Part-financed by The European Union
European Regional Development Fund and European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
The main rationale of the work package is to support the development and/or optimization of policy frameworks in the BSR countries with the purpose to effectively integrate sustainability criteria and provisions in national, regional and municipal policies, support schemes and planning processes, and to promote capacity building for policy makers and planners on sustainable bio-energy strategy and action plan development.
The work package is structured into four tasks coordinated by different task leaders:
Task 3.1: Development of sustainability criteria for biomass production and use (Swedish Board for Agriculture)
Task 3.2: Certification systems for sustainable biomass production and use (Agency for Renewable Resources FNR, Germany)
Task 3.3 Policy assessment and strategy development (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety)
Task 3.4 Sub-regional policy strategies (University of Rostock)
Key deliverables include guidance on sustainability criteria, exemplary lifecycle analysis, comparative analysis of certification systems with policy recommendations, EU and country policy assessments, policy guidelines for strategy and action plan development, capacity development workshops for policy makers, sub-regional policy showcases and policy guidance, methodology for assessing wood use.