European project launched to boost innovation in bioeconomy
05 January 2023
Food & Bio Cluster Denmark is participating in a new European project that will support and accelerate innovation and dissemination of new knowledge in the bioeconomy.
Innovation in the bioeconomy and sustainable food systems needs to be boosted as it has great potential to help address societal challenges such as climate change, dependence on fossil fuels and can contribute to a better use of our raw materials.
Although there are significant political initiatives as well as R&D and industrial activities going on, which are designed to develop the bioeconomy sector, challenges remain in terms of a wider uptake of the innovation generated in the sector.
A key barrier is the existence of "sector silos", meaning that actors from different sectors, such as agriculture, food and forestry, have limited exchange with each other across sectors. In addition, bioeconomy is not an own dedicated policy field – the public funding and regulation is therefore scattered and partly incoherent across ministries or geographical levels.
Food & Bio Cluster Denmark contributes with recommendations to promote innovation in the bioeconomy
To address these challenges a new EU-funded project called ShapingBio has been launched to provide concrete information and recommendations for better policy alignment and stakeholder actions to realise the cross-sectoral potential of the bioeconomy and to reduce the fragmentation across bio-based sectors and food system and policies across regions, domains and governmental levels.
"With this project we want to improve the information base for policy makers, industry, etc. on existing initiatives, activities and best practices as well as provide advice to enable exchange across sectors and countries", explains Senior Business Development Manager Kersti Haugan at Food & Bio Cluster Denmark, and adds:
"We expect that the outcomes of ShapingBio will benefit many stakeholders, for example we want to stimulate exchange across industry sectors and help them find funding opportunities by giving them a better overview and bringing them together with investors"
The bioeconomy sector can help shape the framework of the future
To create better conditions for innovation in the bioeconomy, stakeholders in relevant sectors such as agriculture, forestry, blue bioeconomy, bio-based sectors and food systems are invited to provide input on how future bioeconomy policies should be designed. This will be done through workshops, events, interviews, and a survey for the creation of documents and recommendations.
Those interested can register here.
Want to know more?
For further information please contact Kersti Haugan, kha@foodbiocluster.dk, tel. +45 53675880
Facts about the bioeconomy
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In 2017, the bioeconomy in the 27 EU Member States (EU-27) generated up to €614 billion in value added, equivalent to 4.7% of EU-27 GDP. This was based on a bioeconomy turnover of €2.2 trillion in the EU-27 in 2017.
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The bioeconomy in the EU-27 also employed 17.5 million people in 2017, equivalent to 8.9% of the total workforce.
Facts about ShapingBio
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The project involves 11 organisations from 9 different countries:
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (DE), Agency for the Promotion of the European Research (IT), Teagasc (IE), Agriculture Research, Ltd. Troubsko (CZ), Food & Bio Cluster Denmark (DK), SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG (DE), Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BE), Spanish Bioindustry Association (ES), Tech Tour Europe (BE), Tech Tour Global EOOD (BG), VITAGORA (FR)
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The project has received an EU grant of almost €4 million
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The project runs until 31 August 2025
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