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All documentation and pictures on this site can be freely used in its original form under the condition that they are properly referenced as regards the originator/author and The European Forest-based Sector Research Forum 2005.
They must not, however, be manyfolded or used for commercial purposes whithout a written agreement with the originator/author.

• Link to The European Forest-based Sector Technology Platform Pressrelease 051110
• Link to The European Forest-based Sector Research Forum Photo Album
• The posters available in web adapted pdf-form are published under Posters
• The presentations are linked into the "Programme" page.
• Link to The European Forest-based Sector Research Forum Summary Report

Links to newspaper and magazine articles

In Swedish
• "EU-miljarder att hämta för skogen - Stort stöd i kommissionen för skogsforskningsprogram" Ny Teknik - 051116
• "Positiva politiska signaler vid The European Forest-based Sector Research Forum 2005. Skogsindustrin ska rädda uthållig tillväxt" - PrePrint från Svensk Papperstidning No 10, 2005

More information about the FTP, (the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform), may be found in these places...

• The Forest-based Sector Technology Platform web site is [www.forestplatform.org]
• The SRA, (the Strategic Research Agenda), will be presented early 2006; watch the FTP web site for more info.
• The Implementation plan will be one of the topics at the conference "From vision to reality: The strategic Research Agenda for the Forest-based Sector", in Austria, May 2-3, 2006.

Some statistics from The European Forest-based Sector Research Forum 2005

The European Forest-based Sector Research Forum attracted delegates from 27 countries, (actually 28 if you include the representatives from the Canadian Embassy in Stockholm ;-)
Most of the delegates were of course from Sweden and Finland, (48 and 14 percent respectively). However, as the pie chart illustrates, the geographical spread of the delegates showed an impressive geographical spread, from north to south, and from east to west, including many new member states of the European Union.

The preferences given for attending the workshops on day two reveal that all parts of the sector were abundantly represented at the forum, realizing the goal that the Forum should give a great variety of stakeholders an opportunity to come together and to communicate with each other the innovative future of the European Forest-based Sector. Ongoing research projects were in focus, as well as the opportunities to launch new ones. Especially in view of the Forest-based Sector's Strategic Research Agenda that came a big step nearer completion during the workshops in this forum.