Register now for the Bioregions Facility Launch event on ‘Connecting knowledge for regional action’. 

📅 Mon, 9 March 2020 – 08:30 – 14:00
📍 Euskalduna Bilbao, 4 Abandoibarra Etorbidea, 48011 Bilbao

The Bioregions Facility promotes transregional cooperation on shaping and implementing a sustainable and integrative forest-based circular bioeconomy among dedicated regions. The initiative will facilitate knowledge-sharing and cooperation around the topics of innovation, institutions, infrastructures and investments, through a range of activities supporting networking, access to funding, and policy learning. The European Forest Institute (EFI) hosts the Bioregions Facility Secretariat and is joined by the Basque Country (Spain), North Karelia (Finland) and North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany), who are the founding member regions of the initiative. Following the launch event, further regions are encouraged to join.

Deadline for registration: 29 February 2020

Register and get information here

DRAFT AGENDA.

• 8:30 Registration and coffee

• 9:00 Welcome and opening address

Arantxa Tapia Otaegi, Minister of Economic Development and Infrastructures, Basque Government 10 minutes presentation

• 9:15 Towards a circular bioeconomy

Marc Palahí, Director of European Forest Institute 10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes questions

• European context 9:30 Introduction to forest-based circular bioeconomy

Peter Wehrheim, Head of the Bioeconomy and Food Systems Unit in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (TBC) 10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes questions

• 9:45 Private-public partnerships for the bioeconomy

Philippe Mengal, Director of BBI 10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes questions

• 10:00 Investing in the circular bioeconomy

Michael Brandkamp, General Partner of ECBF 10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes questions

• 10:15 Coffee break Regional perspectives

• 10:45 Introducing the Bioregions Facility

Diana Tuomasjukka, Bioregions Coordinator, Principle Scientist at the Bioeconomy Programme, EFI 10 minutes presentation + 5 minutes questions

• 11:00 Basque bioeconomy experience and plans

Javier Zarraonaindia Zuloaga, Vice Minister for Industry Bittor Oroz Izagirre, Vice Minister for Agriculture, Fishery and Food, Basque Government (TBC) 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes questions

• 11:30 North Karelian bioeconomy experience and plans

Risto Poutiainen, Regional Mayor of North Karelia, Finland (TBC) Harri Palviainen, CEO of Business Joensuu (TBC) 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes questions

• 12:00 North Rhine Westphalian bioeconomy experience and plans

Regional bioeconomy and business hubs/science parks (TBC) 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes questions

• 12:30 Discussion and concluding statement

• 12:50 ‐ 13:45 Networking lunch Excursion

• 14:00 – 19:00 Basque bioeconomy examples of products, landscape and services

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