AFORE is an EU-project coordinated by VTT, Finland. Its aim is to develop novel bio-based solutions for the separation, fractionation, and primary upgrading of green forest-based chemicals. These will be used as starting materials for current and novel value-added applications.At the workshop in Stockholm on March 24 some results from the project will be presented. The program includes an overview of the AFORE project by Anna Suurnäkki, VTT, Coordinator. Fredrik Öhman, Innventia, will preseent black liquor as a source of chemicals, describing separation of lignin and hemicelluloses from black liquor, and Klaus Niemelä, VTT, will speak about isolation of hydroxy acids from black liquor. Other topics are, for example, wood and forest residues as a source of chemicals, production of bio-oil by catalytic pyrolysis of lignin, and efficient biomass fractionation based on phosphinic acid/acetic acid cooking at moderate temperature.The Stockholm-workshop is arranged by Innventia and VTT.