The overall goal of SCALE-UP is to support regional multi-actor partnerships, consisting of private businesses, governments and policymakers, civil society organisations, and researchers in identifying and scaling-up innovative and sustainable bio-based value chains that build on regional resources. Through its approach, SCALE-UP will adapt, implement and evaluate tools to help regional actors to overcome the apparent bottlenecks towards fully exploiting bioeconomy potentials in their region.
SCALE-UP brings together nine partners and six regions case studies: Andalusia, North Sweden, Mazovia, Upper Austria, Strumica (North Macedonia), and the French Atlantic Arc territory comprising four regions (Normandy, Pays de la Loire, Brittany, New Aquitaine).
In the Atlantic Arc region, AC3A and its four regional member chambers are working on the promotion of fibre plants (straw, hemp, flax, miscanthus) for the bio-based construction industry, in consultation with the sector’s stakeholders.
The project is composed of four main lines of work:
Region-specific information packages
Report on regional biomass availabilities, nutrient balances and ecological boundaries
Factsheets on biomass potential & ecological boundaries in SCALE-UP regions
Training materials for past trainings
SCALE-UP is 100% funded by the Horizon Europe programme.