The Case of the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform

摘要

The forest sector has taken signifi-cant steps at the European level to improve its engagement in large-scale European-vvide research pro-grammes. As part of the preparation of the 7th Framevvork Program, the forest sector made use of a new research policy tool, called Technology Platform (TP). This tool was launched by the European Union (EU) to get companies, industries, and sectors to become more involved in the funding and implementing of research pro-grammes in cooperation with univer-sities and research institutes.