Farm Forestry New ZealandDeveloping the potential of New Zealand’s small-scale sawmilling and alternative timber sector: proposal for regional NZ workshops
By Paul Millen, Harriet Palmer and Vaughan Kearns, December 2021.
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Executive summary
The overall objective of this project is for FGR, through the SWP, to develop and facilitate a series of regional ‘NZ Specialty Wood Trade Shows’ as well as industry workshops, the primary purpose of which would be to develop and strengthen connections between the current businesses that are part of existing regional specialty timbers supply chains.
The Work Plan identifies five stages with two early Stop/Go points:
- Develop industry event proposal to be circulated to the SWP PSG and TST; NZFFA branches and other stakeholders.
First Stop/Go point: positive support in principal needed from all major stakeholders including a minimum of two regional NZFFA committees identified that want to host an event.
Completion date: 30th September 2021 - Prepare project budget, approach likely funders and sponsors; secure provisional funding.
Second Stop/Go point: sufficient external sources of funding to pay for projected budget costs identified have been provisionally secured before work begins on Stage 3.
Completion date: 31st December 2021 - Secure funding; identify event regions; prepare an event template and other resources for use by regional coordinators
Completion date: 31st December 2021 - Event planning, promotion and delivery.
Completion date: 30th June 2022. - Report on event success, database and workshop outcomes.
Completion date: 30th June 2022.
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