"By the 1980s, countries began to recognize that forests have a Global role in the stability of the biosphere, in the maintenance of biodiversity, in the protection of threatened indigenous and traditional cultures, as well provide unique ecosystem services. Proper management of forest resources is only possible based on accurate and reliable information. There is increased international tendency towards the use of powerful and flexible geospatial technologies such as GIS (geographic information systems) and remote sensing (satellite imagery) (GIS&RS) in various applications. SUFOGIS proposes a “knowledge-competence-skills based” innovative approach that will be developed in close collaboration with the project EU partners. The main outputs of the project will be: Report on the situational analyses in RU and CH in the field of GIS&RS, workshops for 200 participants, 56 persons from Partner countries will get training in EU, two summer schools in EU for 36 students from Partner countries, one platform to promote the ""University-enterprise"" collaboration in the field of GIS&RS, Guidelines ""How to promote the knowledge transfer in GIS&RS”, 25 Case-studies, GIS&RS centers established and equipped in RU and CH HEIs, Quality assurance plan, 200 evaluation reports of staffs, trainees and students, 2 reports of external experts, the project’s web portal, 8 Info-days in EU, RU and CH, two dissemination conferences in CH and RU, 6 E-bulletins for the wider community. More specific impacts of the project include creation of: a wide professional network of the organizations in Partner countries that will be interested in the project outputs and findings, new jobs and new opportunities for business initiatives by young scientists."