BioReCer Deliverable D4.1 Report on the whole development of the BRSP

The BioReCer project aims to ensure the environmental performance and traceability of biological feedstock used by bio-based industries. This important and ambitious goal will be reached thanks to the adoption of an innovative approach based on three main technological pillars: 1) the multidimensional assessment framework for an aggregated analysis on both the biological feedstocks and their associated supply chains; 2) the BioReCer Innovation ecosystem living-lab with a multi-agent approach; and 3) the integration of all this knowledge to complement current certification schemes including new criteria. The second pillar emphasises stakeholders’ involvement and engagement throughout the whole project's duration. This report outlines the efforts made to design, create, and dynamise the BioRsources Stakeholder Platform (BRSP). The BRSP, as part of the Bioresources Innovation Ecosystem living-lab (BRIE-LL), is one of the cornerstones of the BioReCer project since it aims at involving numerous stakeholders with different roles and focusing on the development of optimised models for assessing environmental sustainability and traceability of biological resources. In the first 12 months of the project, the relevant stakeholders for the project have been identified and many activities have been performed aiming at involving and engaging stakeholders from different countries across Europe. The aim of the BRSP is to create a community of stakeholders that interacts with the BioReCer consortium in order to achieve the main objectives and maximise outreach and the impact of the project results. The stakeholders' involvement and, hence, the setting of the BRSP are relevant for the achievement of different specific objectives of the project. One of these objectives refers to the validation of the developed impact assessment framework in the 4 case studies representing the main incipient bio-based supply chains in Europe (Specific Objective -SO 4). This objective is strictly related to the development of a multidimensional impact assessment and traceability framework to evaluate biological resource supply chains in Europe (SO 2). In the current report all the activities we carried out to involve the stakeholders in the key regions related to the Case Studies (CSs) will be described. The activities related to the validation and the alignment of the identified criteria for multidimensional impact assessment and traceability framework are not within the scope of the present work.