Objective
The overall objective of the Monitoring the Bioeconomy (BioMonitor) project is to establish a sustainable data and modelling framework for the bioeconomy. This will be achieved by developing and implementing a data and modelling framework that is effective (supported by a stakeholders’ platform) and robust (implementable in existing systems of statistical and customs offices, laboratories and industries). The framework will enable quantification of the bioeconomy and its economic, environmental and social impacts in the EU and its Member States. Interlinks with current CEN standardisation work related to bio-based products will be established from the outset of the project. The contributions of BioMonitor are threefold. First, the project will close the data gaps in measuring the bioeconomy by updating and enhancing currently used data sets. BioMonitor will assure the inclusion of new emerging bio-based products and industries by developing appropriate tools and strategies. Second, the improved data will be used to enhance established and new modelling tools, linked in the BioMonitor toolbox, to guide industries and governments responsible for the execution of consistent, coherent and longer term strategies with desirable consequences for multiple objectives. Third, a BioMonitor platform for stakeholder engagement and training will be created to design, test (by industry-based and country-level case studies) and disseminate results of the improved datasets and modelling capacity. The platform will inform the formulation of strategies and policies directing the bioeconomy to achieve its economic, environmental and social policy objectives according to the EC Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan. The awareness about the importance of measuring the bioeconomy within the industry will be raised through tailored training on bioeconomy standards and measurement of sustainability indicators targeted towards SMEs within the sector.
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6708 PB Wageningen
Netherlands
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Participants (18)
20123 Milano
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SW7 2AZ LONDON
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LV-3001 Jelgava
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949 76 Nitra
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80333 Muenchen
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50059 Zaragoza
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2492 JP DEN HAAG
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1755 LE Petten
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1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
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2623 AX Delft
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38116 Braunschweig
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6708 PB Wageningen
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92908 Paris
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80100 Joensuu
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26900 Lodi
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50354 Hurth
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
904 03 Umea
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
2595 DA Den Haag
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