The European Commission opens a public consultation to contribute to the update of the 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
In 2017, the European Commission carried out a
review (SWD(2017)374) of its 2012 EU Bioeconomy Strategy
(Strategy
for innovating for sustainable growth: A bioeconomy for Europe), which
concluded that such Strategy is delivering on key actions and that the
importance of the opportunities offered by the Bioeconomy is increasingly recognised
in Europe and beyond. Nevertheless, while its objectives continue to be
relevant, a refocusing of the actions and assessment of the scope of the
Strategy are considered necessary in light of recent policy developments in
order to: optimise impact across all sectors of the Bioeconomy; provide a
better alignment to the current environmental-techno-socio-economic landscape; respond
in a better way to political priorities linked to the Sustainable Development
Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement and a number of EU political initiatives.
Figure 1. Image of the cover of the Review of the
2012 EU Bioeconomy Strategy
The European Commission prepares laws and
policies transparently, based on evidence and backed up by the views of
citizens and stakeholders. Therefore, anyone who might be affected by this
Strategy (public authorities, businesses, civil society organisations and the
public) can contribute to its update through an open public consultation.
The feedback period goes from 20 February 2018
to 20 March 2018. You can publish it with your personal details or
organisation's details or anonymously. Once submitted, the feedback will be
immediately published on the site if it complies with the rules for feedback
and suggestions. If it doess not, it will be removed. You will not receive an
individual response, but your views will feed into further preparation of the
initiative. The scope of the evaluation of the Strategy is describe in detail
in the following Roadmap: Ares(2018)975361.
