The Autonomous University of Barcelona organizes the meeting and welcomes the members of the project in its facilities. This meeting allows the members of the consortium to meet in person to review the status of the project and progress in its activities, in order to meet its objectives. Some of the most relevant topics that will be the subject of discussion and work will be the evaluation of the current state of the BioYouth project, the evaluation of its results, the content of the bioeconomy training for young workers, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC, for its acronym in English) in bioeconomy for young workers, the new skills and competences of the bio-industries, outstanding examples of bio-industry businesses and the tools for young workers in the bio-industry, 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.