Scar-seminaari 23.5.2018

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Taneli Kolström
Suomi SCAR tilaisuus 23.5.2018
SWG Forest

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SWG FOREST status
• Renewed mandate 2017-2019 (revised ToR)
• Contact person (coordinator):
• -> 31.12.2017 Jean-Michel CARNUS, France
• 1.1.2018-> Jean-Luc Peyron, France
• Core group: Austria (Martin Greimel), Greece (Kalliopi
Radoglou, deputy coordinator), Sweden (Karin Perhans)
• Member states from previous mandate (15): AT, BE, DE,
EE, ES, FI, FR, GR, IE, IT, NO, PL, SE, SK, UK
• Observers: European Forest Institute EFI
• New members: HU, LV, LT, NL, PT, SI, TR (tbc)
• FI: Taneli Kolström Luke, Teemu Seppä MMM

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SWG FOREST - priorities 2016-19
promote transnational research and cooperation to meet the
challenges of adaptation to and mitigation of climate changes, and
of increasing the sustainability and competitiveness of the EU's
forest-based sector, by sustainably providing biomass for a
growing bioeconomy and other ecosystem services for societal
wellbeing.[…]
– Promote a forest system approach with due considerations of
synergies and interrelations with other sectors;
– Provide strategic intelligence by mapping national forest R&I
capacities, policies, strategies;
– Engage in knowledge-based input to public debates on forest-
related EU policy areas (climate change, bioenergy, biodiversity,
plant health, trade, etc.);
– Advice on R&I support to the implementation of national forestry
policies and the EU Forest Strategy (priority area 6 for an
ambitious EU Forest-based Research Area)

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SWG FOREST – (planned) activities 2016-19
• 2016: Finalising ToR and detailed work plan, participation in the
CASA project kick-off meeting and workshop, widening participation
and invitation of other countries to join SWG Forest.
• 2017: SWG FOREST meetings back-to-back with meetings of ERA-
NET Sumforest; mapping forest bioeconomy R&I capacities and
advise on the revision of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy; assessing
forest-related ERA-NETs and COST actions.
• 2018: Research and innovation in the forest-based sector:
alignment, resource use and sharing, etc.; strategic workshop on
global R&I cooperation in key area with forest relevance (e.g. role of
forests and forest sector in global mitigation efforts post COP21).
• 2019: Joint activities with other European innovation actors: ERA-
NET Cofund, FTP, EIP-Agri, EIP Raw Materials, EFI, COST, ..;
strategic input to EU’s 9th Framework Programme.

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SWG FOREST – main outputs 2017-19
• D1 Report on forest bioeconomy research and innovation
in Europe (expert study 1 - CASA) - Dec 2017
• D2 Report on the assessment of forest-related ERA-NETs
and COST actions (expert study 2 -CASA) - Feb 2018
• D3 Strategic workshop on global issues in conjunction with
COST – Mid 2018
– COST CONNECT 8 – CLIMATE CHANGE AND
FOREST SYSTEMS 4.-5.6. Sofia, Bulgaria
• D4 Report on international cooperation on forest research
and innovation - 2019