The Cluster

The Cluster Lucano di Bioeconomia It was created on the initiative of various public and private entities under the direction of the Basilicata Region, which adopted the Regional Strategy for the Smart Specialization of Research and Innovation 2014-2020, identifying five thematic areas of potential development based on the structuring of specific clusters.
Among these areas is the bioeconomy cluster, which includes the issues of water resource management, genomics for sustainable, precision, and integrated agriculture, nutrition and health, green chemistry, and non-technological innovation in the agri-food sector.

La strategia Europa 2020 identifica la bioeconomia come un settore chiave per lo sviluppo dell’Europa intelligente e sostenibile. I progressi nella ricerca e innovazione consentiranno la gestione sostenibile delle risorse biologiche rinnovabili e l’apertura di nuovi mercati per i prodotti alimentari e per una nuova industria basata sulle risorse biologiche.

La bioeconomia rompe il tradizionale muro presente tra agricoltura e industria, definendo un nuovo rapporto tra questi due mondi basato sull’innovazione e sull’uso sostenibile delle risorse naturali per le nuove attività industriali.

La bioeconomia poggia essenzialmente su due pilastri:

  1. A competitive agro-forestry system, of fundamental importance, which produces raw materials in the form of biomass for food or industrial uses;
  2. Industrial technologies, able to fully utilize biomass to obtain various products that can be arranged along the segments of the value pyramid, such as, from top to bottom, drugs, nutraceuticals, cosmetics, biopolymers, bioenergy.

 

I soggetti aderenti al Cluster, costituito come Associazione senza scopo di lucro, sono realtà che a diverso titolo operano nel campo della bioeconomia.

The members include the University of Basilicata, theALSIA (Agenzia Lucana di Sviluppo e di Innovazione in Agricoltura), il CNR, il CREA, and companies, especially SMEs, belonging to the main trade organisations operating in the production sector, collection and the industrial transformation of biomass.

How to join

To formalize your desire to join the recognized Association Lucanian Bioeconomy Cluster ETS, please fill out the online form in full.

The membership application will be submitted to the Members' Assembly for approval at the first available meeting, upon incorporation. Legal entities and various permitted business forms that carry out activities directly related to the bioeconomy sector may join the association.

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