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Moving Africa Towards a Knowledge Based Bio-economy

How Can Sweden Assist?

Photo by James Hemus via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Photo by James Hemus via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Emerging both as a result of the global resource squeeze and recent bio-science achievements, Knowledge Based Bio-economy is increasingly seen as an opportunity for sustainable economic growth based on renewable resources. Bio-economy is a way to move away from the fossil fuel based economy, revitalize rural development and promote circular economy.

Needless to say that development of knowledge based bio-economy unveils vast opportunities for the countries of the South, including countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, it also conceals a number of challenges, particularly in terms of creating value for smallholder farmers and transforming institutional systems. Even though much of the incentive to deal with the challenges and opportunities of a new bio-economy has to come from the African countries themselves, there is a clear need for assistance from more experienced countries, not least Sweden.

Bio-economy Expert Group was formed was formed under the Swedish International Agriculture Initiative (SIANI) in August 2014. The main objective of this expert group is to explore how Sweden can help countries in Sub-Saharan African to develop modern, knowledge-based biobased economies for sustainable development.

The workshop seeks to gather input for the comprehensive report and publication on “Moving Africa Towards a Knowledge Based Bio-economy: Engaging the Swedish Resource Base” with the aim of stimulating the Swedish resource base to further engage with their African counterparts. Apart from identifying opportunities and actors, the report will list potential collaboration opportunities, strategies for establishing partnerships, examples of activities and modes of collaboration.

The main objectives of the workshop are to present and discuss:

  • The Prospects, Issues and Challenges in Developing Knowledge Based Bio-economies
  • How could Sweden best support countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in developing  knowledge based bioeconomies.

A draft report of the SIANI Bio-economy Expert Group will be circulated to participants prior to the workshop.

Contact Jacqueline Ernerot if you would like to participate.

Times

Från 3 december 2014 vid 08:00 till 3 december 2014 vid 15:00

Venue

Stockholm Environment Institute, Linnégatan 87 D

Resurser

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Agenda

Tentative Agenda:

  • 09:00 Welcome and introduction – Why the SIANI Bioeconomy Expert Group? Dr. Melinda Fones Sundell, SIANI and Dr. Ivar Virgin, SEI
  • 09:20 The Bioscience Revolution. What can and can’t be one with modern biosciences and why is it important for Africa? Dr Jane Morris, University of Leeds
  • 09:40 African Agriculture in a Modern Bioeconomy; Professor Jennifer Thomson, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • 10:00 The Domsjö Biorefinery – what can be learned and implemented in Africa? Dr. Hans Grundberg, Domsjö, Sweden
  • 10.20 Coffee
  • 10:40 Developing an African Bioresource Based Chemical Industry: The case of Cassava, Dr Ephraim Nuwamanya, National Crops Resources Research Institute NACCRI, Uganda 
  • 11:00 Industrial Crops Supplying the Chemical Industry, Professor Anders S. Carlsson, SLU, -Alnarp, Sweden
  •  11:20 What Remains to be Discovered: Unlocking the Potential of Modern Biosciences Professor Martina Newell-McGloughlin, Director, International Biotechnology Program, UC Davis
  • 11:40 Discussions and Comments
  • 12.00-13.00 Lunch
  • 13:00 Emerging Initiatives in an African Bioeconomy, Dr. Corinda Erasmus, Southern African Grain Laboratory; South Africa and Dr Martha M. O’Kennedy, CSIR Biosciences, South Africa.
  • 13:20 Industrial Biotechnology, Past, Present and Future Swedish-African Partnerships. Professor Bo Mattiasson, University of Lund, Sweden 
  • 13:40 Creating Modern Bioeconomies in Africa Dr. Julius Ecuru, Uganda National Council For Science and Technology
  • 14.10 Coffee
  • 14.40 Biofuels & Bioenergy Business Assessment (ABBBA) and the latest news from the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Lima, Peru , Mattias Goldmann, Director, FORES, Sweden
  • 15:00 Panel discussion and open fora on how Sweden can support Africa moving towards a knowledge based bio-economy (A group of panelists to be approached and to be part of this panel)
  • 15:40 Wrap up and end of Day
  • 16:00 End of Day

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