Wood Wisdom in a programme entity strengthening the knowledge base in the forest cluster across national borders and promoting the transfer of knowledge and technology to improve the competitiveness of the whole cluster.

The ongoing Finnish-Swedish Wood Material Science and Engineering  Research Programme (2003-2007) is building a knowledge base and sustained research cooperation in the area of wood material science and engineering to enable development of innovative sustainable products, processes and services. Innovations and cooperation within the cluster and with other sectors will be needed to secure the future success of the forestry sector and forest-based industry.

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Finland and Sweden, together with other European countries in the WoodWisdom-Net project, are also in the process of establishing a European wood material science programme, which will launch its first call in 2007. The countries involved also have their own national programmes in the field of wood material science and engineering. More information is available through the links on the right.