Overall objectives: The project will promote entrepreneurship and increase the number of innovative SMEs in forest bioeconomy in Northern Central Sweden. The project goal is to integrate Dalarna and Vämland’s innovation and entrepreneurship processes within forest bioeconomy in order to increase the number of SMEs involved in innovation processes and prototyping. Sub-targets: 1. To create mutual knowledge about the counties and parties’ respective innovation and entrepreneurial support processes 2. To create integrated and customised entrepreneurial and innovation support in 3. The fact that existing SMEs are growing and more companies are started in 4. To increase the influx of needs owners and ideas to the test bed 5. Broadening the view of entrepreneurship. To achieve the goals: Create mutual knowledge about each other’s respective innovation and entrepreneurial support processes. Increase opportunities for SMEs to test and develop materials and products. Coordinate entrepreneurial and innovation support so that the influx of ideas into the test bed increases, the number of entrepreneurs increases and more groups are stimulated to think entrepreneurially. Broaden your view of entrepreneurship by presenting different ideas, innovations and companies in different industries. Attract more ideas and entrepreneurs to material, product and service development and make it easier to innovate, develop and start companies in forest bioeconomy. Activities: Mapping of existing innovation systems in forest bioeconomy and innovation processes that can be applied in forest bioeconomy and review of existing support processes and target groups from a gender equality and diversity perspective. Coordinate, develop and integrate the targeted innovation processes through, among other things, a GAP and needs analysis that takes into account SMEs’ needs and what is missing to meet the needs of a more gender equal and inclusive target group. Pilots will be implemented to apply joint innovation support in practice by applying today county-specific innovation support tools to a larger geographical area. Develop a process map of joint innovation support structure. Integrate the test bed The Wood Region (TWR) with the other functional region for FOU collaboration on material development in biocomposts, additive manufacturing, robotisation and prototype production and test series with SMEs. Increase the influx of needs owners and ideas through globalisation, internationalisation and stakeholder mapping. Increase the visibility of the region’s innovation work. The companies will be recipients of the project’s offerings in form innovation-supporting activities and the test bed The Wood Region. The activities will be organised after consultation with companies to ensure that implementation is best adapted to the company’s conditions. The expected result is that the actors in Dalarna and Värmland promote entrepreneurship and innovation work together and use their resources in a more integrated, systematic and efficient way. The TWR test bed is integrated into the region’s combined offering for innovation support where SMEs can realise everything from small, early prototypes to full production. TWR creates visible results of the region’s research and development and will thus serve as an important demonstrator for how the cohesive innovation environment in the region works. The benefit for SMEs in Dalarna and Värmland is that they can move seamlessly across county and stakeholder boundaries to get support in their innovation processes linked to forest bioeconomy. The system should have low entry thresholds, with practical and industrial elements that attract SMEs to participate thanks to fast processes with clear results, such as prototype development and test series in new materials and designs. Expected long-term effects are an integrated and more efficient innovation system that promotes an entrepreneurship-driven business within forest bioeconomy in Dalarna and Värmland and a closer collaboration on Northern Sweden’s specialisations.