Main Objectives
- Support enterprises in the field of circular economy and bioeconomy
- Strengthen and scale up the circular and biobased sectors, unlock investments and markets
- Focus on the sectors that use most resources and where the potential for circularity is high such as: electronics and ICT, batteries and vehicles, packaging, plastics, textiles, construction and buildings, food, water and nutrients
- Promote education, training and skills across the circular economy and bioeconomy
- Encourages and supports pilot actions for the deployment of circular economy and bioeconomy in rural, coastal and urban areas
Planned Activities
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Past Activities & Related Information
- Conference on Circular Bioeconomy “Future of the Danube Region: Green Transition and Circular Bioeconomy – enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of enterprises – climate neutrality, raw material supply and new business models”
- First Event of the Series “Sharing Knowledge about…”: Insect Biorefineries & AI Solutions
Members
| Organisation | Type of Organisation | Country | Short Name |
| Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia | Business support organisation | Slovenia | CCIS |
| Guarantee Fund of AP Vojvodina | Financial Intermediary | Serbia | GFAPV |
| Alma Mons Ltd | Regional agency for development SME | Serbia | AM |
| Institute of Forestry | Research | Serbia | IF |
| Rudolfovo Science and Technology Centre | Research | Slovenia | Rudolfovo |
| Steinbeis Europa Zentrum | BSO | Germany | SEZ |
| Wirtschaftsagentur Oberösterreich | Regional agency | Austria | Biz-up |
| Innovation and entrepreneurship center | Agency | Montenegro | Tehnopolis |
| Clustero | Cluster | Romania | Clustero |
| Bioeconomy Cluster | Cluster | Slovakia | BEC |
| Danube Strategy Point | Observer | Romania | DSP |
| BIOEAST | Company | Hungary | BIOEAST |
| Department of Food Engineering | Research | Croatia | PBF |
| Institute E-zavod | NGO, regional development | Slovenia | E-zavod |
| CETEOR (Center for Economic, Technological and Environmental Development Sarajevo) | Bosnia and Hercegovina | CETEOR | |
| Center for digitalisation Böblingen District | Research | Germany | ZD.BB |
| Dex innovation centre | BSO | Czech Republic | DEX |
| Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” | Research | Bulgaria | SU |
| Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș | Research | Romania | UM |
| Alecu Russo Balti State University | Research | Moldova | ARBSU |
| Pomurje Technology Park | Business support organisation | Slovenia | PTP |
Contacts
Before the establishment of the Working Group, Ms. Dijan, who founded the PA 8 Working group in September 2023, conducted a survey on the topic of circular bioeconomy. The results of this survey were presented at the Steering Group Meeting, as well as the Bioeconomy Conference on September 21st 2023 in Zagreb.
The participants were asked how important they rate this topic and the impact of the Danube Region Strategy in general, what they thought was important in order to boost further development of circular bioeconomy in the Danube Region and what could be possible activities of the Working Group.
Not surprisingly, most participants think the EUSDR has a huge importance for the future development of circular bioeconomy in the Danube Region. The most important aspects regarding the further development of circular bioeconomy in the Danube Region are considered to be the promotion of circular bioeconomy principles and way of living among the general public, a change in the educational system and therefore skills and competencies, as well as the encouragement of linkages among SMEs and R&D organisations. The organisation of study tours to exchange best practices, the organisation of different events such as conferences or workshops and the creation and implementation of promotional campaigns among SMEs and the general public are the activities that the Working Group should most likely carry out according to the survey participants.
