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• aGROWchain, Greece - the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• Alpine Space, Alpine region - valorisation of innovative bio-economical potentials along bio-based food and botanical extract value chains in the Alpine Space (2014-20)
• BIOREGIO, Finland - Spain - Slovakia - Greece - Romania - France - boosting bio-based circular economy through transfer of expertise about best available technologies and cooperation models (2017-21)
• DanuBioValNet project (2017-2019)
• Flagship projects promoting the Bioeconomy in the Baltic Sea Region, Baltic Sea Region
• HECSO - Heat entrepreneurship cluster in South Ostrobothnia, Finland - a knowledge cluster of the whole heat production chain
• Local economies - Prioneering self-sufficiency, Czech Republic

Funding period 2014-2020

• Crushed shells and 3D printing, Italy - students and teachers using crushed mussel shells to create useful objects from moulds created by 3D printing
• FEMER marine skin, France - a young French entrepreneur has developed an innovative fish skin tanning process working with local fishermen and designers
• Microalgae oil production plant in Carballo, Spain - a new start-up company cultivating microalgae on land for omega-3 oil extraction for pharmaceutical use
• Pecka's greenhouses with fish and tomatoes, Sweden - aquaponics to produce fish and tomatoes
• Reef Water Coral Farm, Spain - creation of Europe's first commercial coral farm
• Vakava, a network for underused fish species, Finland - ensure better local resource management, improving the image of undervalued species and reducing eutrophication in Finnish lakes

Funding period 2007-2013

• Aquamar: a new method of water purification, Poland - an innovative and profitable eco-business offering water purification services to fishermen and aquaculture farms
• Crab flavouring for export, Denmark - turning the economic and environmental problems caused by crab overpopulation into a business opportunity
• Exploring the value of the 'pilado' crab in bio-medicine, Portugal - a pilot project to increase the economic value of the common swimming crab's shell
• Fishmeal from fish waste, Spain - utilising fisheries by-products by supporting an aquaculture company to produce its own fishmeal from local fish waste
• Innovation in goose barnacle traceability, Portugal - developing a methodology for tracing goose barnacles and identifying potential mislabelling or poaching activity
• Mistral sweet factory and café, Poland - setting up a sweet factory using Omega 3 acids from fish and a cafeteria to generate additional income for a fisherman and his family and increase the touristic attractiveness of the area
• Production of edible seaweed in Danish waters, Denmark - supporting sustainable cultivation, harvesting and processing of seaweed to help diversify the local economy
• Tanning of Fish Skin, Finland - promotes the tanning and multiple use of fish skin
• Valuing by-products of vendace roe extraction, Sweden - bringing together a variety of public and private partners to research and develop new processes to generate value from the by-products of vendace (Coregonus sp.) roe extraction

Development of knowledge and communication tools

• AGFORWARD - promoting appropriate agroforestry practices that advance sustainable rural development (2014-17)
• BERST - BioEconomy Regional Strategy Toolkit - helping regions in their trajectory of bioeconomic development (2013-15)
• Biobridges - improving the marketability of bio-based products (2018-20)
• BioCannDo - Bioeconomy Awareness and Discourse Project - raising awareness and promoting the use of bio-based products (2016-19)
• Biomonitor - establishing a data and modelling framework to quantify the economic, environmental and social impacts of bioeconomy (2018-22)
• BioSTEP - promoting stakeholder engagement and public awareness for a participative governance of the European bioeconomy (2015-2018)
• BIOWAYS - increasing public awareness of bio-based products and applications supporting the growth of the European bioeconomy (2016-2018)
• CommBeBiz - communicating and bridging bioeconomy research to business (2015-2018)
• FINDIT - a cutting edge platform for data management and analysis to assist European fish aquaculture in its development towards higher performance and competitiveness (2013-2015)
• FORESTERRA - enhancing forest research in the Mediterranean through improved coordination and integration (2012-2015)
• ISAAC - increasing social awarness and acceptance of biogas and biomethane (2016-2018)
• OPEN-BIO - opening bio-based markets via standards, labelling and procurement (2013-2016)
• NUTRI2CYCLE - Transition towards a more carbon and nutrient efficient agriculture
  in Europe (2018-2022)
• ProBIO - professional support to the uptake of bioeconomy RD results towards market, further research and policy for a more competitive European bioeconomy (2015-2017)
• Rubizmo - working to discover the vital ingredients for developing entrepreneurship and successful business models in high potential sectors (2018-21)
• STAR ProBio - support and partnership for the development of multiple sustainable and market ready value chains in the bio-based economy (2016-2018)
• VALERIE - valorising European research for innovation in agriculture and forestry (2014-2017)
• ROSEWOOD - Best Practices and Innovations in forest based bioeconomy (2019)

Technological innovation

• BIOREFINE-2G - development of 2nd generation biorefineries – production of dicarboxylic acids and bio-based polymers derived thereof (2013-17)
• BIOrescue - enhanced bioconversion of agricultural residues through cascading use (2016-19)
• BISIGODOS - high value-added chemicals and bio-resins from algae biorefineries produced from CO2 provided by industrial emissions (2013-17)
• D-FACTORY - the micro algae biorefinery (2013-17)
• DISCO - from discovery to products: a next generation pipeline for the sustainable generation of high-value plant products (2013-17)
• MIRACLES - multi-product integrated biorefinery of algae: from carbon dioxide and light energy to high-value specialties (2013-17)
• Novel Anaerobes - studying novel anaerobic microorganisms with potential for biotechnological applications (2013-18)
• POWER4BIO - empowering regional stakeholders for realising the full potential of European bioeconomy (2018-21)
• Pulp2Value - an integrated and cost-effective cascading biorefinery system for refining sugar beet pulp (2015-2019)
• SIMWOOD - an innovative, integrated approach to multifunctional forestry and enhanced wood mobilisation across European forest regions (2013-17)
• VALOR-PLUS - valorisation of biorefinery by-products leading to closed loop systems with improved economic and environmental performance (2013-17)

Value chains / short supply chains

• AGRIMAX - developing and demonstrating the production of multiple, high-value products from crop and food-processing waste (2016-20)
• BE-Rural - Bio-based strategies and roadmaps for enhanced rural and regional development in the EU (2019-2022)
• Bioenergy Villages - boosting bioenergy villages, i.e. a village, municipality, settlement or community which produces and uses most of its energy from local biomass and other renewable energies (2016-19)
• GRACE - Growing advanced industrial crops on marginal lands for biorefineries (2017-2022)
• Rosewood - Building a trans-European network of stakeholders of the forestry value chain for the transfer of best practices & innovations in sustainable wood mobilisation (2018-2020)
• SuperBIO - support and partnership for the development of multiple sustainable and market ready value chains in the bio-based economy (2016-18)

• LIFE Carbon Dairy - Plan carbone de la production laitire franaise
• LIFE Beef Carbon - Demonstration actions to mitigate the carbon footprint of beef production in France, Ireland, Italy and Spain

• Eno Energy Cooperative, district heating from local sustainable forest resources, Finland
• AgriValor, France - a private business initiative turning agricultural and community waste into biomethane gas
• An innovative service combining organic food and environmental education for professionals, Belgium
• Arctic smart rural community factsheet by Arctic Smartness
• Carbon Action - a platform increasing permanent carbon storage in agricultural soils in Finland
• Cat Correggio - Producing biogas from agricultural by-products, Italy
• Community manure platforms in Romania
• Developing a biodegradable plant pot, the Netherlands
• Energigården - Bioenergy farm - a rural business which serves as an incubator, information centre and producer of bioenergy in Oppland, Norway
• ENONATUR – promoting organic viticulture in Spain
• EntoValor - Insects converting vegetable by-products into animal feed, Portugal
• Future Potentials of a Rural Bio-Economy, IÖW - Institute for Ecological Economy Research, Germany
• Guarda sem Desperdicio, Portugal
• JRK - For Less Waste, Czech Republic-Hungary-Slovak Republic
• Lapland Above Ordinary - Implementation of smart specialisation
• Making use of agricultural nutrients, Finland
• 'Opportunities for farm diversification in the circular bioeconomy', EIP-AGRI workshop (February 2019) - booklet with project examples
• Protection of endangered Istrian native cattle breeds, Croatia (ERDF funding)
• SOLAAL - an association combatting food waste, France
• SolidariFood - a project tackling food waste in France (national and private funding)
• Using oil shale ash in organic farming, Estonia (national funding)
• ValorMais - Creating value with agricultural, agri-food and forestry by-products
• ValorNatural - Natural additives for the food industry, Portugal (ERDF funding)
• VegMedCabras - Mediterranean Shrubs: natural anthelmintics in the dit selected by grazing goats, Portugal (ERDF funding)
• WETWINE, France-Spain-Portugal (ERDF funding)