Determination of Economic Indicators for Monitoring the Progress of the Bioeconomy
Project period: April 2016 - March 2019
Research Areas:
Tasks
This study aims to contribute to the development of the scientific basis for a long-term monitoring of the bioeconomy. Thanks to continuous monitoring, a knowledge base for political action and a public debate about the bioeconomy will be created. To achieve the objectives of the National Policy Strategy Bioeconomy, indicators will be developed based on scientific criteria. Methods of data collection will be established that make all dimensions of the bioeconomy measurable. The progress in the transformation process towards a bioeconomy, as well as potential barriers or trade-offs will be visualized to enable decision-makers to draw any necessary conclusions.
Methods
During the three-year project span the following ten work packages are to be processed:
| WP 1: | Requirements for statistical data and indicators and inventory |
| WP 2: | Biomass flows and utilization of by-products |
| WP 3: | Methodological development of a bio-based indicator system under economic aspects with strong links to the NACE classification |
| WP 3a) | Methodological literature review |
| WP 3b) | Assessment of bioeconomic activities below the NACE classifications |
| WP 3c) | Development of indicators |
| WP 4: | Quantification of cascade and coupling usages |
| WP 5: | Innovations, patents, education |
| WP 6: | Combination of economic indicators and ecological accounting |
| WP 7: | Pilot project for the chemical and plastics industries |
| WP 8: | Drivers and restraints in the transition to the bioeconomy |
| WP 9: | Further development of the NACE classification |
| WP 10: | Project Management and Workshop |
The ten work packages will be elaborated in co-operation with four project partners. Work package 3 constitutes the core of the investigation and is therefore divided into additional three sub-tasks.
Data and other sources
Federal Statistical Office, Bioeconomy Information System Observatory of the European Commission, national and international patent statistics.
Publication
Determination of Economic Indicators and Indicators for Monitoring the Progress of the Bio-Economy
ifo Institute, Munich, 2019
ifo Forschungsberichte / 104