BioRural
MainstreamBIO
P2GreeN
RELIEF
RBA
AgriLoop
BioGov.net
BIO2REG
ROBIN
CEE2ACT
ShapingBio
BIOMODEL4REGIONS
COOPID
SCALE-UP
BioRural
MainstreamBIO
P2GreeN
RELIEF
RBA
AgriLoop
BioGov.net
BIO2REG
ROBIN
CEE2ACT
ShapingBio
BIOMODEL4REGIONS
COOPID
SCALE-UP
start date
01-09-2022
end date
31-07-2025
agreement
101060166
BioRural’s goal is to create a European Rural Bioeconomy Network to promote small-scale bio-based solutions in rural areas and support the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular Bioeconomy across all Europe at local and regional scale.
BioRural will achieve this through a three-pillar intervention scheme that feeds into a publicly available BioRural Toolkit that creates a wide network of collaborative stakeholders on a regional and European level; assesses the existing European rural Bioeconomy and captures grassroots-level needs and ideas for the adoption of biobased solutions; includes a range of small scale bio-based success stories; promotes effective exchange of knowledge and information through a series of workshops; holds a bioeconomy challenge for new practical bio-based solutions; and develops rural Business model blueprints for Bioeconomy businesses from conception to scale.
start date
01-09-2022
end date
31-08-2025
agreement
101059420
The EU-funded MainstreamBIO project will introduce small-scale bio-based solutions into mainstream practice across rural Europe, stimulating the participation of a wider range of rural actors in the development of the bioeconomy. MainstreamBIO starts with regional multi-actor innovation platforms in Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Bulgaria, Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands to increase cooperation among pivotal rural players to co-create sustainable business models in line with regional potentials and policy initiatives. The project will also develop and employ a digital toolkit to better integrate small-scale bio-based technologies, tailored business and technical support services, social innovations and good nutrient recycling practices with existing biomass and market trends.
start date
01-12-2022
end date
30-11-2026
agreement
101081883
P2GreeN will foster a paradigm shift, from a linearly organised resource and nutrient system within the agri-food supply chain, towards a circular material flow system between urban and rural areas thereby restoring the coupling of the water-agri-food system using a holistic symbiotic resource management approach following the 3R principle “Reduce, Reuse, Recover”. P2GreeN will therefore develop new circular governance solutions for the transition from fork to farm to halt and eliminate N&P pollution by connecting blue urban with green rural infrastructure, focusing on circular nutrient flows of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). This will be done through implementation and demonstration of innovative N & P recovery solutions for the utilisation of human sanitary waste from urban settlements and its conversion into safe bio-based fertilisers for agricultural production in three pilot regions (P2GreeN pilot regions) on a north-south trajectory from the Baltic Sea region via the metropolitan area of Hamburg-Hannover to the region of Axarquia in Southern Spain.
start date
01-06-2022
end date
31-05-2024
agreement
101056181
RELIEF aims to develop and deliver an innovative approach for teaching bio-economy in farming, by developing specific learning resources addressing HEIs students and farming practitioners. HEIs, VETs, farmer consultants, research institutes, and social partners from Italy, Greece, Sweden, Cyprus and Portugal will deliver a high-quality network within the EU to advance bio-economy in the farming agenda. RELIEF will deliver a training needs analysis and develop two curricula in bio-economy, for HE students, farming practitioners and farmers exploring the key areas that are critical for the implementation of business models and strategies towards bio-economy in farming.
Based on this knowledge, RELIEF will design and pilot learning units which will incorporate a mix of training methodologies. An e-learning platform will offer learning resources in 5 languages for self-training and networking to support the long-term sustainability of farming enterprises.
agreement
N/A
Launched on 31 May 2023, the Rural Bioeconomy Alliance (RBA) is a cluster of European-funded projects aimed at accelerating and supporting the development of circular rural Bioeconomy initiatives in the EU. The involved projects are:
With a focus on rural sustainable circular bioeconomy initiatives, the RBA investigates, develops and analyses success stories, best practices, pilots, including ways to increase the adoption of circular bioeconomy concepts, mainly in rural areas. The goal of the cluster is to speed up growth of bioeconomy by sharing knowledge on project outcomes and supporting dissemination and communication activities related to the existing knowledge of bioeconomy.
start date
01-12-2022
end date
30-09-2026
agreement
101081776
The EU and China are the two major players in the global bioeconomy with a high potential for cooperation. The EU-funded AgriLoop project will extend the agricultural production value of the EU and China by eco-efficiently upgrading underexploited residues into a portfolio of high-added-value bio-products able to generate new bio-based markets. The project will develop safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) bioconversion processes and integrate them into a cascading biorefinery approach, to convert agri-residues from tomato, soy, straw, potato, brewery, oil, winery and livestock sectors, among others, into plant and microbial proteins, polyesters and other bio-based chemicals. AgriLoop will strengthen EU-China cooperation, inform SSbD guidance and increase resource efficiency through reduced discharges of agricultural residues.
start date
01-06-2022
end date
31-05-2025
agreement
101060742
The BioGov.net project supports the mobilisation of local resources and stakeholders in Estonia, Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Slovakia, Czechia, Portugal, and Germany to establish innovative governance models in the bioeconomy. Doing this will secure optimal decision-making processes, social engagement of all actors and the uptake of sustainable innovations. The work includes completing various assessments to create a training framework and support consumers, industry and public bodies to switch to socially and environmentally responsible behaviour. The results will help local biosystems, regulators and policymakers improve knowledge, skills, the bioeconomy and good governance.
start date
01-01-2024
end date
31-12-2026
agreement
101135420
BIO2REG is a European project that aims to enable the systemic transition of greenhouse gasintensive regions through concrete and actionable measures to become bioeconomy model regions.
Driven by a shift towards sustainable development, regions with carbon-intensive economies, such as coal mining, intensive agriculture, forestry, and fisheries and peat production, are undergoing significant structural change. The negative outcomes can be dire: for instance economic disruption, unemployment, social strain, and regional inequality. The bioeconomy, which utilises renewable biological resources and technologies for food, materials or energy production, can play a crucial role in shaping structural change. It has the potential to create new value networks, thereby promoting knowledge-based growth and jobs, ecosystem revitalisation and resilience, resource efficiency and circularity, and innovation, while taking into account the context-specific economic, social and environmental conditions of a region.
Regional stakeholders seeking to unlock this transition potential of the bioeconomy, however, often lack the necessary actionable know-how, framework and financial support.
start date
01-09-2022
end date
31-08-2025
agreement
101060504
ROBIN aims to empower Europe’s regions to adapt their governance models and structures in ways that accelerate the achievement of their circular bioeconomy targets while promoting social innovation and accounting for different territorial contexts.
start date
01-09-2022
end date
31-08-2025
agreement
101060280
CEE2ACT will empower countries in Central Eastern Europe and beyond (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia) - CEE2ACT target countries - to develop circular bioeconomy strategies and action plans through knowledge transfer and innovative governance models enabling sustainability and resilience to achieve better informed decision-making processes, societal engagement and innovation, building on the practice of experienced countries serving as role models in this context.
start date
01-09-2022
end date
31-12-2025
agreement
101060252
The ShapingBio project aims to support and accelerate such an ecosystem. To that end, it will map and analyse initiatives, structures, policy instruments, gaps in policy and governance, applied R&D and technology transfer, as well as collaboration and financing across the EU macro-regions and fields. It will work with stakeholders from various sectors and receive input from key actors. The results will lead to evidence-based and concrete information and recommendations for better policy-making and stakeholder activity. Moreover, it will support the EU Green Deal policy priorities and the EU’s climate ambition for 2030 and beyond.
start date
01-06-2022
end date
30-06-2025
agreement
101060476
The BIOMODEL4REGIONS project aims to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by supporting local strategies, enabling stakeholders’ responsible behaviour and propagating best practice guidelines for climate neutrality and low environmental footprint improvements of bio-based products and services. From pilot regions across Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central-Western EU, researchers will extract a fully transferable case-study approach, ready to be replicated throughout the continent.
start date
01-01-2021
end date
30-06-2023
agreement
101000519
The COOPID project has created ad hoc a network of COOPID Bioeconomy Clusters from 10 European countries, involving a range of stakeholders: primary producers, in cooperatives or associations, within agriculture, forestry and aquaculture; industry; public sector; research and academia. Based on the proposed model, COOPID ambassadors will showcase success stories, organise workshops and conduct interactive dissemination and communication campaigns. One of the main target groups was women and young producers who have great potential to innovate but are underrepresented in the primary production sector.
start date
01-09-2022
agreement
101060264
The SCALE-UP project will support regional multi-actor partnerships, consisting of private businesses, governments and policymakers, civil society organisations, and researchers in identifying and scaling-up innovative and sustainable bio-based value chains that build on regional resources. The project will adapt, implement, and evaluate tools to help regional actors to overcome the apparent bottlenecks towards fully exploiting bioeconomy potentials in their region. Promoting the principles of co-creation, transparency, and open innovation, SCALE-UP will provide advisory support to innovators and regional stakeholders.