16.1.1 - Work Package 1 - Operational Group Management
This activity consists in the formalization of the group.
16.1.1 - Work Package 2 - Animation, communication and disclosure of the results
The focus group, coordinated by the led partner, with the presence of all the partners, will be created during the first months of the project. During the meeting, all the communication activities will be explained in order to optimize the following communicative actions and intercept the targets.
16.2.1 - Work Package 1 - Demo prototype plant for charcoal production
It consists of designing the charcoal plant, comprehensive of eventual permits for the placement of the machinery.
16.2.1 - Work Package 2 - Charcoal market analysis
The partner Association PEFC Italy will analyse the charcoal current market at a national and local/regional level. The situation before the start of the charcoal plant will be studied, highlighting eventual missing transparencies in the market and analysing which elements lead the preferences of the consumers in the choice of a product with certain characteristics, also through the individuation and study of existing commercial activities which sell local charcoal.
16.2.1 - Work Package 3 - Increase of the managed forest areas
The activity, in its first phase, aims to identify and analyse contractual models capable to connect forest owners and processing companies, and able to satisfy three listed requirements:
- guarantee a quantitative and qualitative continuity, in terms of offering raw material
- ensure a higher security of income for forest owners/managers
- be flexible for answering to the diverse market dynamics
Once analysed the possible diverse contractual models, the national and regional constraints that can represent an obstacle to these types of contracts will be identified.
Meanwhile, the activity aims to provide some evaluations regarding the current local market trends of the main timber assortments.
1.1.1 Work Package 1 - Training
It consists of a training course for Forest Operators (basic and advanced course). The value of this activity is to professionally qualify forest operators (employers and employees), both for safety at work and environmental management of forest resources. At the end of the courses, admitted students can enrol to the Regional Register of the Forest Companies.