Events

Exploring Bio-Based Solutions: 5 Teams from North Macedonia Join the South-East Regional Workshop in Thessaloniki 

Between the 26th and 27th of November, five teams from the Republic of North Macedonia joined a total of 13 participants at the regional workshop for the Southeastern Rural Bioeconomy Platform in Thessaloniki, Greece. Organized under the BioRural project, this workshop focused on helping participants develop their pitching, presentation, and entrepreneurship skills through hands-on mentoring…

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Innovation and Sustainability in Focus: Insights from the NorthWest Workshop

In late November, Denmark became the nexus for innovation as it hosted the NorthWest Workshop, a dynamic event where visionary thinkers gathered to explore bio-based solutions tailored to regional challenges. The workshop not only showcased groundbreaking ideas but also fostered meaningful discussions about the intersection of environmental sustainability and business viability. Participants demonstrated how innovative…

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Circular Economy Solutions: Highlights from the South-West Workshop

The South-West workshop, taking place in Valladolid, Spain, celebrated innovation in the circular bioeconomy, with 12 finalists from Spain, Italy, and Portugal, showcasing biobased solutions to transform underutilised resources into sustainable opportunities! Over two days, on 27-28 November 2024, participants refined their ideas into actionable opportunities through expert mentorship, culminating in dynamic pitch presentations before…

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North-East Workshop Unveils Groundbreaking Innovations

The North-East Workshop, conducted on October 16th, in  Pulawy, Poland, brought together 12 groundbreaking bioeconomy solutions from innovators in Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Participants presented their business ideas to a panel of experts -Joanna Blajerska, Anna Ogar, Thanos Balafoutis, Damian Dec, Mikołaj Różycki- competing for prestigious prizes. This workshop provided a platform for knowledge exchange,…

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South-East Workshop: Αwarded bioeconomy solutions grown with innovation and creativity

Plenty of inspiration, innovation and useful guidance fueled the bioeconomy ideas presented at the South-East BioRural Regional Workshop/Challenge that took place on November 26-27, 2024, in Thessaloniki. 13 teams from five different countries, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey, developed their bioeconomy-based solutions on different themes of the Bioeconomy sector. 

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Innovating in Circular Bioeconomy: From Idea to Business Training Webinar

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain With an increasing need for sustainable solutions, transforming agricultural, livestock, and forestry byproducts into bioenergy, bioproducts, and biomaterials offers a viable path forward in Europe’s circular economy. However, embracing this shift requires innovative approaches to managing organic byproducts, moving beyond conventional practices that can…

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Disruptive Solutions for Circular Economy in Galician Mussel Sector

Another BioRural national workshop was successfully conducted in Galicia, on April 30th, focusing on aquatic systems, with innovative solutions for the circularity of the Galician mussel industry taking center stage. This workshop, the fourth national BioRural workshop held in Spain, aimed to co-design biocircular solutions for both primary and secondary sectors. Galicia, renowned for its…

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Early BioRural recommendations transferred in 2 Referential bioeconomy events!

Creating a favourable environment requires regional planning BioRural partners performed during spring 2023 a consultation to more than 400 rural stakeholders and more than 45 experts, in order to find keys for the adoption of small scale biobased solutions on circular bioeconomy in rural areas (full set of results and analysis available into Deliverable D1.2…

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BioRural National Workshops: Making an Impact in Greek Rural Areas

The BioRural updates continue, with two out of three planned workshops taking place in rural areas in Greece, in November and December 2023! So far, the first national workshop was held in Karditsa, on November 16th, focused on Inland biological feedstock, while the second one, was held in Ptolemaida and Kozani, on 13 & 14…

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BioRural National Workshops: Embracing Bioeconomy in Lithuania 

Our partner Vytautas Magnus University held a series of three successful bioeconomy workshops in Lithuania, in November and December 2023, focusing on three core sectors: Aquaculture, Agriculture & Forestry and Food Production & Bioproducts. Let’s explore these transformative workshops one by one!  Spotlight on Aquaculture The first Lithuanian workshop on Innovative bio-based solutions in Aquaculture,…

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