Workshop on the State of Bioeconomy Policies in the EU
On the 6th of October 2020, denkhausbremen / German NGO Working Group on Bioeconomy organised an online workshop that aimed to inform environmental NGOs from Germany and abroad as well as the interested public about recent developments within bioeconomy policies in the EU. The workshop was moderated by Jonas Daldrup from denkhausbremen and gave voice to various EU experts that explored how different strategies and decisions at EU level, such as the European Green Deal and decisions on the EU budget 2021-2027, affect the further development of the bioeconomy. Peter Gerhardt, director at denkhausbremen, welcomed the participants and started off the workshop by pointing to the necessity of addressing fundamental problems in our economy and a warning about simply switching from fossil to organic. The first speaker, Luke Edwards – Climate Change and Land Use Policy Officer at BirdLife Europe – looked into the consequences of EU funds and financial decisions for bioeconomy policies. He explained that next to the European Structural and Investment Funds and the Common Agricultural Policy, especially „Horizon Europe“ will become …










