Events
This year the Summer EOS General Assembly will take place in Brussels on 19 and 20 June 2023. On this occasion the EOS President, Vice-Presidents and EOS Board Members will be re-elected. Our Colleagues from Confédération Belge Du Bois are already working for an interesting program and they are looking [...]
On 15-16 June 2023, the IUFRO-Mondi Partnership is holding its third Think-Thank Meeting in physical format in Vienna, Austria. The IUFRO-Mondi Partnership is a Science - Business Platform that aims to better understand climate change impacts and to identify response measures in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The [...]
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has looked into the advantages of modern industrial wooden construction at the request of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The EESC adopted an exploratory opinion focusing on how EU proposals such as sustainable carbon cycles, the bioeconomy strategy [...]
In 2023, the European Commission will launch a new legislative proposal for an EU framework for forest monitoring and strategic plans. The aim is to develop an EU-wide forest observation framework to provide open access to detailed, accurate, regular and timely information on the condition and management of EU forests, [...]
The French Fédération Nationale du Bois, together with the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Timber Federation (ETTF), invite you to save the date for one for the most eagerly awaited even in the Hardwood World. On 28 October 2022 the International Hardwood Conference will take [...]
On 13 October 2022 the 70th edition of the International Softwood Conference will be hosted in the lively Copenhagen. The Danish Timber Trade Federation, together with the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Timber Federation (ETTF), invites you to save the date for one of the [...]
EOS, together with its Swedish Member, is organising its Summer General Assembly in north Sweden, Skellefteå on the 16th June 2022. Our event will be anticipated by special program on 14th June where EOS will bring its Members out and discover the region with some guided tours, including the famous [...]
Join the sixth edition of the European Vocational Skills Week - the annual Week celebrating all the very best practices in Vocational Education and Training (VET), welcoming events by local, regional, national organisations - and other VET partners. Launched in 2016, the European Commission initiative brings all stakeholders – teachers, [...]
Join the European Confederation of the Woodworking Industry (CEI-Bois) President Sampsa Auvinen in discussing circularity in the wood value chain, on 1st December on occasion of the WoodCircus Project event. Wood is renewable, sustainable, recyclable, biodegradable and has a smaller energy, water and carbon life cycle footprint than other products. [...]
The conference is being run by the European Timber Federation (ETTF) and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS), together with hosting association Sahateollisuus (Finnish Sawmills Association). "The ongoing pandemic, the high level of uncertainty, but also the willingness to have the feel of a normal conference, pushed us [...]
The contribution of forests in climate change mitigation is presently very much at focus. As part of this debate, it is often stated that a carbon debt occurs when harvesting and that harvesting leads to increased carbon emissions in the short term. The contribution of forests in climate change mitigation [...]
The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Regional Office of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will be hosting a joint virtual event on the future of forests in Europe, thus celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity (on 22 May). The restoration [...]
Politicians, media and the public are increasingly demanding evidence-based information to inform policymaking on complex issues such as climate change and biodiversity. However, there is an increasing amount of science information available. Clearly, the decision-maker needs scientists and science-based intermediary organizations that can critically evaluate and synthesize scientific information in [...]
EOS will be present at the Eighth FOREST EUROPE Ministerial Conference that is expected to address issues of the highest political relevance regarding the current challenges European forests and the forest sector face, including their role in climate change adaptation. This intergovernmental summit, subtitled “The Future We Want: The Forests [...]
Sustainable forest bioenergy - Important building block to reach European Green Deal objectives? A climate-neutral EU by 2050 is at the heart of the European Green Deal (EGD). An important milestone will be a revised and more ambitious 2030 EU climate target, which in turn will require the European Commission [...]
In her call for a New European Bauhaus movement, EC President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed that wood can play a key role in transforming the built environment into a carbon sink1. Central to her thinking is Professor Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber of the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, [...]
Using wood - a decisive contribution in greening our buildings The President of the European Commission is highlighting it, the Commission’s Renovation Wave Communication as well. Yes, wood and its decisive contribution in greening our buildings is finally making its well-deserved way into the core of EU policy discussions! The [...]
Contact
EUROPEAN ORGANISATION
OF THE SAWMILL INDUSTRY AISBL
Rue Montoyer 24/box 20
BE-1000 Brussels
Tel.: +32 2 287 08 68
Email: info@eos-oes.eu
