1. Forestry value chain meeting
The Knowledge based
Bio-Economy
Forestry value chain meeting
Barcelona, 12/09/2005
Martin Greimel
Scientific Officer
Dir. E “Biotechnology, Agriculture
and Food Research”
European Commission
Research Directorate-General

2. FP 7: Specific Programmes
1) Cooperation – Collaborative research
2) Ideas – Frontier research
3) People – Human Potential
4) Capacities – Research Capacity +
JRC (non-nuclear)
JRC (nuclear)
Euratom

3. FP 7: Commission Proposal
Cooperation - Collaborative research: 9 themes
Budget (million €)*
Health
Food, agriculture and biotechnology
Information and communication technologies
Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies
Energy
Environment (including climate change)
Transport (including aeronautics)
Socio-economic sciences and the humanities
Security and space
Sum
* for seven years

4. Food, agriculture and biotechnology: Objectives
Build a European Knowledge-Based Bio-Economy (KBBE)
Respond to social and economic challenges:
High quality food and sustainable food production
Food-related disorders (cardiovascular, obesity …)
Infectious animal diseases and zoonoses
Sustainable agriculture/forestry and climate change
Clean biomaterials from renewable bio-resources
Involve all stakeholders (incl. industry) in research
Support Policy
Respond quickly to emerging research needs

5. Multiple PULP USES OF & WOOD PAPER
The Forestry-Wood Chain in the Knowledge based Bio-Economy
Consumer choice
Consumer choice
Multiple
USES OF
WOOD
PULP
&
PAPER
Environmentally sound
processing of wood fibre
Renewable biomaterials/bioenergy
WHITE BIOTECH
CLEAN BIOPROCESSES
OF RAW MATERIALS/WASTE
PROCESSING
GREEN BIOTECH
OPTIMISED RAW MATERIALS
PRODUCTION
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES
(Multifunctionality, Rural development, Biodiversity, Life cycle approaches)

6. Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology in FP7
Three activities
Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environments
“Fork to farm”: Food, health and well being
Life sciences and biotechnology for sustainable non-food products and processes

7. The Forestry-Wood Chain in Activity 1:
Sustainable and competitive forestry: will enhance consumers confidence in forest based products and improve the competitiveness of the forest sector
Improved/novel trees and production systems: will lead to improved/novel forest based raw materials
Policy tools for forestry and RD: will allow the optimal allocation and market access of forest based products

8. The Forestry-Wood Chain in Activity 3:
Bio-catalysis; new biorefinery concepts: will broaden the application of forest based materials
Improved/novel forest based products and processes: will enable the sector to meet consumers expectations
Environmental sound and cleaner products and processes: will raise the environmental profile of forest based products

9. KBBE research is meeting future challenges:
* Securing the availability of renewable raw materials, while supporting the varied uses of forests and safeguarding biodiversity, through sustainable forest management
* Obtaining an economic and environmental balance in using forest biomass for products and energy, as well as substantially improving the industry’s energy efficiency
* Providing products and services that respond to changes in societal needs
* Developing and designing new products that can be recycled, reused and finally converted to bio-energy

10. Technology Platforms - Commission
Commission encouraged the set up of TPs, acts as an observer
Commission supports operational entities (secretariats) of TPs
SRAs have been an important (not the sole!!)
input to identify the 9 thematic priorities of FP7
Commission supports those parts of the implementation
stage of the SRA that fits with the goals of EU research policy

11. FP7: Structure Seventh Framework Programme
Specific Programme „Cooperation“
Theme 2 „Food, agriculture and biotechnology“

12. Food, agriculture and biotechnology
Activities within the themes:
Collaborative projects; Networks of Excellence; Coordination/support actions
Integration of new and emerging science and technologies (NEST)
Support to policy development (CAP, RD, EU-Forest Strategy, EU-Forest Action Plan,…)
International co-operation
ERA-NET activities
Joint Calls with other themes (e.g. environment,…)

13. Annual workprogrammes for Activity 1, 2 and 3
FP7: Structure
Seventh Framework Programme
Specific Programme „Cooperation“
Theme 2 „Food, agriculture and biotechnology“
Annual workprogrammes for Activity 1, 2 and 3
Call for proposals

14. Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI)
Promise significant technological advances
Need long term public-private-partnership
Support through regular instruments of FP is not enough
Set up follows a thorough and rigorous identification process
6 JTIs so far: e.g. Aeronautics, Embedded Systems,…

15. Information sources General information
General information on research
Information on research programmes
Information requests