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Juan Cristóbal García
Senior Innovation Strategy Consultant
BIOECONOMY
Take a closer look at the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking
Food and Bioeconomy Knowledge Area Leader
The transition from non-renewable fossil raw materials and minerals to circular, bio-based production processes is essential to achieving the EU’s climate targets set out in the European Green Deal. In this shift, the contribution that bio-based industries can make is crucial, as they are robust, resource-efficient, and competitive. This is why, in the new Circular Bio-based Europe joint venture, various actors in this sector, from farmers to scientists, including the essential industrial participation, are joining forces, to solve their technological, regulatory, and market challenges.
CBE-JU stands for Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking. It is a new institutionalised European partnership that builds on the legacy of the successful Bio-Based Industries (BBI) for the period 2021-2031. It arises from the agreement between the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC).
Within specific areas of the Horizon Europe R&D funding programme, associated with the Bioeconomy and Circular Economy, the CBE-JE proposes to maximise the impact of the projects it supports, in all those cases where a standard proposal would be insufficient.
It promotes R&D&I in the bioeconomy between the European Union, its Member States, and industry. To do so, it is endowed with a budget of €2 billion until 2031. Its public-private funding scheme drives innovation and market deployment and paves the way for future investments.
The CBE-JU has three strategic objectives:
The CBE-JU has four objectives of its own:
The type of support, the application procedure, and the management of a CBE-JU project are similar to those of Horizon Europe.
The final work programme will be published in June and the first calls are scheduled for September 2022. Zabala Innovation will keep you informed of all the news.
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