Report from a series of workshops with the Scenario Exploration System foresight tool
In 2022 and 2023, the European Commission’s Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy organised three workshops to explore bioeconomy foresight scenarios developed in 2020. With the help of a scientific game and foresight tool called the Scenario Exploration System, stakeholders in various bioeconomy sectors were involved in a role-playing exercise involving highly interactive discussions. During the workshops, participants were prompted to develop forward-looking and strategic thinking about the bioeconomy. In particular, they were invited to reflect on aspects such as the role of different actors in leveraging the unique features of the bioeconomy and its contribution to the European Green Deal, a bioeconomy that is inclusive of left-behind regions and how to engage citizens in adopting lifestyles that contribute to a sustainable and just green transition.
The analysis of the dynamics and discussions during the workshops revealed that the assembled bioeconomy stakeholders consider collaboration among bioeconomy actors as instrumental for success, taking into account the importance of different perspectives and of shared but clear responsibilities. Moreover, some actions proved to be more effective than others in promoting regional and rural development. The exemplary actions were found to be collaboration, funding, knowledge sharing and communication, actions with a regional and rural focus and inclusive actions to reach left-behind societal groups. Regarding sustainable lifestyles, it was observed that consumers need to be included in the decision-making process, as they can influence the demand for sustainable and low-carbon products. The findings from the workshops have been used as a basis to formulate policy implications that could contribute to the policy debate on the bioeconomy.
BORZACCHIELLO Maria Teresa;
MAGNOLFI Valeria;
SANCHEZ LOPEZ Javier;
BARBERO VIGNOLA Giulia;
AVRAAMIDES Marios;
NÍ CHONCUBHAIR Órlaith;
MAYORGA DUARTE Lina;
SINKKO Taija;
CAMIA Andrea;
TUROCZY Zsuzsa;
2024-01-12
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC135536
978-92-68-09968-1 (online),
978-92-68-09967-4 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 31763 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-763-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-NA-31-763-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC135536,
10.2760/392251 (online),
10.2760/874111 (print),
