FP6 - 515044 INNOVAWOOD - An Innovation Strategy to integrate industry needs and research capability in the European Forestry-Wood Chain

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Type of Project	Specific Support Action
Contract No	FP6 - 515044
Total Cost	596 KEuro
EC Contribution	440 KEuro
Start Date	15-12-2005
Duration	36 Months

Abstract

The enlargement of the European Union will lead to a substantial expansion of the forestry/ wood sector. There will be a significant increase in the number of candidate countries (+10), the land mass (+34%), the population (+105 million inhabitants), the total forest area (+25%), the number of private forest owners (+4 million).

The main problems facing the forest industries relate to the fragmented industry structure with very many SMEs and its nearly 4 million employees, and the need to improve the level of competitiveness (innovation, technology, resources and know-how). Along with that, environmental protection and production technology need to be improved.

This project hopes to match industry needs and research capabilities through an integrated strategy for innovation in the European forestry wood chain (FWC).

Objectives:

• To link research to innovation through increased and more efficient linkages between knowledge and skill producers with the industries in the FWC.
• To increase international cooperation in the FWC through fostering innovation, relevant sciences and knowledge dissemination with particular consideration of the nature and needs of SMEs in the EU-25.

Activities

• Contact databases of: 'knowledge and skills provider community (EU-25)' industrially performing community (EU-25).
• Extensive (EU-25) capability and needs register of: -provider community's capability -industrial community's needs
• Match analysis "capabilities vs. needs" in the FWC of the enlarged EU
• Gap analysis "capabilities vs. needs" in the FWC of the enlarged EU 5) Development of integrated innovation strategies for: RTD and innovation / Environment and Sustainability / Training and Education /Knowledge Transfer /FWC
• To ensure more active linkages between industry and provider communities by creating enhanced communication and dissemination tools (newsletters, European conferences and demonstration workshops, Portal and Website

Coordinator

Innovawood Ltd, Ireland

Partners

• Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Italy
• AIDIMA - Asociacion De Investigacion Y Desarrollo De La Industria Del Mueble Y Afines, Spain
• Centre Technique Et Scientifique De L'industrie Transformatrice Du Bois Et Des Matieres Connexes - Ctib, Belgium
• Centre Technique Du Bois Et De L'ameublement, France
• Linkoepings Universitet, Sweden
• Technicka Univerzita Vo Zvolene, Slovakia
• Bundesforschungsanstalt Fuer Forst - Und Holzwirtschaft, Germany
• Instytut Technologii Drewna, Poland
• Uea Communications Asbl, Belgium
• Federation Europeenne De Panneaux A Base De Bois - Epf, Belgium
• Confederation Europeenne Des Proprietaires Forestiers Cepf, Luxembourg
• Berner Fachhochschule - Hochschule Fur Architektur, Bau Und Holz, Switzerland
• The Department of Agriculture and Food, Ireland

Contacts

Contact

• Denis MC GOWAN / InnovaWood IRELAND