The bio-economy technology platforms join forces to address synergies and gaps between their strategic research agendas (BECOTEPS)

Project description

The nine European Technology Platforms (ETPs) that focus on the Knowledge-based Bio-Economy (KBBE) joined forces in the support action 'BECOTEPS', which was completed in February 2011.

The main objectives and the respective activities were to:

  • Achieve closer and more coordinated collaboration between the KBBE ETPs.
  • Develop recommendations for better interaction between KBBE ETP stakeholders along the product chains and the sustainability issues regarding multidisciplinary research, application and policy issues. BECOTEPS helps to link science and application by addressing synergies and gaps, i) between the SRAs of the ETPs and, ii) with respect to the research preparedness of the scientific community by topical workshops on cross-cutting KBBE issues. The first workshop addressed trust and collaboration in the food and feed chain, the second the integration of the non-food chains and the third, cross-cutting sustainability issues. The workshop recommendations on research and policy have been been summarised in a White Paper.
  • Encourage discussions between public research initiatives - European and national and between the public and the private research initiatives to foster implementation of the Strategic Research Agendas based on the recommendations developed between the ETPs.


In addition, BECOTEPS' aim was to promote the KBBE concept with the European Commission, European Parliament and national ministries in the member states including the relevant ERA-NETs. A small number of dissemination events were held to discuss the KBBE, recommendations from the workshops on implementing cross-cutting issues from the ETPs Strategic Research Agendas (including Lead Markets, SMEs, education and training), as well as future collaboration.

Project details

Project Acronym: BECOTEPS
Project Reference: 226526
Start Date: 2009-03-01
Duration: 24 months
Project Cost: € 852,977.00 
Contract Type: Support actions
End Date: 2011-02-28
Project Status: Completed
Project Funding: € 713,899.00

Participants

EUROPABIO - The European Association of Bioindustries - Belgium
FTP - Forest-based Sector Technology Platform - Belgium
CEI-Bois - European Confederation of Woodworking Industrues - Belgium
Fédération Européenne des Producteurs Aquacoles - Franc e
TUD - Technische Universitaet Dresden - Germany
FNR - Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe E.V. - Germany
European Forum of Farm Animals - Netherlands
EFI - European Forest Institute - Finland
PTS - Papiertechnische Stiftung - Germany
University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - UK

An important outcome of this project was a White Paper entitled ' The European Bioeconomy in 2030 - Delivering Sustainable Growth by addressing the Grand Societal Challenges' which was launched at an event in the European Parliament on 22 March 2011. For the complete version of the White Paper please click here

For more information, visit the BECOTEPS website at www.becoteps.org