 Vision Targets set out in […]