BBI JU - Potential for the regions Bioeconomy challenges for the EU Regions Brussels - 29 April 2016 Philippe Mengal Executive Director

Bio-based industries value chains in 3 segments Biomass and wasteBiorefineries Fuel Chemicals and materials Feed & food ingredients Biofuel Bioplastics Biopolymers Chemical building blocks Biosolvent surfactants Biolubricants Coatings Textiles Pharmaceuti- cals Food & feed ingredients Industrial side-streams Municipal waste Waste water Algae Wood side- streams from forestry Ligno- cellulosic & fiber crop Agriculture crops BBI value chains represent 3.2 million jobs and € 600bn turnover but are extremely fragmented between actors and across geographical boundaries

Bio-based industries value chains Biomass and wasteBiorefineries Fuel Chemicals and materials Feed & food ingredients Feedstock supply reliability Product development risk Technology risks Heavy investment Insufficient infrastructure Fragmented supply chain Consumer awareness Bio-based industries value chains are facing several challenges and risks to further develop Regulation & product specification Regulation constraints

BBI Joint Undertaking was part of EU Bioeconomy strategy in 2012 European public-private partnership was needed to: De-risk investments Organise the value chains Reach critical mass of this ‘emerging’ sector Pool resources from public & private sectors, to create a common platform Have joint approach, across sectors & geographies Offer joint financial commitment and a jointly defined programme Leverage additional investments Implement clear framework that brings clarity for activities & investments Ensure long term stability and predictability

About BBI Public-Private Partnership between European Commission & BIC supporting R&I for bio-based industries BBI Budget: € 3.7 billion (25% EU - 75% industry) Independent legal entity since 26 October 2015 Horizon 2020 rules for participation Openness: call are open Transparency : rules clear and know in advance Excellence: quality of proposals

BBI’s mission Implement, under Horizon 2020 rules, the Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA) developed by the industry BBI JU programme office team is in charge of: Call management Proposals evaluation (by independent expert panel) Grant Agreement preparation process Whole project management life cycle Communication, dissemination & stakeholder management Support to policies Contribution to Annual Work Plan building & SIRA review

BBI’s overall objectives Developing sustainable and competitive bio-based industries in Europe, based on advanced biorefineries that source their biomass sustainably by: Demonstrating new technologies to fill the gap in value chains; Developing business models integrating all economic actors along the value chain Set-up flagship biorefinery plants deploying business models & technologies to keep investment in EU

Replace 30% of oil-based chemicals & materials Diversify & grow farmers’ revenues Create 700,000 jobs – 80% in rural areas Reduce EU dependency on import of fossil raw materials, protein and P - K Develop potential of agriculture waste & forestry residues Shift to bio-based products  average 50% GHG emission reduction Expected impact for Europe by 2030

Collaborative industry driven actions funded by BBI JU cover 5 value chains 9 IA Flag Demo RIA Coordination & Support VC1VC2VC3VC4VC TRL Development of 5 Bio-based industries VC

Five examples of BBI initiatives towards regions (not exhaustive) 1.BBI widening participation strategy 2.Specific topics to support regions 3.Synergies with other organisations 4.Concrete projects ongoing 5.Support towards local initiatives

BBI widening participation strategy Context: Monitoring Objectives : Support inclusive growth for development of the European Bioeconomy Open new investment opportunities in the EU bio-based industrial sector Utilising the full biomass potential PRIORITY ACTIONS ongoing : Deeper involvement of the BBI SRG to create a platform to exchange good practices, information and showcase business models Seek a geographical balance within BBI SC Integrate the widening participation strategy within the SIRA and BBI AWP Engage when possible a larger number of ministries at national level BBI participation and organisation of national infodays & partnering events 11 Call : Participants per country (280 participants in total)

Synergies with other organisations BBI Info Day Brussels 21 April Info booths for other relevant & complementary initiatives European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN), BioHorizon NCP-network project, Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) European Network for Rural Development (ENRD). Executive Agency for Small and Medium- sized Enterprises (EASME), PPP Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE) 12

Specific topics to support regions Call 2016 BBI: Demo actions topics dedicated to support Regional projects BBI 2016.D4 - New and optimised biorefinery approaches enabling the creation of local value chains in underdeveloped or unexploited areas  Reach new actors and less developed regions. This expansion is needed to build a bioeconomy at a sufficiently large scale to sustain itself and to fully exploit the European biomass potential. BBI 2016.D9 - Biomass production on unused land for conversion into added-value products while ‘boosting rural and industrial development’  Europe has substantial unused land.  A challenge : put unused land back into production by cultivating dedicated industrial and forestry crops and their conversion into added-value Bio-based products.  Another challenge : establishing required logistics to ensure the supply of these crops to biorefineries, providing for a sustainable operation with minimal losses within the value chain. 13

BBI Flagship project –Flagship project - Sardinia (It) –Consortium: 6 partners, 4 countries –Budget: total eligible cost of € 25 million + € 30 million Additional Investments –BBI JU grant: almost € 17 million –Inputs: low-input and under-utilised oil crops (i.e. cardoon) grown in arid and marginal lands (3500 ha) –Output: vegetable oil turned into biolubricants, bioplastics, cosmetics + feed & energy –Impact: 60 new skilled jobs per kton of produced bioplastics 14

Support towards local initiatives (non exhaustive) Basilicata Region (Italy): 18 March 2016 Workshop to launch the Regional cluster of Bio-economy Lodz (Poland) 14th European Week of Regions & Cities – October 2016 Joint JU workshop proposed with the following regions: Andalusian Agency for Innovation and Development (IDEA) Basilica (Italy) Province of Noord-Brabant Scottish region EU -Representation Office of Carininthia, Austria Regional Government of Madrid BBI-specific event Poland - Bioregions Forum – dedicated BBI stream 15

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