Identification & Background

Name of the project: Bioeconomy at the service of the sustainability of inland territories

Project description: The BioLivingLABS project aims to contribute to the economic valorization of the R&D results obtained by five ENESII in the North, Center and Alentejo through the implementation of actions to strengthen the incorporation of PPS in the businesses of each region, from the creation of an experimental demonstration network (Living Labs) in the Mirandela, Douro, Covilhã, and Elvas innovation hubs, to carrying out demonstration and dissemination actions and workshops for relevant PPS, the creation of an interior innovation catalog, and actions to incentivize the economic valorization of the knowledge through training actions on intellectual property protection. 
 
Project code: 17807 
 
Approval date: 25/06/2025 
Start date: 01/10/2025 
Completion date: 30/09/2028 
 
Total eligible investment | 742.456.52 € 
 
Copromotors:
Instituto Politécnico de Castelo-Branco;
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança;
AquaValor, Centro de Valorização e Transferência de Tecnologia da Água;
InnovPlantProtect – Associação | Laboratório Colaborativo – CoLAB;
MORE CoLAB – Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação – Associação 

  • 1) Strengthen the Bioeconomy ecosystem by fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development in the target regions; 

  • 2) Leverage R&D results in the field of Bioeconomy which, within a logic of territorial sustainability, aim to demonstrate, disseminate, and enhance knowledge and technologies that lead to increased competitiveness;
  • 3) Carry out a set of dissemination and demonstration actions aimed at bringing new knowledge and technologies closer to the productive fabric of the target regions.
  • 1) Experimental demonstration network of new knowledge and technologies generated within the scope of R&D activities;
  • 2) Knowledge, Training, Collaboration – Demonstration and dissemination actions;
  • 3) Technological surveillance and Roadmapping;
  • 4) Economic valorization of the knowledge generated;
  • 5) Project Dissemination and Communication;
  • 6) Project Coordination and Management
  • Strengthening the transfer of scientific and technological knowledge to the business fabric in inland Portugal, promoting the economic development, sustainability, and competitiveness of these territories, positioning the project as a differentiator, capable of inducing multiplier effects, accelerating the dual green and digital transition, and consolidating a more innovative and sustainable entrepreneurial community.