The EU Bioeconomy Observatory

ERRIN Bioeconomy WG Meeting

19th December 2013Brussels, Belgium

Damien PLANJRC Unit A2

Scientific support to Innovation Union, Foresight and International Relationsdamien.plan@ec.europa.eu

Policy Context: the EU Bioeconomy Communication

February 2012 : European Commission Communication (COM(2012)60)

« Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe »

The Communication presents a Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan

whose goal is to emphasise the importance of the bioeconomy for Europe…

Focus on three pillars :

1. "Research" (Investments in Research, Innovation and Skills)

2. "Policy" (Reinforced policy interaction and stakeholder engagement)

3. "Markets" (Enhancement of markets and competitiveness in bioeconomy)

The Bioeconomy encompasses the "production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources and waste streams into value added products such as food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy".

Bioeconomy Observatory - Mandate

• Action No 6: Establish a Bioeconomy Observatory in close

collaboration with existing information systems that allows the

Commission to regularly assess the progress and impact of the

bioeconomy and develop forward-looking and modelling tools.

• March 2013: month 1 of a 3-year JRC project "to set up a

Bioeconomy Observatory" : up to Q1-2016 to have a fully operational

Bioeconomy Observatory in place

Project acronym: BISO (Bioeconomy Information System Observatory)

• Same focus as Strategy on three pillars :

1. "Research" (Investments in Research, Innovation and Skills)

2. "Policy" (Reinforced policy interaction and stakeholder engagement)

3. "Markets" (Enhancement of markets and competitiveness in bioeconomy)

Bioeconomy Observatory – 3-pillar structure

2. POLICY INTERACTION

NationalGlobal EU Regional

3. MARKETS & COMPETITIVENESS

Economic

Impact

Environmental

Sustainability

1. RESEARCH & INNOVATION

PatentsInvestment(public / private)

Personnel & Skills

Programmes

Bioeconomy Research Monitoring

- Quantitative data and qualitative information

- Primarily at EU and MS level (plus selected leading regions)

- In 4 "bioeconomy research" dimensions

 1. R&D investment (public and private sector)

2. R&D Personnel and Skills

3. Patents

4. Research and Innovation programmes

Bioeconomy Policy Monitoring

Under the POLICY PILLAR, the Bioeconomy Observatory will collect

qualitative policy information at four different levels:

1. EU Level

2. Member States Level

3. Regional Level (selected leading regions)

4. International Level

The EU and Member States will be the primary focus of the Bioeconomy

Observatory regarding collection of information on "bioeconomy policy"

initiatives.

Regions will be analysed with focus on key bioeconomy regions.

Joint Research Centre (JRC):

•7 institutes in 5 countries: Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain•2,845 permanent and temporary staff •Over 1400 scientific publications per year•125 instances of support to the EU policy-maker annually•Budget: €356 million annually, plus €62 million earned income

Where you can find us

• Headquarters – Brussels • IRMM – Geel, BelgiumInstitute for Reference Materials and Measurements• ITU – Karlsruhe, Germany and Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Transuranium Elements• IET – Petten, The Netherlands and Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Energy and Transport• IPSC – Ispra, ItalyInstitute for the Protection and Security

of the Citizen• IES – Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Environment and Sustainability• IHCP – Ispra, ItalyInstitute for Health and Consumer Protection• IPTS – Seville, SpainInstitute for Prospective Technological Studies

7

8

JRC Bioeconomy Observatory Project Team

1.JRC Headquarters (Unit A.2, Brussels) lead for:

• Project Management• "Research" pillar• "Policy" pillar• Bioeconomy Observatory website• Stakeholders Relations

2.JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Unit J.4, Sevilla) lead for:

• "Market" pillar – sub-pillar “economic impact” (data management and modelling; surveys)

3.JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (Unit H.8, Ispra) lead for:

• "Market" pillar – sub-pillar “environmental sustainability”

Bioeconomy Observatory: key dates

• In short:

Year 1 (Q2-2013-Q1-2014): preparation (methodology definition) Years 2-3 (Q2-2014-Q1-2016): implementation (data collection, data

analysis, data dissemination)

• November 2013: Stakeholders Roundtable No1 (on planned methodology)

• February 2014: pilot website V1 (+ confirmed methodology)

• September 2014: Stakeholders Roundtable No2 + upgraded website V2

• February 2015: first Bioeconomy Observatory annual report (Y-2014)

• September 2015: Stakeholders Roundtable No3

• Q1-2016: Bioeconomy Observatory fully operational

First Bioeconomy Observatory Stakeholders Roundtable

26/11/2013

•Topic: (planned) Methodology for the Bioeconomy Observatory

•Objectives: Inform and listen to Stakeholders Feed-back on methodology (which

data, which indicators, which sources for the Bioeconomy Observatory)

•Three sessions: Bioeconomy Research, Policy, Markets

•Presentations from JRC and partners + discussions

• See details at JRC website (section news and events - past events)

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=3910&obj_id=4760&dt_code=EVN&lang=en

Participants Screening

MS/Regions:

•Austria•Belgium

Flanders•Denmark•Finland•France•Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia•Italy

Lombardia Veneto Molise

•Netherlands•Portugal •Spain

1. Policy Makers (EU, MS, regions, international): 37%2. Research: 19%3. Primary Production: 14%4. Industry 30%

• December 2013: •Proceedings of 26th November Stakeholders Roundtable•Draft Bioeconomy Observatory "Methodology Report" (done on 9 December)•E-comments to functional mailbox JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu

• February 2014: Final Bioeconomy Observatory "Methodology Report"

• October 2014: 2nd Bioeconomy Observatory roundtable (incl. in annual

Bioeconomy Stakeholders Conference in Torino, Italy)

• 2014-...: data collection, data analysis and data dissemination (incl. launch of the Bioeconomy Observatory website)

• 2014-…: further interaction with stakeholders (incl. in particular

Commission DGs, Member States, Regions and industry)

Next Steps

Regional Bioeconomy Monitoring

Focus for detailed analysis will be given to a priority list of "leading

bioeconomy regions", list which will be identified and analysed as case

studies, through interaction with relevant regional groups:

•Committee of Regions (CoR)

•Synergy will also be explored with the JRC Smart Specialisation

Strategy Platform (S³P) that collects information on smart specialisation

priorities for each EU region (see http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/)

•European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN and in

particular its Bioeconomy Working Group)

Regional Bioeconomy profiles Regional Bioeconomy profiles for "leading bioeconomy regions"

Regional Info collection

OUTPUT

Registered countries and regions in the S3 Platform

Interaction with ERRIN – Bioeconomy WG

•ERRIN comments on Bioeconomy Observatory (incl. draft methodology)

welcome at JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu

• ERRIN input on identification of leading bioeconomy regions

• ERRIN supply of "regional bioeconomy" data and information:

• Regional bioeconomy research information (projects/funding)

• Regional bioeconomy policy initiatives

• ERRIN information on bioeconomy activities at EU level

• Other possible cooperation in the future?

Follow-up contact:

Damien PLAN (JRC Unit A2)

damien.plan@ec.europa.eu

JRC Functional Mail Box:

JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu