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SC2 Rural Renaissance Bio-based
Innovation
BERST Myrna van Leeuwen (LEI WageningenUR), Project
coordinator
27 June 2016, Dissemination event, Brussels
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www.BERST.eu
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BERST: BioEconomy
Regional Strategy Toolkit
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BERST outline – challenge addressed
In principle all regions can be regarded as potential bioregions
They can be encouraged to find ways to supporting and enhancing concrete actions towards the bioeconomy
Understanding and identifying the potentials and challenges of regionals bioeconomies
Developing regional profiles and smart strategies for bioregions
So that entrepreneurs can guide regional priorities in the development of the bioeconomy
“Keep it simple! Start from what you have, and build strategy around the characteristics. That approach is valid for all regions in the world”,
according to Rogier vd Sande (rapporteur of CoR)
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Context: bioeconomy as engine of economic
growth in EU regions
Transition from fossil based to biobased economy is complex
Has a long run time horizon
How to achieve the implementation of the bioeconomy?
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BERST outline – main objectives
Exploring the bioeoconomy potential of EU regions by focusing on the following questions:
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What is current bioeconomy
potential of EU regions?
What is future bioeconomy
potential of EU regions?
How to close the gap between
current and future bioeconomy?
How to develop smart
strategies for regional
bioeconomies?
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BERST outline – approach used
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BERST Consortium
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Foreground: BERST dashboard (link)
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Catalogue of Criteria
& Indicators
Catalogue of
Instruments & Measures
Catalogue of Good Practices
Network of Bioregions
Regional bioeconomy
profiles (factsheets)
Benchmark tools (NUTS
regions)
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Scientific impacts of BERST
BERST’s purpose is to demonstrate how a region can valorise its bioeconomy potential. This is supported by:
● quick scan of opportunities by creating (dynamic) regional profile factsheets (http://www.berst.eu and http://berst.databank.nl/dashboard)
o for 7 BERST regions (benchmark and SWOT analysis of development stage)
o for other EU regions (benchmark)
● operational online BERST toolkit (dashboard):
o with criteria & indicators for appr. 200 NUTS regions
o with (around 800 unique) instruments & measures
o with good practices of bioeconomy clusters
o with case study analyses (barriers, enabling factors, recommendations)
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Societal impacts of BERST
BERST shows how regional bioeconomy development can contribute to the competitiveness and cohesion policies of Europe
BERST shows that the future of bioeconomy seems promising:
● GP regions are successful in raising public funds (and ensuring continuous funding and combine with private funds) related to items on regional, national and EU agenda
● if other regions manage to implement the strategy of GP regions in the own region, this may encourage opportunities for firms and jobs
BERST undertook alignment activities at regional, national and EU level:
● to engage stakeholders in contributing and making use of BERST findings and toolkit: 4 external Community of Practice events
● to identify alignment and agenda settings: participation in networks, exchange of knowledge and experiences, identifying complementary activities, exploring barriers and needs in bioeconomy development, creating synergy effects across projects and platforms (closing knowledge gaps): e.g. with BISO, ERRIN, SAT-BBE, S2Biom
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Impact of BERST–beyond dissemination actions
Knowledge platform sharing:
● open access of online BERST toolkit (dashboard)
● embed BERST tools in e.g. Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre (JRC)
Follow-up projects:
● Interreg proposal: to unroll toolkit to Baltics
● H2020 proposal: to embed toolkit in package of innovation support services for developing successful biobased industries
BERST issue in Energy journal (under development)
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Lessons learnt from BERST – main success
factors contributing to outcomes
Collaboration between research partners and regional partners makes sense:
● to get balance/cohesion between science and practice
● research partners set the conceptual framework; regional partners provide empirical evidence and validate project results (utility assessments)
● in international and regional CoPs, research and regional partners discussed the usefulness of toolkit, barriers & enabling factors, and possible smart strategies for building regional bioeconomies
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Lessons learnt from BERST – benefit from
EU funded project/international consortium
Using broad expertise from research and practice, from places across EU
Agro meets chemical, paper, energy
Stepping stone towards aligning with other international platforms, projects, consortia
Connecting regions/countries, sectors, stakeholders within and across biobased value chains
Investigating of barriers and enabling factors – similarities and regional focus
Inspiring and learning from other regions (and GP examples)
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Lessons learnt from BERST - knowledge gaps
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Extend to EU regional benchmark
In-depth development path analyses
Analyse GP regions (outside
EU)
Integrate with BISO,
S3
Test tool in more EU regions
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LINKS to:
BERST website
BERST bioregional
dashboard