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An important body for dialogue based on the Bioeconomy is the Bavarian Bioeconomy Expert Council (SVB). It was first convened in 2015, at that time under the auspices of the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry. Since the beginning of 2019, the SVB has been advising the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy on all issues surrounding the expansion of the bioeconomy. The aim of the work of the Council of Experts is to "promote a societal dialogue on bioeconomy and develop the recommendations for shaping the framework conditions for the successful implementation of a bio-based economy" [1].
It is evident from the composition of the SVB that the Bavarian state government sees bioeconomy as a task for society as a whole: Council members bring expertise from areas such as biodiversity, nutrition, healthy and safe food, biogenic energy sources, biotechnology, industrial use of renewable resources, sustainable forestry and agricultural products, and environmental and social ethics [2]. The office of the Council of Experts is located at C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V. at the Competence Center for Renewable Resources in Straubing, Germany.
Bioeconomy as an interdisciplinary and interministerial challenge
The The bioeconomy topic includes fields such as sustainability, environmental and climate protection, renewable energy, life sciences, nutrition, and forestry and agriculture. Accordingly, it also calls for cooperation between players from different companies, research and development, society, administration and politics. Consequently, numerous state ministries are involved in the bioeconomy initiatives of the Free State. Today, the driving force behind the Bavarian bioeconomy strategy is the State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.
Development of a separate strategy paper: Zukunft.Bioökonomie.Bayern
In March 2020, Bavaria's Ministry of Economic Affairs initiated the development of a bioeconomy strategy for the Free State. With the help of a participatory process, more than 300 representatives from business, science and society contributed ideas and suggestions. The Bavarian bioeconomy strategy was then developed by Bayern Innovativ GmbH in close coordination with the Bavarian Bioeconomy Expert Council and the Interministerial Working Group on Renewable Resources and Bioeconomy, as well as the Bavarian clusters chemistry, nutrition, forestry and wood, industrial biotechnology, New Materials and Environment. On November 23, 2020, Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger presented the Bavarian Bioeconomy Strategy Future.Bioeconomy.Bavaria to the public.
The eight main goals of the Bavarian Bioeconomy Strategy
The Bavarian Bioeconomy Strategy pursues eight main goals [3] on the "way to a sustainable and ecologically responsible as well as socially just and thus sustainable way of life and economy" [4]. From the main objectives, 50 concrete measures are subsequently derived, which also take into account regional location factors in Bavaria and support all relevant actors for a bioeconomic transformation - society, administration and politics, agriculture and forestry, companies as well as science and research [5].
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