BioCom project promoted the BioEconomy concept and approaches for agricultural industry in neighbouring border territories of Finland and Russia through the complex of capacity building actions and practical showcases for the local actors in agricultural sector. Russian-Finnish BioEconomy Competence Centre for education, research and life-long learning process on biologically sustainable agriculture was established. The aim of centre is to provide permanent educational and information facilities and to integrate the BioEconomy principles and approaches into the regional and local development policies forming favourable environment for their adoption by the local industries and communities in the Russian and Finnish Programme regions.
The demand for project outputs and outcomes was wider than initially expected – additional project target groups were defined, and project developed more training programmes than originally planned. New evaluation criteria for energy audits of enterprises were developed – an environmental assessment accounting for polluting emissions and developing measures for the use of renewable energy sources. Calculation model was created that can be used by farmers in order to study CO2-emissions of different processes and fuels. Project partners developed recommendations for the creation of a demonstration zone of high-energy efficiency based on a pilot farm in the Leningrad Region.
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