1. The EU Bioeconomy Observatory ERRIN Bioeconomy WG Meeting 19 th December 2013 Brussels, Belgium Damien PLAN JRC Unit A2 Scientific support to Innovation Union, Foresight and International Relations damien.plan@ec.europa.eu

2. Policy Context: the EU Bioeconomy Communication February 2012 : European Commission Communication (COM(2012)60) « Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe » The Communication presents a Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan whose goal is to emphasise the importance of the bioeconomy for Europe… Focus on three pillars : 1. "Research" (Investments in Research, Innovation and Skills) 2. "Policy" (Reinforced policy interaction and stakeholder engagement) 3. "Markets" (Enhancement of markets and competitiveness in bioeconomy) The Bioeconomy encompasses the "production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources and waste streams into value added products such as food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy".

3. Bioeconomy Observatory - Mandate Action No 6: Establish a Bioeconomy Observatory in close collaboration with existing information systems that allows the Commission to regularly assess the progress and impact of the bioeconomy and develop forward-looking and modelling tools. March 2013: month 1 of a 3-year JRC project "to set up a Bioeconomy Observatory" : up to Q1-2016 to have a fully operational Bioeconomy Observatory in place Project acronym: BISO (Bioeconomy Information System Observatory) Same focus as Strategy on three pillars : 1. "Research" (Investments in Research, Innovation and Skills) 2. "Policy" (Reinforced policy interaction and stakeholder engagement) 3. "Markets" (Enhancement of markets and competitiveness in bioeconomy)

4. Bioeconomy Observatory – 3-pillar structure 2. POLICY INTERACTION National Global EU Regional 3. MARKETS & COMPETITIVENESS Economic Impact Environmental Sustainability 1. RESEARCH & INNOVATION Patents Investment (public / private) Personnel & Skills Programmes

5. Bioeconomy Research Monitoring - Quantitative data and qualitative information - Primarily at EU and MS level (plus selected leading regions) - In 4 "bioeconomy research" dimensions 1.R&D investment (public and private sector) 2.R&D Personnel and Skills 3.Patents 4.Research and Innovation programmes

6. Bioeconomy Policy Monitoring Under the POLICY PILLAR, the Bioeconomy Observatory will collect qualitative policy information at four different levels: 1.EU Level 2.Member States Level 3.Regional Level (selected leading regions) 4.International Level The EU and Member States will be the primary focus of the Bioeconomy Observatory regarding collection of information on "bioeconomy policy" initiatives. Regions will be analysed with focus on key bioeconomy regions.

7. Joint Research Centre (JRC): 7 institutes in 5 countries: Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain 2,845 permanent and temporary staff Over 1400 scientific publications per year 125 instances of support to the EU policy- maker annually Budget: €356 million annually, plus €62 million earned income Where you can find us Headquarters – Brussels IRMM – Geel, Belgium Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements ITU – Karlsruhe, Germany and Ispra, Italy Institute for Transuranium Elements IET – Petten, The Netherlands and Ispra, Italy Institute for Energy and Transport IPSC – Ispra, Italy Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen IES – Ispra, Italy Institute for Environment and Sustainability IHCP – Ispra, Italy Institute for Health and Consumer Protection IPTS – Seville, Spain Institute for Prospective Technological Studies 7

8. 8 JRC Bioeconomy Observatory Project Team 1.JRC Headquarters (Unit A.2, Brussels) lead for: Project Management "Research" pillar "Policy" pillar Bioeconomy Observatory website Stakeholders Relations 2.JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (Unit J.4, Sevilla) lead for: "Market" pillar – sub-pillar “economic impact” (data management and modelling; surveys) 3.JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (Unit H.8, Ispra) lead for: "Market" pillar – sub-pillar “environmental sustainability”

9. Bioeconomy Observatory: key dates In short:  Year 1 (Q2-2013-Q1-2014): preparation (methodology definition)  Years 2-3 (Q2-2014-Q1-2016): implementation (data collection, data analysis, data dissemination) November 2013: Stakeholders Roundtable No1 (on planned methodology) February 2014: pilot website V1 (+ confirmed methodology) September 2014: Stakeholders Roundtable No2 + upgraded website V2 February 2015: first Bioeconomy Observatory annual report (Y-2014) September 2015: Stakeholders Roundtable No3 Q1-2016: Bioeconomy Observatory fully operational

10. First Bioeconomy Observatory Stakeholders Roundtable 26/11/2013 Topic: (planned) Methodology for the Bioeconomy Observatory Objectives: Inform and listen to Stakeholders Feed-back on methodology (which data, which indicators, which sources for the Bioeconomy Observatory) Three sessions: Bioeconomy Research, Policy, Markets Presentations from JRC and partners + discussions See details at JRC website (section news and events - past events) http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=3910&obj_id=4760&dt_code=EVN&lang=en

11. Participants Screening MS/Regions: Austria Belgium  Flanders Denmark Finland France Germany  North Rhine-Westphalia Italy  Lombardia  Veneto  Molise Netherlands Portugal Spain 1.Policy Makers (EU, MS, regions, international): 37% 2.Research: 19% 3.Primary Production: 14% 4.Industry 30%

12. December 2013: Proceedings of 26 th November Stakeholders Roundtable Draft Bioeconomy Observatory "Methodology Report" (done on 9 December) E-comments to functional mailbox JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.euJRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu February 2014: Final Bioeconomy Observatory "Methodology Report" October 2014: 2 nd Bioeconomy Observatory roundtable (incl. in annual Bioeconomy Stakeholders Conference in Torino, Italy) 2014-...: data collection, data analysis and data dissemination (incl. launch of the Bioeconomy Observatory website) 2014-…: further interaction with stakeholders (incl. in particular Commission DGs, Member States, Regions and industry) Next Steps

13. Regional Bioeconomy Monitoring Focus for detailed analysis will be given to a priority list of "leading bioeconomy regions", list which will be identified and analysed as case studies, through interaction with relevant regional groups: Committee of Regions (CoR) Synergy will also be explored with the JRC Smart Specialisation Strategy Platform (S³P) that collects information on smart specialisation priorities for each EU region (see http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/) http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN and in particular its Bioeconomy Working Group)

14. Regional Bioeconomy profiles Regional Bioeconomy profiles for "leading bioeconomy regions" Regional Info collection OUTPUT Registered countries and regions in the S3 Platform

15. Interaction with ERRIN – Bioeconomy WG ERRIN comments on Bioeconomy Observatory (incl. draft methodology) welcome at JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.euJRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu ERRIN input on identification of leading bioeconomy regions ERRIN supply of "regional bioeconomy" data and information: Regional bioeconomy research information (projects/funding) Regional bioeconomy policy initiatives ERRIN information on bioeconomy activities at EU level Other possible cooperation in the future?

16. Follow-up contact: Damien PLAN (JRC Unit A2) damien.plan@ec.europa.eu JRC Functional Mail Box: JRC-Bioeconomy-Obs@ec.europa.eu