Jean Monnet Module
“Promoting of European skills
and approaches for sustainable bioeconomy
in the conditions of Ukrainian acute challenges”
(PESAB)
Course 1
Strategies of sustainable bioeconomy of the European Union
The main objective of PESAB is to promoting European Union's knowledge and skills for
the development of a sustainable
bioeconomy in Ukraine
in line with the EU bioeconomy strategy
Module
European knowledge
for a sustainable bioeconomy
in Ukraine
As defined by the European Commission,
the bioeconomy encompasses the
production of renewable biological raw
materials and the conversion of these
resources and waste into value-added
products, including food, feed, bio-based
products and bioenergy.
In the European Union, scientists at the
European Commission's Knowledge Center
for Bioeconomy are the most active in the
implementation of the bioeconomy.
Bioeconomy
Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy
Learn more on EU policies
relevant to the bioeconomy:
key strategies, legislations and
financing instruments in one place!
Discover how the biomass
producing and converting
sectors contribute to the
economy of the EU and its
Member States!
Assessing environmental impacts
Find out how Life Cycle Assessment helps to monitor and predict
environmental impacts of the
Bioeconomy.
Forest-based bioeconomy for climate change mitigation
Discover how the forest-based
bioeconomy can contribute to
mitigating climate change through
carbon storage and material
substitution!
The bioeconomy covers all sectors and systems that rely on
biological resources (animals, plants, micro-organisms and
derived biomass, including organic waste), their functions
and principles.
The bioeconomy includes and interlinks: land and marine
ecosystems and the services they provide; all primary production,
sectors that use and produce biological resources (agriculture, forestry,
fisheries and aquaculture); and all economic and industrial sectors that use biological resources and processes to produce food, feed, bio-based products, energy and services.
To be successful, the European bioeconomy needs to have sustainability and circularity at its heart. This will drive the renewal of our industries, the modernisation of our primary production systems, the protection of the environment and will enhance biodiversity.
Bioeconomy Strategy
The EU bioeconomy strategy was updated in 2018.
Heimann, T. (2018). Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Heimann, T. (2018). Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Does the bioeconomy support the achievement of the SDGs? Earth’s Future, 7, 43–57.
Bioeconomy Strategy aims
1. to accelerate the deployment of a sustainable
European bioeconomy
2. to contribute towards the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), and
3. to help fulfilling the goals of the
Paris Agreement.
The European Commission has focused on implementing concrete measures that will bring tangible progress in the areas of the SDGs.
Member States have the primary responsibility
for ensuring sustainable development at the
national, regional and local levels.
This includes taking measures to integrate the
SDGs into national policies and allocating
resources to support their achievement.
Member States regularly report on their
progress towards achieving the SDGs through
the relevant Voluntary National Reviews.
The bioeconomy strategy has 5 goals:
Ensuring food and nutrition security
Managing natural resourses sustainably
Strengethening European competitiveness and creating jobs
Mitigating and adapting to climate change
Reducing dependence on non-renewable, unsustainable resources
The bioeconomy includes
sectors that rely on renewable
biological resources from land
and sea, such as crops, forests,
fish, animals, and
micro-organisms to produce
food, materials, energy and
services.
Action plan
Action plan formulates 14 concrete measures.
They are based on three key priorities:
Today, the long-term development of the bioeconomy in EU countries is determined by the Bioeconomy to 2030 Designing a Policy Agenda
It makes up an important part of the EU economy, generating 4.9% of the gross domestic
product (GDP) and employing 8.3% of the workforce in the EU-27, according to 2020 data.
The 2018 EU Bioeconomy Strategy aims to develop a circular, sustainable bioeconomy for
Europe, strengthening the connection between economy, society, and environment.
Figure. Economic indicators in the current version of the EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System (EU27, 2019)
The bioeconomy in different countries
Many countries have developed their now
strategies that clearly identify the
development of the bioeconomy. EU
countries with a national bioeconomy
strategy: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Spain. Non-EU countries with a national
bioeconomy strategy: Norway and the
United Kingdom.
The bioeconomy in different countries
194 regions in EU27 have a
strategic framework for bioeconomy in place or
are in the process of doing so. Overall, there are
359 bioeconomy-relevant strategies at regional
level in the EU. Of those, 334 frameworks are
published in the form of documents such as
strategies, action plans, roadmaps, and the rest
are under development.
Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy: https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/bioeconomy/monitoring_en
The bioeconomy is a natural stimulus and result of the transformation of the European Green Deal
If deployed in a sustainable manner, the bioeconomy has the potential to contribute to many of the European Green Deal objectives, e.g. by reducing dependence on fossil resources, delivering on Europe’s economic prosperity, ensuring a fair and just transition, and enhancing the protection of the environment and ecosystems.
EU Bioeconomy Objectives