On September 21st and 22nd, the second international meeting of the BioYouth project was held at the Autonomous University of Barcelona
The Autonomous University of Barcelona organized the meeting and hosted all project members in their facilities. The face-to-face meeting allowed to gather all members of the consortium to revise the current status of the project and to make progress in its activities, so as to successfully achieve the project objectives. Some of the most relevant topics that were subject to discussion and the focus of the work were the following: evaluation of the current state of the BioYouth project, the evaluation of its results, the content of the bio-based training for young workers, the new skills and competences of bioindustries, featured business cases in bio-based industries and youth worker’s toolbox of bio-based economy, among others.
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.
More information on the BioYouth project here.
