Title:
Connecting Rural Areas in Baltic Sea Region to Boost Smart and Sustainable Bioeconomy
Author(s):
Honkanen, H., Aalto, A., Koponen, H.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The background and objective for the project was to boost bioeconomy and innovations in rural areas in selected Baltic Sea Regions. The cooperative network includes Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Latvian and Estonian partners from authorities, academia and research, and business development oriented organizations. The focus was on regions’ smart specialization and networking in many levels to increase the innovation potential. Regional bioeconomy profiles and strategies are created or updated, joint actions have been recognized for concrete regional and international cooperation and open virtual innovation hub with operating model has been created for piloting. Along the model, digital platform called Biobord, has been introduced to tackle the mentioned challenges of rural area actors. The platform enables entrepreneurs, inventors, researchers and developers in these areas to expand their networks, teams and societies. The platform also supplies different bioeconomy product development environments and innovation services to be applied by the network.
Keywords:
bioeconomy, sustainability, innovation, rural area, baltic sea region, digital platform
Topic:
Bioeconomy Sustainability, Impacts and Policies
Subtopic:
Biomass strategies and policies towards a bioeconomy
Event:
28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4AV.1.17
Pages:
798 - 801
ISBN:
978-88-89407-20-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/28thEUBCE2020-4AV.1.17
Price:
FREE
