BBioNets is a thematic network that relies on, promotes and further advances the work carried out by EIP-AGRI Operational Groups (OGs) with respect to the management and/or processing of agricultural and forest biomass with Bio-Based Technologies (BBTs). Its objective is to incite primary producers all over Europe to embrace and adopt BBTs that will enable them to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make better use of underutilised biomass, create new diversified incomes, reduce costs through circular practices, increase farm/forest sustainable management, and create/develop new value chains.

The BRILIAN project has been conceived to support the adoption of sustainable and cooperative business models in rural areas, to incorporate agricultural by-products valorisation, seeking to increase and diversify primary producers’ income. These business models will contribute to enhance rural development, biodiversity preservation and climate-neutrality, easing a smoother transition towards bio-based economies. It plays a fundamental role in revitalizing these regions and promoting sustainable economic and social development by transforming primary producers into active players in the supply chain, aligned with the goals outlined in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the Green Deal, and the European Bioeconomy Strategy.

BRILIAN will set-up 3 cooperative pilots working with 10 value chains for the validation of a group of actions for bio-innovation (ABI), which will enable the proposition of specific cooperative business models. These business models will consider organizational and logistic optimization but also economic, social and environmental aspects, thanks to the Optimization Toolkit.