Client
The Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC in its Catalan acronym) is a research centre affiliated to the Catalan Government, and it is connected to the competent Ministry for forestry issues.
The assignment was to carry out the participatory process of the Catalonia Bioeconomy Strategy 2021-2030 (EBC2030) in order to identify the interest groups and to develop a map of agents throughout the value chain and of the different sectors.
Challenge
Driving the participation groups and participatory methodology for the Catalonia Bioeconomy Strategy 2021-2030
What was done?
During the participatory process, 388 key agents were identified to form part of the different sectoral workshops including: construction, bioenergy, by-products and waste from the agri-food sector, bioproducts and territory as well as with the citizens.
As a result of these co-creation workshops, the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of the circular bioeconomy were identified in Catalonia, and an initial proposal for the strategic objectives and lines was prepared.
Results
7
Co-creation workshops with >private business sectors.
123
Participants in the workshops.
118
Actions involving the entire value chain.
Conclusions
The Catalonia Bioeconomy Strategy for the 2021-2030 period, enriched with the participation of various stakeholder groups, will enable improvements to be made in the competitiveness and sustainability of the first sector, contributing to the creation of jobs, connecting agents in distant sectors and giving impetus to the generation of knowledge as a driving force for change.
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