BBI JU launched today the BBI JU Synergy Label, a new pilot initiative aiming to recognise the value and excellence of Demonstration Action and Flagship proposals submitted to the BBI JU Call for proposals that scored above the quality threshold but did not receive funding due to budget limits.

The twelve awarded proposals – namely SUPROV, NUTRIBANK, BIOBESTcide, ALINA, D-rAinBOW, HEALTHnALGAE, STARSHIP, Nut-WAVE, BIO-Prosseed, ProtiFinery, Bio-Beetchem and TAN-UP – received their certification during a dedicated session held in the context of the Research & Innovation Days (R&I Days) event organised by the European Commission in Brussels.

The BBI JU Synergy Label is awarded to BBI JU proposals that were deemed to be of high quality but did not receive funding due to budget limits. This certificate should enhance the recognition of the organisations participating in the proposals and facilitate the search by the consortia for alternative source of funding provided by EU organisations, EU Member States and regions or other possible funding organisations. The first BBI Synergy Label awardees are all the Demonstration Action and Flagship proposals included in the reserve list of BBI JU Call 2018.

In order to ensure that the recognition of the proposals awarded with the BBI Synergy Label is fully maximised, BBI JU aims at working with different funding organisations. The first example of this effort was showcased today during the dedicated R&I Days session, where BBI JU and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of maximising the opportunities of taking up investments in the bioeconomy sector. The MoU will apply in those economies where both organisations have a legal mandate to operate.

In the framework of this joint collaboration, the EBRD will be able to review those proposals that meet the screening requirements but do not get access to BBI JU funding, in order to assess the feasibility of their development in conjunction with EBRD financing. Furthermore, on a proposal-by-proposal basis and provided that certain requirements are met, the EBRD will analyse the possibility of proposals to access specific EBRD programmes such as those supporting small and medium businesses and/or higher-risk investments. Additionally, as EBRD has a strong focus on several EU-13 countries, this represents a strategic opportunity to ensure that investments in those countries are taken up more quickly.

Original link: https://www.bbi-europe.eu/news/new-bbi-ju-synergy-label-recognises-value-high-quality-proposals

Monday, 28 October 2019, 10.00 am – Rome

The networking event will provide an overview of current events in the sector and a dialogue between protagonists of Italian and Swiss entrepreneurship.

There will be space for the presentation of all realities of the clusters interested in presenting their activity and for one-to-one meetings between members and others bioeconomy stakeholder.

Following the draft agenda (ITA):

09:30 Registrazione
10:00 Apertura con presentazione della giornata
10:20 Saluti dell’Ambasciatrice di Svizzera in Italia, Rita Adam
10:35 La Bioeconomia in Italia / Giulia Gregori Cluster SPRING
10:55 La Green scienza applicata in Svizzera / Fabian Fischer, HE-SO Valais
– Pausa caffè –
11:25 Panoramica sui progetti CLARIANT / Michael Tesch, Country Head Italia
11:40 Presentazione dei soci SPRING
Apertura di Regione Lazio
– Networking lunch –
14.45 Fine lavori

RSVP: comunicazione@clusterspring.it
Luogo: Ambasciata di Svizzera, Via B. Oriani 61, Roma

In rural areas, new business models are emerging to help address social and environmental challenges. For these initiatives to spread throughout Europe, the recipe for their success needs to be analysed and shared across countries. This is the role of the European project RUBIZMO, funded to identify the vital ingredients for developing rural entrepreneurship through the replication of successful business ideas.

On 24 October 2019, the RUBIZMO partnership will present its first tools and findings at the conference ‘Supporting rural business success across Europe’, which will be hosted at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels.

This event will be the chance for policy-makers, industry representatives, networks, civil society groups and all interested stakeholders to discuss recommendations to foster the large-scale deployment of innovative business models that can support sustainable growth and job creation in European rural areas. Along with the vision for the present and future rural development policy framework, the conference will explore current opportunities to develop supportive rural business environments and make collaboration the key to success for rural entrepreneurship.

As part of the conference, a dedicated Rural Business Innovation Awards and Exhibition will showcase and reward the most inspiring rural business initiatives identified by the RUBIZMO consortium in three fast-growing sectors: food, bio-based value chains, and ecosystem services. The vote is open to the public, and will close on 22 October at midnight. Winners in each category will be announced at the conference.  Have a look at the nominees and tell us which initiative you find the most inspiring for European rural areas !

Join the movement to shape the future of modern rural development and vote for your favourite rural business initiative!

Discover the agenda and register to join us in Brussels

Participation in the event is free of charge, however, please note that registration is required. Click on the following link to register. For your information, an ID card or a passport will be required to enter the building.

CONTACT

Bénédicte Julliard, Project Manager, Greenovate! Europe

4 October 2019 (9.30-13.00) – IFIB 2019
Naples, University of Naples Federico II Conference Centre

In the context of  IFIB 2019, Biobridges project is organizing a co-creation workshop to ease the dialogue among actors along the value chain (industry, policy makers, consumers, researchers, investors, feedstock providers, etc.) and to highlight challenges and opportunities for the valorisation of local resources in the bioeconomy framework.

Starting from the analysis of local available feedstocks, speakers of the round table will present technologies solutions, innovative ideas, opportunities and challenges within the context of bioeconomy. Thanks to interactive tools, the audience will be actively engaged in the co-creation of new solutions, business opportunities and concrete actions to boost local development through the potentialities offered by bioeconomy.

Round table speakers

Serena CHIERICI – Stazioni Sperimentale per l’Industria delle Conserve Alimentari, Agrimax project

Valorization of agricultural wastes (tomatoes, potatoes, olives and cereals)

Ignacio MARTIN JIMENEZ – Fundacion CIRCE, Power4Bio Project

Empowering regional stakeholders for realising the full potential of bioeconomy

Mariantonella PALERMO – Tecnoalimenti, Biobarr Project

Bio-based food packaging: improving properties and sustainability

Patrizia CIRCELLI – PNO consultants, Biopen Project

Tools for supporting companies in the bio-based sector

Altroconsumo (tbc)

How attract citizens in the definition of new bio-products addressing consumers’ expectations

Pierpaolo ROVERE – Agrifood & Bioeconomy Cluster Agency

Defining and implementing an holistic regional strategy for supporting bioeconomy

Biobridges project

Biobridges is a project funded by the European Commission through the Public-Private Partnershio Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) and it was conceived to tackle the key challenge of improving the marketability of bio-based products (BBPs) by fostering close cooperation and partnerships among bio-based industries, brand owners and consumers’ representatives.

Registration are open, please, fill the form available here: https://bit.ly/2m1UscY

For more support and information, please contact Matteo Sabini (sabini@apre.it)

The event on Environmental Risk areas and Circular Bioeconomy, a new approach to the management of contaminated sites with a strategic perspective for sustainable development.

The event – organized by CNR, CISAS and BIOVOICES projects, in collaboration with ARPA – aims to identify recommendations for a new management of risk areas at national level and for regional development in line with European innovation strategies . Together – civil society, industry, research and politics – they will promote a territorial vision aimed at protecting the environment, ecosystems and health for sustainable development.