CT BETA joins a leading working group in circular bioeconomy aimed at the primary sector at a European level

The BETA Technology Centre has recently joined the Primary Producers Working Group of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). This is an European public-private partnership between the European Commission and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), with the aim of promoting a competitive and sustainable circular bioeconomy in Europe. The circular bioeconomy promotes the sustainable use of renewable biological resources to produce food, materials, products and energy, closing resource cycles and minimising environmental impacts.

Created in June 2025, this working group brings together nearly eighty leading European entities from the agricultural, forestry, aquaculture and fisheries sectors. Its aim is to strengthen the role of primary producers in the development of the circular bioeconomy at a European level. In this framework, the CT BETA is part of the agricultural sector group, known as Agrimakers, focused on the challenges and opportunities of the agricultural sector.

BETA’s participation in this European space aligns with its way of working, based on research and innovation closely connected to the needs of the primary sector. Being part of this group allows us to actively contribute to the incorporation of the perspective of primary producers in the design of policies and initiatives in the circular bioeconomy, and to encourage them to take into account the challenges and opportunities of the Catalan primary sector in the European context.

The group is currently working on developing an action plan to address issues such as access for primary producers to innovation processes, the economic viability of business models and overcoming structural barriers.

The participation of the CT BETA is channelled through its director, Sergio Ponsá, and its deputy director, Laia Llenas. This reinforces the presence of the CT BETA in European spaces for defining strategies in the bioeconomy, complementing other milestones such as having joined the Technical Advisory Board of the European Commission’s Environmental Footprint or its membership of numerous international networks and associations.

Participation in this space will help consolidate the positioning of the CT BETA as an active player in the European research and innovation ecosystem, and will open up new opportunities to connect the experience of the territory with the policies and initiatives that will mark the future of the bioeconomy in Europe.