European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy.
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy.
N Biotechnol. 2020 Nov 25;59:10-19. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2020.06.001. Epub 2020 Jul 2.
The EU Bioeconomy Strategy, updated in 2018, in its Action Plan pledges an EU-wide, internationally coherent monitoring system to track economic, environmental and social progress towards a sustainable bioeconomy. This paper presents the approach taken by the European Commission's (EC) Joint Research Centre (JRC) to develop such a system. To accomplish this, we capitalise on (1) the experiences of existing indicator frameworks; (2) stakeholder knowledge and expectations; and (3) national experiences and expertise. This approach is taken to ensure coherence with other bioeconomy-related European monitoring frameworks, the usefulness for decision-making and consistency with national and international initiatives to monitor the bioeconomy. We develop a conceptual framework, based on the definition of a sustainable bioeconomy as stated in the Strategy, for a holistic analysis of the trends in the bioeconomy sectors, following the three pillars of sustainability (economy, society and environment). From this conceptual framework, we derive an implementation framework that aims to highlight the synergies and trade-offs across the five objectives of the Bioeconomy Strategy in a coherent way. The EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System will be publicly available on the web platform of the EC Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy.
欧盟生物经济战略在 2018 年进行了更新，在其行动计划中承诺建立一个全欧盟范围内、具有国际一致性的监测系统，以跟踪向可持续生物经济转型的经济、环境和社会进展。本文介绍了欧盟委员会联合研究中心（JRC）为开发此类系统所采用的方法。为此，我们利用（1）现有指标框架的经验；（2）利益相关者的知识和期望；以及（3）国家经验和专业知识。这种方法是为了确保与其他与生物经济相关的欧洲监测框架保持一致，为决策提供有用性，并与监测生物经济的国家和国际倡议保持一致。我们根据战略中对可持续生物经济的定义，制定了一个概念框架，用于对生物经济部门的趋势进行全面分析，遵循可持续性的三个支柱（经济、社会和环境）。从这个概念框架中，我们得出了一个实施框架，旨在以连贯的方式突出生物经济战略的五个目标之间的协同作用和权衡。欧盟生物经济监测系统将在欧盟委员会生物经济知识中心的网络平台上公开提供。
