Innovation News

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 […]

NSG Slovakia is on the verge of improving strategic processes and projects in the forest-based bio-economy. From September 2018, a national FTP hub, in collaboration with the LignoSilva Center of Excellence and the BIOEAST initiative, will boost the necessary synergies between the circular economy, the bioeconomy and the forest-based sector.  The main goal of the hub […]

2017 was a record year for EU research and innovation in the European forest-based sector; 61 projects funded by the European Commission under Horizon 2020 were launched. The projects are progressive and extremely diverse, with 18 projects related to the forestry sector, 22 related to the woodworking sector and 21 related to the pulp and […]

Following its success in 2017, the 3rd edition of EU Raw Materials Week will take place from Monday 12 to Friday 16 November 2018, in Brussels. A series of events organized by the European Commission will address the latest developments for raw materials in the EU. The raw materials community will get the chance to […]

The European Space Agency (ESA), supports European industry by developing their ideas for new business applications using space technology. Space technology can support many parts of the pulp and paper value-chain, starting right in the forest. Therefore, ESA will shortly be launching a thematic Call for kick-start activities with the theme "pulp & paper". Kick-start activities […]

The European wood processing industries and the waste management sector have joined forces to increase expertise of wood waste collection and recycling in the construction sector.  WoodCircus is a joint project initiative of FTP and 17 European research organizations and companies. Led by VTT (Finland), the project will evaluate the sector’s efficiency and recycling performance, […]

The 44th FTP Advisory Committee (AC) meeting took place on 12 June 2018 in Brussels with the attendance of representatives from nine countries, as well as FTP shareholders, research umbrella organizations, and observers from the European Commission. At the meeting, participants discussed the revision of the current FTP Vision document, news from the National Support […]