A 3-day meeting took place in Leipzig to achieve the results expected within the WP7. The participants from Unibo, DBFZ, TUB, ECOS, USC and UWM worked together on how to assess the ILUC risk of bio-based products, define mitigation options to reduce it and identify a proper methodology for policy recommendations.
Bridging the Gaps for a ‘Circular’ Bioeconomy: Selection Criteria, Bio-Based Value Chain and Stakeholder Mapping
Kadambari Lokesh, Luana Ladu and Louise Summerton
Bio-products and bio-based value chains have been identified as one of the most promising pathways to attaining a resource-efficient circular economy. Such a “valorization and value-addition” approach incorporates an intricate network of processes and actors, contributing to socio-economic growth, environmental benefits and technological advances. In the present age of limited time and funding models to achieve ambitious sustainable development targets, whilst mitigating climate change, a systematic approach employing two-tier multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) can be useful in supporting the identification of promising bio-based value chains, that are significant to the EU plans for the bio-economy. Their identification is followed by an elaborate mapping of their value chains to visualize/foresee the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges attributable to those bio-based value chains. To demonstrate this methodology, a systematic review of 12 bio-based value chains, prevalent in the EU, sourcing their starting material from biomass and bio-waste, has been undertaken. The selected value chains are mapped to visualize the linkages and interactions between the different stages, chain actors, employed conversion routes, product application and existing/potential end-of-life options. This approach will help chain-actors, particularly investors and policy-makers, understand the complexities of such multi-actor systems and make informed decisions.
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EURAS Conference 2019
The 24th edition of the EURAS Conference will be held in Rome on the 13-15 June 2019. The conference theme is “Standards for a Bio-Based Economy”.
Download here the Call for Papers!
Please send any enquiries to Piergiuseppe Morone and Francesca Govoni at: EURAS-2019@unitelmasapienza.it
#BLOG_The European Bioeconomy Network
Promoted by the BIOVOICES project and launched in May 2018, the European Bioeconomy Network (EuBioNet) is a proactive alliance of EU funded projects dealing with bioeconomy promotion, communication and support.
The main goal of the European Bioeconomy Network is to maximise the efforts, increasing the knowledge sharing, networking, mutual learning, coordination of joint activities and events.
Interested to join the EuBioNet? Please click here for further details.
#BLOG_DataBio – Bioeconomy seen through the lenses of big data technologies
DataBio is a Horizon 2020 Lighthouse project focusing on utilizing Big Data technologies (software components and datasets) to sustainably improve the productivity in bioeconomy.
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Biorefineries distribution in the EU
Check the new JRC Research Brief on biorefineries distribution in the EU!
Updated Bioeconomy Strategy
The updated Bioeconomy Strategy is now available!
STAR-ProBio mid-term meeting in Athens, 8-10/10/18
The STAR-ProBio mid-term meeting took place last week in Greece at the Agricultural University of Athens. It was a very useful and productive meeting.
A special thanks to all External Advisory Board and External Review Committee members for their active participation and constructive feedback!