Wlcome to Finland! The Finnish National Rural Network, in collaboration with the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD), three Leader Action Groups and Finnish forest expert organizations is organising a three day event to describe, analyze, discuss and get acquainted with forest-based bioenergy issues

Bioenergy from forests - Rural Development Programmes and forest-based bioenergy -seminar

will be held on

October 25-27, 2011 in Punkaharju, Finland

• Program (updated: October 14th, 2011),

The seminar gathers together developers to discuss and share experiences on what kind of forest-based bioenergy development is taking place in different Rural Development Programmes and what will be the future of forest-based bioenergy in EU.

The target group of the seminar are:

• LAGs and NRNs
• Governmental institutions
• Forest-based bioenergy experts and developers
• Entrepreneurs and firms from the forest sector
• Associations and NGOs
• Researchers and academics

The seminar will take place in Lusto (http://www.lusto.fi), the Finnish Forest Museum and Information Centre, which is located in Punkaharju (http://www.punkaharju.fi) in south-eastern Finland at the heart of the Saimaa district.

The seminar and the study trip are free of charge. Accommodation, travel costs or meals are not included and will be at participants’ expense.

Registration

Please, register on our website before 18th of October:

• link to registration form

With this email we also open call for good practices of forest-based bioenergy development in different RDPs. Via registration from you can suggest good practices from your country to be presented in the seminar.

Further information:

Juha-Matti Markkola, Network Coordinator

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Rural Network Unit of Finland

GSM +358 40 5599 412

juha-matti.markkola (a) maaseutu.fi

www.rural.fi