Regional vision
Development of Bioeconomy Cluster in Central Macedonia with all actors.
Status of implementation of the bioeconomy
The National Strategy of Circular Economy was adopted in December 2018. At Regional level, the Region of Central Macedonia has created an action plan for Circular Economy which is composed of 3 main pillars and is implementing the revised Regional Waste Management Plan. The overall maturity of circular/bioeconomy in the regions is nascent.
Feedstocks
In the Region of Central Macedonia, the main biomass producers are plant and forest residues (firewood, twigs, straw, sawdust, olive kernels, seeds), animal waste (manure, waste), plants grown on energy plantations for energy use, as well as municipal waste residues of the food industry, agricultural industry and the biodegradable fraction of municipal waste. More specific the crops that can produce biomass from their residues are mainly cereals and energy crops because they have plenty of straws and stalks which can produce high levels of biomass. From the crop plans it is observed that the main cultivations of Central Macedonia are cereals (hard and soft wheat), cotton and maize and in some regional units such as Pella and Imathia the main cultivations are fruit trees.
Bioeconomy related challenges
- Limited bioeconomy expertise & capacity
- No real-life implementation of the action plan
What ROBIN brings
- Real life implementation of Support Actions & Plans
- Advisory Board & twinning with the other regions
Contacts
Kallitsa Pantazi– Region of Central Macedonia – [email protected]
Eleni Pappa – Region of Central Macedonia – [email protected]
Alex Skondras – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – [email protected]
Margarita Angelidou – QPLAN – [email protected]
Christos Politis – QPLAN – [email protected]