Are you a stakeholder interested in plastics, construction, textile, and chemical sectors? Join SUSTRACK focus group workshop to boost the transition from linear fossil-based economy to circular bio-based economy!

SUSTRACK is organizing the focus group workshop “Limits, barriers and solutions to boost the transition towards a circular bio-based economy”, which will be held online on June 9th, 2023, from 10:00 to 13:00 CEST, as official partner event of the European Green Week .

The SUSTRACK project is a three-year initiative that supports policymakers in developing sustainable pathways to replace fossil and carbon-intensive systems with sustainable circular and bio-based systems at the EU and regional scale.

The focus group will be organised in two sessions:

• a brief introduction of SUSTRACK project and its main results on the limits of fossil-based economy and technical, structural, governance, environmental, economic and cultural barriers to the transition to circular bio-based economy;
• an interactive discussion with collaborative online tools, in which stakeholders will have the opportunity to give their opinion and identify, discuss, consolidate, prioritize the barriers across the four sectors.

Don’t miss it! Attendees will acquire valuable insights into challenges faced by the linear fossil-based economy, and barriers to the transition to circular bio-based economy, as well as into the drivers and benefits of sustainable transition and future activities within the SUSTRACK project.

Take a look at the agenda and express your interest here to participate! You will be reached as soon as possible to confirm your participation.

The BioGov.net Project aims to establish innovative governance models in the bioeconomy by providing an inclusive training and mentoring framework in specific European regions. With this objective in mind, a questionnaire was created to gather information from key stakeholders.

This questionnaire aims to identify the needs, opportunities, expectations and solutions that stakeholders encounter regarding the governance of education and training in bioeconomy. Guidelines for the training governance framework will be developed using the collected data and the discussions held as part of the Communities of Practice established within the Project.

English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Estonian, Slovenian, and Czech are the supported languages for the questionnaire. Please use the drop-down option to choose the language of your choice from the link.

Check out the questionnaire here!

Would you like to remain involved in the sustainability certification community and bioeconomy? Consider joining SUSTCERT4BIOBASED project Network of Interest!

The network brings together stakeholders from various fields, including the industrial sector, sustainability certification community, policymakers, and regional bioeconomy actors. By joining, you can collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, share knowledge on the sustainability certification of biobased products, and participate in bi-annual meetings. The network aims to promote the adoption of certification practices for biobased products.

In fact, the very first bi-annual Network of Interest meeting will take place on June 12th from 9.30-10.30 CET! Don’t miss out:

✅A fantastic line-up of  experts in sustainability certification.
✅ SUSTCERT4BIOBASED’s and its accomplishments so far, followed by an insightful 15-minute talk on the Green Claim Regulation and the role of voluntary certification schemes.
✅Engage in an open discussion on sustainability certification schemes, participate in a Q&A session and offer your feedback and expertise in our project.

Grab the opportunity and connect with like-minded individuals, offer your expertise and knowledge and gain valuable insights into current trends in the bioeconomy and sustainability certification sector.

Join SUSTCERT4BIOBASED network today and contribute to the mission of creating a sustainable and thriving bioeconomy!

Check out the members of the Network here and be part of it with just one click!

Are you educators interested in innovative ways of teaching?

Design Thinking and other non-formal educational methods for a more engaging teaching
3rd E+ Circular Bricks Webinar – Area Europa

When
Thursday 11 May, 3 to 4 p.m.

Where

What
Circular Bricks is an Erasmus+ project that aims to provide innovative pedagogical tools to VET School Teachers to rethink and improve the educational model for the circular bioeconomy: the Design Thinking, a methodology explored and applied during the project, proved to be suitable both for dealing with circular bioeconomy topics and for actively involving teachers and students. Can it also be applied in other sectors? And with what results? Are there other forms of non-formal teaching that can have as much impact?
The third Circular Bricks webinar, coordinated by project partner Area Europa, intends to answer these questions, bringing to the table experiences from European projects on new educational methods.

Who
Gianluca Corzani, Area Europa Member and moderator – Introduction about Circular Bricks Project for a new education on Circular Bioeconomy
Benedetta Marotti, Circular Bricks Design Thinking Expert, Freelance Facilitator – Circular Bricks and the Design Thinking Methodology: our experience and results
Paula Beudean, Founder of C.School for Creative Acts – The Erasmus+ Sentra project and Design Thinking applied to youth social entrepreneurship
Silvia Fazio, Grant Manager of Escape4Change – Non-formal education methods and edutainment as effective elements for a new form of teaching

Are you a stakeholder representing regions and islands, ports and shipping, fisheries and aquaculture, citizens and youth, industries, cities, research and education? Join the debate to shape the future for an Healthy, Pollution free Mediterranean Sea!

BlueMissionMed CSA is organising the “1^st BlueMissionMed Stakeholder Forum”, which will take place on 30 May 2023 morning at Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Italy in hybrid format, as side event in the context of the high-level event EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030’ – The Mediterranean lighthouse in action Palermo – organised by the European Commission.

The “1^st BlueMissionMed Stakeholder Forum” will be organised in two sessions:

• “Inspire and Inform” session: presentation of inspirational case studies of innovative transformative solutions from the above-mentioned stakeholder categories to stimulate the discussion and knowledge sharing among participants, about the Mediterranean hydrosphere depollution and restoration.
• BlueMissionMed Stakeholder Forum debate: a participatory thematic discussion involving representatives of the above-mentioned stakeholder categories in parallel round tables.

The outcomes of the 1st BlueMissionMed Stakeholder Forum will be presented at the opening of the high-level event “The Mediterranean lighthouse in action”, on 30 May afternoon.

Take a look at the agenda and register here to participate online or onsite!