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The BRANCHES PROJECT

The EU-funded BRANCHES project works to increase the flow of information, new ideas and technologies among European agriculture and forestry professionals, especially in rural areas.

Bringing together 12 partners and over 30 organizations, including companies, associations, government ministries, councils and federations, the BRANCHES project will synthesize, share and present existing best practices and research results from previous and ongoing European and national projects to promote the bioeconomy and rural development through new bio-based initiatives. The project will also showcase success stories regarding forest and agricultural biomass supply chains.

Branches aims to

Promote bioeconomy and rural development through sustainable biomass chains
Increase implementation of cost-efficient new technologies
Improve the connection between industry and science of bio-based economy
Disseminate technologies and best-practice in bioenergy and bioeconomy in rural areas

Branches project will

Organize and manage 5 National Thematic Networks to guide European practitioners towards sustainable activities
Select and share at least 50 Best Practice useful to the bio-economy

Branches will gather

Demands and needs of practitioners through 28 dedicated workshops
Disseminate knowledge through 5 national seminars, 10 show case days, 10 videos
Inform thousands of stakeholders using the newsletter, social media and the project website.

First italian National Thematic Network (NTN) meeting - "The bioeconomy for the sustainable development of the rural world"

The first NTN meeting has been the first workshop of BRANCHES in Italy organized by WP5, and it was held on Friday 22 October from 15.00 to 16.30 in Bologna, as part of the happenings of the EIMA international fair 2021.

The BRANCHES Project Meeting OnLine report

The first meeting of the BRANCHES project was held on 02nd & 03rd of February as an online meeting. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Johanna Routa of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) as the coordinator of the BRANCHES project.