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Friends or foes? A compatibility assessment of bioeconomy-related Sustainable Development Goals for European policy coherence ( article by Ronzon, T. and Sanjuán A.I. )

In October 2018, the European Union (EU) launched an updated bioeconomy strategy with the aim of encouraging the substitution of fossil carbon with biomass feedstock in the industry and in energy production while preserving ecosystem …

Whose European bioeconomy? Relations of forces in the shaping of an updated EU bioeconomy strategy (article by Malte Lühman)

The Bioeconomy has become an increasingly important issue on the agendas of European research, energy and agricultural policies. With the development of a bioeconomy strategy in 2012, a distinct policy field has been established. In …

Dries Maes, Steven Van Passel, Effective bioeconomy policies for the uptake of innovative technologies under resource constraints, Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 120, 2019, Pages 91-106, ISSN 0961-9534, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.11.008. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953418303040)

The bioeconomy is a shared vision for a future European industry entirely based on organic matter. Authorities support this technological development with subsidies and policies stimulating R&D. One major limitation for the bioeconomy is that …

Virtual Toolbox for CEE

This Virtual Toolbox (VRT) was created to be used by BIOEAST countries in the development of their national bioeconomy strategies. It gathers and describes already existing tools from relevant partners or projects (e.g. Power4Bio, BioEcon, …

EuroAccess 

EuroAccess is a free online search tool to support the use of existing funding opportunities to improve economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union and its Macro-Regions. Macro-Regional Strategies were initiated by the …