ROBOCOOP

LEADING COMPANY:

CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE DI ALTI STUDI AGRONOMICI MEDITERRANEI

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS:

UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA – BIO BASE EUROPE PILOT PLANT VZW – VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V – SIEC BADAWCZA LUKASIEWICZ INSTYTUT NOWYCH SYNTEZ CHEMICZNYCH – FUNDACION CENTRO DE EXCELENCIA EN INVESTIGACION DE MEDICAMENTOS INNOVADORES EN ANDALUCIA – ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION – NATAC BIOTECH SL – ARION ILAC SANAYI TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI – ROELMI HPC SRL – LA ENOLOGICA EXTREMENA SA – INTERNET OF FOOD ALLIANCE SUPPORT OFFICE IKE – FUNDACION FUNDECYT – PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE EXTREMADURA – SAT SATIBA – TROIL VEGAS ALTAS SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA DE ULTERIOR GRADO – AGRUPACION DE COOPERATIVAS VALLE DEL JERTE SOCIEDAD COOPERATIVA LIMITADA – CLUSTER VIOOIKONOMIAS KAI PERIVALLONTOS DYTIKIS MAKEDONIAS – AGROTIKOS SYNETAIRISMOS VELVENTOU H DIMITRA – KOKKALIARIS IOANNIS – INEUVO LTD – ASOCIACIÓN DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE MATERIALES PLÁSTICOS Y CONEXAS

FINANCIAL SUSTAIN:

This project has received funding by the​ European Union under the Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking ​under Grant Agreement N.101112407

“Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CBE JU. Neither the European Union nor the CBE JU can be held responsible for them.”

THE PROJECT

The bioeconomy roll-out on a large scale needs the establishment of new models and interactions between the primary sector and other stakeholders toward co-participated bioindustries. In this sense, ROBOCOOP-EU proposes a breakthrough cultural change in the agrosector, by deploying effective regional and circular bio-based Business Models for the valorisation of waste streams from 3 agricultural sectors: grape, olive and stone fruit. This will expand real scenarios of commercial opportunities to diversify the economy of small and medium scale farmers and cooperatives, enabling a more versatile biorefinery with a portfolio of biobased products. This model will allow the integration of secondary streams in a holistic closed loop, thus improving the ecological footprint and revenues with social impact.

ROBOCOOP-EU will:

  • involve 8 actors of the primary sector in the establishment of biobased value chains;
  • avoid 25-30% of GHG emissions by means of supply chain and logistic optimisation; design 1 zero-waste multi-feedstock biorefinery at industrial scale (based on existing processes for biocompounds extraction and 2nd streams valorisation);
  • validate 17 new products (3 food formulations, 3 feed additives, 5 cosmetics and nutraceutics, 1 plasticiser and 5 biofertilisers).

In order to achieve a successful implementation of the business models in its 3 regional hubs (Extremadura, Apulia and Western Macedonia), ROBOCOOP-EU will integrate multidisciplinary knowledge by developing co-creative spaces called “Living Labs”, where partners and stakeholders will discuss and validate the most consensual pathway towards sustainable and profitable co-participated biorefinery and seek for public and private fund scheme workable scenario. ROBOCOOP-EU consortium is composed by 22 multisectorial partners, specifically designed to cover the entire biobased value chain in non-competitive and complementary position, which in turn will ensure an effective dissemination and exploitation of results.

THE PROJECT

The bioeconomy roll-out on a large scale needs the establishment of new models and interactions between the primary sector and other stakeholders toward co-participated bioindustries. In this sense, ROBOCOOP-EU proposes a breakthrough cultural change in the agrosector, by deploying effective regional and circular bio-based Business Models for the valorisation of waste streams from 3 agricultural sectors: grape, olive and stone fruit. This will expand real scenarios of commercial opportunities to diversify the economy of small and medium scale farmers and cooperatives, enabling a more versatile biorefinery with a portfolio of biobased products. This model will allow the integration of secondary streams in a holistic closed loop, thus improving the ecological footprint and revenues with social impact.

ROBOCOOP-EU will:

  • involve 8 actors of the primary sector in the establishment of biobased value chains;
  • avoid 25-30% of GHG emissions by means of supply chain and logistic optimisation; design 1 zero-waste multi-feedstock biorefinery at industrial scale (based on existing processes for biocompounds extraction and 2nd streams valorisation);
  • validate 17 new products (3 food formulations, 3 feed additives, 5 cosmetics and nutraceutics, 1 plasticiser and 5 biofertilisers).

In order to achieve a successful implementation of the business models in its 3 regional hubs (Extremadura, Apulia and Western Macedonia), ROBOCOOP-EU will integrate multidisciplinary knowledge by developing co-creative spaces called “Living Labs”, where partners and stakeholders will discuss and validate the most consensual pathway towards sustainable and profitable co-participated biorefinery and seek for public and private fund scheme workable scenario. ROBOCOOP-EU consortium is composed by 22 multisectorial partners, specifically designed to cover the entire biobased value chain in non-competitive and complementary position, which in turn will ensure an effective dissemination and exploitation of results.

“Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CBE JU. Neither the European Union nor the CBE JU can be held responsible for them.”