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ForDiL - Final Event

On 29 May 2026 - Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve - Belgium

After several years of close collaboration between Belgian, French, and Czech partners, the ForDiL (Forest Digital Learning) project is reaching its conclusion. To mark this milestone, we are pleased to invite you to the project’s closing event on Friday, 29 May 2026.

Funded by the European Erasmus+ programme, the ForDiL project aims to promote the continuous cover forestry (CCF) approach by offering innovative and optimized training tools for forestry professionals and students.

At the heart of the project is a free digital self learning application, designed to allow users to build their skills independently, at their own pace, and without relying on instructor availability. The application is rooted in practical, on site learning tools used directly in forests : marteloscopes and travailloscopes.

By combining digital learning with real world field experience, ForDiL maintains a strong link with forest reality while opening up new and flexible training opportunities for current and future foresters.

Feel free to download the ForDiL app for free here
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Program

Doors open and coffee will be available from 9:00 AM.

  • Opening remarks
          9:30

    Marnik Vanclooster, President of the Earth & Life Institute (ELI), Professor Faculty of Bioengineering, UCLouvain, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
    Quentin Ponette, Professor, Faculty of Bioengineering, UCLouvain & Researcher at ELI, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium

  • Close-to-Nature Forestry: principles, challenges, 
    and future perspective
          9:45

    ​Tomas Vrska, President of Pro Silva Europe & Director of the University Forest Enterprise, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic

  • Q&A  & Coffee break
          10:15

     

  • The ForDiL project: background and objectives
          11:00

    Diane Doucet, ForDiL Project Leader, Société Royale Forestière de Belgique, Belgium

  • Design and development of the ForDiL application
          11:15

    ​Igor Blervaque, ForDiL Project Manager, Société Royale Forestière de Belgique, Belgium

  • Application, marteloscopes, travailloscopes: 
    linking digital tools with field experience
          11:35

    ​Grégory Timal, ForDiL Project Manager & Director, Agroforestry Development Centre of Chimay, Belgium

  • Continuous cover forestry and the foresters of tomorrow: 
    student involvement and educational perspectives
          11:55

    Pavlína Pancová Šimková, ForDiL Project Manager & Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic

  • Q&A and lunch provided
          12:30


  • Field visit
          13:30

    Marteloscope and travaille scope in the Bois de Lauzelle

  • Closing of the event
          16:30


Registration

Participation is free and registration is mandatory (you will be redirected to the SRFB website, which is co-organizing the event)

Registration

Download the app

Download the ForDiL app and find all the practical information to book your on-site experience via the button below.

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