BRILIAN – Circular future for rural areas
BRILIAN has been conceived to support the adoption of sustainable, cooperative business models in rural areas and enable a better transition to bio-based economies, playing a pivotal role in revitalizing these regions and fostering sustainable economic and social development, making primary producers active actors of the supply chain. BRILIAN will implement a multi-actor approach for the validation of a group of Actions for the Bio Innovation, seeking to: 1. Forge robust rural bio-communities. 2. Increase circularity and sustainability 3. Promote the integration of short supply chains 4. Produce value-added bioproducts These Actions for the Bio Innovation will validate ten bio-based value chains starting from cardoon, safflower, and sunflower (in Italy), potato (in Spain), and rapeseed (in Denmark) as raw materials and will develop sustainable and circular business models encompassing a wide range of high-value-added bio-products, such as bioplastics, biolubricants, proteins, bioadhesives, bioherbicides, products for animal feed or the cosmetic sector. This will allow primary producers to diversify their income while reducing risk. The project is supported by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and its members under grant agreement NΒΊ 101112436 (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2022 ).