SCAR FOREST work is managed and coordinated by a core group: 

•     Taneli Kolström (chair, Finland)
•     Jean-Luc Peyron (France)
•     Kallioppi Radoglou (Greece)
•     Vera Steinberg (Germany)

Activities include

• Support, develop and improve networking actions as well as research and innovation funding partnerships:
  • develop guidance notes for prospective COST proposal writers
  • enhance the participation of the forest-based sector in the European Innovation Partnerships (EIP)
  • follow up the ERA-Net Cofund ForestValue
  •  interact with groups promoting bioeconomy.
    
    
• Contribute to define priorities for the next National and European framework programs for research and innovation:
  • include forestry issues in SCAR foresight exercises
  • promote public/public European partnerships.

• Broaden the scope of international cooperation in relation to agricultural issues and global challenges
  • discuss the issues to step up Europe against deforestation in the Tropics.

• Stay tuned to developments in public policies related to the forest-based sector to support them as needed.