Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BioReg (Absorbing the Potential of Wood Waste in EU Regions and Industrial Bio-based Ecosystems)
Período documentado: 2018-07-01 hasta 2019-12-31
In order to reach this goal the project is providing a tool - BIOREG European Wood Waste platform, which is facilitating the sharing of good practices, useful tools, discussions (forums) and above all providing space for the establishing of a new community from diverse stakeholders to address problems and provide solutions together. The project aims to rise awareness of the interests of this resource (renewable energy, carbon storage, reduction landfilling) in particular with regional authorities, in order to incentive them to accompany and support this sector. On one hand, the project provides multiple tools and strategies for assessment of regions with unused potential of wood wastes and transfer of practices from model regions. And on the other, it provided a stage for wider EU level discussions focused on policy measures which can support the sector in all member states."
The second project period was dynamic and characterized with multiple events and project initiatives. Al Demonstration visits in model regions were held and major conclusions included in project reports and publications. Partners either organized or attended more than 40 events to promote the BIOREG platform and to identify the positions of different stakeholders and maintain regular communication with them. Project strategy documents were issued: supportive tools for recipient regions and research agenda for future projects. The platform is now well identified by the main players and in particular by BAV (Gemrany), the CSF (France) or WRA (UK) which invited BioReg to one of its meetings in 2019. BioReg is also a member of the European network of the Bioeconomy and was invited as a speaker in Brussels to the BBI JU days (biobased industry) in 2019 and to the bioeconomy stakeholders panel in 2018.
Supporting the sector by BiRoeg and setting up a more favorable framework (bringing actors together, raising awareness, improving knowledge, proposing research subjects, etc.) enables the development of outlets and reduces transportation. This relocation of outlets creates jobs locally (where the resource is produced) and improves the environmental impact.
In addition, the BioReg model can be transposed to other sectors, identified within the framework of the program, such as RDF or for residues from the olive oil industry.
After multiple conversations, one of the project focuses remain a common legislation/classification on EU level and partners tried to examine to what extend a EU legislation in the field is feasible. BioReg also proposed the initiation of European Wood Waste Association, and dedicated associations in the 3 recipient regions, in order to facilitate relationships with structures of model regions (WRA, Rilegno, BAV).
At last, BioReg proposed to European players to meet once or twice a year (like in Brussel in December 2019) in order to advance the sector.