Descripción del proyecto
Una iniciativa para que Europa lidere el sector bío
La transición a materias primas y procesamientos biológicos podría suponer un ahorro del equivalente a 2 500 millones de toneladas de CO2 al año para 2030, y multiplicaría el mercado de materias primas biológicas y de nuevos productos para el consumidor. El objetivo del proyecto UrBIOfuture, financiado con fondos europeos, es promover trayectorias profesionales, nuevos programas educativos y actividades de investigación para conseguir que Europa sea un referente en el sector biológico. El proyecto analizará cuáles son las necesidades y lagunas educativas en el sector, y mostrará nuevas oportunidades profesionales en el campo de la investigación. Otra de sus metas será involucrar a todas las partes interesadas para colaborar en la creación de iniciativas a fin de atraer expertos y ofrecer orientación profesional. Como parte de sus objetivos de comunicación y divulgación, se organizarán eventos y talleres promocionales.
Objetivo
UrBIOfuture main goal is to bring Europe to the forefront of the bio-based sector by boosting careers, new educational programmes and research activities.
This approach is intended to be developed in this project as a 3-step methodology:
(1) An identification step, involving career mapping of programmes involving bio-based activities and pointing of skills mismatch between them and the bioindustry needs as main KPIs, alongside with a previous methodology and work terminology developed and aligned between the educational sector and the industry needs.
(2) An interaction step, in which the constant contact and contributions of the education sector, academia and industry will be sought throughout the project. The KPIs involved will be (a) building a comprehensive stakeholder network and a working group involving representatives from each sector of the bio-based value chain. The project has already received the support of 72 organizations from bio-based industries (38 LOIs), educational institutions and networks (15 LOIs), and from innovation and research centres (19 LOIs); and (b) the organisation of two workshops in which this group will participate. The first will seek dialogue between the different profiles to validate the common terminology and methodology, and the second will consist of a co-creation exercise to set the basis for promoting careers in the bio-based sector.
(3) The implementation of UrBIOfuture, through an appropriate Communication and Dissemination plan; the organization of promotional events, train-the-trainer and train-the-student workshops; and the development of an afterlife plan will ensure the broader impact of the results materialised in the project among the European bio-based sector.
The results of UrBIOfuture will help building a bio-based industrial sector with the adequately skilled people, that are able to operate innovative value chains while establishing and sustaining a solid bio-based industry in Europe.
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