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InnProBio Bio-based procurement tools

Posted on by LIFT-Team

Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services.

By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including factsheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services.  

This webpage presents various bio-based procurement tools, including

  • a series of 4 good practice examples, showing how bio-based procurement was done successfully in practice, can be found here.
  • a roadmap with detailed information on various procurement instruments that can be used for bio-based procurement
  • a selection of text blocks with exemplary technical specifications, for inclusion in public procurement (tender) documents

The same materials are also covered and discussed in InnProBio’s Handbook on Bio-Based Procurement.

    InnProBio Product Database

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services.

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including factsheets, state-of-the-art reports, an online product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services.

    InnProBio’s searchable database covers a range of bio-based products that are already on the market. For each product information such specifications, bio-based content, and sustainability certification is presented. It can be accessed here

    InnProBio Handbook on the public procurement of bio-based products and services (Dutch version)

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services.

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including factsheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services. 

    A shortened version of the information presented online is presented in the Handbook on the Public Procurement of Bio-Based Products and Services. The handbook can be used independently by procurement practitioners and is available in several languages (English, German, Polish and Dutch).

    InnProBio Handbook on the public procurement of bio-based products and services (German version)

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services.

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including factsheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services. 

    A shortened version of the information presented online is presented in the Handbook on the Public Procurement of Bio-Based Products and Services. The handbook can be used independently by procurement practitioners and is available in several languages (English, German, Polish and Dutch).

    InnProBio Handbook on the public procurement of bio-based products and services (Polish version)

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services.

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including factsheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services. 

    A shortened version of the information presented online is presented in the Handbook on the Public Procurement of Bio-Based Products and Services. The handbook can be used independently by procurement practitioners and is available in several languages (English, German, Polish and Dutch).

    InnProBio Handbook on the public procurement of bio-based products and services (English version)

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services.

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including factsheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services. 

    A shortened version of the information presented online is presented in the Handbook on the Public Procurement of Bio-Based Products and Services. The handbook can be used independently by procurement practitioners and is available in several languages (English, German, Polish and Dutch).

    InnProBio series of factsheets about Bioeconomy (Dutch version)

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services. 

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including fact sheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services.

    Among others, a series of fact sheets were published, covering: 

    • #1: What are bio-based products?
    • #2: Sustainability of bio-based products
    • #3: Biodegradability – Exposing some of the myths and facts
    • #4: Bio-based products and services in the circular economy
    • #5: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

    For the European Bioeconomy Library these 5 fact sheets have been integrated into a single document (in English).

    InnProBio series of factsheets about Bioeconomy (English version)

    Posted on by LIFT-Team

    Public procurement plays a vital role in Europe’s economic performance. EU public spending on purchasing supplies, works and services amounts to nearly 19% of the EU’s gross domestic product. This tremendous power from the European public sector can be used as a market pull mechanism to help boost the market of bio-based products and their associated services. 

    By harnessing the potential of public procurement to foster innovation, InnProBio worked with the public sector to develop tools for purchasers, facilitate the creation of buyers groups, and increase awareness and incentives in order to lower the barriers to purchasing innovative bio-based products and services. Thus leading to the opening of new markets of bio-based products in Europe.

    InnProBio outcomes include tools & resources, including fact sheets, state-of-the-art reports, a product database, guidance materials, and recommendations on the public procurement of bio-based products and services.

    Among others, a series of fact sheets were published, covering: 

    • #1: What are bio-based products?
    • #2: Sustainability of bio-based products
    • #3: Biodegradability – Exposing some of the myths and facts
    • #4: Bio-based products and services in the circular economy
    • #5: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC)

    For the European Bioeconomy Library these 5 fact sheets have been integrated into a single document (in English).

    Framework for measuring the size and development of the bioeconomy

    Posted on by LIFT Team

    This deliverable develops a conceptual analysis framework for quantifying and analysing the development of the EU bioeconomy in the BioMonitor project. This includes defining the scope of the bioeconomy to be considered within the BioMonitor project in terms of sectors and products involved, geographical coverage, time period, as well as the focus topics. The EC’s 2018 Bioeconomy Strategy Update recently confirmed that the bioeconomy is high on the political agenda and includes three main action areas, namely 1. Strengthening and scaling-up the bio-based sectors, unlocking investments and markets; 2. Deploying local bioeconomies rapidly across Europe; 3. Understanding the ecological boundaries of the bioeconomy. These action areas constitute an important guidance for how the scope or contents of the monitoring and measuring framework of BioMonitor must look like.

    The ‘bioeconomy’ has several related terms, such as ‘bio-based economy’, ‘green economy’ and ‘circular economy’. There are clear synergies between especially the bioeconomy and circular economy concepts, such as cascading use of biomass. Factors have been determined to understand what the development of the bioeconomy drives. Knowing these driving forces provides important information for monitoring activities. The sectors covering the bioeconomy have been identified as well as a set of indicators that are going to be quantified and monitored. In our framework measuring developments will in particular focus on the bio-based sectors, because the traditional part of the bioeconomy can already be monitored. The selected indicators commit to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy objectives and are conform with findings from previous studies and stakeholder consultations. Additionally, a several new indicators have been suggested. They are related to measuring the impact of changes in supply, demand drivers, resource availability and policies on sustainability goals.

    The EU BioEconomy Contribution to Sustainable Development – Measuring the Impact

    Posted on by LIFT Team

    Developing a bioeconomy can make a significant contribution averting the ongoing climate crisis and to achieve sustainable development. The BioMonitor project develops and tests a monitoring and measuring framework for the EU bioeconomy. This policy brief outlines a framework for measuring the size and development of the bioeconomy. This framework considers drivers, impacts and results that depict the development of the bioeconomy. Moreover, it presents the sectors that cover the bioeconomy and includes the indicators for monitoring and measuring development. The development of new indicators concentrates on a) those describing sectors that are part of the bio-based economy and b) those describing public and private initiatives to advance the sustainable and circular bioeconomy.