Creating resilient rural communities in BSR based on the opportunities of digital bio businesses
eRural resilience

The joint webinar of the project consortium brought together more than 50 international participants!

24 September 2024
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Last Friday, 20.09, the webinar “Insights to the internationalisation of bio-business in Baltic Sea Region” took place with more than ❗ 50 international participants. The event was organized jointly with eRural resilience project partners to share the best networking practices in the bioeconomy around the Baltic Sea! The webinar was moderated by Harald Lepisk, Estonian international pitching coach and speaker of leadership. Webinar was part of the Interreg Cooperation Day 2024 !

We discussed about…
🐑how to commercialize interdisciplinary research results in bio-business?
🍇why to create own brand and sell local bio-products via joint-online platform?
🌀how to connect rural bioeconomy regions to boost sustainable and circular biobusiness?
🏡what are challenges in bio-business development in Lithuania?
💹 importance of digitalization in rural enterprises
♻ collaboration case between Arnbjerg Pavilion and Katrinelund as a circular economy success story from Denmark

Some key takeaways: 📣Find highest value applications for your produce – ex leftover berry seeds can be turned into high value oils. 📣Build trust with common brand and make it easy for customers to find and order your produce. Build sales channels where many producers can reach customers (without having to worry about the technical sides themselves) 📣Hackathons and networking events connect people, build trust and open new ideas. 📣Share the real life success stories that model the behavior you want to see from bio businesses: what problem they faced, what solution they came up with, how that has now changed them.