Structural Funds: Structural Funds:

environmental & environmental &

Bioeconomy drivers in the Bioeconomy drivers in the

regional Smart regional Smart

Specialization StrategiesSpecialization Strategies

Paolo Bonaretti, General Director ASTERPaolo Bonaretti, General Director ASTER

ECOMONDO 2014 ECOMONDO 2014 –– 7th November 20147th November 2014

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EU PROGRAMS AND INSTRUMENTS. EU PROGRAMS AND INSTRUMENTS.

COMPLEXITY VS SYNERGIES COMPLEXITY VS SYNERGIES

Source: European Commissions – «Enabling synergies between European Structural application: and Investment Funds,

Horizon 2020 and other research, innovation and competitiveness-related Union programmes», 2014 (p. 4).2

EMILIAEMILIA--ROMAGNA: COMPLEXITY VS SYNERGIES ROMAGNA: COMPLEXITY VS SYNERGIES

Regional Territorial Plan

Economic and Financial

Policy Document

REGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL LEVEL

UEUE

NATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVEL

PA

Regional Strategic Document

ESIFs & Horizon2020

and other

competitiveness

related programmes

REGIONAL POLICYREGIONAL POLICYBuilding networks in a consensual way

Integrated system

Innovation

Sustainable

development

Environmental issues

prioritiesprioritiesModernising of administrative

government

OPs

Source: Ervet – Emilia-Romagna Valorizzazione Economica Territorio3

REGIONAL DIMENSIONREGIONAL DIMENSION: :

SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES (RIS3)SMART SPECIALISATION STRATEGIES (RIS3)

Source: European Commission

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SMART SPECIALIZATION STRATEGY (S3)

• Ex ante conditions for FS2014-20120 planning

– Strengthening and developing policies for the regional productive system

– Breakdown barriers between research and industry

– Integrate enabling technologies into the innovation process

– Build up a knowledge and innovation ecosystem for the enhancement of regional specializations and differentiation towards a sustainable innovation

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Regional technology priority and kets

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Emilia-Romagna RegionS3 – smart specialisation strategy

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PRIORITIES

INNOVATIVE DRIVERS

Sustainable Development Healthy Life Digital Society

AGRIFOOD

Organic Farming

Green Chemistry

Bio-Energy

Precision Farming

Food (healthy, functional,

tailored, social)

Sustainable Tourism

Traceability

CONSTRUCTIONHigh efficiency buildings

Building Bio-materialsAccessibility and safe buildings Smart Building

MECHATRONICS AND

TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

Energy efficiency and energy

recovery from industrial

processes

Sustainable Energy

E-mobility

Machine interfaces

Work safety

Tools and equipments for

disability

Intelligent Transport

Remote care

LIFE SCIENCES AND

HEALTH

Natural drugs and cosmetic

products

Active ageing

Regenerative medicine

Rehabilitation technologies

Well-being technologies

Telemedicine

Last mile logistic

Big Data

CULTURAL AND CREATIVE

INDUSTRIESE-learning

Multimedia

Edu-entertainment

OTHERSLow carbon processes

Secondary Raw materialsOn distance services

S3 DRIVERS

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• http://chimicaverde.blogspot.it/

– Chemicals and energy carriers from advanced biorefinery based on lignocellulosic biomasses

– Innovative processing technologies for new advanced products from sustainable biomass

– Biorefinery integrated with the territory: valorisation of typical agro-industrial waste and biomasses (of Mediterranean basin)

– Biocatalysis and bioconversions for new, bio-based, industrial applications

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Emilia-Romagna RegionBio-based economy background and selected topics

• http://chimicaverde.blogspot.it/

• Activities– Biorefinery capacity and value chain socio-economic impact

– Biomass supply chain and mapping (wastes, forestry and dedicated crops)

• Reports– Bioeconomy vs Industrial Symbiosis in Emilia-Romagna (2014)

– The Opportunities for Biorefining in Emilia-Romagna (2013)

• Opportunities– Bioeconomy and a new generation of SMEs (polymers,

packaging, ...)

– Regional strategic project GLV – Green Lab Valley

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Emilia-Romagna RegionBioeconomy best practices

More information at:

www.aster.it

Thank you!

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