Stakeholder Engagement in the Co-Design of Regional Bioeconomy Strategies

Nora Szarka (), Laura García Laverde, Daniela Thrän, Orest Kiyko, Mykhailo Ilkiv, Danka Moravčíková, Eva Cudlínová, Miloslav Lapka, Nóra Hatvani, Ákos Koós, Aleksandra Luks and Ignacio Martín Jimenez
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Nora Szarka: Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Laura García Laverde: Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Daniela Thrän: Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Orest Kiyko: Wood Products and Furniture Technology Department, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Gen. Chuprynka Str. 103, 79057 Lviv, Ukraine
Mykhailo Ilkiv: Wood Products and Furniture Technology Department, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Gen. Chuprynka Str. 103, 79057 Lviv, Ukraine
Danka Moravčíková: Department of Marketing, Trade and Social Studies, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Eva Cudlínová: Department of Regional Management and Law, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Miloslav Lapka: Department of Regional Management and Law, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Nóra Hatvani: Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd., Derkovits Fasor 2, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
Ákos Koós: Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd., Derkovits Fasor 2, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
Aleksandra Luks: Mazowiecka Agencja Energetyczna Sp. z o.o., St. Nowogrodzka 31, 00-511 Warsaw, Poland
Ignacio Martín Jimenez: Fundación CIRCE (Research Centre for Energy Resources and Consumption), Avenida Ranillas, Edificio Dinamiza 3D, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-37

Abstract: Increasing recognition and importance is being given to regions for their role in supporting Europe’s transformation towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy system. Regions are often feedstock producers and can provide the proximity of regional actors along the value chain. If supported and mobilized, actors can coordinate strategic paths for regional bioeconomy development and keep value added in the region. Regional bioeconomy strategies are an important instrument to reach such a process, which implies great efforts of coordination among relevant stakeholders. In this research, we developed a guideline to establish flexible dynamic bioeconomy platforms—Regional Bioeconomy Hubs (RBHs)—that bring together bioeconomy-related stakeholders from policy, academia, industry, and society in a structured procedure (quadruple-helix context) and to establish regional bioeconomy strategies. The guideline was applied to five Central and Eastern European regions and validated in the framework of the POWER4BIO project. As a result, all regions successfully applied the guideline, established their RBH, and developed a regional bioeconomy strategy or recommendations for the development of such a strategy.

Keywords: bioeconomy guideline; regional stakeholders; quadruple helix; bioeconomy strategy; sustainability; European regional bioeconomies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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