Horizon Bioeconomy Places
Funds €6M projects that help European places build inclusive bioeconomy value chains, skills and investment readiness.
Many bioeconomy opportunities depend on local biomass, businesses, skills, infrastructure and public decisions. This topic funds research and innovation that helps geographically defined areas become Bioeconomy Places: places where biological resources are used in ways that support sustainable prosperity and community wellbeing.
Projects will define benchmarks for awarding a Bioeconomy Place labe…
Research and innovation for geographically defined Bioeconomy Places, including benchmarks, pilot sites, local biomass and value-chain analysis, multi-actor partnerships, skills, finance capacity and policy recommendations. Projects develop place-based plans for sustainable prosperity and community wellbeing, with pilots in at least three EU or Associated Countries and at least one site fully or partially in Ukraine.
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