The European Commission has published an interactive map that collects the main actors in the European bioeconomy to help design public policies in this area. BIOVEGEN has been included in this map along with four other Technological Platforms.
The interactive map, created by the JRC Knowledge Center for Bioeconomy (an agency under the EC), indicates the level of progress of countries in developing a National Bioeconomy Strategy and places Spain at the highest level, with its own strategy already in place. Additionally, it allows consultation, by country, of the state institutions involved in bioeconomy, other organizations, stakeholders, and key aspects of regional and national bioeconomy strategies.
You can consult the interactive map at the following link.
The analysis published by the European Commission also allows consultation of the main figures of the European bioeconomy by country, and Spain ranks as the fifth European country by business volume in this sector (€198.4 billion) and by added value (€57.9 billion), and as the sixth country by employment in this sector, with 1.33 million people.
The bioeconomy encompasses those parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources from land and sea (crops, forests, animals, and microorganisms) to produce food, materials, and energy. The European Commission is strongly promoting its development due to its great potential to generate wealth and reduce unemployment, and for its ability to decrease polluting emissions and dependence on fossil resources, while contributing to improving biodiversity and helping to restore degraded ecosystems.