About
Fresh water is a vital element influencing the economies and social structure, of the Central and Eastern European countries; The BIOEAST Initiative of Central and Eastern European countries defined fresh water as an important thematic area and the Thematic Working Group Fresh Water Based Bioeconomy was initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic in 2020.
This Thematic Working Group is working on 11 countries priorities concerning the fresh water-based bioeconomy, and specifically on research and innovation agendas and from the very beginning members of the TWG Fresh Water BBE has been discussing priorities concerning the fresh water-based bioeconomy in the BIOEAST macro-region. →
Timeline
January
• Policy Expert Discussion on New bioeconomy strategy
• Updating Thematic SRIA as an input for BIOEAST SRIA
June
• High Level conference Research, Innovation and Digitalization to Advance the Competitiveness of European Agriculture and Ensure Food Security under the auspices of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU FRESHWATER AT THE CORE: ADVANCING THE BIOEAST VISION THROUGH STRATEGIC R&I COLLABORATION
• Feedback on the Call for Evidence – Towards a Circular, Regenerative and Competitive Bioeconomy
May
CGIAR Global Science Week CENTRAL EUROPE’S ROLE IN WATER & SOIL MANAGEMENT SPOTLIGHTED
April
• High Level Groups EU Policy Innovation - Towards a Comprehensive NEXUS Water Strategy
• Feedback on the Call for Evidence – A strategy for European Life Sciences
March
2nd FreshwaterNet Clustering Event during the Ocean & Water Week in Brussels
Feedback on the Call for Evidence – European Water Resilience Strategy
December
• High-Level EU Conference “Partnering for the Future: BIOEAST and Beyond” WATER-SOIL-CLIMATE NEXUS RESONATES BEYOND THE BIOEAST MACRO-REGION
• Policy Expert Dialogue SOLUTIONS FOR FRESHWATER-BASED BIOECONOMY AMIDST RISING CLIMATE CHALLENGES
Update of the Thematic SRIA
July
High Level conference “Partnering for the Future”, under the auspices of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU - Freshwater: The Key Link Between Water and Climate Challenges
June
EU Elections
May
BIOEAST Manifesto
March
• 1st Freshwater Net Clustering Event & launch of the freshwater related project network
• Budapest Conference
January
1st Thematic SRIA was finalised
December
High Level Conference Involving the BIOEAST Initiative into the implementation of the EU Mission: To Restore Our Oceans and Waters by 2030 Preparing the Danube Lighthouse was organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture Czech Republic
Summer
Mapping of TWG members’ priorities
Spring
Stakeholder Consultation & three validation workshops in Ljubljana, Tartu and Warsaw organised by the BIOEASTsUP project
March
Thematic Study of the BIOEAST macro-region developed with the support of the BIOEASTsUP
December
Informal meeting with the representative of the EU Mission: To Restore our Oceans and Waters by 2030 support for the implementation of the Danube Lighthouse & organization of a dedicated conference during the Czech Presidency of the EU (07–12/2022)
Winter–Spring
Mapping national priorities
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Our Activities
Fresh Water BBE TWG is enhancing international cooperation, blue bioeconomy and fresh water bioeconomy is being mapped in the ShapingBIO project. Fresh Water BBE TWG is involved in DALIA project – IA of the Danube Lighthouse. We are preparing a networking event to enhance the alignment of the cohesion of funds with the resources of the Danube Lighthouse and we are getting ready to get involved in the upcoming calls of Danube Lighthouse.