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FOCUS STRATEGIC THINKING CONSULTANTS
APRIL 2025
Repo on he collabo a ion
wi h ele an ini ia i es – P1
DELIVERABLE D4.3
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Documen ID D4.3
Ti le Repo on he collabo a ion wi h ele an ini ia i es – P1
Wo k Package WP4–Dissemina ion, Communica ion, Exploi a ion and Sus ainabili y – P1
Due Da e 30/04/2025 Deli e y Da e 25/04/2025
Dissemina ion Le el PU
Pa ne Responsible FOCUS S a egic Thinking Consul an s PC
Main Au ho s
Ephy Kouzi - FOCUS
Da ni Delioglani – FOCUS
Iako os Delioglanis - FOCUS
Pee e iewe s
Re iewe 1 Paula Rosa Ál a ez - CTA
Coo dina o Ca men Gi ón Domínguez - MTU
Documen his o y
Ve sion Da e Main Modi ica ions Au ho (s)
0.1 10/06/2024 Ini ial s uc u e FOCUS
0.2 20/03/2025 Fi s d a eady o in e nal
e iew FOCUS
0.3 15/04/2025 Fi s d a e iew CTA, MTU
0.4 24/04/2025 Final inco po a ion o pa ne s’
inpu FOCUS
1.0 25/04/2025 Final e sion eady o
submission FOCUS
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Table o Con en s
1 In oduc ion ............................................................................................ 7
2 S a egy & Me hodological App oach ...................................................... 8
2.1 Ini ial s eps .............................................................................................................. 8
2.2 Iden i ica ion o ele an p ojec s ........................................................................... 8
2.3 Selec ion c i e ia ...................................................................................................... 9
2.3.1 Pe inen key wo ds .................................................................................................. 10
2.3.2 Ta ge audience ........................................................................................................ 10
2.3.3 Types o po en ial collabo a ion ............................................................................... 10
2.3.4 Timeline .................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 Con ac ini ia ion phase ......................................................................................... 11
2.5 Fu he collabo a ions ........................................................................................... 13
3 O e iew o Pa ne P ojec s & Ne wo ks ............................................. 14
3.1 P ojec s pa icipa ing in he SLRT .......................................................................... 15
3.2 O he pla o ms/ne wo ks ..................................................................................... 18
3.3 Indi idual p ojec s (bila e al collabo a ion) ........................................................... 20
4 Collabo a ion Ac i i ies – P1 .................................................................. 21
4.1 C oss-p omo ion h ough Communica ion Channels ............................................ 21
4.2 In e -p ojec ac i i ies ........................................................................................... 24
4.2.1 O ganised by BBioNe s ............................................................................................. 25
4.2.2 O ganised by o he Pla o ms/P ojec s .................................................................... 29
4.3 E en s o a wide audience .................................................................................. 31
4.3.1 O ganised by 3 d pa ies ............................................................................................ 31
4.3.2 O ganised by BBioNe s ............................................................................................. 34
4.4 O he ypes o collabo a ion .................................................................................. 34
5 Conclusions ........................................................................................... 36
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Lis o Figu es
Figu e 1: Pa ial iew o he explo a o y excel ile used o iden i ying ele an p ojec s. .................... 9
Figu e 2: Selec ion c i e ia o ele an p ojec s. .................................................................................... 9
Figu e 3: Con ac ini ia ion email empla e. ......................................................................................... 11
Figu e 4: BBioNe s one-page p esen a ion. .......................................................................................... 12
Figu e 5: Example o indi idual .pp x ile. ............................................................................................. 13
Figu e 6: SLRT eposi o y o ganisa ion. ................................................................................................. 15
Figu e 7: Slide om he BCE’s ESNI Wo king G oup mee ing (12 No . 2024). ..................................... 18
Figu e 8: Ru al Bioeconomy Alliance p ojec s (24 Ap . 2025). .............................................................. 19
Figu e 9: BBioNe s’ dedica ed empla e o websi e c oss-p omo ion. ............................................... 21
Figu e 10: BBioNe s websi e – ‘Syne gies’ page. .................................................................................. 22
Figu e 11: SYMBA’s p omo ion o BBioNe s’ Newsle e . ..................................................................... 23
Figu e 12: BRILIAN’ social media pos abou BBioNe s’ Newsle e . .................................................... 23
Figu e 13: Simul aneous p omo ion o he SLRT and pa icipa ing p ojec ’s e en . ............................ 24
Figu e 14: Announcemen o joining he SLRT. ..................................................................................... 24
Figu e 15: SLRT men ion on newsle e . ............................................................................................... 24
Figu e 16: Example o documen o sha ing in o ma ion. ................................................................... 25
Figu e 17: Coope a ion inaugu al e en - Mee ing O e iew documen . ............................................ 26
Figu e 18: Coope a ion inaugu al e en – p ojec p esen a ion empla e. .......................................... 26
Figu e 19: Coope a ion inaugu al e en – mee ing sc eensho . ........................................................... 26
Figu e 20: SLRT - “BioPills” campaign mee ing sc eensho . .................................................................. 27
Figu e 21: BioPills campaign - Inaugu al pos isual. ............................................................................ 28
Figu e 22: BioPills campaign - BBioNe s pos isual. ............................................................................. 28
Figu e 23: G oup sc eensho a he bimon hly RBA mee ing wi h all 3 BBioNe s ep esen a i es
a ending (28 Jan. 2025). ....................................................................................................................... 31
Lis o Tables
Table 1: BBioNe s mo e consis en pa ne p ojec s. ........................................................................... 14
Table 2: B ie o e iew o he SLRT P ojec s in alphabe ical o de . ..................................................... 15
Table 3: O he Ne wo ks. ...................................................................................................................... 18
Table 4: Indi idual P ojec s (bila e al collabo a ion). ........................................................................... 20
Table 5: Indica i e examples o Newsle e c oss-p omo ion. ............................................................. 22
Table 6: Indica i e examples o c oss-p omo ion ................................................................................. 23
Table 7: Mee ings o ganised by BBioNe s (beyond SLRT ac i i ies). .................................................... 28
Table 8: Mee ings o ganised by BBioNe s’ Pa ne ing Ne wo ks and P ojec s. ................................... 29
Table 9: Online mee ings o ganised by 3 d pa ies o a wide audience. ........................................... 31
Table 10: Onsi e mee ings o ganised by 3 d pa ies o a wide audience. ......................................... 32
Table 11: BBioNe s E en s & Ac i i ies whe e o he P ojec s collabo a ed. ........................................ 34
Table 12: Miscellaneous pa ne ship ac i i ies. .................................................................................... 34
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Table o Abb e ia ions
Abb e ia ion Desc ip ion
AKIS Ag icul u al Knowledge and Inno a ion Sys ems
BBTs Bio-Based Technologies
BCE Bio e ine Clus e Eu ope
D Deli e able
DoA Desc ip ion o he Ac ion
EC Eu opean Commission
ETR Eu opean T ansna ional Regions
FANs Fo es and Ag icul u e Ne wo ks
GDPR Gene al Da a P o ec ion Regula ion
KPIs Key Pe o mance Indica o s
M P ojec mon h
OGs Ope a ional G oups
RBA Ru al Bioeconomy Alliance
SLRT S anding Liaison Round Table
WP Wo k Package
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Execu i e Summa y
This documen p esen s an o e iew o he collabo a ion ac i i ies unde aken by BBioNe s wi h o he
EU- unded p ojec s and ini ia i es. I ou lines he s a egic app oach used o iden i y and engage wi h
ele an p ojec s, and he se ies o ac i i ies pe o med o each i s a ge s.
Since he ea ly s ages o he p ojec , collabo a ion has always been a co e componen o he BBioNe s
s a egy, designed o le e age syne gies, os e knowledge exchange ac oss ela ed p ojec s and, hus,
maximise hei o e all impac . The p ocess o iden i ying ele an p ojec s began du ing he
p epa a ion phase o he BBioNe s “D4.1 - Plan o Dissemina ion and Exploi a ion including
Communica ion ac i i ies”, when all conso ium pa ne s p o ided in o ma ion on ini ia i es hey
conside ed ele an o he p ojec ’s scope and objec i es. I was u he pu sued by conduc ing a
ho ough sea ch in he EU Funding & Tende s Po al and ecen Wo k P og ammes o disce n
po en ially ele an opics and success ul p oposals ac oss a ious des ina ions. All pe inen
in o ma ion was collec ed in an excel ile o acili a e p ojec selec ion based on ca e ully de e mined
selec ion c i e ia.
O e he i s epo ing pe iod, BBioNe s es ablished pa ne ships wi h 29 indi idual p ojec s and 5
pla o ms/ne wo ks clus e ing mo e han 50 p ojec s in o al. I s ac i i ies ocused on join
communica ion and dissemina ion, in o ma ion and da a sha ing, and co-o ganisa ion o e en s.
BBioNe s’ key achie emen s include he alignmen o dissemina ion e o s h ough coo dina ed social
media campaigns, con ibu ion o and p omo ion o each o he ’s newsle e s and signi ican ac i i ies,
a endance a join mee ings o e en s, he o ganisa ion o se e al join wo kshops, c oss- e e encing
in publica ions, and in ol emen o assis ance in speci ic ac i i ies. These collabo a i e ac ions ha e
con ibu ed signi ican ly o inc easing he isibili y and each o bo h BBioNe s and i s pa ne p ojec s,
pa ing he way o a b oade up ake o p ojec ou comes. O e all, he esul s demons a e he added
alue o in e -p ojec collabo a ion in ampli ying he impac o EU unding in esea ch and inno a ion.
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1 In oduc ion
B inging oge he a a ie y o pe spec i es, app oaches, and expe ise, collabo a ion and ne wo king
among EU- unded p ojec s a e essen ial componen s o a ain he goals o he Eu opean Commission’s
esea ch and inno a ion p og ammes, and deli e mo e impac ul ou comes.
This deli e able p esen s in de ail he collabo a i e e o s o BBioNe s wi h p ojec s and ini ia i es
ha sha e simila objec i es and audiences. The p ima y objec i e o such collabo a ion is o le e age
syne gies ac oss mul iple EU- unded p ojec s o enhance p ac ical knowledge and os e inno a i e
solu ions o a me s and o es e s in he sus ainable managemen and p ocessing o biomass. By
p omo ing c oss-sec o pa ne ships and knowledge exchange, hese e o s encou age he adop ion
o bes p ac ices in biomass managemen , suppo inno a ion o enhance he alue o ag icul u al and
o es y biomass, and ad ance esou ce e iciency and sus ainabili y in line wi h he EU G een Deal and
he Ci cula Economy Ac ion Plan.
This collabo a ion aspi es o deli e conc e e, measu able ou comes, including he o ganisa ion o
join ac i i ies, he de elopmen o ailo ed aining ma e ials o suppo a me s and o es e s, and
imp o ed dissemina ion and ou each s a egies o ensu e he e ec i e ans e o esea ch esul s o
end-use s, pa icula ly a me s and o es e s.
The aim o his deli e able is wo old:
• o ou line he s a egic amewo k guiding he collabo a ion p ocess, including c i e ia o
selec ing ele an p ojec s, and
• o documen he collabo a ion ac i i ies conduc ed du ing he epo ing pe iod o con ibu e
o he o e all objec i es o he p ojec .
Building on he achie emen s o he i s epo ing pe iod, BBioNe s is dedica ed o u he enhancing
collabo a ion wi h o he EU- unded p ojec s o ampli y impac and d i e meaning ul p og ess.
Upcoming ac i i ies will aim o b oaden he scope o join ini ia i es, deepen s akeholde engagemen ,
and e ine collabo a i e app oaches o align closely wi h he s a egic goals o he Eu opean
Commission’s esea ch and inno a ion p og ammes. By ein o cing hese pa ne ships, he p ojec
seeks o c ea e a s onge ounda ion o inno a i e solu ions and sus ainable p ac ices ha suppo
he EU’s ansi ion owa ds a ci cula and clima e-neu al economy.
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2 S a egy & Me hodological App oach
2.1 Ini ial s eps
The conso ium began qui e ea ly, and a di e en ins ances, he endea ou o build b idges wi h o he
p ojec s and ini ia i es, p e-da ing e en he de elopmen o a conc e e me hodology o his end:
• Beginning o Janua y 2024 (M3), he p ojec coo dina o and he “Liaison eam”, FOCUS,
engaged in a se ies o email exchanges wi h ep esen a i es o he EU-Fa mBook p ojec o
explo e collabo a ion ways. Based on hei sugges ion, nume ous p ojec pa ne s egis e ed
o and pa icipa ed in he EU-Fa mBook p e-launch e en , scheduled o be held on 8 h Feb ua y
2024. The expec ed collabo a ion would hen be pu sued acco ding o he speci ica ions
p o ided du ing he e en .
• Mid-Janua y, he BBioNe s coo dina o , Ms Ca men Gi ón Domínguez, was con ac ed by hei
homologue o he Soil-X-Change p ojec (BBioNe s’ sis e p ojec ) and in i ed o p esen online
he BBioNe s ision and objec i es a he Soil-X-Change kick-o mee ing on 23 d Janua y 2024.
The dissemina ion manage o BBioNe s also a ended he mee ing and exchanged a numbe
o emails wi h Soil-X-Change ep esen a i es plan ing al eady he seeds o syne gies.
• On 3 d Feb ua y 2024, he Liaison eam ini ia ed a i s coope a ion a emp wi h he
ROBOCOOP-EU p ojec a he occasion o he AGROTICA ai (Thessaloniki, GR), whe e
BBioNe s was o icially p esen wi h a s and. Po en ial join ac ions we e discussed and bo h
p ojec s pos ed o ha e ec on hei social media accoun s.
• On 15 h Feb ua y 2024, while d a ing a sui able s a egy, FOCUS applied o BBioNe s o
become a membe o he Ru al Bioeconomy Alliance (RBA) ini ia i e.
F om ha poin on, all e o s made o c ea e syne gies wi h o he p ojec s and ini ia i es ollowed a
ca e ully de ised me hodological app oach, aking in o accoun se e al pa ame e s and
conside a ions.
2.2 Iden i ica ion o ele an p ojec s
The p ocess o iden i ying ele an p ojec s began du ing he p epa a ion phase o “D4.1 - Plan o
Dissemina ion and Exploi a ion including Communica ion ac i i ies”, when all conso ium pa ne s
we e asked o p o ide in o ma ion abou any p ojec s hey knew o and/o pa icipa ed in ha hey
deemed ele an o he BBioNe s scope and objec i es. The aim was o c ea e an ini ial pool o
po en ial “collabo a ion candida es” ha could be con ac ed along he way.
In pa allel, FOCUS was conduc ing a ho ough sea ch in he EU Funding & Tende s Po al. A e going
h ough Wo k P og ammes and disce ning po en ially ele an opics ac oss a ious des ina ions, i.e.
opics connec ed o he bioeconomy o p ima y p oduce s, he eam p oceeded o esea ch he
p oposals ha had been selec ed o unding. An excel ile was c ea ed o collec pe inen in o ma ion
abou hose p ojec s, no ably hei scope and objec i es, he coun ies ep esen ed, and a con ac
en i y o pe son (Figu e 1).
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Figu e 1: Pa ial iew o he explo a o y excel ile used o iden i ying ele an p ojec s.
2.3 Selec ion c i e ia
Ha ing es ablished a su icien ly exhaus i e lis o 96 candida e p ojec s o ha speci ic s age o he
ask, he discussion as o he p ojec selec ion p ocess began. I was widely deba ed ha e en hough
he bioeconomy and he u al wo ld a e closely ela ed, all bioeconomy- ela ed p ojec s do no
speci ically a ge o inco po a e in hei scope a me s and/o o es e s. The same way, all p ojec s
a ge ing p ima y p oduce s do no necessa ily del e in o issues ela ed o he bioeconomy aspec o
BBioNe s. To his end, he collabo a ion endea ou should aim a p ojec s si ua ed a he in e sec ion
o bo h domains.
I was also de e mined ha in o de o ex e nal p ojec s o eac posi i ely o ou collabo a ion que y,
a sa is ac o y numbe o common elemen s o opics o in e es should be iden i ied be o e ini ia ing
con ac . An addi ional conside a ion o be aken in o accoun was he comple ion phase o he p ojec s
o be app oached. I was hus impo an o s a by conside ing BBioNe s’ own co ne s ones in e ms
o mission and objec i es, and elabo a ing on he ollowing elemen s (Figu e 2):
• Pe inen key wo ds
• Ta ge audience
• Types o po en ial collabo a ion
• Timeline
Figu e 2: Selec ion c i e ia o ele an p ojec s.
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BIO2REG aims o help g eenhouse gas-in ensi e economies unlock hei bioeconomy
po en ial by mo ing owa ds model egions. The p ojec encou ages in e egional
exchange and coope a ion, p o iding egional s akeholde s wi h a concep ual amewo k o
egionalisa ion in model egions. This in ol es mapping bes p ac ices in a ci cula and sus ainable
bioeconomy, assessing bioeconomy po en ial, o e ing men o ing and aining, o ming ansi ion
alliances, and making policy ecommenda ions.
BOOST4BIOEAST (B4B) was de eloped o suppo he BIOEAST Ini ia i e, and aims o
empowe na ional s akeholde s in he Cen al Eas e n Eu opean and Bal ic coun ies
o he de elopmen o na ional bioeconomy ac ion plans and o build long-las ing
s uc u es and spaces o dialogue o na ional and mac o- egional coope a ion. The p ojec ollows
he oo s eps o i s p edecesso , he BIOEASTsUP H2020 p ojec , building upon i s ou comes ha laid
he ounda ion o mac o- egional ne wo king among bioeconomy expe s and policymake s
h ough he de elopmen o i s S a egic Resea ch and Inno a ion Agenda (BIOEAST SRIA) and 11
Bioeconomy Concep Pape s o 2022.
BRILIAN has been concei ed o suppo he adop ion o sus ainable, coope a i e business
models in u al a eas and enable a be e ansi ion o bio-based economies, playing a
pi o al ole in e i alising hese egions and os e ing sus ainable economic and social
de elopmen , making p ima y p oduce s ac i e ac o s o he supply chain. BRILIAN implemen s a
mul i-ac o app oach o he alida ion o a g oup o Ac ions o he Bio Inno a ion.
P ima y p oduc ion in ag icul u e and o es y ep esen s an essen ial pa o he
Eu opean ci cula bioeconomy. Howe e , he in ol emen o p ima y p oduce s in he
ci cula bio-based economy is s ill limi ed, and he bene i s a e in mos cases no ai ly dis ibu ed
along he alue chain, o he disad an age o p ima y p oduce s. Fai and sus ainable business
models ha c ea e oppo uni ies o u al en ep eneu ship and de elop new o ms o success ul
u al business a e he e o e needed. C4B business models a e designed o balance he sha e o powe
and p o i s ac oss no el bio-based alue chains o accele a e he de elopmen o u al communi ies
and hei economic iabili y and enhance he coope a ion among a me s, o es e s and indus y.
FOREST4EU
(Eu opean inno a ion pa ne ship ne wo k p omo ing ope a ional
g oup dedica ed o o es y and ag o o es y) aims a connec ing exis ing OGs
om di e en coun ies a ound Eu ope, in o de o a ou he ans e o knowledge and bes
p ac ices be ween expe s in his ield. The p ojec has es ablished 5 mul i-ac o EU c oss-coun ies
Inno a ion Topic Hubs (ITHubs) ela ed o 5 iden i ied opics in o es y and ag o o es y sec o s:
wood mobilisa ion; o es adap a ion o clima e change; imp o ing app oaches, models and ools o
sus ainable o es managemen ; non-wood o es s p oduc s; and ag o o es y. The ITHubs ac as
coope a ion and inno a ion ne wo ks o an e icien knowledge ans e -exchange be ween di e en
egions in Eu ope.
NUTRI-CHECK NET aims o es ablish a sel -sus aining, mul i-ac o , Thema ic
Ne wo k ha builds a m-le el adop ion o bes ield-speci ic nu ien
managemen p ac ices ac oss Eu ope. In nine coun ies a me s’ C op Nu i ion Clubs (CNC) iden i y
and sha e he na u e o hei unce ain ies abou c op nu i ion, hei challenges and ba ie s o
change. Decision-sys ems and nu i ion ools (including comme cial p oduc s, se ices, and ecen
esea ch ou pu s) a e assembled by na ional expe s om ac oss Eu ope, including leading a me s,
in o a common online NUTRI-CHECK NET pla o m. CNCs will hen e alua e he e ec i eness o new
p o ocols and ools selec ed om he oolbox o mee hei main challenges.
NUTRI-KNOW aims a imp o ing nu ien managemen p ac ices in Eu opean
ag icul u e. By consolida ing knowledge om a ious EIP-AGRI OGs ac oss EU
membe s a es, i seeks o add ess u gen needs, challenges, and oppo uni ies o a me s. Th ough
a pla o m and hema ic ne wo k, NUTRI-KNOW aims o acili a e he exchange o in o ma ion,
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s eng hen knowledge lows, and p omo e sus ainable ag icul u al p ac ices. Ul ima ely, he p ojec
aims o educe eliance on impo ed mine al e ilise s, imp o e ag icul u al and en i onmen al
managemen , and enhance he o e all e iciency and sus ainabili y o he Eu opean ag i- ood sec o .
Ope 8’s main objec i e is o communica e al e na i e weed con ol solu ions o each
ope a ional g oup o key s akeholde s h ough ne wo ks ac oss he EU. Wi h he
ambi ion o achie e a high impac and imp o e he sus ainabili y o he Eu opean
ag icul u al sec o , Ope 8 b ings oge he 8 ope a ional g oups
om 7 coun ies om he
Medi e anean, A lan ic, and No dic a eas o ensu e a balanced ep esen a ion o di e en
p oduc ion sys ems. Ope 8 ocuses on issues, needs and ba ie s iden i ied by he in ol ed
ope a ional g oups wi h hei app oaches, iden i ied challenges and dissemina ion ac i i ies.
PRIMED co-c ea es inno a i e o ms o coope a ion o in eg a e p ima y p oduce s in
no el bioeconomy alue chains wi h a mul i-ac o app oach. To do so, PRIMED is
de eloping new Ci cula Business Models in Bioeconomy (CBMB) o p oduce high- alue biobased
p oduc s h ough ad anced bio e ine ies and will demons a e hem in i e Li ing Labs (LLab). PRIMED
aims o also empowe mul i-ac o s o co-
design a collabo a i e ecosys em o accele a e he
bioeconomy, wi h an Open Access knowledge hub and oolki (PRIMED digi al oolbox)
Ru al BioReFa me ies aims o ad ance he bio-based economy in Eu ope h ough he
demons a ion o a small-scale and decen alised g een bio e ine y model ha enhances
he economic esilience o Eu ope's u al egions
; by explo ing he ans o ma i e
po en ial o g ass as a bio-based ma e ial, his ini ia i e will
help a me s adop inno a i e
echnologies and embed ci cula and na u e- iendly p ac ices, while apping in o new income
s eams.
SCALE-UP aims o adap , implemen and e alua e ools o help egional ac o s o
o e come he appa en bo lenecks owa ds ully exploi ing bioeconomy po en ials in
hei egion. I s goals include: 1. Inc eased capaci y o egional mul i-ac o pa ne ships o accele a e
he de elopmen o ma ke able bio-based p oduc s and se ices; 2. S eng hened collabo a ion
be ween p ima y p oduce s, SMEs, clus e s, social ac o s, and policymake s; 3. Imp o ed knowledge
abou nu ien ecycling po en ials in egional bioeconomies; 4. High le el o awa eness and
unde s anding o he bioeconomy and i s impac s on local communi ies; 5. P omo ion o a
sus ainable, inclusi e and jus egional bioeconomy.
ShapingBio p o ides e idence-based and conc e e in o ma ion and ecommenda ions
o be e policy alignmen and s akeholde ac ions o ealise he c oss-sec o al
po en ial o he bioeconomy and o educe he agmen a ion ac oss bio-based sec o s and ood
sys em and policies ac oss egions, domains and go e nance le els. I wo ks on c ea ing a be e
unde s anding and in o ma ion basis o he bioeconomy inno a ion eco-sys em by p o iding a
comp ehensi e mapping and analysis o ini ia i es, s uc u es, policy ins umen s and key gaps ac oss
he EU mac o- egions and di e en sec o s ela ed o policy and go e nance, applied R&D and
echnology ans e , collabo a ion (c oss-sec o al), inancing.
SMURF is a ans o ma i e p ojec aimed a p o iding sus ainable solu ions ha
bene i he en i e Eu opean o es -based alue chain. I is aligned wi h he EU’s
Fo es S a egy 2030 and wo ks o enable 20 million o es owne s ac oss Eu ope o gene a e
economic ac i i y and p o ide employmen in o es s, while managing o es s o conse e and adap
o clima e change.
By connec ing a me s, esea che s, policymake s, and s akeholde s, Soil-X-Change
(BBioNe s’ sis e p ojec – unded unde he same opic) aims o enhance Ag icul u al
Knowledge and Inno a ion Sys ems, p omo ing sus ainabili y, sma ag icul u e, and clima e-
neu ali y. I ocuses on ha monising and dissemina ing esea ch and p ac ical solu ions h ough an
EU-wide ne wo k o Eu opean Inno a ion Pa ne ship Ope a ional G oups. Soil-X-Change
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emphasises co-design and co-c ea ion, de eloping use - iendly ools like a da a dashboa d and
adap a ion guide o empowe a me s wi h ac ionable knowledge. The ini ia i e seeks o os e
sus ainable soil managemen , con ibu ing o a heal hie ag icul u al ecosys em and a sus ainable
ood p oduc ion sys em.
SYMBA aims a c ea ing a new and inno a i e Indus ial Symbiosis (IS) me hod o be
eplica ed wi hin EU acco ding o he local/ egional bio-based indus ial ecosys em. I
will implemen a use - iendly and accessible AI da abase sugges ing egional IS inno a i e p ocesses
o c ea e ze o-was e alue chains, ensu ing mo e local supply chains; a
be e dis ibu ion o
economic and social bene i s among he s akeholde s and an inc ease in he economic alue o inal
p oduc s.
3.2 O he pla o ms/ne wo ks
BBioNe s applied ea ly on o join an alliance ele an o he bioeconomy in he u al wo ld, and was
app oached by ano he clus e pe inen o i s goals. I also s i ed o join o ces and con ibu e o he
objec i es se by majo p ojec s/pla o ms p omo ed by he EC (Table 3). The a ionale o his
endea ou is ha such ne wo king allows o g ea e in luence, le e aging exis ing esou ces,
expe ise, and connec ions, po en ially leading o mu ually bene icial ou comes ha a e g ea e han
wha each pa y could achie e independen ly. Only accoun ing o i s ac i e pa icipa ion in he
Bio e ine Clus e Eu ope and Ru al Bioeconomy Alliance (p esen ed in Table 3 below), BBioNe s is in
close collabo a ion wi h o e 50 p ojec s.
Table 3: O he Ne wo ks.
O e iew o O he Ne wo ks
The Bio e ine Clus e Eu ope (BCE) is an open-access, ee-o -cha ge collabo a i e
pla o m be ween EU p ojec s dealing wi h bio-based ci cula economy. Cu en ly,
he BCE coun s mo e han 40 EU unning p ojec s (Figu e 7), hal o which wi h a ocus on nu ien
ecycling and eco e y. The BCE is also he main o ganise o high-le el con e ences, such as he
Eu opean Sus ainable Nu ien Ini ia i e (ESNI) and he Bio e ine Con e ence, which in e connec
key ac o s in he ield o nu ien ecycling o keep high he opic in he EU Ci cula Economy Agenda.
Figu e 7: Slide om he BCE’s ESNI Wo king G oup mee ing (12 No . 2024).
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EU-Fa mBook is a Ho izon Eu ope p ojec ha is wo king a egional, na ional, and
Eu opean le els o build an Online Pla o m, ga he ing and sha ing ag icul u e and
o es y knowledge. I o e s an in e ac i e, mul i-lingual mee ing place o ag icul u e and o es y
communi ies, gi ing access o us wo hy knowledge objec s acco ding o indable, accessible,
in e ope able, and eusable (FAIR) da a p inciples.
Launched on 31s May 2023, he Ru al Bioeconomy Alliance (RBA) is a clus e o 20
Eu opean- unded p ojec s2 (Figu e 8)
, aimed a accele a ing and suppo ing he
de elopmen o ci cula u al Bioeconomy ini ia i es in he EU. Wi h a ocus on u al
sus ainable ci cula bioeconomy ini ia i es, he RBA in es iga es, de elops and analyses success
s o ies, bes p ac ices, pilo s, including ways o inc ease he adop ion o ci cula bioeconomy
concep s, mainly in u al a eas.
Figu e 8: Ru al Bioeconomy Alliance p ojec s (24 Ap . 2025).
AKISConnec , a join en u e by he mode nAKIS and ATTRACTISS EU p ojec s, is an online
pla o m, whe e ac o s om all o e Eu ope con e ge o le e age he powe o
Ag icul u al Knowledge and Inno a ion Sys ems (AKIS). I se es as a dynamic pla o m
aimed a os e ing collabo a ion, empowe ing local communi ies, and acili a ing c oss-coun y
coope a ion o d i e ans o ma i e change in ag icul u al p ac ices and inno a ion. The goal is o
c ea e a ib an ecosys em whe e di e se s akeholde s ac i ely con ibu e o ad ancing ag icul u al
knowledge and inno a ion ac oss Eu ope.
Pla a o ma de Aseso es AKIS (AKIS Ad iso s Pla o m) is a digi al pla o m c ea ed by
he Spanish Minis y o Ag icul u e, Fishe ies, and Food (MAPA) wi h he aim o
acili a ing a mee ing poin and knowledge exchange among he ac o s o he
Ag icul u al Knowledge and Inno a ion Sys em (AKIS) a he na ional le el.
2 As coun ed on 24 Ap il 2025
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3.3 Indi idual p ojec s (bila e al collabo a ion)
The p ojec s ea u ed unde his g oup ha e o ged bila e al collabo a ion, wi h a ying le els o
in ol emen and equency o pa icipa ion in sha ed ac i i ies (Table 4). They a e no pa o he SLRT
ei he because hey we e no in e es ed a ha poin in ime o hei goals we e no ully aligned and
p e e ed o es ablish bila e al collabo a ion wi h BBioNe s.
Table 4: Indi idual P ojec s (bila e al collabo a ion).
O e iew o Indi idual P ojec s
BioINSou h aims o suppo decision-
make s o inco po a e conside a ions o
ecological limi s in o hei egional bioeconomy s a egies and oadmaps, h ough digi al ools
ele an o ci cula bio-based ac i i ies. BioINSou h applies a mul i-
ac o app oach o p o ide
egional solu ions h ough Mul i Ac o Regional G oups (MARGs) and
he c ea ion o ela ed
bioeconomy HUBs, meaning ully inco po a ing en i onmen al and socioeconomic aspec s in bio-
based indus ial sys ems. I will build up i s me hodology in eigh Eu opean egions (Campania –
I aly, Peloponnese – G eece, Andalusia and As u ias – Spain, Cen o Region – Po ugal, Nou elle-
Aqui aine –
F ance, Slo enia and, Cyp us) by es ablishing an equal numbe o use cases, hus
ein o cing he capaci y o biobased alue chains in he Medi e anean.
The p ojec ‘OPTimising FORes managemen decisions o a low-ca bon, clima e
esilien u u e in Eu ope (Op Fo -EU)’ aims o build a Decision Suppo Sys em (DSS) o
p o ide o es manage s and o he ele an s akeholde s wi h ailo ed op ions o op imising
deca bonisa ion and o he Fo es Ecosys em Se ices (FES) ac oss Eu ope. Based on a supply-
demand app oach, he me hodology combines an i e a i e p ocess o da a consolida ion, modelling,
and co-de elopmen o solu ions alongside o es manage s and o he p ac ice s akeholde s in all
Eu opean Fo es Types. The DSS is being designed and es ed in 8 case s udy a eas, o p o ide a
eady- o-use se ice, nea o ope a ional a Eu opean le el, while a use adop ion and up- ake plan
will maximise he socie al and business impac .
ROBOCOOP-EU p oposes a b eak h ough cul u al change in he ag icul u al sec o , by
deploying e ec i e egional and ci cula bio-based Business Models o he alo isa ion o was e
s eams om 3 ag icul u al sec o s: g ape, oli e and s one ui . The p ojec specialises in he
enhancemen o e enue s eams o small and medium-scale a me s and coope a i es
. I s
app oach in ol es he sys ema ic di e si ica ion o comme cial oppo uni ies wi hin ag icul u al
con ex s. By es ablishing e sa ile bio- e ine ies, i acili a es he p oduc ion o a comp ehensi e
po olio o bio-based p oduc s, enabling he in eg a ion o seconda y s eams in a holis ic closed-
loop sys em.
Small4Good aims o help small o es owne s de elop mul i unc ional managemen
and business models using digi al and AI solu ions. The p ojec p omo es biodi e si y
and ca bon a ming h ough paymen o ecosys em se ices schemes. I s app oach in ol es
unde s anding he mo i a ions o small o es owne s and de eloping business and managemen
models h ough a mul i-ac o li ing lab app oach ac oss Eu ope, p omo ing apid p o o yping and
implemen ing ealis ic, locally adap ed pa hways owa ds mul i unc ionali y. The p ojec ’s
ou comes will enable small o es owne s ac oss Eu ope o ansi ion owa ds
sus ainable and
mul i unc ional managemen , c ea ing a ai and inclusi e bioeconomy.
STRATUS aims o connec ad iso s ac oss Eu ope o accele a e knowledge c ea ion
and sha ing on In eg a ed Fe ilisa ion Managemen , suppo ing a me s o b ing his
knowledge in o p ac ice o achie e he ambi ion o he Fa m o Fo k and Biodi e si y S a egies.
Thus, STRATUS will con ibu e o educing nu ien losses o he en i onmen while main aining soil
e ili y.
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4 Collabo a ion Ac i i ies – P1
F om BBioNe s’ ou se h ough i s mid- e m, he conso ium and i s pa ne s ac i ely o ganised and
pa icipa ed in a a ie y o ac i i ies and e en s wi h a collabo a i e ocus. They we e all ins umen al
o dissemina e and communica e he p og ess o he p ojec , sha e insigh s, and s eng hen i s links
wi h simila ini ia i es. By engaging in con e ences, wo kshops, and join e o s, BBioNe s e ec i ely
expanded i s each and buil cons uc i e alliances wi hin he b oade communi y. Ac i i ies and
e en s men ioned unde his chap e a e indica i e and se e o showcase he di e en ypes o
pa ne ships BBioNe s o ged.
No e: The exhaus i e lis o all BBioNe s D&C ac i i ies has been epo ed on he SyGMa po al.
4.1 C oss-p omo ion h ough Communica ion Channels
All p ojec s men ioned unde Sec ion 3, ega dless o he g oup hey all unde , esponded posi i ely
o he BBioNe s sugges ion o c oss-p omo ion o he es ablished collabo a ion h ough hei
espec i e websi es. Some p ojec s, which had no ini ially conside ed i , e en decided o add a
dedica ed webpage o his pu pose.
To acili a e his p ocess, BBioNe s p epa ed a designa ed empla e eques ing a sho desc ip ion,
logo and he social media channels o he ecipien p ojec , p o iding simul aneously i s own
in o ma ion (Figu e 9).
Figu e 9: BBioNe s’ dedica ed empla e o websi e c oss-p omo ion.
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Following up on his exchange, he D&C eams o mos p ojec s3 p oceeded wi h upda ing hei
websi es, and u he p omo ed hei bila e al collabo a ion by making social media pos s on hei
espec i e channels.
Figu e 10: BBioNe s websi e – ‘Syne gies’ page.
Once he ini ial coope a ion s eps we e es ablished, he BBioNe s D&C eam, FOCUS, ini ia ed he
“Fo ging Pa ne ships” campaign, using he p ojec ’s social media channels o showcase he main
highligh s o pa ne p ojec s on ( ead mo e in “D4.2 - Plan o Dissemina ion and Exploi a ion including
Communica ion ac i i ies – upda ed”). They also egula ly epos ed o p omo ed hei news, e en s,
and o he in o ma ion, based on ei he he in e es s o he BBioNe s audience o speci ic eques s o
p omo ion.
Acco dingly, BBioNe s and se e al o he p ojec s o e ed hei pa ne s he oppo uni y o publicise
hei esul s and ele an news in hei espec i e newsle e s.
Table 5: Indica i e examples o Newsle e c oss-p omo ion.
Indica i e examples o Newsle e c oss-p omo ion
Welcome o he 1s BBioNe s newsle e ! – July 2024
Bio e ine Bulle in News - Sep embe - Oc obe 2024 - BCE (Ne wo k)
1s Newsle e – No embe 2024 – Soil-X-Change (SLRT – sis e p ojec )
Op Fo -EU news #4: Sma upda es o sus ainable o es managemen (bila e al
collabo a ion)
Going a s ep u he , BBioNe s s a egically decided o de o e he en i e second edi ion o i s
newsle e o he impo ance o es ablishing collabo a ions, ea u ing news ac oss 16 p ojec s. This
ini ia i e was wa mly welcomed and publicised acco dingly (Figu e 11, Figu e 12).
3 To BBioNe s’ knowledge a he ime; any u he ac ions o his espec we e no moni o ed.
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Figu e 11: SYMBA’s p omo ion o BBioNe s’ Newsle e .
Figu e 12: BRILIAN’ social media pos abou BBioNe s’
Newsle e .
Addi ional examples o c oss-p omo ion can be consul ed in Table 6.
Table 6: Indica i e examples o c oss-p omo ion
Collabo a ion le el Desc ip ion
P ojec Websi es
Pa ne p ojec s ea u e hei collabo a ion wi h BBioNe s on hei websi es’
dedica ed pages:
• BIO2REG – SLRT p ojec
• BCE – Ne wo k
• Op Fo -EU – Indi idual p ojec s (bila e al collabo a ion)
Social media
BBioNe s egula ly p omo es i s pa ne p ojec s’ upcoming ac i i ies and
e en s:
• Soil-X-Change – Launch o 1s su ey add essed o OG membe s
• SMURF – Cascade Funding Ini ia i e
• NUTRI-KNOW – Webina se ies on sus ainable nu ien managemen
BBioNe s uns campaigns o highligh i s syne gies and p omo e esul s om
i s pa ne p ojec s:
• “Fo ging Pa ne ships campaign”: collabo a ion wi h SYMBA p ojec
• “‘BioPills campaign”: a collabo a i e e o
o 12 p ojec s (see sec ion
4.2.1)
P ess Releases &
Websi e a icles
BBioNe s p omo es i s pa ne p ojec s h ough p ess eleases and websi e
a icles:
• Fi s P ess Release (June 2024)
• ShapingBio Wo kshop on S akeholde Engagemen and Communica ion
S a egies (Decembe 2024)
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Addi ionally o he c oss-p omo ion o p ojec s and hei ac i i ies and esul s, he e ha e also been
ins ances o p omo ion o he SRLT by some o he pa icipa ing p ojec s (Figu e 13, Figu e 14, Figu e
15).
Figu e 13: Simul aneous p omo ion o he SLRT and
pa icipa ing p ojec ’s e en .
Figu e 14: Announcemen o joining he SLRT.
Figu e 15: SLRT men ion on newsle e .
4.2 In e -p ojec ac i i ies
This sec ion highligh s se e al collabo a i e ac i i ies ha we e o ganised exclusi ely o and
add essed o ep esen a i es o a ious p ojec s. These ini ia i es p o ided pla o ms o se ing
s a egies, exchanging knowledge and upda es, and sha ing bes p ac ices. Fos e ing coope a ion and
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dialogue, he ac i i ies desc ibed below aimed o accele a e p og ess owa d sus ainable, ci cula
bioeconomy goals. They a e p esen ed unde wo di e en headings, based on he o ganising en i y:
BBioNe s, and O he Pla o ms/P ojec s.
4.2.1 O ganised by BBioNe s
SLRT: The “Coope a ion inaugu al e en ”
Du ing he ini ial online mee ings wi h ep esen a i es o he p ojec s iden i ied as po en ial
collabo a ion candida es, BBioNe s in o med pa icipan s o i s in en ion o es ablish he S anding
Liaison Round Table o pu sue u he ne wo king and mul ila e al coope a ion, as pledged in i s DoA.
A e ecei ing posi i e eedback and con i ma ion o a endance, he Liaison eam sha ed he “.docx”
iles p epa ed o he ini ial mee ings (Figu e 16). They eques ed any missing in o ma ion ela ed o
he p ojec s’ o hcoming ac i i ies and planned ma e ials, as well as any addi ional sugges ions o
collabo a ion.
Figu e 16: Example o documen o sha ing in o ma ion.
The nex s ep was o ganising he SLRT “Coope a ion inaugu al e en ” – an online mee ing whe e
se e al p ojec s a ended o ge acquain ed, exchange in o ma ion and ini ia e mul ila e al
collabo a ion. A doodle poll was sha ed o schedule a con enien da e / ime slo , along wi h a Mee ing
O e iew documen (Figu e 17), and a .pp x empla e o each p ojec o succinc ly p esen i s scope
and ac i i ies (Figu e 18). Addi ionally, a egis a ion o m was in oduced o ensu e compliance wi h
GDPR equi emen s be o e sha ing in o ma ion ac oss p ojec s.
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O ganise E en Desc ip ion
successes o hese ansi ions we e explo ed.
FOCUS ep esen ed BBioNe s.
PRIMED
PRIMED Open Call In o Day,
12/09/24
In o Day webina p esen ing an o e iew o
he PRIMED p ojec , an in oduc ion o i s
Li ing Labs and hei ocus a eas, while
p o iding a s ep-by-
s ep guide o he
applica ion p ocess o hei Open Call.
BBioNe s was ep esen ed by CREA.
AKISConnec
Se e al e en s, indica i ely:
• Digi al Reposi o ies - B idging
Resea ch and P ac ice,
24/09/24
• AKIS in ac ion: Powe ing up
ad iso s’ knowledge h ough
pee exchange, 24/10/24
• AKIS in ac ion: S eng hening
AKIS h ough women-led
inno a ion, join e en by
FLIARA and mode nAKIS
p ojec s, 19/11/24
Ne wo king e en se ies
allowing o pee
exchange and p ac ical insigh s on a numbe
o hemes ele an o he BBioNe s opic. The
L
iaison eam (FOCUS) and se e al o he
pa ne s made su e o egula ly a end such
e en s.
BRILIAN
Wo kshop ‘
Policy alignmen :
owa d a cohe en and
suppo i e amewo k’,
23/01/25
FOCUS a ended his webina ha del ed in o
he c i ical ole o ha monising policies ac oss
economic, social, en i onmen al, and
echnological domains o build a cohesi e
amewo k ha os e s sus ainable g ow h.
ShapingBio
Wo kshop ‘Policy
Recommenda ions Valida ion’,
02/04/25
CREA a ended his webina o con ibu e o
ShapingBio’s e o o p oduce
ecommenda ions a e 3 yea s o
consul a ions wi h s akeholde s. BBioNe s
was in i ed o app o e and e ine hese
ecommenda ions be o e hey a e
communica ed o he EC.
Table 10: Onsi e mee ings o ganised by 3 d pa ies o a wide audience.
O ganise E en Desc ip ion
CEE2ACT (RBA
membe )
G eek Bioeconomy Day,
A hens – G eece, 15/04/24
An
e en ocused on he bioeconomy in
G eece, a ended
by CBE JU Head o
P og amme Vi ginia Puzzolo. FOCUS
ep esen ed BBioNe s, gi ing an o e iew o
he p ojec and i s goals du ing bila e al
discussions (also wi h Ms Puzzolo) and
dis ibu ing p ojec b ochu es.
EU CAP NETWORK
Con e ence 'Ope a ional
G oups: Inno a ion in
MTU, AFS, TEPRO a ended he Con e ence.
BBioNe s eques ed and was assigned a able,
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O ganise E en Desc ip ion
p ac ice', Es o il – Po ugal,
6-8/05/24
allowing o be e p omo ion, isibili y, and
ne wo king.
Eu opean Ru al
De elopmen
Ne wo k
Eu opean Ru al De elopmen
Ne wo k Con e ence 2024,
Vilnius – Li huania, 11-
13/09/24
IUNG p omo ed BBioNe s a he Con e ence
cen ing
on g een ans o ma ion o u al
a eas and ecommenda ions o e ec i e
policies o u al de elopmen and
ag icul u e.
Inno a ion
Ne wo k in
Ag icul u e and
Ru al A eas (pa o
he Polish Ru al
Ne wo k)
4 h Annual Con e ence on
Polish EIP Ope a ional
G oups, Lublin – Poland, 6-
7/11/24
IUNG ep esen ed BBioNe s a he
Con e ence, es ablishing con ac s and
acili a ing coope a ion be ween Polish
ope a ional g oups (OGs), while enabling he
exchange o expe iences in de eloping and
implemen ing inno a i e solu ions in
ag icul u al p oduc i
on, p ocessing and
dis ibu ion o ag i- ood p oduc s.
EU CAP Ne wo k
Wo kshop
on ‘Na ional
ne wo king o inno a ion
and knowledge exchange’,
Reims – F ance, 20-30/01/25
Ma a Lai om CREA ep esen ed bo h
BBioNe s and he I alian CAP Ne wo k a he
mee ing. BBioNe s was in i ed o p esen i s
scope and wo k owa ds unlocking he
po en ial o OG esul s and ensu ing a wide
up ake o inno a i e esul s.
ERIAFF, EFI, CEPF,
EUSTAFOR, COPA-
COGECA, ELO,
Eu omon ana, and
EU p ojec s
FOREST4EU and
Op Fo -EU
Fo es Inno a ion Wo kshop
and Op Fo -EU Mid- e m
con e ence, B ussels –
Belgium, 11-12/02/25
The p ojec was ep esen ed by CREA du ing
a slo in B eakou Session 1: P esen a ion and
discussion on inno a ion ini ia i es Topic C –
“Valo ising non-
wood o es p oduc s o
heal hy consump ion pa e ns”. A his panel,
CREA had he oppo uni y o p esen some
cases o he BioBased Technology In en o y
ela ed o non- imbe o es p oduc s.
EU CAP Ne wo k
Wo kshop 'Ci cula
bioeconomy - alo isa ion o
o es by-
p oduc s', Kou ola
– Finland, 26-27/03/25
CREA ep esen ed BBioNe s by pa icipa ing
a an in e ac i e pos e session o showcase
and dissemina e he p ojec , and engaging in
b ie discussions a e wa ds. A join e en
was o ganised wi h FOREST4EU, highligh ing
he achie emen s o wo p ojec s p omo ing
he wo k o OGs.
EU CAP Ne wo k
B oke age e en ‘Pa ne ing
o inno a ion wi h impac in
ag icul u e and u al a eas’,
P ague – Czech Republic, 29-
30/03/25
CTA ep esen ed BBioNe s
, con ibu ing o
he dissemina ion and engagemen o
BBioNe s in wide ne wo king ac i i ies.
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4.3.2 O ganised by BBioNe s
Table 11: BBioNe s E en s & Ac i i ies whe e o he P ojec s collabo a ed.
E en /Ac i i y Desc ip ion
BBioNe s webina "Empowe ing I eland's Fa me s
and Fo es e s: A ocus on Biobased solu ions
h ough BBioNe s
", Bioeconomy I eland Week
2024, 15/10/24
O ganised wi hin he Bioeconomy I eland
Week 2024,
MTU and Teagasc's webina
hos ed a panel o bioeconomy expe s om
o he p ojec s, namely NXTGENWOOD,
Mains eamBio and ShapingBio. Reco ding
a ailable on BBioNe s YouTube channel &
a icle on websi e.
1s A lan ic ETR Mee ing, online, 4/12/24
Du ing he 1s mee ing o he I ish & Spanish
FANs ha ocused on enhancing ci cula i y in
he o es sec o , Ál a o Pica do, SMURF
p ojec ’s coo dina o , and Edwa d Casey,
MSCA RISE DeMANS P ojec , pa icipa ed as
speake s, while
Colm Faulkne ep esen ed
and in e ened on behal o he
NXTGENWOOD p ojec .
1s Cen al Eu ope ETR mee ing, online, 11/12/24
The i s mee ing o he Czech and Polish
FANs on ‘
li es ock and ag icul u al was e
managemen ’
hos ed speake s om he
CiNURGi, Soil-X-Change, Mains eamBio (RBA
membe ), and BRILIAN p ojec s, as well as he
Cyp io OLIVER Nicosia Veg Ope a ional
G oup.
4.4 O he ypes o collabo a ion
In addi ion o c oss-p omo ion, a sha ed online p esence, and e en s, BBioNe s has also unde aken
o con ibu ed o a a ie y o collabo a i e ac i i ies ha ex end beyond hese ca ego ies. Each one
u he con ibu ed o he p ojec s’ mu ual g ow h and sha ed objec i es.
Table 12: Miscellaneous pa ne ship ac i i ies.
Desc ip ion o ac i i y
ShapingBio is ac ing as a membe o he I ish FAN, ac i ely pa icipa ing in i s ac i i ies.
Once ini ial collabo a ion wi h he SMURF
p ojec was es ablished, BBioNe s in i ed i s
coo dina o , Ál a o Pica do, o join i s Ad iso y Boa d. He g aciously accep ed and has been
con ibu ing o p ojec ac i i ies.
Responding o an in i a ion ci cula ed ia he SLRT ne wo k, he BBioNe s coo dina o applied and
was accep ed as a bioeconomy expe in SYMBA's Ad iso y Boa d. This enables BBioNe s o
con ibu e o SYMBA's ac i i ies and u he i s own goals.
CREA a ended he PRIMED OPEN CALL In o Day webina wi h some o i s FAN membe s. This
esul ed in some o hem being in e es ed in pa icipa ing in he Open Call. They we e no eady
o he 1s Call, bu FOCUS liaised o ob ain in o ma ion o hei imely pa icipa ion in he 2nd Call.
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A e being pe sonally in i ed, Iako os Delioglanis om FOCUS became a membe o he C4B
S akeholde Panel o ep esen BBioNe s in knowledge and expe iences exchange
in he
bioeconomy domain.
The SMURF coo dina o eques ed BBioNe s pa ne s’ assis ance o p omo e he second cascade
unding o SMURF o ele an s akeholde s in hei coun ies ia hei espec i e ne wo ks.
The Liaison eam eached ou on behal o BBioNe s o he h ee SLRT p ojec s p omo ing he wo k
o EIP-AGRI Ope a ional G oups o discuss he challenges aced while collec ing inancial da a
om p ima y p oduce s and ways o o e come hem.
A e BBioNe s’ p esen a ion a he SCAR AKIS mee ing (Jan. ’25), Pla a o ma de Aseso es AKIS
(AKIS Ad iso s Pla o m) eached ou and exp essed i s eage ness o become in ol ed and
dissemina e he p ojec ac i i ies in Spain.
NUTRI-KNOW eached ou o all SLRT p ojec s asking o inpu o i s wo su eys: one on he
p ac ice-o ien ed ma e ials c ea ed, and a second on hei Resul s Ampli ica ion Me hodology
(RAM), a s uc u ed amewo k o ans e ing knowledge o a me s, p ac i ione s, and
policymake s (Ap il 2025).
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5 Conclusions
The conso ium i mly belie es ha he collabo a i e e o s unde aken du ing he i s epo ing
pe iod ha e p o en highly success ul, wi h esul s signi ican ly exceeding he ini ial a ge s se o his
phase. The s ong commi men and p oac i e engagemen o all pa ne s ha e been ins umen al in
achie ing hese ou comes. By os e ing syne gies ac oss aligned p ojec s, le e aging complemen a y
expe ise, and ac i ely engaging in ac i i ies, he conso ium has es ablished a solid ounda ion o
impac ul collabo a ion.
Looking ahead, he pa ne s a e commi ed o ein o cing hese collabo a ions, building on he
successes o his pe iod o d i e e en mo e decisi e and a ge ed ac ions. The solidly es ablished
ela ionships wi h o he pa ne p ojec s, combined wi h he mo e ad anced s age o ou own esul s
and ac i i ies, a e expec ed o c ea e new oppo uni ies o deepe collabo a ion. Fu u e e o s will
ocus on scaling up join ac i i ies, expanding s akeholde engagemen , and u he aligning
collabo a i e s a egies wi h he o e a ching objec i es o he Eu opean Commission’s esea ch and
inno a ion p og ammes. A he ime o he submission o his documen , he discussions and
p epa a ions o he o ganisa ion o join e en s had al eady well p og essed wi h o he p ojec s.
The conso ium emains s ead as in i s sha ed goal o ad ancing inno a ion, p omo ing sus ainabili y,
and maximising he impac o collabo a i e e o s o he bene i o end-use s and socie y a la ge.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
While no explici ly men ioned h oughou his documen , EIP-
AGRI Ope a ional G oups a e
inhe en ly included in BBioNe s’ collabo a i e e o s and a e ega ded as key pa ne s in ou
ac i i ies. Thei in ol emen is embedded in he amewo k o all ou ac ions
, e lec ing hei
in eg al ole in achie ing he p ojec ’s objec i es. Fo example, OG ep esen a i es ac i ely
pa icipa e in ou FANs (14 OGs) and Ad iso y Boa d (2 OGs),
esul s om 82 OGs ha e been
in eg a ed in o he BBioNe s in en o y and knowledge collec ion, collabo a i e ac ions wi h 85 OGs
ha e aken place up o now (going beyond he conso ium coun ies), while
he ou each and
knowledge-sha ing ini ia i es o he p ojec (scheduled o mainly be deployed in he second pe iod)
will hea ily in ol e OGs. This implici inclusion unde sco es hei impo ance wi hou he need o
epe i i e e e ence, as hei con ibu ions a e conside ed a ounda ional aspec o ou wo k.
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Documen in o ma ion
Ti le
BBioNe s – C ea ion and p omo ion o Fo es and
Ag icul u e Ne wo ks o boos Bio-Based
Technologies adop ion and Value Chain
de elopmen (GA No 101133904)
S a – end da e
1/11/2023 – 31/10/2026 (36 mon hs)
P ojec ype
Coo dina ion and Suppo Ac ion
P og amme
Ho izon Eu ope – Clus e 6
Funding
1,998,636.20 €
Coo dina o
Muns e Technological Uni e si y
Ms. Ca men Gi ón Domínguez
(ca men.dominguez@m u.ie)
P ojec o e iew
BBioNe s cons i u es a hema ic ne wo k ha elies
on, p omo es, and u he ad ances he wo k ca ied
ou by EIP-
AGRI Ope a ional G oups (OGs) wi h
espec o
managemen and/o p ocessing o
ag icul u al and o es biomass wi h Bio-Based
Technologies (BBTs)
. The p ojec has se up 6
egional Fo es and Ag icul u e Ne wo ks – FANs (IE,
ES, IT, EL, PL, CZ) ha iden i y local needs, p io i ise
speci ic BBTs and sha e BBT knowledge eady o
p ac ice o a me s and o es e s, boos ing he
( e)de ini ion o alue chains, s imula ing c oss-
e ilisa ion beyond bo de s, and b inging Eu ope o
he o e on o a ming, o es y and bioeconomy
wi h economically iable and sus ainable p ac ices.
Conso ium
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