Organisation
SCAR FOREST work is managed and coordinated by a core group:
- Taneli Kolström (chair, Finland)
- Nicolas Picard (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.