Grundtvig COFE, Craiova 16-17 October de 2010

Who we are?
A Centre for research, training and technology transfer
CTFC is a public body doing

Research
Innovation transfer
Training
Expertise services
CTFC is a consortium of various public bodies:
 Organisation chart

CTFC BOARD

President
University-CTFC Research Committee Sectorial Committee

General Director
Sub director

International and Cooperation Programmes Auditing / Legal

Technology Transfer Training Financial Services

Research Direction
Direction Direction Direction Direction

Program Groups /Research Lines and Departments

 MISSI ON
Contribute to the modernisation and competitiveness of the
forestry sector, to the rural development and to the sustainable
management of natural resources
… through research, training and transfer of technology and
knowledge to society.

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 VISI ON

Become a centre of reference on the local, national and

international levels in the fields of forestry and rural
development

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The CTFC in the world
 Headquarters

* 3.500 m2
* Heating system: Biomass boiler . Wood Chips
consumption.
* Solar panels (hot water)
* Rain recycling system
 Let’s talk People

But
CTFC
most
130 employees
of all …..
18 PhDs
14M€ anual budget (2008)
88% self-financing
a 4M€ brand-new facility autofinanced

A young team, dedicated, outstanding

and ever-growing!
 Team

Multidisciplinary

Flexible

Proactive

Sensitive to
society

Confident and
Professional
Different
approaches and
Methodologies
 Researching real world problems!

RESEARCH

Social demands and problem solving

oriented
Flexible, multidisciplinary, adaptable to
demands and multiproduct…

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 RESEARCH PRODUCTS
Scientific papers
Divulgative papers
Guidelines
Policy recomendations
Technical guidelines
Action plans
Prototypes
Others

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 Work
Agroforested
programs
ecosystems
dynamics

l ch a n g e Multifunctional
management of

Glob a natural systems

ab i l i ty
Sustain Interconnection, dynamic
Governance and
socioeconomics of
rural environments www.ctfc.cat
 Work
Agroforested
programs
ecosystems
dynamics
Multifunctional
management of
natural systems

Interconnection, dynamic

Governance and
socioeconomics of
rural environments www.ctfc.cat
Some examples…

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Agroforested
ecosystems
dynamics
Multifunctional
management of
natural systems

Interconnection, dynamic

Governance and
socioeconomics of
rural environments www.ctfc.cat
 Dynamics of forest and agroforest ecosystems

Dynamics and Vulnerability

Anticipate Adaptation Measures

Forecast the impact of Global Change

 Work
Agroforested
programs
ecosystems
dynamics
Multifunctional
management of
natural systems

Governance and
socioeconomics of
rural environments www.ctfc.cat
 Governance and socio-economics of rural
environments

Identify and analyze the socioeconomic context

Sustainable development and planning

Promotion of the economic growth

Forest policy and rural development

Agroforested
ecosystems
dynamics
Multifunctional
management of
natural systems

Governance and
socioeconomics of
rural environments www.ctfc.cat
 … About TT and Services
INNOVATION TRANSFER & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Professional training programmes

- Forest vocational training

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- Rural and Forest Guards

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- Administration services
- European system of knowledge
for Internet supported distance
learning in sustainable forestry
- European Forestry Master
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 European Programmes

Interreg / FEDER Life / Natura 2000

FP

International
Cooperation

Education/Training Energy
 European Programmes
Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya
1. Economy, growth, research and
development
EXPERIENCE

FP R&D
11 projects
Territorial Cooperation 2. Environment
19 projects/actions
Development Aid
11 projects
Education and Training 3. Urban, Rural and Human
6 projects development
 Group Equal opportunities
• Within the Directorate of Training, Quality and Local
Development, the Working Group on Equal
Opportunities is formed by a professional team for
seven years who developed actions, studies and
projects to promote opportunities for women and
promote equal opportunities in rural areas. The
activities are developed around five areas: training
and placement programs, ICT, business promotion of
women in the labor market, drafting and development
of women's political plans and research.
 Group Equal opportunities
• YEAR 2003 Conference on women entrepreneurs. Prospects for the XXI century
YEAR 2004 Seminar on Reconciliation between work and family life companies
Catalunya.
Since 2004, the Working Group Donate Rural (Rural Women) and Equal Opportunities is
working with the University of Lleida in conducting various research projects related to the
fields of competence of the ICD Workshops have been done Occupancy (TO) for mainly
unemployed women over 45 years, training and employment programs, such as actions to
promote female employment. Have carried out five OT in the field of restoration of natural
areas and landscaping, and two with the specialty of home care and geriatric assistant.
From 2005 to 2007, the CTFC was also involved, as coordinator of two actions, in the
first project DONA / HOME Rurals EQUAL Initiative, which took place in Lleida in favor of
equal opportunities between women and men. This project was the result of agreement
between 12 public and private institutions of our land who want to contribute in improving
the employment situation of rural women.
 Group Equal opportunities
• YEAR 2008 Seminar on How to incorporate gender equity in the
company.
It has developed a draft implementation of actions: 1st plan Solsonès
women policies, which aims to continue the task of implementing the
actions 1st Policy Plan Women's Solsonès.
This year from the team, we offer a hand to help meet the needs that
are detected with the diagnosis of the plan and the study of "dealing
with women of Solsonès.“

It also wants to exploit that made a Web page

http://www.ctfc.es/donatreballrural/ as useful tool to increase
awareness, to update, expand and make more media to get the most
women as possible.
 Group Equal opportunities
• The year 2006 produced two women's political plans, framed within the
guidelines of the V Plan of Action and development of women's policies
in Catalonia 2005-07 of the Institut Català de les Dones, using as a
framework for the planning of the objectives work:
1st Women's Policy Plan of Urgell. This study was the result of the
initiative of the Urgell District Council, which commissioned the CTFC
the technical part of the project, making the diagnosis and proposals for
action, and the drafting of the Plan.

1st Policy Plan Women's Solsonès. This was an initiative of the

Department of Education, Quality and CTFC Rural Development, which
conducted the study in its entirety. The areas of work for this project
was the Training and Employment.
Thank you very much for
your attention!

Francesc Altès
Paloma Hernández
Ester Moreno

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