Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

Utolsó frissítés: 2024 szeptember 20.

CBE JU is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) that funds projects advancing competitive circular bio-based industries under Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme. CBE JU is the legal and universal successor of BBI JU.
CBE JU is operating under the rules of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme, for the 2021-2031 period. The partnership is building on the success of its predecessor, the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU), while addressing the current challenges facing the industry. What can CBE JU do for Europe?

Shifting from non-renewable fossil raw materials and minerals to circular bio-based production processes is essential to reach the EU’s climate targets as set out in the European Green Deal. Strong, resource-efficient and competitive bio-based industries are important drivers of this change. By producing renewable bio-based products and materials from waste and biomass in an innovative, sustainable and circular way, they can contribute significantly to the climate neutrality target by 2050 while creating green jobs and sustainable economic growth in regions across Europe.

The role of Circular Bio-based Europe is to bring together various actors from bio-based industries, ranging from farmers to scientists, to solve the technological, regulatory and market challenges of the sector. Its public-private funding scheme boosts innovation and market deployment and paves the way for future investments.


Unlocking the future of circular bioeconomy in Europe

CBE JU is building on BBI JU’s success while enlarging its scope and addressing the remaining challenges of Europe’s bio-based industries. The partnership is focusing on:

  •     Supporting research and innovation for sustainable bio-based solutions
  •     De-risking investments in innovative, circular bio-based production plants
  •     Addressing the technological, regulatory & market challenges of the bioeconomy
  •     Placing sustainability at the heart of its operations
  •     Strengthening the collaboration of all bioeconomy actors
  •     Engaging with more stakeholders along the value chains

Public-private collaboration for a greener future of Europe

CBE JU is established under Council regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021 as an institutionalised European partnership between the European Union, represented by the European Commission, and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). CBE JU is the legal and universal successor of BBI JU in respect of all contracts, grant agreements and liabilities.

The CBE JU’s decision-making body is its Governing Board. The role of the CBE JU Programme Office, led by its Executive Director, is to ensure the implementation of the partnership. CBE JU also has two advisory bodies - States’ Representatives Group and Scientific Committee - and Deployment Groups providing advice on specific issues.

Learn more about CBE JU’s governance

There are two open call for project proposals:

The mission of CBE JU is to advance a competitive bioeconomy for a sustainable Europe. To achieve this goal, the public-private partnership is funding projects developing innovative and sustainable bio-based solutions, with a focus on these strategic priorities: feedstock, processing, products, as well as cross-cutting aspects of communication and environmental sustainability. These priorities are set in the CBE JU’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) for the 2022-2030 period.

Resources

Prepare your proposal

CBE JU launches annual calls for project proposals under Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Our open innovation approach welcomes all actors - from farmers to research centres and universities, from small businesses to large industries - to develop a competitive bioeconomy in Europe.

https://www.cbe.europa.eu/open-calls-proposals

Collaborate

The networking platform is where you identify the partners of your potential project proposal. We organise it around the call for proposals to help you build your network of people interested in the same topics.

https://cbe-ju-networking-platform.b2match.io/home

Facts and figures

CBE JU is building on the success of its predecessor, the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU). Since 2014, this €3.7 billion partnership between the European Union and BIC has supported the European bio-based industries. Each euro of public money generated €2.8 of private investment.

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Call for proposals 2023-2

  •     Call identifier: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-2
  •     Call launch: 6 July 2023
  •     Call deadline: 4 October 2023, 17:00 CET
  •     Call budget: €1 million

CBE JU calls follow the rules and procedures of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme. Find more information about Horizon Europe’s funding opportunities.

Call topic

Coordination and support actions (CSA)

  •     HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023-2-S-01 CBE JU supporting activities for the New European Bauhaus Academy, a network for re-skilling and upskilling towards a sustainable construction ecosystem

Check the Annual Work Programme 2023 for the complete topic text, conditions and requirements, and the FAQ for the frequently asked questions.

The topics for submission will be published on the EU’s Funding & tender opportunities portal.

The Horizon Online Manual provides more information about the different application steps. Please also check the How to apply section on the CBE JU website.

Timeline

These are the main steps to select the projects funded by this call for proposals:

Source: https://www.cbe.europa.eu