Project concluded

This KETBIO project aims at establishing a novel cluster model of biotechnology research projects under HORIZON 2020 to enhance and demonstrate the impact and the outreach of EU funded key enabling biotechnology research. All impact of research is reflected in an appropriate up-take of research outputs through business and society at large as well as through integration into technological and societal systems, the here proposed novel clustering model will thus act as a pivot trajectory to achieve a maximum of these goals for the biotechnology: The proposed cluster will strive to further RTD and innovation through networking and alliance forming and through capacity gains of cluster members. The envisaged clustering of projects and linkage to knowledge transfer activities will allow accelerated industrial exploitation of results through partnering and will maximise impact through exploiting synergies in knowledge transfer and communication. Supporting and coordination activities of KETBIO will lead to the set-up of an actively managed cluster-network of projects facilitating sharing of insights, mutual learning, working group exchange, partnering with industry, dissemination of results and exploring of exploitation pathways.

To reach these goals, KETBIO will

• Actively promote networking and knowledge exchange between research-industry-policy stakeholders
• Establish platforms and online working groups for elaboration on RTD and innovation
• Facilitate capacity building through training, webinars, including a lecture library
• Provide insights, information and interaction through technology review and science intelligence
• Enable partnering between research and industry/ policy partners
• Explore a multitude of exploitation pathways, including dissemination of results to the specialist public and to larger audiences

Contacts: Sylvia Schreiber: sylvia.schreiber@pracsis.be

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Project concluded

LIFT will maximise the impact of Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) by valorising their outcomes and promoting the collaboration among them. Lift aims at identifying gaps to be addressed to ensure a stimulating environment boosting the bio-based economy. In short LIFT will:

1. Provide a global vision of objectives and results of past and ongoing Coordination and Support Actions
2. Maximise the impact of CSAs results, and make them actionable by industries and policy makers.
3. Analyse existing CSA programming gaps and identify challenges to be addressed, through multistakeholders’ collaboration
4. Raise awareness and communicate the CSAs’ contribution in addressing bioeconomy-related challenges
5. Provide actionable recommendations and suggestions for new CSA topics for AWP 2020

LIFT will start with thorough mapping of relevant CSAs, the synthesis of their results and the analysis of CSA programming gaps vis-à-vis long-term bio-based industry objectives.

LIFT will cover the identification of all relevant stakeholders and the creation and animation of a network of stakeholders.

Next, LIFT findings and assets will be made readily available, integrated and especially actionable by industries and policy makers. To this end LIFT will unlock bio-economy CSA outputs through an online library, transform LIFT findings and results into Actionable Knowledge, and organise active stakeholder dialogue through Mobilisation and Mutual Learning (MML) workshops. LIFT activities, events, achievements, findings and online library results will be disseminated widely.

The project will culminate in recommendations for future CSA programming contributing to the creation of a stimulating environment for a sustainable, strong and competitive bio-based industry in Europe.

The recommendations will be validated with EC, BIC and BBI JU. They will include clear measures to ensure sustainability and exploitation of results.

The LIFT consortium is industry-led and well- experienced in BBI JU.

Contacts: Alexandre Almeida: alexandre@loba.pt

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