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8th October 2026
As the BBioNets project officially comes to an end this month, we look back on three years of dedicated work and collaboration across European agriculture and forestry. What began with an ambition to support the understanding and adoption of Bio-Based Technologies (BBTs) has yielded valuable insights, practical tools, and strong regional networks.
Through close cooperation across our consortium, regional stakeholders, and European partners, BBioNets has successfully achieved its core goals and laid the groundwork for long-term bioeconomy uptake, compiling practical resources, facilitating knowledge exchange, and identifying viable bio-based solutions for primary producers and advisors across our represented regions.
Here is a look at what we have accomplished together!
A central achievement of the project’s three-year journey has been the consolidation of the six regional Multi-Actor Forest and Agriculture Networks (FANs) across Ireland, Spain, Greece, Italy, Poland, and the Czech Republic, establishing an enduring regional framework for bio-based innovation.
Through dedicated recruitment, cross-fertilisation workshops, and local info-days, our total FAN membership grew to 147 member organisations, with 62.6% representing primary producers (farmers and foresters) and agricultural advisors. These networks played a vital role in validating project concepts, sharing local needs, and shaping practical BBT deployment scenarios.
We are now sharing the FANs’ legacy through a set of dedicated regional posters. Visit each FAN’s webpage to discover key insights on stakeholder engagement, barriers and enablers to BBT uptake, lessons learnt, and recommendations for future thematic networks!
Developed to ensure streamlined access to all project outcomes, the BBioNets Online Knowledge Platform serves as a comprehensive single-access point for our collective findings, tools, and resources. The platform is easily accessible via the BBioNets website and plays a vital role in supporting the adoption of sustainable BBTs across Europe.
Through the platform, stakeholders can explore and utilise key project outputs:
To bridge the gap between innovation and practical implementation on the ground, a final, comprehensive BBioNets portfolio of practical, open-access educational and training assets is now fully available. Translated into local consortium languages where relevant to regional needs, these resources cover high-priority BBTs and circular bioeconomy practices:
Hosted on the BBioNets Online Knowledge Platform, but also available on the EU CAP Network portal and EU-FarmBook platform, these resources provide farmers, foresters, and agricultural advisors with accessible, region-specific guidance to support the understanding and uptake of BBTs.
BBioNets prioritised direct engagement to build capacity and raise awareness. Across all partner regions and at the EU level, the consortium successfully delivered:
These events empowered advisors to act as multipliers, informed regional decision-makers, and built strong ties between primary producers and researchers.
Driving the uptake of BBTs requires supportive frameworks and active dialogue with decision-makers. Throughout the project, BBioNets worked closely with policy actors at both national and European levels to turn on-the-ground experiences into actionable guidance.
Key highlights include:
To keep these outcomes accessible well beyond the project’s end, all key tools, practice abstracts, and reports are permanently preserved via EU-FarmBook, Zenodo, and the EU CAP Network.
Collaboration has been the cornerstone of BBioNets’ strategy to maximise impact across the European bioeconomy. Rather than working in isolation, the consortium actively fostered synergies with partner EU-funded thematic networks and projects, OGs, and other European initiatives.
Many of the project’s key milestones – including policy workshops, capacity-building events, and cross-border knowledge exchanges – were co-organised alongside partner projects.
Central to these joint efforts was the Standing Liaison Round Table (SLRT), a strategic cooperation platform initiated and managed by BBioNets to bring together related EU-funded initiatives. Through the SLRT, participating projects aligned their dissemination actions, shared methodologies, exchanged best practices, and amplified their collective voice to accelerate the adoption of sustainable bio-based solutions across rural Europe.
Marking the conclusion of these three rewarding years, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to all participants, stakeholders, and followers who made this journey a success.
A special thank you goes to the farmers, foresters, advisors, local stakeholders, and member organisations across our six regional FANs. Your on-the-ground expertise, active participation, and openness to innovative bio-based solutions were the driving force behind every milestone achieved.
We are also deeply grateful to our partner projects and thematic networks. Your spirit of collaboration and shared vision significantly amplified our collective impact and strengthened the European bioeconomy community.
Although the project is officially concluding, our legacy lives on. All tools, resources, practice abstracts, and event insights remain permanently accessible on the BBioNets website, EU-FarmBook, Zenodo, and the EU CAP Network. We encourage you to continue exploring, sharing, and utilising these assets to foster a sustainable, circular bioeconomy in your regions.
Thank you for being an essential part of the BBioNets network!