AlpLinkBioEco

THE PROJECT

Overall Objective

Develop an Alpine crossnational/regional circular bio-based economy

strategy by providing a roadmap for dynamically creating novel VCs,

forming the basis for a coherent sustainable Alpine Space policy, piloting

4 sectors (Wood, Food&Pharma Packaging, Chemistry, Agrofood)

Budget

2.036.020 € (1.730.617 ERDF cofinance)

Duration

36 months (April 2018 – April 2021)

Programme

Interreg Alpine Space 2014 – 2020

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CHALLENGE

Transition from a fossil-based to a circular bio-based economy. This transition is needed to strengthen the regional economic activity and

sustain high value-added businesses and jobs in the Alpine Space

Traditional way of operating in a linear economy: alternative, circular end

of life solutions remain unexploited and lack of understanding of the

Alpine Space’s natural resources as alternative, bio-based inputs

Alpine Regions possess huge biomass resources, knowledge and

technology to use in sectors such as green chemicals, biopolymers or bio-

based materials.

Due to a missing holistic transnational approach the Alpine Space actors

in bio-based industries operate in a disconnected mode. Important value

chains are not established

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Create new cross-regional value chains for a bio-based circular

economy, setting up a methodology to connect diverse bio-feed-stock

producers with intermediate product developers and end users.

Recommendations for a common policy development on circular bio-based

economy

Facilitate tailor made matching of bio-based actors across the Alpine Space

Facilitate initiation of high added value bio-based applications and products

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RESULT AND OUTPUTS

Main Result

Four pilots value chain: wood, chemistry, food-pharma packaging,

agrofood.Development of a crossregional and coherent circular bio-based economy strategy.

3. Creation demonstrator value chains with identified actors in the four pilots, to

develop high added value bio-based applications and products

1. Inventory of present and future actors in the circular bio-based economy

2. Methodology to link the identified actors into novel value chains

4. Overview of policies and recommendations for a common Alpine Space bio-

economy framework

Four Outputs

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TARGET GROUP

The AlpLinkBioEco community includes policy makers, cluster

initiatives, sectoral agencies, research centres, SMEs and

individual actors

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WORK PACKAGES and OUTPUT

WP

Management

Inventory and mapping of policies, clusters and

actors

Methodology to identify and match actors to link in

novel value chains. It facilitates tailor made matching of

bio-based actors across the Alpine Space

Feasibility studies demonstrate the economic and

sustainable feasibility of products and applications in

four specific value chains

Policy recommendations with masterplan for

common AS bio-economy framework

WPT2

Methodology and VC

generator

WPT3

Implementing

demonstrators

WP

Communication

WPT1

Analysis of resources,

actors and framework

WPT3

Policy Development

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ACTIVITIESSeptember 2018

2. Collecting first descriptors for the generation of a bio-based economy opportunities (check the methodology here)

1. Report on regional policy instruments related to bioeconomy

3. Comprehensive cluster mapping in all participating regions will further contribute identifying actors for the knowledge base

WPT1

Analysis of resources, actors and framework

PARTNERS14 Partners, 8 Regions, 6 Countries

Plastics Innovation Competence

Center (LP – CH)

Business Upper Austria (AT) ClusterAgentur Baden-

Württemberg (DE)Poly4EmI (SI)

Centro Studi Alpino di

Pieve Tesino (IT)

Confindustria

Lombardia (IT)

BIOPRO Baden-

Württemberg (DE)

Hub Innovazione

Trentino (IT)

Technologiezentrum Horb (DE)Lombardy Green Chemistry

Association (IT)

Plastipolis (FR)

France Cluster (FR)

Ministry of Education, Science

and Sport (SI)

Chemie Cluster

Bayern (DE)

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