From Engagement to Policy: CEE2ACT’s Role in Shaping the Future of Bioeconomy

How can we build momentum and ignite action for a sustainable, circular bioeconomy through inclusive and solution-oriented stakeholder engagement formats? The CEE2ACT project has been running bioeconomy hubs in ten Central and Eastern European countries, which serve as collaborative platforms where policymakers, businesses, researchers, and civil society come together to shape bioeconomy strategies. Recent milestones, including an impact evaluation and contributions to the European Green Week 2025, highlight how engagement is driving action.

As the CEE2ACT project moves toward its conclusion in December 2025, successful stakeholder engagement is one of its achievements. Since its launch in 2022, the project has supported the establishment of National Bioeconomy Hubs (NBHs) across Central and Eastern Europe, facilitating collaboration between relevant actors and offering them a space to meet, share perspectives, and shape their countries’ bioeconomy strategies.

As a result of the bioeconomy hubs, Memorandas of Understanding (MoU) have been finalised or already signed in all participating countries, formalising collaboration among stakeholders. At the same time, all ten hubs are developing national bioeconomy roadmaps, a set of action plans that will guide the transition to a more sustainable and circular economy.

In August 2025 the impact evaluation of stakeholder engagement activities was submitted, a process led by the CSCP. As impact evaluators, we saw firsthand how the hubs helped actors collaborate in shaping the national bioeconomy strategies.

For more details about the CEE2ACT project and its work please visit the project website.

The CEE2ACT project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research programme and will run for three years (2022-2025), led by a consortium of 17 European partners.

For further questions, please contact Kartika Anggraeni.