On January 11, the follow-up meeting of the BioYouth project was held at the University of Groningen. The objectives of the meeting were, mainly, to present the final version of the project website, to design the dissemination plan for the results obtained in the project, and to plan the Multiplier Event that will take place in the city of Ankara (Turkey) next February 22.
CRiEDO participates in this project by contributing expertise linked to the field of education and training in the bio-industrial sector through participation in previous projects such as UrBIOfuture and BioBEC. At BioYouth, the activity has focused on analyzing the needs of Turkey’s youth centers in terms of promoting vocations in this area of the economy, as well as identifying the expectations that professionals have about it who manage these centers.
The project “BioYouth – Enhanced Capacity of the Youth on Biobased Economy (2021-1-TR01-KA22-YOU-00029205)”, is financed within the framework of the Erasmus+ program and is coordinated by the International Agricultural Training Center linked to the Ministry of Agriculture from Turkey. This project is based on the current world context where resources are finite, there are global environmental problems and there is a great growth of the population that forces us to look for new forms of production and consumption respecting the ecological limits of our planet. The need to achieve sustainability ends with a strong demand to modernize our industries and strengthen Europe’s position in a highly competitive global economy. To meet these challenges, countries need to improve and innovate approaches in the industry and service sectors by replacing synthetic material derived from fossil fuels with bio-based material.
BioYouth focuses mainly on the context of Turkey, and its main objectives are (1) designing occupational profiles in the field of Bioeconomy, (2) raising awareness among young people about possible professional itineraries, current networks and innovation in the sector and (3) develop training content and some useful tools for workers.
