The EU Bioeconomy Observatory

Meeting with RRM Group

Brussels, 2nd April 2014

Damien PLANJRC Unit A2

Scientific support to Innovation Uniondamien.plan@ec.europa.eu

Bioeconomy Observatory Set-Up : timelines

• In short:

Year 1 (2013): methodology definition (data availability & data sources) +

stakeholders partnerships

Year 2 (2014 and beyond): data collection (baseline for further analysis)

with sources: EC, Member States, industry + data dissemination (website)

Year 3 (2015 and beyond): data analysis with production of "analytical"

bioeconomy reports + (more) data collection + (more) data dissemination

Q2-2014:• Test phase for "prototype" website (selected stakeholders)

• JRC-SCAR Member States Survey (national bioeconomy research/policy)

• + Data collection (EC, MS, industry)

Q3-2014:• Website development (incl. test results and on-line in Sept.)

• National "Bioeconomy Country Profiles" (first set in Sept.)

• + Data collection (EC, MS, industry)

Q4-2014:• 2nd Bioeconomy Observatory Stakeholders Roundtable (9th Oct., Torino)

• JRC Bio-based Industries Survey (socio-economic/market data for bio-based

chemicals industry)

Bioeconomy Observatory: next steps

Data Dissemination - Bioeconomy Observatory Website

Q2-2014: test-phase on "prototype" (feed-back on structure)

Q2-3 2014: development (incl. test-phase results)

Sept. 2014: on-line

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Stakeholders Corner (incl. RRM)

Room for input on:

-Industry Statistics-Market Studies-Research Projects-Policy Recommendations-….

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Bioeconomy Observatory Website – Stakeholders Input

Bioeconomy Country Profile TemplateSummary of national bioeconomy info collected

Four Main Sections:

1.National Bioeconomy Policy

2.National Bioeconomy Research

3.National Bioeconomy Markets

4.National General Information

Three Main Info Sources:

1. European Commission

2. Member States

3. Industry (sectorial data)

Sept. 2014: first set of MS Bioeconomy Profiles6April 18, 2023

Follow-up contact:

Damien PLAN (JRC Unit A2)

damien.plan@ec.europa.eu

JRC Functional Mail Box:

JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu