Nine-year evaluation of strategic innovation programs: BioInnovation

This report concerns the nine-year evaluation of the strategic innovation program BioInnovation. The evaluation shows that BioInnovation is a well-managed strategic innovation program that is timely and contributes to the positive development of an area of importance for both Swedish sustainable growth and global environmental goals. The initiative's strategic innovation program has worked well to shape, position and adapt the area in Sweden.

Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas finance seventeen strategic innovation programs. Through cooperation in areas that are strategically important for Sweden, conditions are created for sustainable solutions to global societal challenges and increased international competitiveness.

In 2023, six strategic innovation programs have undergone their nine-year evaluation. In these evaluations, a particular emphasis has been on examining results and early effects of the programs. The evaluators have also followed up action plans from the six-year evaluation and submitted recommendations for the programs' fourth and final three-year stage.

Equality and independence have been two guiding stars in the evaluation process. Vinnova, the Swedish Energy Agency and Formas have procured Sweco Sverige AB to carry out the nine-year evaluations. The content, conclusions and recommendations of this report are theirs.