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On 31 May 2024 the ERA-Net Cofund Blue Bioeconomy (BlueBio) concluded. To ensure the legacy and impacts of the 30 projects funded by BlueBio that still run, JPI Oceans will take over the follow-up of these. The 19 projects funded under the first call were finalised in 2023, but there is still a significant portfolio… Continue reading JPI Oceans to follow-up BlueBio projects after the end of the ERA-Net

Since 2018, BlueBio has been a catalyst for identifying new and improving existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market, by 49 projects funded along the value chain. A summary video was created for the final meeting that took place in Brussels in March 2024. BlueBio is coming to an end, but… Continue reading BlueBio Cofund final video

On Tuesday 19 March 2024, the Blue Bioeconomy ERA-NET Cofund held its final meeting in Brussels. The H2020 consortium will conclude its work in May 2024, and this final meeting served to take stock of the science-policy aspects and learnings from the past five and a half years spent building and strengthening the European blue… Continue reading A legacy of greater connectivity in the blue bioeconomy

Policy event Connecting the dots for a circular blue bioeconomy: From Science to Policy and Regulatory solutions HOSTED BY MEP CLARA AGUILERATuesday 30 January 20248:30 – 10:00European Parliament, Room ASP 1E1, Brussels / Online A sustainable European bioeconomy is pivotal for achieving the European Green Deal’s objectives. The vitality of the blue pillar within our… Continue reading Invitation: Policy event

The Final Meeting will be held on the 19th of March 2024 at 09:30 – 17:30 CET. The meeting will take place at the Norway House in Brussels, Belgium. The BlueBio Final meeting will focus on the science-policy aspects and learnings from the ERA-NET and is for actors in the science-policy landscape who work on… Continue reading The Blue Bioeconomy Final Meeting

BlueBio engaged in the first Mission Arena in Gothenburg on 14-16 November and shared our experience as a network of R&I funders and with commercialization support of R&I projects. First meeting for Baltic and North Sea stakeholders The Mission Arena gathered some 500 participants from across the Baltic and North Sea regions for engaging discussions… Continue reading Contributing to the Mission Arena for regional discourse on North and Baltic Seas

The final cohort of BlueBio funded projects were kicked off on 2 and 8 November with two thematic meetings to facilitate knowledge sharing and synergy between projects. The fourth and final call of the Blue Bioeconomy ERA-Net cofund was a particular call to amplify project reach and knowledge impact. The alternative funding approach was chosen… Continue reading Creating connectivity and synergy between 3rd Additional Call projects

Soundscapes, a project from BlueBio 3rd Additional call that is led by NOFIMA, took part in the Insomnia music festival. The music festival was held on the 21 of October in Tromsø, Norway. In the third and final additional call of the BlueBio Cofund Soundscapes was among 13 projects that were selected to amplify project… Continue reading Soundscapes at Insomnia music festival

3-days Advanced Training course in Bio-Refinery technologies on fishery side streams was held in NTNU – Department of Biological Sciences Ålesund, Norway on the 24 -26 October. 23 researchers from all over the world (10 countries) came to learn about innovative methods for utilizing marine raw material and side streams for the production of high-quality… Continue reading Successful training course in Bio-Refinery technologies on fishery side streams

by Ingeborg Korme, Majbritt Bolton-Warberg, Dennis Lisbjerg, from Blue Bioeconomy Cofund management. The blue bioeconomy is an essential factor in our sustainable future. For those working in the blue bioeconomy, it is obvious that the solutions for the future are bio-based, but we are still just scratching the surface of what is possible in the… Continue reading The future is the blue bioeconomy