Sustainable development through the resource use - regional innovation system

Innovation policy has come to mean more than a bright idea or creative solution. The paper presents the project "Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector". The main objective of the Action is to develop knowledge that enables integration of innovation and development policies for a more effective and sustainable development of the sector, according to sustained development through the resource use and environmental protection. The Action adds a crucial component of policy research, namely the integration and coordination of development orientated policies and programmes relevant for forest and forestry sector including innovation policy (Technology platform, recycling wood products and paper - a new material resource).