The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) is a non-profit organisation, representing the private sector the private sector in the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). The CBE JU is a Public-Private Partnership with the European Commission, and which has a total budget of €2 billion. The partnership mobilises investment in innovative processes and production facilities that manufacture high-quality bio-based products as well as in biorefining research and demonstration projects.

ircular Valley® is a globally unique hotspot for establishing a future-oriented circular economy. International start-ups, companies, science and politics meet in Circular Valley®. Across sectors and technologies, they work together to close material cycles along existing value chains, develop policy recommendations and sustainably inform the public about the topic of the circular economy. Circular Valley®, the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, is developing into the global centre of the circular economy. Germany's largest metropolitan region offers five location advantages that are unique worldwide: 1. Global market leaders from all sectors and stages of the value chain with. 2. The region is the centre of the European players in the circular economy. 3. Large number of universities and scientific institutions. 4. A region attractive for talents from all over the world. 5. The Circular Valley® was already the scene of the first and second industrial revolutions on the European mainland in the 18th and 19th centuries. The non-profit Circular Valley® Foundation is the sponsor of the Circular Economy Accelerator.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, focus on key issues that define the future: we are pushing ahead with the digital transformation of state government services and support businesses on their path into the digital age. When it comes to the energy transition, we are banking on innovation and technological advances in the pursuit of our aim to turn North Rhine-Westphalia into Europe’s most modern, climate-friendly and environmentally sustainable centre of industry. North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany's most populous state and also the most densely populated region. In 2021 the state in west Germany generated 21 percent of the national GDP, topping all other states. The economy of North Rhine-Westphalia is extremelly well connected internationally with a global focus.