Kick-off meeting of the BioYouth project

The first meeting of the project partners will serve to strengthen the social sphere of the members that will participate, as well as to establish the general lines of work, adjust the calendar and agree on the main aspects related to its daily management. Representatives of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​the University of Groningen (Netherlands), Bogazizi University (Turkey), DG for Youth Services (Turkey), International Agricultural Training Center - UTEM (Turkey) will participate.

The project "BioYouth - Enhanced Capacity of the Youth on Biobased Economy (2021-1-TR01-KA22-YOU-00029205)", is financed within the framework of the Erasmus+ program and is coordinated by the International Agricultural Training Center linked to the Ministry of Agriculture from Turkey. This project is based on the current world context where resources are finite, there are global environmental problems and there is a great growth of the population that forces us to look for new forms of production and consumption respecting the ecological limits of our planet. The need to achieve sustainability ends with a strong demand to modernize our industries and strengthen Europe's position in a highly competitive global economy. To meet these challenges, countries need to improve and innovate approaches in the industry and service sectors by replacing synthetic material derived from fossil fuels with bio-based material.

BioYouth focuses mainly on the context of Turkey, and its main objectives are 1) designing occupational profiles in the field of Bioeconomy, 2) raising awareness among young people about possible professional itineraries, current networks and innovation in the sector and 3) develop training content and some useful tools for workers.

More information about the project here.