Forschungs- und Innovationsprojekt
FOREST4EU – European innovation partnership network promoting operational groups dedicated to forestry and agroforestry (C 63)

Around Europe, there are hundreds of small projects promoted by small groups of farmers, researchers, forest managers, environmental associations, and local communities, that all share the same goal: Advancing innovation and good practices in forestry and agroforestry sectors. These initiatives are known as “Operational Groups” (OG) and are usually financed by regional and European funding, in the context of the EIP-AGRI platform. However, the innovations and best practices developed, tend to remain in the local environments and do not reach other European communities or OGs beyond the national borders, losing in turn precious know-how and experiences. The FOREST4EU project has the mission of tackling this problem, connecting dozens of OGs around Europe, and favoring the transfer of knowledge and best practices between experts of forestry and agroforestry sectors in 9 member states.