May 9, 20051 12 September 2005, Barcelona, Spain Prioritization of Forestry Themes for the SRA Risto Päivinen.

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12 September 2005, Barcelona, Spain

Prioritization of Forestry Themesfor the SRA

Risto Päivinen

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Priorization criteria

1. European objectives,

2. business value,

3. feasibility,

4-8. impact dimensions (consumers, society, environment, energy use, competitiveness)

9. meeting the objectives of the Vision document

10. progress beyond the state-of-art.

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Questionnaire to app. 50 persons (see appendix 1)

Question 1: European Union objectives of growth, competitiveness and sustainabilityAre the research objectives of relevance to the EU goals of growth, competitiveness and sustainability?  0 - no comments1 – hardly relevant 2 – somewhat relevant 3 - very relevant 4 – extremely relevant

additional comments: ..

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Evaluator profiles (26 persons)

Evaluator profiles (26 persons)

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Forest owner

Industry

Education

Other (forest manager (1))

Nature conservation

Note: There are 5 extra entries included in the chart: 4 in education and 1 in nature conservation. 5 evaluators chose tw o profiles: research and education or nature conservation.

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Overall averages

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Averages by groups: industry, forest owners, nat. cons, others

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Researchers and others (18) Industry average (4) Forest owner average (2) Nature conservation average (2)

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Top themes by groups

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Total average (26) Industry average (4) Forest owner average (2) Nature conservation average (2)

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European objectives

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1. European Union objectives of growth, competitiveness and sustainabilityAre the research objectives of relevance to the EU goals of grow th, competitiveness and sustainability?

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Industry relevance

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2. Industrial relevance (business value)Is the industry interested in and capable of benefiting from research activities related to this theme, assuming that the research activities are successful?

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Feasibility

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3. FeasibilityAre the research challenges raised by the theme such that they can be resolved through related research activities?

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Consumers

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4. Impact dimensionsa. Consumers: What is the expected response to future consumer needs?

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Society

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4. Impact dimensionsb. Society: What is the expected impact on prioritized social and general economic goals of the EU (employment in rural areas, development of SMEs, etc)?

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Environment

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4. Impact dimensionsc. Environment: What is the expected impact on main environmental drivers (w ater consumption, w astes, emissions/eff luents, climate chain issues etc)?

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Energy

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4. Impact dimensionsd. Energy use (consumption): What is the expected impact on energy production and use (energy from forest biomass, energy eff iciency etc)?

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Competitiviness

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4. Impact dimensionse. Competitiveness: What is the expected impact on the competitiveness of European industry/companies in global competition?

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Vision document

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5. Meeting the objectives of the Vision Document (challenges, opportunities, strategic objectives). Does the suggested reseach theme meet the strategic objectives stated in the Vision Document?

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Novelty in research

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6. Scientific and technical progress beyond state-of-the-artTo w hat extent does the theme provide progress beyond state-of-the art for the forest-based research and industrial activities?

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Next steps

FVC input to step 3 to be finalised

Feedfback from Sept 12 meeting

Final priorization

Integration with research agendas from other Value Chains

How much focusing needed?

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Thank you!

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