The overall objective of this document is to report on the outputs of all the events organized from M12 (August 2019) until M16 (December 2019) by BIOBRIDGES project, concretely in scope of three tasks European co-creation events; National and regional co-creation events; and Triggering policy debates at the local and regional level.
These tasks are based on the scientific presumption that the ideas within the collective can offer a fresh perspective on what BIOBRIDGES project aims to achieve.
More concretely, European co-creation events aim to result in unique perspectives on partnerships between Bio-Based Industries, Brand Owners and Consumers representatives. The European level is interchanged by national and regional in scope of National and Regional co-creation events. They are targeted to an early engagement of the national and regional communities where the co-creation is based on transformational engagement of multiple stakeholders named above. Participants are invited to address challenges identified in scope of the project, discussing specific subjects and themes defined.
Additionally, to this triggering policy debates at the local and regional level is foreseen as part of this activity. Relevant stakeholders – industry, science, policy makers and civil society – are aimed to be involved to discuss the pros and cons of bio-based products and processes and come up with recommendations on how these could be tackled by policies. Identification of existing policy gaps should take place in order to name and then address these.
The result of the organised events will feed into a set of policy recommendations for improved public acceptance of bio-based products and processes on all respective levels. The results can also feed into relevant EU policy processes, such as monitoring and evaluation of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and also of the Circular Economy Action Plan.
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