National Scale Scientific Cooperation / Networking

International Scientific Cooperation / Networking

Wood Modification Network in the in the Baltic Sea Region are engaged with the transformation and modification of wood. The goal is to develop high-tech and energy-efficient processes, which enable the production of highly sustainable products made of wood. This is an issue with considerable potential for innovation. The research projects directly relate to, and further develop, application-oriented questions generated by industry and enterprises.

6 Partners, 4 Baltic sea countries:

• Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvia,
• Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland,
• Uppsala University / Sweden, Linnaeus University, Sweden
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden,
• Technische Universität Dresden, Germany,
• University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany.

A NORDIC-Baltic network in Wood Material Science and Engineering (WSE) (see also) promote cooperation between researchers dealing with wood science and engineering (WSE). This network has provided for annual meetings arranged in turn by the participating countries. The meetings serve as a platform for exchanging information on new research initiatives within the wood research community of the Nordic/Baltic countries.

17 Partners, 7 Nordic and Baltic countries:

• KVL Forest & Landscape Denmark, Denmark,
• Aalborg University, Denmark,
• Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia,
• University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Resource Management, Finland,
• Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia,
• Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvia,
• Lithuania,
• Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Norway, 
• Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway, 
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway, 
• Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology (NTI), Norway, 
• Växjö University, School of Technology and Design, Sweden, 
• SP Trätek, Sweden, 
• University of Karlstad, Sweden, 
• Träutbildningscentrum Nord AB, Sweden, 
• KTH Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Sweden, 
• Dept. of Forest Products, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden

• COST E20 “Wood Fibre Cell Wall Structure” (A.Treimanis, Ļ.Beļkova. U.Viesturs).

• COST D29 ”Production and Functionalisation of hemicelluloses for Sustainable Advanced Products” (U.Viesturs).

• COST E38 Woody Root Processes (G. Teliševa).

• COST E37 „Sustainability through new technologies for enhanced wood durability” (in management committee - B. Andersons).

• COST E48 “The Limits of Paper Recycling” (L.Beļkova).

• COST E41 „Analytical tools with applications for wood and pulping chemistry” (A.Treimanis, J.Grāvītis, Ļ.Beļkova, G.Teliševa)

• COST E50 „Cell wall macromolecules and reaction wood” (A.Treimanis).

• Dalība ES INTAS programmas Ģenerālās Asamblejas darbā (B.Andersons)

• Participation in the management team of the Action “A Mobility Strategy for the European Research Area”(B.Andersons)

• International Institute of Lignin, IIL (G.Šuļga, Ģ.Zaķis, G.Teliševa, J.Grāvītis).

• International Academy of Wood Sciences, IAWS (J.Grāvītis)

• The International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Society, IBBS (I. Irbe, G.Teliševa, T.Dižbite)

• American Chemical Society(J.Grāvītis).

• Japan Wood Research Society(J.Grāvītis).

• International Research Centre for Sustainable Materials, Tokio(J.Grāvītis).

• UNU/ZERI Scientific Advisory Committee (J.Grāvītis).

• American Society of Agricultural Engineers, ASAE(G.Šuļga).

• The American Science Advisory Boards, Bioinformatics LLC(G.Šuļga).

Swedish Pulp and Paper Engineers Association(J.Zandersons).

International partners

• Forest Research Institute, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
• Technical University in Zvolen
• Lithuanian Forest Research Institute
• Lithuanian Academy of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry, Kaunas. Lithuania
• Estonian Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry, Tartu, Estonia
• Warsaw Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry, Poland
• Forest Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
• Faculty of Forestry, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznan, Poland
• Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Tsukuba, Tokija, Japan
• Forest Research Institute, Petrozavodsk, Russia
• Petrozavodsk State University, Russia
• Finnish Forest Research Institute
• Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products BFH, Germany
• Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany
• Georg-August University of Goettingen, Germany
• Building Research Establishement BRE, UK
• Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
• Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics Russian Academy of Science, Russia
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU
• Company Oy Metsa-Botnia, Finland
• Terra Humana Clean Technology Engineering LTD, Hungary
• Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
• University of Aveiro, Portugal
• University of West Hungary, Faculty of Forestry, Sopron, Hungary
• Central Botanical Garden of the National Ukranian Academy of Sciences
• Company Biocentras LTD, Lithuania
• Institute of Biochemistry of Russian Academy of Science
• University of Klaipeda, Lithuania
• Company "Minties Jega" LTD, Lithuania
• Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
• Moscow State Forest University, Moscow, Russia
• Polymer Research Institute ‘SYNPO‘, Chech Republic
• International Research Center for Sustainable Materials, Tokyo University, Japan
• Research Institute for Sustainable Humanoshere, Kyoto University, Japan
• United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
• University of Helsinki, Finland
• Pulp and paper research company KCL, Finland
• Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje, Macedonia

Local partners

    Riga Technical University

• RTU Transporta un mašīnzinību fakultāte
• RTU Materiālzinātnes un lietišķās ķīmijas fakultāte
• RTU Polimērmateriālu institūts
• RTU Neorganiskās ķīmijas institūts

    University of Latvia

• LU Fizikas institūts
• LU Spektroskopijas un atomfizikas institūts
• RTU Polimērmateriālu institūts
• LU Bioloģijas institūts

    Latvian University of Agriculture

• LLU Meža fakultāte
• LLU Pārtikas tehnoloģijas fakultāte, Ķīmijas katedra

    Research institutions

• LVMI „Silava”
• LZA Fizikālās enerģētikas institūts
• Latvijas Valsts Ūdenssaimniecības un Zemes zinātniskais institūts

• Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka, Restaurācijas nodaļa; Reto grāmatu un rokrakstu nodaļa

• LR Vides un reģionālās attīstības ministrijas Valsts būvinspekcija

• Latvijas Nacionālais akreditācijas birojs LATAK