The Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) was set up in 2005 to define a vision for the future of the sector and identify priority areas for innovation and research. It was established as an industry-led initiative encouraged by the European Commission to define research objectives and roadmaps for delivering agreed goals. In 2005, FTP produced its first Vision document and in 2006 its first Strategic Research Agenda. To remain relevant and ambitious as well as to reflect the objectives of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation funding programme for 2021-2027, the FTP Vision 2040 and the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SIRA 2030) have now been launched. Together, the Vision 2040 and the SIRA 2030 present our long-term common goals and the far-reaching
technical, business and societal innovations that must be undertaken to meet major challenges facing European society. A timely vision for a European Green Deal; Introducing the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SIRA 2030); Sustainable forest management, biodiversity and resilience to climate change; 2. Increased, sustainable wood production and mobilization; 3. More added value from non-wood ecosystem services; 4. Towards a zero-waste, circular society; 5. Efficient use of natural resources; 6. Diversification of production technologies and logistics ; 7. Purposeful, safe jobs and links between rural and urban regions; 8. Renewable building materials for healthier living; 9. New fibre-based products and 80 per cent lower CO2 emissions; 10. Renewable energy for society
