Report on the synergies and exchange of experience established with other initiatives

An important component of the BIOWAYS project is to identify and liaise with existing networks working towards encouraging the update of bio-based industries in Europe. Consequently, Task 3.2 involves contributing partners drawing on their own insights in combination with desk-based research to identify the various networks that currently exist in Europe. Examples of initiatives include: BioLinX; ProBIO; CommBeBiz; BioSTEP; BioHorizon; PLATFORM2; InnProBio. Subsequently, partners will develop a plan for how to leverage these networks and will work towards establishing relations with those networks, building synergies with the BIOWAYS project and contributing to network building and take-up of bio-based industries in Europe.