Project summary
The SYMBIO project provides European regional communities with tools and methodological approaches to building bio-based business models based on circularity by-design and industrial symbiosis. Thanks to tools for integrating big data and artificial intelligence, SYMBIO shapes 10 symbiotic business models with high-profitability sustainability replicable at the EU level to increase bio-based products on the market and provides a system to modelling, measure and monitor symbiosis and its social, economic and environmental impacts. SYMBIO methodology will be designed, tested and validated in 12 EU pilot regions (Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Carinthia, Slovenia, Croatia, Andalusia, Bruxelles Capital, Wallonia, Flanders) that have been selected based on the estimation of their bio-based resources defined by raw material availability, socio-economic indicators, intangible networks and infrastructures and potential for development of CBE close-to-market supply chains and current trends. Involving all supply chain actors in a quadruplex approach will help unlock and stimulate local development potential by promoting sustainable, innovative, tangible and participatory pathways to the green transition through an inclusive bottom-up CBE nexus.
Expected outcomes
Goals and objectives
SYMBIO unlocks local bioeconomy by promoting sustainable and innovative paths towards the green transition, following these strategic objectives:
- Identifying and evaluating secondary resources and technical solutions for enabling industrial symbiosis in the bio-based ecosystem.
- Shaping symbiotic value chains using a zero-waste approach through big data and artificial intelligence tools.
- Developing an integrated reporting system to measure and monitor industrial symbiosis.
- Demonstrating zero waste’s economic, social and environmental impacts of SYMBIO models.
- Engaging multiple stakeholders in accelerating local value chains and training of circular practitioners.
The role of alchemia-nova
As WP3 “Building methods for measuring industrial symbiosis and monitoring circularity by design across regional communities” lead , alchemia-nova applies a multi-criteria approach to identify promising, high-value symbiotic business models by evaluating environmental, social, and economic indicators. It will further identify key enablers, barriers, and real-world implementation requirements for these business models to enhance the uptake of bio-based products across the EU. These insights will directly inform the development of a tailored monitoring framework designed to support industrial stakeholders in adopting, operationalising, and monitoring circular bio-based business models across diverse regional contexts.
Project coordinator:
LOMBARDY GREEN CHEMISTRY ASSOCIATION
Partners:
FUNDACION CORPORACION TECNOLOGICA DE ANDALUCIA
ALCHEMIA-NOVA RESEARCH & INNOVATION GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH
KÄRNTNER BETRIEBSANSIEDLUNGS- UND BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT M.B.H.
STARTUP EUROPE REGIONS NETWORK
STEEM, obrt za intelektualne usluge
CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Project status
Start date: 01/202410/2022, duration: 36 months
Call:HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-01
Topic:HORIZON-CL6-2023-CircBio-01-7 – Symbiosis in the bio-based industrial ecosystems
Type of Action:HORIZON-CSA – HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Grant Agreement Number: 101135166
Overall costs:€ 1.301.318,75
EU contribution: € 1.301.318,75
