AGORA
Advancing Mediterranean Forest Research Capacities
| Coordinatore | EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: YLIOPISTOKATU 6 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Finland [FI] |
| Totale costo | 1˙191˙800 € |
| EC contributo | 986˙433 € |
| Programma | FP7-REGPOT
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research potential of Convergence Regions |
| Code Call | FP7-REGPOT-2009-2 |
| Funding Scheme | CSA-SA |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-01-01 - 2013-06-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE
Organization address
address: YLIOPISTOKATU 6 contact info |
FI (JOENSUU) | coordinator | 243˙853.00 |
| 2 | Nome Ente NON disponibile | MA | participant | 215˙498.00 |
| 3 |
"INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES EN GENIE RURAL, EAUX ET FORETS"
Organization address
city: Ariana contact info |
TN (Ariana) | participant | 179˙653.00 |
| 4 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue De L'Universite 147 contact info |
FR (PARIS CEDEX 07) | participant | 128˙614.00 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Organization address
address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 contact info |
IT (PADOVA) | participant | 97˙905.00 |
| 6 |
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Organization address
address: Tapada da Ajuda contact info |
PT (Lisboa) | participant | 82˙390.00 |
| 7 |
KARADENIZ TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI
Organization address
address: KANUNI KAMPUSU 1 contact info |
TR (TRABZON) | participant | 38˙520.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'In order to avoid an irreversible situation for Mediterranean forests in MPCs, a coordinated approach throughout the Mediterranean basin to improve forest management and policy-making based on reliable information and tools is required . AGORA will update and enlarged the scientific knowledge on the sustainable management of forests in selected MPCs through scientific cooperation and networking and targeted capacity building that uses efficiently the existing multidisciplinary knowledge and resources available in different European forest research institutions of the Mediterranean region. Coordinated forest research partnerships between “centres of excellence” (located in EU and an associated country) and MPCs entities with the highest research potential will be developed. This will be realised by improving scientific relationships, networking and exchanging of know-how and experience as well as by upgrading the research capacities of the MPCs forest research entities. In addition, the forest scientific strategies of the MPCs research entities' will be adjusted based on upgraded capacities.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Protecting the Mediterranean's fragile and threatened forests requires highly integrated research collaboration. An EU initiative promoted cooperation between the EU and its Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPCs) in the area of forest research.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Protecting, preserving and conserving what is left of forests require close Euro-Mediterranean collaboration.
The EU-funded 'Advancing Mediterranean forest research capacities' (http://www.efimed.efi.int/portal/projects/agora/ (AGORA)) project aimed to expand the scope, through research, of the sustainable management of forests in selected MPCs.
AGORA set out to enhance scientific cooperation and networking and targeted capacity building between forest research centres across the EU and those in the Mediterranean region.
In addition to an active virtual network, AGORA organised four international workshops for its partners, in France, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey. These events gave participants the opportunity to network and establish new collaborations and partnerships.
AGORA implemented an international twinning action plan, linking research organisations in Morocco and Tunisia with designated forest research centres of excellence in France, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. This led to the development of new tools in the management of Mediterranean forests.
More than 50 knowledge exchange visits took place. For instance, Italy's University of Padova and the European Forest Institute (EFI), the AGORA project coordinator, have transferred valuable know-how, particularly in the area of forest economics, to project scientists from ENFI, Morocco's National School of Forest Engineers. Similarly INRA, France's national institute for agricultural research, worked with researchers from INRGREF, the Tunisian national research institute for agricultural engineering, water and forestry, to update and enlarge research capacities as well as transfer new knowledge on multidisciplinary approaches in ecophysiology and forest genetics.
ISA, Portugal's Superior Institute for Agriculture, and the Karadeniz Technical University in Turkey also transferred important knowledge in the area of multi-resource forest inventory and the modelling of growth and yields of multiple forest products.
Lastly, a policy brief was produced that outlined lessons learnt and laid down recommendations to policymakers on future forest research strategies in Morocco and Tunisia.
AGORA bolstered the forest research capacity of scientists in Morocco and Tunisia through partnerships, networking and knowledge transfer. The project should give impetus to sustained dialogue on the challenges facing Mediterranean forests.