Focus Group 'Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain'
How can the role of farmers be strengthened in revitalising and achieving a comprehensive European wool value chain that encompasses both traditional and innovative products, while establishing stronger links with the industry and consumers?
Tasks
- Map the wool production and processing practices and facilities (e.g. scouring plants) available at the European level and assess their needs.
- Identify ways to improve, develop, and guarantee the quantitative and qualitative aspects of wool supply, and address challenges related to generational renewal.
- Identify ways to improve wool collection, sorting, and processing to increase the socio-economic and environmental value of the process, while reducing discarded wool and raising consumer education and awareness.
- Identify innovative wool uses that can improve the sustainability and competitiveness of farms.
- Collect and exchange innovative practices in wool production, processing and use of wool, new techniques and technologies, including cooperation approaches.
- Identify ways to improve market access by enhancing infrastructure, such as transport, processing, storage, etc., as well as cooperation with intermediaries.
- Analyse the needs for training, innovation, and knowledge transfer.
- Identify further research needs from practice, and possible gaps in the entire value chain.
- Propose innovative ideas for EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and other innovative projects.
Focus Group members
| Title | First name | Last name | Country | Profession | Contact |
| Mr | Georgios | Arsenos | Greece | Researcher | |
| Mr | Bogdan | Cekić | Serbia | Researcher | |
| Ms | Marie-Thérèse | Chaupin | France | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | |
| Ms | Blátnaid | Gallagher | Ireland | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise/farmer | |
| Mr | Pascal | Gautrand | France | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | |
| Ms | Pauline | Gillet | Belgium | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise/farmer | |
| Mr | Boris | Grabrijan | Slovenia | Farmer | |
| Mr | Ridha | Ibidhi | France | Researcher | |
| Mr | Tom | Jones | UK//Sweden | Farmer | |
| Mr | Tim | Keady | Ireland | Researcher | |
| Ms | Satu | Kumpulainen | Finland | Farmer | |
| Ms | Julie | Loi | Greece | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | |
| Mr | Lukáš | Marko | Slovakia | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | |
| Mr | Tiago | Perloiro | Portugal | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise/farmer | |
| Ms | Concha | Salguero Herrera | Spain | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | |
| Ms | Betty | Stikkers | Netherlands | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise/researcher | |
| Ms | Tajana | Striga | Croatia | Farm advisor | |
| Mr | Roland | Taferner | Austria | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise/farmer | |
| Mr | Antonella | Tormen | Italy | Expert from an organisation, network, group or enterprise | |
| Ms | Andrea | Veres | Hungary | Researcher |
Facilitation team
| Ms | Tajana | Radić | Task Manager |
| Ms | Elisabeth | Klingbacher | Co-Task Manager |
| Ms | Nathalie | Ketterle | Coordinating Expert |
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding this Focus Group, please get in touch with us at focusgroup.innovation@eucapnetwork.eu.
Working documents
A Starting Paper has been developed within the frame of the EU CAP Network Focus Group ‘Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain' with the purpose of providing input to the Focus Group discussions and final report.
The information and views set out in this Starting Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Commission. The Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this Starting Paper. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission’s behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.
If you wish to cite this Starting Paper, please refer to it as ‘Starting Paper of the EU CAP Network Focus Group ‘Innovative and sustainable ways to strengthen the role of farmers in revitalising the European wool value chain’, 2025’.
