The transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy is central to achieving Europe’s climate, biodiversity and resilience goals. However, stakeholder engagement and coordination across the European bioeconomy landscape remain uneven, particularly across regions and sectors. STRONGBIONET addresses these challenges by strengthening and connecting bioeconomy networks across Europe and beyond. The project will establish an EU-wide, multilingual digital platform designed as a “network of networks” to support stakeholder engagement, knowledge exchange, investor readiness, education and science-policy dialogue.

Strengthening science-policy dialogue for the bioeconomy

Within the project, Ecologic Institute leads the work on science-policy dialogue and governance for a just and sustainable transition. This work includes:

• analysing existing governance approaches and policy frameworks for the bioeconomy,
• developing interactive foresight tools and evidence maps,
• organising Policy Labs and stakeholder workshops,
• supporting dialogue between policymakers, researchers and practitioners, and
• preparing policy recommendations to improve governance and coordination in the European bioeconomy.

The results of these activities will feed into a dedicated policy section within the STRONGBIONET platform, where policymakers and stakeholders will be able to access resources such as policy briefs and tools supporting evidence-based decision-making and international exchange. Through this work, STRONGBIONET will strengthen cooperation across the European bioeconomy community and support more coordinated and inclusive approaches to the transition towards a sustainable bioeconomy.