Advisory Committee on Forest-based Industries

FBI Committee
Founded:	1983
Scope:	European Union (EU)
Policy area:	Forest and forestry
Type of institution:	Governmental institution
Field of work:	Policy
Language:	English, German, French
URL:	FBI Committee website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry
Country(ies):	Belgium
Date:	2/2/2012

The Advisory Committee on Community Policy regarding Forestry and Forest-based Industries (FBI Committee) acts as an advisory committee on matters concerning the industrial aspects of Community policies affecting forest-based industries and forestry as well as on matters concerning the market and other economic considerations affecting forest products in the Community.

Objective	To create major policy guidelines which ensure a coherent approach towards strengthening the competitive position of EU forest-based industries while integrating climate change objectives into the industrial strategy
Thematic priority(ies)	Sustainable forestry, woodworking, pulp and paper, printing, climate change and energy, environment, innovation and R&D
Functions	Ad-hoc consultation forum which provides expertise in connection with the development of forest-related measures as part of various Community policies, and exchange of information among stakeholders from the forest-based sector and between stakeholders and the Commission
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	NATURA 2000,REDD,FLEGT,FAO,UNECE,MCPFE
Keywords	Forestry industry sector, woodworking industry, pulp and paper industry, sustainable forest, EU

FOREST EUROPE criteria	FOREST EUROPE indicators	ToSIA indicators
Socio-economic funtions	Forest holdings	Forest sector enterprise structure, productivity, innovation