Toolkit for a systems analysis framework of the EU bioeconomy : overview of WP2 in the EU FP 7 SAT-BBE project: systems analysis tools framework for the EU Bio-Based Economy Strategy

The objective of the SAT-BBE project is to describe, monitor and model the bioeconomy part of the economic system, by the development of an appropriate conceptual toolkit. In WP1, the concepts of bioeconomy and non-bioeconomy sectors have been defined, the major interactions and feedback effects between the bioeconomy and other parts of the system have been identified and analysed. Also, the likely impacts and trade-offs of the bioeconomy drivers (e.g. economic growth, climate change) have been studied. On its turn, the objective of WP 2 in the SAT-BBE project is to provide an inventory of tools for evaluation and monitoring the EU bioeconomy, according to the data bases required, the indicators available, and the quantitative and qualitative models currently used or under development.