Engage4BIO.
Multi-stakeholder engagement to strengthen regional bioeconomy value chains — through design thinking, co-creation, training and skills development across five European regions.
Why Engage4BIO?
Engage4BIO strengthens circular, sustainable bioeconomy and sustainable regional development through processes of design thinking, co-creation, (re)training and skills development.
The project works across five major regional value chains: circular and bio-based textiles (NL), agriculture and agro-food industries (HU), wood and interior (AT), bio-based and sustainable packaging (FI) and blue bioeconomy (IT).
By embedding art and design in the activities, Engage4BIO boosts the uptake of bio-based systems — strengthening local governance feedback loops, co-creating training and mentoring formats, and building communication and awareness campaigns. The framework is designed to be transferable across different European regions.
- How can regional bioeconomy value chains be strengthened?
- How do design thinking and co-creation drive engagement?
- How are skills and competences built and transferred?
- How can the framework transfer across EU regions?
CLIC's role: leading the Finnish bioeconomy hub
CLIC Innovation leads the Finnish bioeconomy hub in the Uusimaa region, focused on bringing new, sustainable and bio-based materials and recycling solutions to retail packaging — with Metropolia UAS as partner for training and education and Flanders' Food as replication partner.
4Recycling open-innovation ecosystem
A supportive knowledge-sharing and innovation platform connecting cluster programmes, large companies, SMEs and academia.
Innovation ecosystem for bio-based materials and recycling solutions for retail packaging
Helsinki-Uusimaa region, Finland
Packaging materials & manufacturers, design, food industry, logistics & retail, waste & end-of-life services
Finnish national bioeconomy strategy, Plastics Roadmap for Finland and Uusimaa regional circular economy plans
Five regional bioeconomy hubs
Each hub focuses on a major regional value chain, applying the shared Engage4BIO engagement framework.