{"id":56112,"date":"2024-04-03T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioeast.eu\/?page_id=56112"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:04:38","slug":"objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bioeast.eu\/hr\/objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"About the project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BOOST4BIOEAST: Boosting the bioeconomy transformation for the BIOEAST macro-region<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Funding:<\/strong> <\/strong>Horizon Europe, European Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Type of Action:<\/strong> Coordination and Support Action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coordinator: <\/strong>Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (\u00d6MKi) supported by Sustainable Innovations (SIE) in financial & admin matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration:<\/strong> January 2024 \u2013 December 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consortium partners:<\/strong> The consortium is composed of 30 partners from 17 EU countries (11 BIOEAST countries and Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain). Check all partners here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The BOOST4BIOEAST (B4B) project was developed to support the <\/strong>BIOEAST Initiative<\/strong><\/a> and aims to empower national stakeholders in the Central Eastern European and Baltic countries for the development of national bioeconomy action plans and to build long-lasting structures and spaces of dialogue for national and macro-regional cooperation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project follows the footsteps of its predecessor, the BIOEASTsUP<\/a> H2020 project, building upon its outcomes that laid the foundation for macro-regional networking among bioeconomy experts and policymakers through the development of its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (BIOEAST SRIA) and 11 Bioeconomy Concept Papers of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE BIOEAST HUBS AND THEIR ROLE IN BOOSTING BIOECONOMY<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

At the core of the project, there is the need to establish or improve national bioeconomy expert communities (BIOEAST HUBs)<\/strong> as focal points of capacity building and catalyst for stakeholder engagement at national level for decision-making through participatory processes. In the next three years, the HUBs will be engaged in the development of national bioeconomy action plans<\/strong>, and in fostering national bioeconomy innovation ecosystems through cross-sectoral collaboration, capacity building and facilitating access to knowledge and networks to all bioeconomy stakeholders. Furthermore, at macro-regional level, they will contribute to the BIOEAST Thematic Working Groups<\/strong>\u2019s (TWGs) specific strategic areas (Agroecology, Bioenergy and New Value Added Materials, Food Systems, Forestry Value Chains, Freshwater Bioeconomy, Bio-based Materials and Education) in updating the BIOEAST SRIA<\/strong> from 2022 to influence national and European research & innovation programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENRICHING KNOWLEDGE ON BIOECONOMY WITH A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT AND THE KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

B4B will undertake a wide mapping of biomass availability, usage, bioeconomy competences, educational needs, and innovation systems with the goal of promoting knowledge on bioeconomy in the macro-region<\/strong>. Moreover, a BIOEAST Knowledge Platform<\/strong> will be set up to act as a central point to find knowledge materials and relevant information on bioeconomy. The Platform will be open and tailor-made to the needs of BIOEAST countries, allowing wide range of its bioeconomy actors to access, share and store materials on national languages, therefore, stimulating active contributions and knowledge sharing in and across each member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STIMULATING BIOECONOMY RESEARCH AND INNOVATION<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Given the great importance that innovation <\/strong>and education <\/strong>have in promoting and reinforcing bioeconomy activities<\/strong>, the project also sets the ambitious objective to bring together public and private funders with entrepreneurs and young professionals to provide exposure to business opportunities through a macro-regional Open Innovation Challenge (OIC) and pitching events<\/strong>. The project will also expand activities of the Network of Bioeconomy Universities in the BIOEAST (BIOEAST UniNet) to support stronger collaboration between universities and educational institutions of the macro-region to integrate bioeconomy into their educational profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OBJECTIVE<\/strong>S<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The six main objectives of the project:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To boost the active participation of all<\/strong> stakeholders and relevant, existing networks <\/strong>in bioeconomy policy development, through the national BIOEAST HUBs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To co-develop and improve 11 national bioeconomy action plans<\/strong> and programmes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To identify the possibilities of increasing the national investments in research, innovation and in education <\/strong>related to the bioeconomy, fostering multi-actor approach and cooperation across the macro-region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To enrich and enhance bioeconomy-related knowledge by assessing educational needs, bioeconomy competences, biomass availability and innovation systems through a region-wide multidimensional analysis <\/strong>and expanding the network of BIOEAST<\/strong> UniNet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To contribute to the European Research Area (ERA) by promoting a single, borderless market for research, innovation, and technology <\/strong>across the BIOEAST macro-region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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To develop and launch an online Knowledge Platform <\/strong>incorporating available bioeconomy-related knowledge on and from the BIOEAST macro-region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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EXPECTED O<\/strong>UTCOMES<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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National HUBs in each BIOEAST country<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11 Future-proofed National Bioeconomy Action Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Updated BIOEAST SRIA  <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Policy recommendations package and  issue papers on priority research areas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BIOEAST Knowledge   Platform + national HUB mini-sites<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Macro-regional Open Innovation Challenge (OIC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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