COPILOT
CO-creating the next generation platform of PILOT and demo infrastructures, unlocking faster innovation and EU bioeconomy growth
Project details
- Type of project
- Coordination and Support Action
- Project focus
- Market, policies & awareness
- Project period
- 1 June 2024 - 30 November 2026
- Status
- In progress
- CBE JU Contribution
- € 1 499 576,50
- Call identifier
- HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023
Summary
With an 18.6 million-strong workforce and over €2 trillion generated annually, the bioeconomy sector offers an important sustainable growth potential. However, bioeconomy innovators struggle to bring ideas from the lab to full-scale production due to the high investment required during the piloting phase, and this lowers the European competitiveness. The COPILOT project addresses this challenge by creating a comprehensive database of open access bioeconomy infrastructures embedded into a self-sustainable platform across Europe. The database will enable faster and cost-effective access to the infrastructure, while fostering collaborations through key services, training, and matchmaking opportunities.
The overall aim of the COPILOT project is to unify and interlink the bioeconomy ecosystem, integrating infrastructures, innovators, and enablers into one vibrant community. Moreover, COPILOT’s large consortium composed of clusters or start-up networks, spin-offs, corporations, investors, and public authorities will ensure a broad pool of expertise within the bioeconomy field and will cover all relevant EU regions.
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Project coordination
- BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW DESTELDONK GENT, Belgium
Consortium
- TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY Espoo, Finland
- ASOCIACION CLUSTER FOOD+I DE CALAHORRA LA RIOJA, Spain
- BIOECONOMY FOR CHANGE BARENTON BUGNY, France
- SPRING SUSTAINABLE PROCESSES AND RESOURCES FOR INNOVATION AND NATIONAL GROWTH Milano, Italy
- F6S NETWORK IRELAND LIMITED LOWER DUBLIN, Ireland
- BIOEAST HUB CR, Z. U. PRAHA 5, Czechia
- IRISH BIOECONOMY FOUNDATION THURLES, Ireland
- STAJERSKA GOSPODARSKA ZBORNICA FIRM Maribor, Slovenia
- KNOWLEDGE HUB ZEALAND Kalundborg, Denmark
