Goal and actions ELWOOD: Enhancing Local Wood Subproject beneficiaries meeting, october 2011 Parco dellAveto 4 partners, 1 goal Partners: Aveto natural regional park, Portofino natural regional park, Municipality of Siculeni, Prigord-Limousin natural regional park. One goal: valorizing local wood transformation image through crafts and local industries Sharing, developing and promoting our local wood crafts. Parco dellAveto Sharing local crafts with young people,... knowledges between craftmen, and between craftmen and other local wood professionals,... the importance of local wood use. Partnerships with schools, craftmen and stakeholders ... by the identification of wood workers needs,... by federating local wood transformaters and implementing common and efficient tools... by identifying new products or strenghtening traditional ones... by sensibilizing local public bodies to create new local markets Developing... ... by organizing common and large scale marketing campaign... toward our citizens, tourists and people from other territories through exhibits, fairs toward local stakeholders,... toward the young people potential future craftmen of tomorrow. Promoting... First educational training for kids in Siculeni (Sept. 2011) Valuating local crafts as a way to promote forests A good way to talk about a territory, An esthetic and functional way to valorize local wood and help owners realize the importance to manage the forests, A way to make professional willing to present their products as emblematic of our territories, A way to dynamise local forest industry and to preserve our local heritages throughout the years. A large scale project, which actions and results will be useful for many issues on our territories Parco dellAveto Thank you for your attention!