In Mai 2026, SYMBIO project landed in Slovenia for its regional focus group workshop, bringing together key actors to explore a promising circular bioeconomy opportunity: transforming ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐๐, an environmentally friendly bioplastic.
Beautiful Slovenia sits at a natural crossroads between Austria and Croatia, with a mixed agricultural and forestry base that generates significant co-residues every season. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐?
Facilitated by Antonia Zerobin, Piotr Swiatek and supported by Miha ล krokov from our partners ANTEJA ECG, the session brought diverse knowledge and expertise to the table.
What emerged from the conversation was clear, and worth saying plainly:
๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฎ.ย Stakeholders pointed to the critical role of one strong regional bioeconomy hub and the need for stronger coordination between governance levels.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก. Slovenia needs strong financial and strategic support for biorefineries to showcase feasibility.
๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก๐จ. Key actors must act as pioneers not just to support, but to demonstrate.
The bioeconomy doesn’t scale through isolated actors, it scales through ecosystems that talk to each other.
Thank you to all participants for sharing your knowledge and your genuine will to bring bioeconomy forward. We need more conversations like this!
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