Overview on the Bioeconomy Strategies and the Main Challenges for Central and Eastern European Countries

Abstract

The bioeconomy concept is one of the newest trends in economy, in the world. Based on the principles of the bioeconomy, the policies and strategies elaborated by countries must follow the goals established by this concept. For European countries, whether European Union (EU) states or non-EU countries, the bioeconomy will play an important role in their national economy, by policies and strategies promoted.
The goals of this paper are to present the bioeconomy concept, the EU bioeconomy strategic agenda, the state of the national bioeconomy strategies creation and implementation at EU level, and the main challenges for Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. For this analysis, we use official documents elaborated at EU level by EU institutions, also national documents from a few selected countries for exemplification.
The research, which is based on text analysis, comparisons and judgements, offers a broad view on the bioeconomy strategy at EU and CEE level. For better image, we highlight the main characteristics and challenges of the countries.