Observing and analysing the Bioeconomy in the EU: Adapting data and tools to new questions and challenges
M'barek R., Philippidis G., Suta C., Vinyes C., Caivano A., Ferrari E., Ronzon T., Sanjuan A., Santini F. (2014) Observing and analysing the Bioeconomy in the EU: Adapting data and tools to new questions and challenges, Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 3(1), pp83-91.
The concept of ‘bioeconomy’ is receiving increased attention in policy and
business circles. The European Commission (EC) has initiated the Bioeconomy Strategy
which is a signal of intent that the EU seeks to meet the challenge of reconciling
responsible-resource usage respecting sustainability criteria, with wealth-generation.
To this aim, the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been entrusted to implement a
Bioeconomy Information Systems Observatory within which the objective is to develop
an ongoing coherent picture of the activities of this sector, whilst developing forward-
looking tools of analysis to help respond to the aforementioned challenge. This
paper provides a discussion on the research activities which are currently under development
at the JRC. Whilst the scale of ambition of the Bioeconomy Observatory is
significant, it is recognised that much of the research conducted so-far remains workin-
progress and is therefore only a starting point to fully capturing the nuances of this
diverse and complex sector.
The concept of ‘bioeconomy’ is receiving increased attention in policy and
business circles. The European Commission (EC) has initiated the Bioeconomy Strategy
which is a signal of intent that the EU seeks to meet the challenge of reconciling
responsible-resource usage respecting sustainability criteria, with wealth-generation.
To this aim, the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has been entrusted to implement a
Bioeconomy Information Systems Observatory within which the objective is to develop
an ongoing coherent picture of the activities of this sector, whilst developing forward-
looking tools of analysis to help respond to the aforementioned challenge. This
paper provides a discussion on the research activities which are currently under development
at the JRC. Whilst the scale of ambition of the Bioeconomy Observatory is
significant, it is recognised that much of the research conducted so-far remains workin-
progress and is therefore only a starting point to fully capturing the nuances of this
diverse and complex sector.