FOREST Clusters Development and Implementation Measures of a 6-Region Strategic Joint Action Plan for Knowledge-based Regional Innovation

Objective

IN2WOOD deals with the challenges of a sustainable European forest management and tackles crucial questions in the RTD environment of the forest-based sector. Wood shall be further established as one of the main renewable resources and the added value of forest in terms of economic and innovative value and quality of life shall be further improved. Aiming at the promotion of crosscutting research on these values, forest clusters of 6 European regions – Styria (Austria), North-Rhine Westfalia (Germany), South Tyrol (Italy), Banska Bystrica (Slovakia), Grisons (Switzerland), and Carpathia (Ukraine) - have joined forces to elaborate a Joint Action Plan for the future coordination and strengthening of their complementary RTD potentials. The project aims at 5 general objectives for forest sector development: (1) to enhance Wood Production, (2) to strengthen Technological Innovation Systems, (3) to develop Competence Awareness, (4) to optimize Logistics, (5) to build up Information Systems. The Joint Action Plan, delivered at mid-term of the 3-year project, collects sets of regionally adopted, coordinated strategies for future collaborative RTD-activities in these 5 thematic fields. Measures towards the implementation of the JAP will be taken in phase II in the form of “pilot concepts”, which define specific partnerships, plans and funding schemes for innovative follow-up projects. IN2WOOD builds upon existing bilateral cooperation between regions, sharpens their complementarities and promotes further synergies. Fostering stronger networking, knowledge exchange and cluster formation among stakeholders within and between the partner regions, the project's mentoring also reaches out to important forest regions in South Eastern Europe, where the consortium will strengthen existing links and initiate new partnerships. The project thus supports the further development and internationalisation of regional research-driven clusters in the European forest sector.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › botany
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › paper and wood

Programme(s)

• FP7-REGIONS - Specific Programme "Capacities": Regions of knowledge and support for regional research-driven clusters

Topic(s)

• REGIONS-2009-1 - Enhancing the sustainable use of natural resources and of the natural and man-made environment

Call for proposal

FP7-REGIONS-2009-1
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Funding Scheme

CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions

Coordinator

HOLZCLUSTER STEIERMARK GMBH

Address

Reininghausstrasse 13A
8020 Graz
Austria

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

EU contribution

€ 401 464,40

Administrative Contact

Joachim Reitbauer (Mr.)

Participants (12)

Waldverband Steiermark

Austria

EU contribution

€ 102 934

Address

Hamerlinggasse 3
8010 Graz

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Stefan Zwettler (Mr.)

Ministerium für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Germany

EU contribution

€ 327 189,96

Address

Schwannstr. 3
40476 Düsseldorf

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Volker Holtkaemper (Mr.)

INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUR WALD UND HOLZ NRW EV

Germany

EU contribution

€ 401 485,40

Address

Hafenweg 24A
48155 Munster

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Andreas Schulte (Prof.)

INFORMATIONS-UND DEMONSTRATIONSZENTRUM ERNEUERBARE ENERGIEN e.V.

Germany

EU contribution

€ 127 019,70

Address

Carls-aue Strasse 91A
59939 Olsberg

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Martin Schwarz (Mr.)

TIS - TECHNO INNOVATION SOUTH TYROL SCPA

Italy

EU contribution

€ 174 880,80

Address

Via Siemens 19
39100 Bolzano (Bz)

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Paolo Bertoni (Dr.)

Konsortium Kompetenzzentrum alpine Bautechnologie

Italy

EU contribution

€ 135 558,35

Address

Eisackstraße 1
39040 Vahrn

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Markus Langes (Dr.)

NARODNE LESNICKE CENTRUM

Slovakia

EU contribution

€ 99 189

Address

Ulica T G Masaryka 22
960 01 Zvolen

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Milan Zúbrik (Dr.)

LESY SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY

Slovakia

EU contribution

€ 55 356,46

Address

Namestie Snp 8
97566 Banska Bystrica

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

František Král (Mr.)

Graubünden Holz

Switzerland

EU contribution

€ 202 946,95

Address

Bahnhofplatz 1
7302 Landquart

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Michael Gabathuler (Mr.)

Ukrainian National Forestry University

Ukraine

EU contribution

€ 65 912

Address

Gen. Chuprynka 103
79057 Lviv

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Orest Kiyko (Prof.)

FORZA AGENCY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARPATHIAN REGION NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

Ukraine

EU contribution

€ 57 673

Address

Mynajska Street Building 27 Apart Ment 39
88000 Uzhgorod

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Radmila Ustych (Ms.)

PROJEKTkompetenz.eu OG

Austria

EU contribution

€ 167 455

Address

Franz Josef Strasse 19/7
5020 Salzburg

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Harald Suitner (Mr.)