Barna Kovács presented the acitivites of the BIOEAST Initiative to enhance the transition to sustainable development, Biljana Kulišič and Markus Lier presented the results of an analysis of the evidence based policy. Magdalena Borzecka introduced the Bioeconomy Platform as an inspiring tool how to support bioeconomy development, Marie Kubankova introduced the first national bioeconomy HUB in the BIOEAST region focused on the stakeholders’ engagement and the bottom up support for bioeconomy in the Czech Republic.