Short survey on Social Innovations

The 3-CO project is looking for anyone’s support to develop a list of beneficial social innovations in various sectors, ideally in the bioeconomy, with a large geographic spread. These will be included as best practice examples in three brochures that will be communicated to consumers and civil society, private businesses and public bodies to support the switch towards socially and environmentally responsible behavior. Based on your contribution 3-CO will also develop policy recommendations on social measures to support better-informed decision-making processes, social engagement, and innovation.

What exactly is social innovation and how does it support sustainability and social change?

3-CO defines Social Innovations (SI) as new ideas (products, services, new organizations and models) that simultaneously meet social needs (more effectively than alternatives), create new social relationships or collaborations, and foster sustainable consumption and production patterns.

Typical examples for SI include non-profit projects such as upcycling/recycling/waste collection initiatives, sharing or donation of goods or food, mutual aid, open-source software, or business initiatives/social enterprises, fair trade companies, social impact bonds. For more examples, check the 3-CO article on social innovation here.

It takes only a couple of minutes to complete this survey. Thank you for your participation and support!

JOIN THIS NETWORKING EVENT IN BRUSSELS ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2023

Click here to view and download the event programme

This cross-border pitching, matchmaking and networking event brings together the networks of  eight innovation platforms: Pilots4U, Bio Base Connect, The ProteInn Club, BioeconomyVentures, Planet B.io, ShapingBio, Waste2Func and Tech4Biowaste.

As such, we can guarantee a diverse attendance reaching from SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups, large companies/corporates, investors, research organisations, technology providers to organisations offering relevant innovation services such as access to finance, scale-up trials, application testing, business plan writing, feedstock analysis, life cycle assessment, social acceptance, etc.

Pitching & Call for Pitch Abstracts

Participants are invited to submit a pitch application for a 7 minute pitch. As we are organising 9 pitch sessions of 90 minutes each, we are looking for at least 99 inspiring pitches. Not to exclude any interesting developments, pitch categories are not defined upon registration but should be relevant for further development of the bioeconomy.

Pitch applications can be done online via this link (submission form at the bottom of the page). Pitch application can be submitted until Tuesday 4 July 2023 at midnight the latest.

Matchmaking

The matchmaking are one-on-one meetings of 20 minutes arranged around 25 matchmaking tables aimed at finding new business partners. The scheduling of these meetings will be supported by an online matchmaking system, easy to use on a smartphone or laptop. The matchmaking tool will be activated by 1 September 2023.

Registration

A registration fee of € 149 (excl. VAT) per participant will be charged, which covers:

• participation to all the event activities (pitching, matchmaking, networking)
• coffee breaks and lunch
• a closing networking drink.

To register use this link

More information

More info at this link.

Any questions? Send an email to Katrien.Molders@bbeu.org. For questions about the BioeconomyVentures Sessions, send an email to Aleksandar Zobec, aleksandar@f6s.com. For questions about the matchmaking send an email to Anneleen.De.Vriendt@bbeu.org.

The Tech4Biowaste project team kindly invites you to attend our free one-hour webinar explaining all the ins and outs of the brand new Tech4Biowaste Database. This webinar is scheduled for 30 March 2023 from 10:00–11:15 CET, you can register via the following link: https://www.bbeu.org/events/online-events/webinar-the-tech4biowaste-database-getting-biowaste-conversion-technologies-out-of-the-dark/

The Tech4Biowaste database is the first and only open-source database for biowaste conversion technologies. Grab this unique, free and online opportunity to check it out under the guidance of its creators. We will take you on a journey through the database, as well as along its technology owners and users. Is your technology already represented? No? Then we will show you how to add it. Furthermore, the Tech4Biowaste project consortium will answer your questions live during the Q&A session.

Really curious and/or a little impatient? Have a pre-webinar appetizer and watch our 2-min. video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0WRomTJpLU&t=11s

See you on 30 March!

The Tech4Biowaste project finalised the backbone of a biowaste valorisation technology database (www.tech4biowaste.eu/wiki). It contains basic information on established as well as emerging technologies to convert food processing waste, organic municipal waste, and garden waste into valuable products.

With the backbone of the database now in place, we call on biowaste technology providers and their representatives to help us populate the database with company profiles and technology-specific details. We are on the hunt for innovators that want to promote their technology and help us make the database richer and more relevant, also in the long run.

Are you a start-up, a spinoff, a smaller or larger company? Do you want your biowaste technology (established or emerging) to be included in the database? This is how you can get in touch with us:

Join our Tech4Biowaste webinar on Monday 21 March, 11:00 – 11:45 CET, where we will present the database for the first time. Registration for the webinar: www.us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AO4PJz1QRJy3dBIaqmRNww.

Join one of the Tech4Biowaste online coaching sessions, where we will support you adding your technology to the database. The first series of coaching sessions are planned for:

• Monday 21 March, starting at 14:00.
• Monday 4 April starting at 14:00.
• Tuesday 19 April, starting at 14:00.

To register for the online coaching, or in case you have a question, please send a short email to info@tech4biowaste.eu.

This Tech4Biowaste project has received funding from the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101023200. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Bio-based Industries Consortium.