SWOT analysis and strategy development for forest fuel supply chains in South East Europe

Peter Rauch, Ulrich J. Wolfsmayr, Stelian Alexandru Borz, Matevž Triplat, Nike Krajnc, Matthias Kolck, Roland Oberwimmer, Chrysovalantis Ketikidis, Aleksandar Vasiljevic, Michael Stauder, Christoph Mühlberg, Rudolf Derczeni, Milan Oravec, Ingrid Krissakova and Maximilian Handlos

Forest Policy and Economics, 2015, vol. 61, issue C, 87-94

Abstract: The objective of this study is to assess drivers and barriers to primary forest fuel (PFF) supply in the wide-stretched South East Europe (SEE) countries and to develop strategies to improve PFF supply involving dozens of stakeholders from different SEE countries. SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analyses were used to evaluate country supply chains. Based on those a regional SWOT analysis was compiled and strategies were developed and evaluated in a participative decision process. Results show that strategies for increasing biomass utilisation are of high relevance in all participating countries. Additionally, strategies for knowledge dissemination are also important. The evaluated regional strategies for the forest fuel sector examined have great potential to improve cooperation, increase efficiency and strengthen competitiveness of PFF based bioenergy production.

Keywords: SWOT; Strategy; Bioenergy; Supply chain; Biomass; South East Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.09.003

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