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Jornadas técnicas: manejo de la jara pringosa para la obtención de bioproductos

Jornadas técnicas: manejo de la jara pringosa para la obtención de bioproductos

This is an in person event in Spanish, which will take place in two towns in Guadalajara (Spain). It is about obtaining bioproducts from Cistus Ladanifer, a very common species in the Mediterranean countries. The rest of the info is in Spanish.

For more info, check our website:

And you can download the program here.

El mercado global de bioproductos está en auge impulsado por una demanda creciente de compuestos de origen natural sustitutivos de materiales de origen fósil y de compuestos químicos sintéticos.

La jara pringosa (Cistus ladanifer), es una especie exclusiva de la cuenca mediterránea que se utiliza desde la antigüedad para la obtención del ládano, y que actualmente se emplea para la obtención de distintos productos que destinados al sector de perfumería y cosmética. La jara está presente en España en más de dos millones de hectáreas y formando jarales densos en más de medio millón de hectáreas. Andalucía, Extremadura, Castilla-la Mancha y Castilla y León en ese orden, cuentan con las mayores extensiones de jaral. Actualmente se explotan unas 20.000 ha de jarales en todo el territorio nacional, principalmente en la región de Andalucía, donde existen varias empresas que recogen y procesan la jara para la obtención de goma de ládano y aceite esencial.

En las comarcas de La Sierra Norte de Guadalajara y Lozoya-Somosierra de Madrid, se concentran aproximadamente 40.000 ha de jarales en distintos estados de desarrollo que, actualmente no son objeto de ningún aprovechamiento. Las actuaciones que se llevan a cabo consisten únicamente en la realización de algunos desbroces financiados por las CCAA como tratamientos preventivos contra incendios.

El aceite esencial y los extractos de C. ladanifer, tiene también un gran potencial en la industria farmacéutica, alimentaria y fitosanitaria debido a sus propiedades antimicrobianas y antioxidantes. Por tanto, debemos acometer nuevos proyectos que impulsen el desarrollo de nuevas aplicaciones de estos bioproductos a la vez que se optimiza la cadena de valor en sus eslabones más débiles como son la gestión de los jarales existentes, así como su cultivo y recolección.

Los proyectos BeonNAT y BIOCISTUS 4.0 están desarrollando investigaciones sobre la jara, con el objetivo de poner en valor esta especie, estudiando distintos aspectos de la cadena de valor, desde la gestión de los jarales existentes a la comercialización de los productos: selección genética, cultivo, recolección, manejo, destilación y extracción, caracterización de bioproductos y mercado de los mismos. Aunque los proyectos están aún en progreso, se han obtenido ya algunos resultados, y los participantes en los mismos desean realizar unas jornadas que sirvan para poner en común los avances obtenidos y debatir sobre los mismos en dos municipios de la comarca de La Sierra Norte de Guadalajara, donde se están llevando a cabo una gran parte de las investigaciones y demostraciones dentro de los mencionados proyectos.

En el marco de estos proyectos, se van a organizar unas jornadas técnicas de dos días de duración en Hiendelaencina y Bustares (Guadalajara) sobre el manejo de la jara pringosa para la obtención de bioproductos.

La jornada técnica del día 21 va dirigida a todos los interesados en la transición hacia una bioeconomía sostenible y en particular, emprendedores, técnicos, promotores, científicos, académicos y políticos son bien recibidos.

El taller del día 20 va enfocado a la promoción del emprendimiento rural centrado en la obtención de bioproductos de alto valor añadido en base a las materias primas que se pueden obtener de la jara pringosa.

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2022-10-20
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2022-10-21
Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”: an Atlantic-Arctic lighthouse

Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”: an Atlantic-Arctic lighthouse

On 24 – 25 November 2022, the European Commission, with the support of Ireland, will organise an event Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030: an Atlantic-Arctic Lighthouse.

This event, taking place at the National Maritime College of Ireland in Cork, aims to mobilise a wide range of stakeholders to join the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”, and particularly the Atlantic-Arctic lighthouse. The event will focus on the political commitments to implement the Mission and agree on concrete measures and actions in the Atlantic-Arctic basins to protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity, and boost coastal resilience.

Please note that due to the room capacity, a first come first serve principle will be applied. In the event that you are unable to attend this event in person, you will have the possibility to join virtually.

More information will be published in this page.

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2022-11-24
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2022-11-25
Save the date! On 5 October in Brussels, EuBioNet is promoting the knowledge exchange among ongoing H2020 projects and new Horizon Europe projects supporting the bioeconomy!

Save the date! On 5 October in Brussels, EuBioNet is promoting the knowledge exchange among ongoing H2020 projects and new Horizon Europe projects supporting the bioeconomy!

Are you a EU funded project involved in bioeconomy communication, education and stakeholder engagement? Do you want to share your outcomes, or presenting your newly funded project during this workshop?

Next 5 October from 9.00 to 12.30 CET at the EC Building CDMA (Address: Rue du Champ de Mars 21, 1050 Ixelles / Elsene, Belgium), the European Bioeconomy Network, in collaboration with the European Commission and the projects Transition2Bio, BIOEASTsUP, BIObec and BioGov.net, is organizing a Mobilisation and Mutual learning workshop, as satellite event of the High Level Bioeconomy Conference, taking place on the 6 and 7 October 2022.

The workshop “Projects2Projects” will maximise the exploitation of lessons learnt and heritage of H2020 bioeconomy projects in communication, education and stakeholder engagement to effectively kick-off the newly funded Horizon Europe ones.

The workshop is free of charge – Registration is mandatory.

Register at this link.

Updated agenda at this link.

Expected outcomes

Improve the quality and impact of communication and stakeholders engagement activities for the next months, facilitating collaboration among ongoing, concluded  and recently funded projects

Format

Mobilisation and Mutual Learning workshop:

  • brief presentations of success stories from different projects, with a special focus on exploitable assets
  • walking brainstorm thematic sessions

The session will be organized in four thematic working groups around specific topics:

  • bioeconomy communication and education/future skills for the bioeconomy
  • enabling the bioeconomy ecosystem at European, National and Regional level (governance perspective)
  • enabling the bioeconomy ecosystem at European, National and Regional level (boost circular economy and bioeconomy sectors perspective)
  • standardisation, certification, labelling and monitoring

Target participants

  • Partners of the European Bioeconomy Network
  • Other EU funded projects
  • CBE JU/EC

Write to Susanna Albertini – albertini@fvaweb.it for further information.

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2022-10-05
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2022-10-05
Win 5 vouchers to participate for free to the World Bioeconomy Forum 2022!

Win 5 vouchers to participate for free to the World Bioeconomy Forum 2022!

After the fruitful collaboration among the European Bioeconomy Network, Transition2Bio and the World Bioeconomy Forum in the context of the World Bioproduct Day, the EuBioNet is awarding 5 vouchers to participate for free to the World Bioeconomy Forum annual conference. The event will take place online next 7–8 September 2022 and will be coordinated live from a studio located in Ruka, Finland.

The World BioEconomy Forum is a global platform for circular bioeconomy stakeholders to share ideas and promote bio-based solutions.

You can find all the details about the program of the 2022 conference at this link.

To participate, fill in this form – among the applicants, EuBioNet will extract 5 participants that will get a free voucher for the event.

The winners will be contacted by Monday 5 September.

 

MEET THE WORLD BIOPRODUCT DAY WINNERS

In July 2022 the World Bioproduct Day campaign engaged many stakeholders of the circular bioeconomy that shared their stories via social media by using the hashtag #bioproductday2022 and/or #bioproductday, or by submitting via email their bioproducts.

Transition2Bio and EuBioNet  selected the 5 most interesting submissions, following specific categories:

The winners will be interviewed by Transition2Bio and the EuBioNet and they will be part of a social media campaign in the following months, to give more visibility to their circular bioeconomy stories!

 

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2022-08-24
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2022-09-05
INNOVATION CALL: Dinex Finland Ltd. wants you solution! 📣

INNOVATION CALL: Dinex Finland Ltd. wants you solution! 📣

Dinex Finland Ltd. wants you solution! 📣
Dinex is looking for solutions and technology which allows the company to reduce the amount of waste generated in the catalyst preparation process as well as to recover the critical elements from the industrial residues. The aim of the DinexHackathon is to find more efficient #solutions, #technologies and business partners for recovering and recycling the high value metals and critical elements from the liquid washcoat slurries and washing waters generated in the process. In ideal case, all these elements would be recovered from the aforementioned waste and recycled back to the process, replacing the need for virgin raw materials. #Circulareconomy at its best!
BioPaavo’s hacathons are a great way to great new demand-driven business. Everyone is welcome to submit an idea – and lack of existing business is not a problem (BioPaavo is happy to help with that!).
REGISTER YOUR IDEA BY THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER:
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2022-08-15
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2022-09-15
4th International Summer School on Circular Bio-economy and Sustainable Development

4th International Summer School on Circular Bio-economy and Sustainable Development

With the global focus on Circular Bioeconomy, the key players are the new generation of experts and managers who possess a broad educational background and can cover the entire spectrum of this multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral field. Within this framework, we would like to invite students and young scientists to participate in the 4th Summer School to be organized Live at Perrotis College (American Farm School), Thessaloniki, from 5 to 9 September 2022.

Full program here.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

  • Familiarization of students with current trends in Bioeconomy
  • Increased interest in the particular Balkan region
  • Introduction of new aspects and perspectives in sustainability and development
  • Hands-on Student involvement

REGISTRATION FEE

Early Bird – until May 15th: 250 euros
Later than May 15th: 300 euros
The fee includes expenses for SummerSchool participation, coffee breaks, light lunch, dinner in Thessaloniki Center (Monday 5th), and the grill party (Friday 9th).
Maximum number of participants: 60 persons.

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2022-09-05
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2022-09-09
World BioEconomy Forum talks on climate

World BioEconomy Forum talks on climate

The World BioEconomy Forum is a global platform for circular bioeconomy stakeholders to share ideas and promote bio-based solutions. We are fully committed to sustainability across the board and believe that climate change is real. As there is no one-size-fits-all bioeconomy, we evaluate the status of the circular bioeconomy with the Four-Pillar Structure. All our programmes and other activities are based on the Four-Pillar Structure.

The World BioEconomy Forum season 2022 has begun and it will be culminated in the annual conference in Ruka, Finland on 7–8 September 2022. The season will pave the way for the first bioeconomy conference to take place after the Northern Hemisphere summer.

You can find all the details about the program at this link.

This season marks the 5th edition since its establishment in 2018. The latest annual conference was organised in Belém, Brazil last autumn.

During this season, the World BioEconomy Forum wants to raise key discussions on the role of the bioeconomy and bioproducts in mitigating climate change. In the Forum we think that bioeconomy and bioproducts act as additional tools in combatting climate change. Consequently, the annual conference is named: The World BioEconomy Forum talks on climate – live from Ruka! The theme will be reiterated throughout the events of the season 2022, and it will be also featured in the annual Declaration.

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2022-09-07
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2022-09-08
Final Conference of the EU project on “Promoting Education, training and skills across the bioeconomy”

Final Conference of the EU project on “Promoting Education, training and skills across the bioeconomy”

On Thursday 15 September 2022 from 9.00 to 17:00 CET, Deloitte, empirica and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini (FGB) are organising a Conference, together with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Research & Innovation (DG RTD), as part of the project on “Promoting education, training and skills across the bioeconomy”.

The conference aims to gather a wide-range of stakeholders in the field of bioeconomy education, training and skills (i.e. education institutions, private and public sector, academics and scientists), to present and discuss the results of the project and the recommendations for the development of education at higher education, VET and entrepreneurship levels, in order to empower the future workforce with the skills required in an evolving, circular and sustainable bioeconomy.

Moderated by Joanna Inglis-Dupont, this highly interactive one-day conference will welcome renowned speakers in the field of bioeconomy education and skills.

Participants will also have multiple opportunities to exchange with the speakers and project team and to meet with peers.

When and where is the conference taking place?
Thursday 15 September 2022 from 9.00 to 17:00
 CET at the premises of the European Commission in Brussels:
European Commission (Rue la Loi, Brussels) | Room LC2 – LAUDI (auditorium)

A web streaming link will also be communicated in the coming weeks, to the participants who choose to participate online.

How to register?
To register, please fill in the form here by 6 September at 23:59 CET.

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2022-09-15
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2022-09-15
PITCH PERFECT and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2022

PITCH PERFECT and Boost the European Bioeconomy 2022

JOIN THIS PHYSICAL NETWORKING EVENT ON 26 SEPTEMBER AT THE SHERATON BRUSSELS AIRPORT HOTEL

Click here to download the event programme

This pitching, matchmaking and networking event brings together the networks of seven important bioeconomy platformsPilots4UTech4BiowasteBioeconomyVenturesThe ProteInn ClubWaste2FuncBIOMAC and Bio Base Connect. 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.

Participants are invited to submit a pitch application for a 6 minutes pitch. As we are organising 6 pitch sessions of 90 minutes each, we are looking for at least 66 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.

The matchmaking are one-on-one meetings of 20 minutes aimed at finding new partners. The scheduling of these meetings will be supported by an online matchmaking system, easy to use on a smartphone or laptop.

More info at this link.

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2022-09-26
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2022-09-26
4th Bioeconomy Congress Baden-Württemberg

4th Bioeconomy Congress Baden-Württemberg

The bioeconomy is regarded as one of the major drivers of future innovation. It contributes to the transformation of the current economic system as it involves resource efficient strategies to produce, use and recycle biobased goods at the end of their lifecycle. The bioeconomy also creates new approaches for supplying food and provisioning materials, products and energy. Thus, the bioeconomy is important for climate and environmental protection and also has great potential to create sustainable jobs.

Baden-Württemberg is one of the leading regions for bioeconomic innovations in Europe. The fourth Baden-Württemberg Bioeconomy Congress will present four sessions and a final discussion under the title “Contributions of the Bioeconomy to the European Green Deal”. The target groups of the congress are experts and interested persons from science, industry, practice and politics.

To complement the congress, several side events will take place on the 26th, 27th and 28th of September 2022, such as seminars, workshops or excursion to lighthouse projects and research institutions.

Full program and registration at the following link.

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2022-09-26
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2022-09-28