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How does your sector envision the future of raw materials up until 2050? What would be the biggest breakthroughs that are required to achieve this vision? What are the challenges that could hinder it? How could your sector contribute to achieving the vision? Share your views and ideas of the opportunities and challenges for Europea […]

Aiming to ensure that the sector’s research interests and innovation ambitions are integrated into the scope of the next Work Programme, forest-based sector stakeholders together with FTP prepared: FTP Recommendations for the Work Programme 2018-2020 of Horizon 2020. The FTP Recommendations identify some 90 research and innovation areas of major concern for the European forest-based sector, […]

The results of the public stakeholder consultation will feed into the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 and will contribute to the preparation of the next EU research and innovation funding programme. The European Commission is calling upon researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, citizens, organisations and all stakeholders who have a say on research and innovation activities in […]

The three-day international conference Re-industrialisation of the EU 2016 (REinEU2016), an event of the Slovak EU Council Presidency, closed on 28 October 2016 with a final message on re-industrialisation sent to the EU Member States, to industry and to the Commission under the name Bratislava Agenda – A call for a European Industrial Revolution to […]

Establishing high-level contacts and launching start-up discussions for future cooperation, potential bilateral calls for research projects and network building were among others the main objectives that brought a delegation of representatives from the Indian government, pulp and paper association and research institute on a study tour of Europe. The trip was organised as part of […]

At the 18th edition of annual event European Paper Week (EPW), the new Director General of the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), Sylvain Lhôte, and its Chairman, Peter Oswald (CEO Mondi Group, Europe & International Division) outlined the ambitious investment agenda of the pulp and paper industry towards achieving its 2050 vision of a […]

With a grant of close to €15 million awarded by the European Commission and topped up with an additional €30 million from the Government of Slovenia, a consortium of Slovene partners led by the University of Primorska and FTP NSG Slovenia will establish the Renewable Materials and Healthy Environments Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence […]

The European Commission’s DG GROW is calling for the applications of new members to make up the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials (EIP-RM). The deadline for applications is 31 January 2017. A stronger representation of the forest-based sector in the new membership of the Operational Groups is expected and a subgroup dedicated to biotic […]

SweTree Technologies enters partnership with UPSC and VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology to boost tree growth The use of molecular genetic tools to increase forest productivity and tree growth is a challenge that the European forest-based sector is eager to address. This important endeavour, to enhance biomass production in Europe, is at the core […]

The European Commission has opened a public consultation to collect views and opinions on the implementation of the Join Undertakings (JUs) under Horizon 2020 for the period 2014-2016. Participation of all FTP stakeholders is strongly encouraged, particularly to highlight the positive outcomes of the Bio-Based Industries Public-Private Partnership (BBI JU) and the sector’s interest to […]