Co-designing and fine-tuning of solutions for the acceleration of blue biotechnology transfer

The Blue Biothechnology (BBt) is a sector with a vast potential in areas such as marine bioremediation, sustainable aquaculture, bio-based industries, and carbon sequestration. This methodology outlines the 2B-BLUE project's integrated framework and toolkit to accelerate the transfer of BBt solutions, including pilot actions, KPI-based assessments, co-design methodologies, strategic policy and financial roadmaps across the Mediterranean Blue Economy. The methodology include a dynamic database: the MedBBHub available at https://medbbhub.cnr.it/. This database includes a map of BBt best practices and stakeholders in the sector, and aims to foster collaboration, scalability, and application of BBt solutions.
Open
Project: 2B-BLUE
Mission Strengthening an innovative sustainable economy
Programme keywords: Aquaculture, Marine resources
KEEP keywords: Agriculture fisheries forestry, Climate change
Partners: The Institute for Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology of the National Research Council (IRBIM-CNR) and the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR)
Despite the high potential of Blue Biotechnology solutions in the Mediterranean sector in areas like marine remediation, sustainable aquaculture, and bio-based industries, their integration into the blue economy remains limited due to technological, financial, and regulatory barriers and weak knowledge transfer from research to industry. The output aims to give some input on how to overcome the several barriers identified for the development of BBts (scientific, technological, regulatory, economic, and sustainability) and to define the framework implemented through the project to go beyond these barriers. nn
The framework adopted by the 2B-BLUE project is transferable to any other sector facing some adoption and transfer difficulties. The creation of Demonstration Sites located in the different countries of the area, the realisation of Collaboration Research Agreements and Joint Research Units, and the implementation of Transformative Labs for identified Pilot Actions monitored by KPIs are strong methodologies that could be transferred and adaptable to all technological sectors that meet some difficulties in their maturity and scalability development.
Creating a framework, including actors and solutions, is necessary to boost the BBt sector in the MED area. The output's added value is presenting some solutions to enable the BBt sector to foster collaboration and scalability in a defined zone.
Sdg14, Sdg3, Sdg17, Sdg13, Sdg12, Sdg9, Sdg6
UfMGreenerMedAgenda, EuIndustrialStrategy, EuInnovationAgenda, BlueEconomy, EuBiodiversityStrategy, BarcelonaConvention, EuCircularEconomy, MarineStrategy