Project partners gathered more than 130 BP&I with the support of 74 experts that validated the results. Abstracts were prepared with details on e.g. the wood mobilisation potential, economic and ecologic impact of these exemplary cases. Analysis of these BP&I together with the SWOTs and stakeholders’ needs analysis are available in a public report on the project website. Each Hub matched the BP&I to their regional needs leading to a roadmap for wood mobilization. These roadmaps, designated to facilitate BP&I transfer among EU regions, were prepared with the support of 61 experts (through expert panels) and are freely available. To facilitate the access to the project’s results ROSEWOOD developed the MapViewer online platform, presenting all BP&I and funding opportunities identified. With its appealing design and intuitive navigation, the MapViewer is a key tool for all stakeholders willing to browse the collection and get a brief overview of specific BP&I they could transfer to their region. Suggesting different domains as search filters, the MapViewer allows seeking inspiration based on users’ specific requests. Coaching methodologies supporting interested stakeholders in the implementation of BP&I in general were developed and also published on the website.
In parallel to this an intensive work was performed in the analysis of the stakeholders’ needs. ROSEWOOD adapted an existing wood mobilisation value-chain, considering mainly the wood transformations and covering all sections of the wood life cycle. This was used for regional mapping of value chain stakeholders, mainly associations. 210 institutions were identified as relay for partnership finding. Stakeholders’ needs (forest owners, contractors and wood-using industry) were analysed by implementing an on-line questionnaire (234 answers in total) and analysing existing studies (more than 100 covered). Results were used to map BP&I with the needs in the roadmaps. To favour the emergence of new innovative ideas and solutions for the sustainable wood mobilisation, each Hub organised 2 Business Idea Creation workshops per Hub (total of 130 participants) as well as 1 B2B event (total of 113 participants) and 1 study visit (total of 145 participants). All in all 4 innovative ideas were selected and presented during the ROSEWOOD final Conference.
The collection of BP&I and the needs analysis took also into account the education, financing and political measures level. This analysis was summarised in form of public reports available on the project’s website. On this basis a set of recommendation for better sustainable wood mobilization environment in Europe were issued in form of a report available on the project’s website. Results were discussed and improved in the frame of Wood to Excellence workshops organised within the Hubs (4 events, total of 220 participants).
To reach the stakeholders and transfer the results the consortium communicated though many channels. Main actions were e.g the launch of the Best Practice of the Month Campaign on the website and the drafting and diffusion of four newsletters and press releases, presenting all results of the project, i.a. the roadmaps, MapViewer, outcome of the Business Idea Creation Workshops and analyses on funding, policy matters and education. These initiatives were coordinated by the ROSEWOOD central communication management, in charge of the project website and the social media accounts.
