GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Improved and informed governance (and social innovation) contributes to reducing resource consumption, results in an increased innovation capacity of all actors, reduces the risk of leaving anyone behind. Proposals should ensure low environmental footprint, and providing for its operational verification. The proposals should seek complementarities with related actions on the governance of bio-based innovation and ensure inclusiveness and the engagement of all actors. Additionally, proposals should: a. Analyse and structure the regional bioeconomy-related policy mix to understand the potentials, bottlenecks, and opportunities, capacities etc. for feedstocks, infrastructure, investment, human skills, innovation actors (including community knowledge) etc. to enable sufficient impacts/benefits/positive trade-offs and performances of the specific bioeconomy/bio-based value chains; b. assess existing/develop a new policy monitoring system and key performance indicators of the effectiveness and robustness of existing governance schemes, to allow replication across Europe (e.g. income generation for all stakeholders, labour conditions, environmental indicators, social engagement, innovation parameters etc); c. ensure efficient exchange of best practice and engagement of all actors (regional and local authorities, SMEs, civil society organisations including NGOs, knowledge providers) via robust and transparent communication and awareness-rising campaigns; d. analyse social and economic barriers and potentialities to enable the transition towards socially and environmentally responsible behaviour within all ranges (e.g. regulatory measures, corporate responsibility initiatives, education), ensuring inclusiveness of all actors (NGOs, civil society etc).