In the upcoming Enabling Webinar the Enabling partners EEE, EPC and invited guest speakers will discuss the role and potential of companies and processing industries in the current national bioeconomies of Austria and Germany.
Visit the Enabling website for more information on the project: https://www.enabling-project.com/.
Please note the webinar will be in German
Registrations for the event at leifert@e-p-c.de
Venue: Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU, Avenue de Cortenbergh 79, 1000 Brussels
The European Commission announced an ambitious roadmap to tackle the challenges ahead of us. The “European Green Deal” is designed in such a way that no individual nor any region should be left behind the great transformation. The governmental initiative for knowledge-based agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry in the bioeconomy – BIOEAST, of 11 Central and Eastern European member states could play a key role in helping to form the necessary partnerships, to join forces in developing needs, priorities and to work together at the European level in order to achieve the common objectives.
The high-level conference on the 1st day aims to gather key political figures (state secretary level), ministry officials, policymakers, researchers, academia and other stakeholders involved in different parts of the BIOEAST environment to inform them about emerging policy developments and to discuss key priorities at the European level. Moreover, the aim is also to inform the EU institutions and respective officers dealing with the countries from the macro-region about the BIOEAST potential.
The conference agenda and concept note are available at the following link: BIOEAST Conference and TWG agendas & Concept note.
KETBIO`s newspoint #2: Exciting outlooks for plastic recycling – Hints for biotech innovators – new newsletter is out
What`s on in the European white, green and blue biotechnologies ? What outlooks for plastic recycling and its biotech circular solutions ? KETBIO, the biotech transfer cluster, has just issued its second newsletter edition, the KETBIO newspoint # 2. It`s a 20+ pages e-magazine at your hand. Not to forget: with the full biotech conference calender for all of 2020. The newsletter latest edition is out for a free subscription – via the KETBIO website: https://ketbio.eu/KETBIOChannels
The ENABLING Biomass Trade Platform is an online venue where biomass producers and biomass
processors can meet to exchange residues generated by their operations. Biomass suppliers, companies producing biobased products as well as organizations offering biomass analysis, process’ LCA, business plan and other services, are all strongly invited to register to the platform to offer or request products and services.
Bioeconomists, biotechnologists: Meet your peers from academia and industry to showcase and discuss your biotech & bioeconomy research results, promote your innovative ideas: listen to keynotes, check your communications, find cooperation partners – all these activities will take place during the online partnering of KETBIO, 31 January , 10 am-4pm (CET). KETBIO_biotech transfer is the initiative to bring research results faster to the markets. It`s for free, no need to leave your desk. Curious ? Come in and drop out whenever you want. Please register before: bit.ly/30FMxCt
Lazio Innova has launched the Startupper School Academy Program to promote entrepreneurship and creativity in the Lazio Region High schools
To design a sustainable future, the contribution of young generation is essential!
Also this year BIOVOICES project, Novamont and the European Bioeconomy Network have decided to support the Startupper School Academy Program, offering the special “Bioeconomy” prize, which aims to raise awareness of students for a more sustainable economic model that uses renewable resources as an alternative to the fossil ones. The winning projects must pay particular attention to the entire life cycle of the product, from the use of raw materials of biological origin (vegetable or animal, with particular attention to the raw materials currently considered waste), to sustainable production, up to disposal (end of life), with a view to circular bioeconomy.
The special “Bioeconomy” prize 2019-2020 will offer the following prizes:
Description: ENHANCE LOCAL BIOECONOMY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS
Bioeconomy in Friuli Venezia Giulia – Focus on training and orientation to support sustainable and circular development
The Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia organized an important event targeted at representatives of public administrations, research, the productive sector, civil society, school, training, and the university to jointly analyze the theme of training within a strategic sector at European level, such as the Bioeconomy.
This sector involves economic activities that use renewable bio-resources of soil and sea (agricultural crops, forests, animals and micro-organisms on land and sea) to produce food, materials and energy. Valuing the innovative manufacturing vocation, the presence of an excellent educational and scientific offer and the consequent ability to produce qualified human capital, the Regional Administration has identified the Bioeconomy as a potential opportunity for economic development in Friuli Venezia Giulia and in this context the training is of strategic importance.
During the event, the following topics will be examined with the participants:
Participation in the morning event is addressed to experts by invitation, to participate in the afternoon session it is necessary to register via the following link:
http://eventi.regione.fvg.it/Eventi/dettaglioEvento.asp?evento=16141
Contacts:
Lifelong learning service and European Social Fund
Tel. 040 3775103
email: formazionelavoro@regione.fvg.it
Egg Congress and Meeting Center Brussel 3 December
The role of Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) is fundamental in supporting bio-based industries grow and the market-uptake, because these projects tackle strategic aspects and cross-cutting challenges fundamental to boost the Bioeconomy. Despite of the considerable amount of high-quality knowledge generated by the CSAs in the different programmes, a global, integrated and structured vision of their results is missing. CSAs outputs are often not easily available, neither integrated among CSAs, nor transparent and promoted among the stakeholders. To create a coherent and stimulating ‘environment’ for a sustainable bio-based industry in Europe, better knowledge circulation and collaboration among CSAs, funded under different programmes should be encouraged to provide a global picture, maximise the impact of CSAs results and provide an integrated overview of gaps that should be addressed, providing evidence-based recommendations for the incoming calls.
To address the above-mentioned challenge, LIFT project contributes to maximise the impact of CSA by valorising their outcomes and promoting the collaboration among them, aiming at identifying gaps to be addressed to ensure a stimulating environment boosting the Bio-Based economy.
In the context of the BBI JU Stakeholder Forum 2019, LIFT project is organising, in close collaboration with BBI JU, a Mobilisation and Mutual Learning Workshop among the CSA projects, as well as selected non-CSA projects funded under different programmes, promoting the creation of an innovation ecosystem for the bioeconomy.
38 CSAs will present the lessons learnt from their projects and will discuss the challenges still to be addressed for bioeconomy uptake in 4 facilitated sessions, involving more that 350 participants.
The parallel sessions will address the following topics:
The workshop is supported by the European Bioeconomy Network, BIOVOICES and Biobridges projects
KETBIO webinar on marine biotechnologies – 29 November, 1 pm CET
@KETBIO_biotech will discuss the exciting untapped potential of marine bio-resources. This is a unique opportunity to hear from experts in this field working on #EUprojects. Listen to our speakers: Stephen Euston,MARISURF Project, Peter Golyshin,INMARE project & Michele Stanley, Scottish Association for Marine Science, SAMS.
Register here: http://bit.ly/ketbioWeb
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