The in-person event will take place on 20 April 2023 in the Charlemagne building in Brussels, and registration is free and compulsory. Join the info day to find out more about the CBE JU 2023 call for project proposals and meet other potential applicants.
Today the CBE JU programme office has launched an open call for a wide range of communication services, with a deadline to apply of 20 March 2023. The future framework contract will include content writing, design and animations, events organisation, social media support, and media relations services.
The CBE JU Programme Office has concluded the evaluation of its first call for project proposals. 21 proposals have been selected to receive a total of nearly €120 million CBE JU funding.
CBE JU has published its Annual Work Programme for 2023, including information about the next call for project proposals. €215.5 million will be dedicated to advancing competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe across 18 topics.
The new book, Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking: Driving Europe’s green transition, showcases the achievements of the CBE JU’s predecessor that helped Europe to become the world leader in the bio-based economy.
One year on from the official launch of CBE JU, industrial leaders shared their vision with national and European Commission representatives on the challenging, yet promising, future of the sector.
The public and private partners of the CBE JU, the European Commission representing the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), marked their commitment to the partnership deploying the circular bio-based economy in Europe.
Joaquim Sousa Dória and José Tiago Fernandes Vieira were awarded the EUCYS 2022 bioeconomy prize for their research on using the banana pulp to remove microplastic pollution from water. As part of their prize, the young scientists will visit Brussels with CBE JU to introduce their project to representatives of the European institutions.
The European Commission is looking for ways to reduce both the industry’s and farmers’ dependence on imported fossil-based resources. As a solution, 15 CBE JU-funded projects have been preparing the emergence of alternative, sustainable and locally sourced bio-based fertilisers.