Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2023-11-06

Description

Description (EN):

Forest-based industries have the potential to become an engine for a sustainable and competitive bioeconomy in the Danube area. However, on a macro-regional level, the competitiveness of the forest-based sector suffers from significant disparities in quadruple helix collaboration, low levels of knowledge-based activities, weak innovation culture especially in the South-Eastern regions, low levels of internationalisation of SMEs, insufficient transnational coordination at cluster and institutional level, and difficulties in commercialising research results. Furthermore, they are affected by climate change, competition for wood resources, changing consumer demands, growing complexity of manufacturing processes and a lack of renewed qualified workforce. Building on the results of the Interreg SEE project ID:WOOD, FORESDA’s main objective is to support the transformation of traditional forest-based industries into sustainable manufacturing areas by an innovative cross-sectoral and transnational approach: • Developing and supporting cross-sectoral collaborative networks and innovation projects as idea generation engines, • Implementing cross-sectoral pilot innovation environments as physical and virtual collaboration spaces, • Building up necessary supportive capacities in clusters, intermediaries, research organisations and policy makers. The main results will be: • increased effectiveness of collaborative research and innovation activities, leading to the emergence of new cross-sectoral value chains primarily in the areas smart and sustainable construction and furniture, innovative bio-based products and materials and energy efficiency; • enhanced innovation management capacities in relevant intermediary organisations such as clusters.; • a durable transnational approach and strategy for the development of the forest-based sector. The results delivered will be highly replicable and provide valuable inputs for policy makers on regional, national and European level.

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of key actors in the programme area in order to improve framework for research and innovation (composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

FORESDA’s main result will be to increase the effectiveness of collaborative research and innovation activities in the forest-based sector, leading to the emergence of new cross-sectoral value chains and better framework conditions for innovation by: • providing SMEs, research organisations and intermediaries with 10 pilot innovation spaces, taking into account cross-sectoral aspects; • involving them in 3 transnational Collaborative Networks (each including at least 10 SMEs) and 30 Innovation Projects (each including at least 2 SMEs and 1 R&D partner); • developing adequate support activities (3 trainings per Collaborative Network, 2 trainings and innovation support per Innovation Project; • fostering capacity building in relevant innovation intermediary organisations. In sum, at least 90 SMEs will be supported in establishing cooperation with R&D partners and receive non-financial support; 9 intermediaries will have increased their innovation management capacities, thus contributing to the programme result indicator “1.1 Intensity of cooperation to improve framework for research and innovation”. The approaches implemented in FORESDA will have a high level of transferability and replication in other traditional manufacturing sectors. Dissemination activities will address the whole Danube region allowing a transregional knowledge transfer between more advanced and less developed territories.

Thematic information

Innovation capacity and awareness-raising Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Specific Objective: Improve framework conditions for innovation (short title). Improve the institutional and infrastructural framework conditions and policy instruments for research & innovation to ensure a broader access to knowledge for the development of new technologies and the social dimension of innovation

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: CyberForum e.V.

Address: Haid-und-Neu-Str. 18, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.en.cyberforum.de

Total budget: EUR 227 812.99

ERDF budget: EUR 193 641.04

Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH

Name: Fachhochschule Salzburg GmbH

Address: Urstein Süd 1, 5412 Puch, Austria

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 222 701.76

ERDF budget: EUR 189 296.50

Inno AG

Name: Inno AG

Address: Bahnhofstr. 54, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.inno-group.com

Total budget: EUR 219 866.62

ERDF budget: EUR 186 886.63

Lesarski grozd

Name: Lesarski grozd

Address: Dimiceva ulica 13, 1504 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.lesarski-grozd.si

Total budget: EUR 199 154.75

ERDF budget: EUR 169 281.54

Wirtschaftsförderung Zukunftsregion Nordschwarzwald GmbH

Name: Wirtschaftsförderung Zukunftsregion Nordschwarzwald GmbH

Address: Westliche Karl-Friedrich-Straße 29-31, 75172 Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg), Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.nordschwarzwald.de/

Total budget: EUR 185 185.89

ERDF budget: EUR 157 408.01

Hrvatski drvni klaster

Name: Hrvatski drvni klaster

Address: Krsnjavoga 1 (Westin II/208), HR-10000 Zagreb,, Croatia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.drvniklaster.hr

Total budget: EUR 159 384.75

ERDF budget: EUR 135 477.04

Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije

Name: Gozdarski Inštitut Slovenije

Address: Večna pot 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.gozdis.si/

Total budget: EUR 158 000.54

ERDF budget: EUR 134 300.45

Univerzitet u Beogradu

Name: Univerzitet u Beogradu

Department: Faculty of Forestry

Address: Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgrade, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.sfb.bg.ac.rs

Total budget: EUR 149 580.24

IPA2 budget: EUR 127 143.20

Zala Megyei Vállalkozásfejlesztési Alapítvány

Name: Zala Megyei Vállalkozásfejlesztési Alapítvány

Address: Köztársaság str. 17, HU 8900 Zalaegerszeg,, Hungary

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 137 833.38

ERDF budget: EUR 117 158.37

SDRUZHENIE BALGARSKI MEBELEN KLASTER

Name: SDRUZHENIE BALGARSKI MEBELEN KLASTER

Address: Khan Omurtag 54, 1124 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://furnitureclusterbg.com

Total budget: EUR 134 280.26

ERDF budget: EUR 114 138.22

KO-FA Egyesület /PRO WOOD Regionális Faipari Klaszter

Name: KO-FA Egyesület /PRO WOOD Regionális Faipari Klaszter

Address: Presei street nr. 4,, 520064 Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna County, Romania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.prowood.ro

Total budget: EUR 128 644.25

ERDF budget: EUR 109 347.61

Agencija za ekonomski razvoj grada Prijedora “PREDA-PD”

Name: Agencija za ekonomski razvoj grada Prijedora “PREDA-PD”

Address: Aleja kozarskog odreda bb,, 79101 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.preda.rs.ba

Total budget: EUR 103 727.70

IPA2 budget: EUR 88 168.54

Zenička razvojna Agencija doo

Name: Zenička razvojna Agencija doo

Address: Školska 4, 72000 Zenica,, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.zeda.ba

Total budget: EUR 102 146.26

IPA2 budget: EUR 86 824.32

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CyberForum e.V.

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Salzburg University of Applied Sciences

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Inno AG

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Zavod lesarski grozd

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Regional Economic Development Agency of Northern Black Forest

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Croatian Wood Cluster

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Gozdarski Institut Slovenije

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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University of Belgrade

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Fundacija za razvoj podjetništva županije Zala / Zala Megyei Vállalkozásfejlesztési Alapítvány

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Bulgarian Furniture Cluster

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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KO-FA Association – legal entity of the PRO WOOD Regional Wood Cluster

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Agency for economic development of City of Prijedor “PREDA-PD”

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Zenica Development Agency

Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

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Summary

Project name (EN): Forest-based cross-sectoral value chains fostering innovation and competitiveness in the Danube region

Project acronym: DTP1-383-1.1 FORESDA

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2019-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 128 319.40

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 809 071.49

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 506 935.41.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 302 136.07.

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FINAL Conference Press Release

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/foresda

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-01

Languages: en

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Reports

Transnational Strategy on Cross-sectoral Level

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/foresda

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2018-09-01

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

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2023-09

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1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

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