International Cooperation in Forest Research and Innovation Harald Mauser EFI Liaison Office Brussels 5.2.2019 | www.efi.int

Who we are 29 member countries 115 member organisations in Affiliate Members from Canada, D.R. Congo, Israel, P.R. China and USA 29 member countries 115 member organisations in 39 countries www.efi.int

EFI Network Fund €1m for 2018-2021 exclusively for EFI Associate and Affiliate Members. Two calls: 2018-2019, 2020-2021. supports networking activities like joint research initiatives, knowledge networking and capacity building. Funding of coordination, travel, events, short visits and dissemination. at least 4 EFI member organisations from at least 4 different European regions. Non-EFI member organisations can join as partners without reimbursement. Maximum contribution for each proposal is €100k. Ongoing projects ENGAGING–Engaging owners of small private forests in active management FORMASAM–Forest Management Scenarios for Adaptation and Mitigation FORSCEE–The future of a forest-based bioeconomy in Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe FOSPREF-Wind – Wind risk to European forests under climate change PerForm-Perceiving the Forest-based Sector in the Bioeconomy www.efi.int

EFI Multi Donor Trust Fund for Policy Support part of the EFI Policy Support Facility that brings our science-based knowledge to the policy arena Term 2018-2020 Donors: Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, (France), Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden Observers: Estonia, Portugal MDTF Steering Committee (all donors, EFI director): decides on budget and topics, comments on draft reports Bark beetle outbrakes: causes, impacts and adaptation strategies (ongoing) European forest policy pathways after 2020 (ongoing)  Afforestation and plantation forests: potential and impacts in Europe (ongoing) China-Europe Bioeconomy - Assessment and outlook (ongoing) Role of bioeconomy in controlling forest fires The importance of forest and water nexus for the European natural resource governance Public health and forestry in Europe www.efi.int

Capacity building Young Leadership Programme 10 IUFRO-EFI grants* 10 EFI Short Scientific Visits *Strategic cooperation EFI-IFSA-IUFRO supported by BMEL, Germany Photo by Saku Ruusila www.efi.int

Co-operation with China Chinese Academy of Forestry (Bio-economy, Resilience, Sustainability) China-Europe Bioeconomy - Assessment and outlook National Forestry and Grassland Administration (forest policy dialogue, bioeconomy) Beijing Municipal Bureau of Forestry and Parks (circular bioeconomy, zero carbon, carbon neutral) Beijing Forestry University (forest research, bioeconomy) Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management (bioeconomy governance) Mapping the activities of EFI member organisations in China to maximise synergies Side event during EFI Annual Conference 2019 www.efi.int

Co-operation with Russia Project SUMFOREST: SUstainable forest management; Multifunctional Forestry, European Forest Policy Young Leadership Programme on the Russian Forest Sector Moscow School of Management joint programme 2016-2018 (policy, business models, strategic cooperation with Europe) Russian Academy of Science, Russian Ministry of Education and Research St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2018 (Business Roundtable on Bioeconomy and Circular Economy) EFI Annual Conference 2015 in St. Petersburg Impacts, challenges and opportunities for Russian forests, forestry and forest bioeconomy to mitigate climate change RUFORCLIM www.efi.int

Mapping forest bioeconomy research in Europe Marko Lovric, Natasa Lovric, Robert Mavsar Presented by Harald Mauzer

Background EFI conducted a review on existing information about forest bio- economy research and innovation in Europe. Supported by SCAR.

FP Research funding More possibilities for trans-national cooperation as total funding for research and innovation in forest based bioeconomy is increasing (20% from FP7 to H2020 period)

Forest Biomass &Raw Materials Research capacities existing research capacities in all regions, but unevenly distributed Forest system Forest Biomass &Raw Materials Primary processing Secondary processing

Research cooperation Still limited cooperation between “east” and “west”

Research cooperation And between different actors along value chains

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