This Report presents a Summary of the content of the Workshop on Bioenergy & Bioeconomy, Status & perspectives which took place at Hagoshrim, Israel (16-17 December 2015). The JRC Institute for Energy and Transport (Renewable Energies & Energy Efficiency Unit) and MIGAL Galilee Research Institute (Biotechnology and Regional Development Department) organised this Workshop in order to address international cooperation in the field of bioenergy and bioeconomy. The Workshop focussed on green biotechnology and bioeconomy in Israel, as well as on the status of bioenergy and bioeconomy in Europe. Two days of technical exchange & discussions were followed by a day of site visits which included an overview of the partial restoration of the drained wetlands of the Hula Valley, visits to AMIAD filtration systems factory, to Dalton winery's wastewater treatment plant and Israel's major wastewater treatment plant (MEKOROT-SHAFDAN) near Tel Aviv. The Proceedings (Digital presentations) of this meeting are available on: http://www.cereha.eu/JRC_Workshop_on_Bioenergy_and_Bioeconomy This event was part of the 2015 activities of the JRC Enlargement/Integration/Neighbourhood Countries Programme through which the JRC develops scientific and technical cooperation with non EU countries. In addition to Israel and the European Commission participants (about 30 in total) came from research institutions or companies from Albania (Tirana University), the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje University), Italy (ENEA), the Netherlands (Twente University), Portugal (Lisbon & Aveiro Universities), Serbia (Novi Sad University) and Turkey (Ege University). This Workshop benefited from the support & participation of the EU Delegation in Tel Aviv and of Israel-Europe Research & Development Directorate (ISERD). This Workshop included Sessions on Water, Bioenergy, Bioeconomy and two Round Tables on project identification in the field of Water & Bioeconomy.

DALLEMAND Jean-Francois;  SCARLAT Nicolae; 

2016-07-28

Publications Office of the European Union

JRC101418

978-92-79-59820-3 (print),    978-92-79-59819-7,   

1018-5593 (print),    1831-9424 (online),   

EUR 27999 EN,    OP LD-NA-27999-EN-C (print),    OP LD-NA-27999-EN-N (online),   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC101418,   

10.2790/01819 (print),    10.2790/705569 (online),