{"id":141432,"date":"2024-03-28T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=141432"},"modified":"2024-03-25T14:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T13:13:19","slug":"romania-provides-untapped-opportunities-for-europes-bio-based-sector-and-green-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/romania-provides-untapped-opportunities-for-europes-bio-based-sector-and-green-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u00a0provides untapped opportunities for Europe\u2019s bio-based sector\u00a0and\u00a0green growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/BIC_CR_RO_web_0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141448\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.705;width:265px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/BIC_CR_RO_web_0.png 705w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/BIC_CR_RO_web_0-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/BIC_CR_RO_web_0-106x150.png 106w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/BIC_CR_RO_web_0-190x270.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/\">Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)<\/a>, Europe\u2019s leading industry association putting circularity, innovation and sustainability at the heart of the European bioeconomy, has published an updated version of its Country Report on Romania, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/publication\/mapping-romanias-bio-based-potential\">Mapping Romania\u2019s bio-based potential<\/a>\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The European bioeconomy represented between 10.9-16% of EU GDP in 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC132639\">EU JRC report 2023<\/a>). The bio-based industries contributed 814 billion euros to the EU\u2019s economy in 2019 (<a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/sites\/biconsortium.eu\/files\/downloads\/European-Bioeconomy-in-Figures-2008-2019.pdf\">The European Bioeconomy in Figures 2008-2019<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIC\u2019s updated Country Report on Romania builds on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/downloads\/country-report-poland\">first edition<\/a>&nbsp;released in 2018. It maps out the potential for bio-based growth in the country, highlighting untapped and under-exploited bio-based resources. The report helps to identify new opportunities for the primary sectors, the food and beverage sector, the blue bioeconomy, bio-based chemicals, etc. to valorise side streams and waste that today have low or no value.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further developing Europe\u2019s bio-based industries in Romania presents opportunities for domestic and foreign investment at a time when green growth is high on the EU agenda. In addition, the EU continues efforts to increase the participation in innovation and research of the EU-13 Widening Countries, which includes Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BIC is a partner in expanding industrial bio-based activities across Europe. To this end, we are focusing on assisting countries that want to benefit more from their enormous potential for a bioeconomy given their availability of sustainable feedstock and presence of innovation centres. Romania\u2019s strong industries in the primary and chemical sectors, combined with its well-organised innovation support infrastructure will make it possible to accelerate bio-based industrial activities and the bioeconomy in the country and the region in the short term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe hope that as this report is disseminated, it will promote the bioeconomy and its potential in Romania; that it will motivate all stakeholders \u2013 industry, policymakers and academia \u2013 to exploit the opportunities for investment and greening the economy. Romania has a strong agricultural sector, which can be the basis for an innovative and sustainable bio-based industry in the country, creating jobs and growth,\u201d&nbsp;said <strong>BIC Executive Director Dirk Carrez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/sites\/biconsortium.eu\/files\/publications\/BIC%20Country%20Report%20-%20Mapping%20Romania%27s%20biobased%20potential_0.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"66\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-25-um-11.13.51.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-25-um-11.13.51.png 192w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-25-um-11.13.51-150x52.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Bio-based Industries Consortium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;a non-profit organisation aiming&nbsp;to make Europe\u2019s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio-society in Europe by 2050.&nbsp;Its membership includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/membership\/full-members\">250+ industry members<\/a>&nbsp;covering the whole value chain, from primary production to the market, across multiple and diverse sectors including agriculture &amp; agri-food, aquaculture &amp; marine, chemicals and materials, including bioplastics, forestry and pulp &amp; paper, market sectors, technology providers and waste management &amp; treatment.&nbsp;BIC also represents the private sector in a 2 billion euro Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the European Commission, focused on strengthening the bio-based industries sector in Europe \u2013 the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbe.europa.eu\/\">Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), Europe\u2019s leading industry association putting circularity, innovation and sustainability at the heart of the European bioeconomy, has published an updated version of its Country Report on Romania, \u201cMapping Romania\u2019s bio-based potential\u201d. The European bioeconomy represented between 10.9-16% of EU GDP in 2019 (EU JRC report 2023). The bio-based industries contributed 814 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":141450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"BIC\u2019s updated Country Report on Romania builds on the first edition released in 2018. 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