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Boosting Rural Bioeconomy Networks following multi-actor approaches

Project description

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Promoting bioeconomy and rural development through new bio-based initiatives

Dissemination and communication; this is the key to reinforcing the link between the science of bio-based economic models and their actual implementation. The EU-funded BRANCHES project will work to increase the flow of information, new ideas and technologies between European agriculture and forestry practitioners, particularly in rural areas. Bringing together 12 partners and over 30 organisations (including companies, associations, government ministries, councils and federations), the project will summarise, share and present the existing best practices and research results from earlier and running EU and national projects to promote bioeconomy and rural development through new bio-based initiatives. The project will also showcase the success stories concerning forest and agricultural biomass supply chains.

Objective

BRANCHES aims to increase implementation of cost-efficient new technologies mobilize more biomass and create new business opportunities in rural areas by improving and strengthening the connection between practice and science of bio-based economy through offering a channel for two-way flow of information, new ideas and technologies within European agriculture & forestry practitioners particularly in rural areas. Research in bioeconomy has accelerated during the last ten years and a vast amount of knowledge has been generated. However, due to the multiple sectors and complex value chains involved, a significant part of that valuable information is in danger to stay untapped.
The BRANCHES project will summarize, share and present the existing best practices and research results from earlier and running EU and national projects to promote bioeconomy and rural development through new bio-based initiatives. The demands and needs of the practitioners will be gathered by a series of workshops and meetings and active co-operation within national networks. In BRANCHES, the selected knowledge on forest and agricultural biomass supply chains will be integrated with available and innovative technologies and best-practice cases for bioeconomy solutions with bioenergy conversion systems in wider bioeconomy context. Policy recommendations, competitive biomass supply chains and most suitable innovative technologies will be summarized and shared in easily understandable formats (Practice abstracts and factsheets) through Thematic Networks launched by BRANCHES. The cooperation within Thematic Networks is expected to lead to outcomes which will have a lasting and widespread impact on practitioners across Europe in the rural environment. The project consortium has 12 partners, and, in addition, over 30 different organizations (including companies, associations, Ministries, Councils and Federations) have express their support to the project (through support letters).

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Call for proposal

H2020-RUR-2018-2020

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Sub call

H2020-RUR-2020-1

Funding Scheme

CSA - Coordination and support action

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LUONNONVARAKESKUS
Net EU contribution
€ 436 760,00
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Latokartanonkaari 9
00790 Helsinki
Finland

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Manner-Suomi Helsinki-Uusimaa Helsinki-Uusimaa
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Research Organisations
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EC signature date 21 August 2020
Last update: 23 June 2023

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