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Empowering Forest Entrepreneurs in the South Baltic Region

Enhance your business through consulting, training, and financial backing to tap into the potential of regional hardwoods. Unlock opportunities in the wood processing chain and develop your enterprise's capacity with expert support.

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Empowering Forest Entrepreneurs in the South Baltic Region

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  1. Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support Edgar Kastenholz European Network of Forest Entrepreneurs (ENFE) www.enfe.net Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  2. Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  3. On the way to enterprise development and capacity building: • The Region can develop hardwoods into a regional brand. • Utilisation and branding should respect and exploit the high ecologic and tourism value of South Baltic Forests. • A real regional value chain • needs development of the wood processing capacities • and facilitating business relationships between forest owners, harvesting enterprises and wood processing companies. Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  4. Business development in the regional hardwood chain and capacity building • Forest owners, namely private forest owners need • Awareness of the economic value of hardwood timber for higher value end products. • more and better knowledge of silviculture measures to produce high quality timber. • Harvesting and transport companies need • competences to harvest the timber • productive harvesting methods, under highest requirements for protecting biodiversity, and aesthetic value of forest sites. I • nvestment in productive and advanced technology • Wood processing enterprises need • to invest in advanced technology and know-how • advanced marketing skills particularly in this “final” link of the chain. Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  5. SMEs need support for enterprise development and capacity building Support can be provided in form of • Consulting • Training • Economic Development Policies • Small enterprise programmes • Funding Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  6. Next step: To identify and map the support infrastructure in the Region Consulting: • Define demand for knowledge transfer! • Availability of agencies • scope of consulting activities activities Companies / consultancies • Experience with SMEs and micro enterprises? Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  7. Next step: To identify and map the support infrastructure in the Region Training and education • Training centres for vocational and technical training • Courses according to the actual demand of SMEs • Training networks and partnerships – public/private, B2B Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  8. Next step: To identify and map the support infrastructure in the Region Economic Development Policies National or European? • Small enterprise programmes • Regional development programmes • Rural development programmes • Specific regional policies Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  9. Next step: To identify and map the the support infrastructure in the Region Funding • Rural Development Funds • EU direct or national application? • Regional development funds • Investment aids (e.g. specific interest rates for specific business scope) • …… Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  10. Next step: To identify and map the the support infrastructure in the Region Infrastructure for Networking and Matchmaking Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  11. What ENFE offers: Effective Networks and Partners to: • Promote good practices • Guide to Good Practice) • Facilitate access to certification • EFECT  • Encourage certification and access to management services • CeFCo • Increase health and performance • Raise competences of contractors • ConCert • A driving licence for Chainsaw operators • ECC / EFESC Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  12. What ENFE offers: Effective Networks and Partners to: • Promote good practices • Guide to Good Practice) • Facilitate access to certification • EFECT  • Encourage certification and access to management services • CeFCo • Increase health and performance • Raise competences of contractors • ConCert • A driving licence for Chainsaw operators • ECC / EFESC Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  13. EFESC manages and maintains ECC and ConCert and ….. Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  14. Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  15. Secretariat General Rütteberg 10, D-79294 Sölden Fon +49 761 4536 7431 email secretariat@enfe.net www.enfe.net Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

  16. Share your experience and knowledge !!! Consulting • Training • Policies • (economic, regional or rural development) • Funding • Networking and match-making Developing my business – by consulting, training and financial support

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