Circular and biobased economy - From theory to practice

With this offer, Vinnova wants to strengthen the conditions for realizing a circular and bio-based economy.

We turn to stakeholder constellations that want to investigate policy and behavioral issues that facilitate the transition to a circular and / or biobased economy, in a national as well as an international context. These may be wide-ranging factors that need to be elucidated and evaluated, such as business models, laws, policies, regulations, certifications, standards, work organization and processes, incentive structures, consumer behavior or instruments.

Project funded are expected to highlight factors that hinder or otherwise promote transition, and show concrete examples of how project results should be pursued to contribute to one or more of the call's impact goals:

• Standards, instruments and laws that promote a circular and / or biobased economy.
• Promote sustainable procurement as a tool for conversion to circular and / or bio-based economics.
• Obstacles to expansion of circular and / or bio-based solutions have been eliminated.
• Business models and more companies based on circular and / or bio-based economics.
• Increased knowledge of circular and / or bio-based economics between Business-to-business (B2B), Business-to-Consumer (B2C), Consumer-to-Business (C2B) and Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C).
• Sweden is a leader in the development of codes of conduct that promote circular and / or bio-based economics.
• Sweden is a pioneering country in the transition to a circular and biobased economy in an international context.

The offer directed to constellations of at least 3 parties (legal entities) who have the ability and interest to collaborate in a circular and / or biobased economy.

The actors who are most affected by the project's results, ie the needs owners, are expected to be involved in the project.

Activities that are carried out should investigate obstacles and opportunities and show how the transition to a circular and / or biobased economy should be driven after the end of the project.

The development of technical solutions, such as locally-oriented initiatives or those relating to an individual company, is an important puzzle piece but is not the focus of this offer.

A transition from a linear and fossil-based society to a circular and bio-based economy is expected to contribute to thesustainability goals of Agenda 2030.