European advisory and extension networks on forestry - FORADVISE (Horizon Europe)

Project description:FORADVISE will develop a European network of forest advisory organisations, actors, and networks, to support the modernisation of the forestry sector, and advance towards EU and national policy targets. It will speed up knowledge flows, increase the competences of forest advisors beyond traditional areas of advice, and develop pathways towards a future Forest Knowledge and Innovation System (FOKIS) in Europe. Its ultimate goal is to advance towards more resilient, multifunctional, and productive forests in Europe. To achieve this, FORADVISE, creates an EU forest advisory network on forestry, and animates an iterative knowledge sharing process, combining national and international action, and implements knowledge transfer pilots to adapt advisory practices to new contexts. It develops training modules, contextualising well proven approaches and materials, delivering them through a MOOC. It develops a Cost Benefit Analysis toolkit to increase advisors’ capacities to assess social and economic implications. Lessons learned are the basis for a systematic engagement of policy makers, to create feasible and desirable pathways for the development of forest advisory systems in Europe, and to integrate forest advisors into the Member States’ AKIS. All these activities are supported by an analysis of the Forest Knowledge and Innovation Systems, and the needs and preferences of its different actors. Project activities are supported with dedicated communication and dissemination activities, and exploited through tailored impact pathways, including a digital knowledge platform. As the project advances, a smooth transition towards a self-sustained network is embedded into project activities. A dedicate task identifies working modalities and business models for the long-term continuation of the network, building upon the experience of the FOREXT initiative. FORADVISE consortium gathers Europe’s main actors in forestry advice.

Project FORADVISE results:

A self-sustaining forest advisory network well inserted into the national/regional AKIS. Collection of scientifically sound and innovative, forestry & advisory methods, tested in real environment. Learning modules, and online courses targeting different types of advisors. A refined methodological approach to successfully transfer new advisory practices. A novel methodology and toolkit for extended CBA of forest and advisory practices, along with a standardised approach to assess the impact of advisory methods. Co-created pathways for the development of the FOKIS and the integration of forest advisors into the AKIS, adapted to national and regional context.

Project Budget: 3.999.982,02 EUR

CEKOM Budget: 46.625,00 EUR

Co-financing Rate: 100%

Project Duration: 60 months

Lead partner: European Forest Institute

Partners: European Forest Institute (Int), Forestry Commission Research Agency (UK), Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE), Swedish Forest Agency (SE), Finnish Forest Centre (FI), Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service (LT), The Forest Ownership Centre (ES), National Forest Ownership Centre (FR), Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz Nordrhein-Westfalen (DE), Latvian Rural Advisory and Training centre-Forest Advisory Services centre (LV), Forestry Extension Institute (NO), 2BForest Lda (PT), Basilicon Kft (HU), Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI), Agricultural University of Athens (EL), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (AT), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZ), University of Life Sciences in Poznan (PL), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE), University of Eastern Finland (FI), Universidad De Santiago De Compostela (ES), Agroecology Innovation Advisory S.L. (ES), National Forest Centre (SK), Perth College UHI (UK), Moragues and Scade Abogados SA (ES), Competence Centre Ltd for Research and Development (HR), University of Aveiro (PT), Lukasiewicz Research Network - Poznan Institute of Technology (PL), Fundación Centro de Servicios Forestales y de su Industria de Castilla y León (ES), European Institute of Planted Forest (FR), South-East Technological University (IE), Union of Foresters of Southern Europe (SP), Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (DE), Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Steiermark (AU)

Official web site link: https://www.foradviseproject.eu/

Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/foradviseproject

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