Result description
The SUSTRACK monitoring system provides a comprehensive framework for assessing the sustainability of the bioeconomy transition. It brings together relevant indicators, datasets, and analytical dimensions to enable a consistent and transparent evaluation of progress. The framework serves two main functions. First, it improves access to key data and indicators that describe the state and evolution of the bioeconomy across countries. Second, it offers an intuitive, user-friendly assessment of performance in critical areas such as environmental impacts, competitiveness and employment, sustainable resource use, and the role of bio-based renewable resources.
By highlighting strengths, weaknesses, hotspots, and potential trade-offs, the monitoring system supports policymakers in designing informed and balanced transition strategies. It also provides researchers, industry stakeholders, and practitioners with a structured approach to analyse sustainability outcomes and better understand the dynamics of the bio-based circular economy transition.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- To raise awareness and possibly influence policy
We are looking for policymakers, analysts, researchers, and industry stakeholders who can apply and further use the monitoring framework and dashboard to assess sustainability performance and support evidence-based decisions in the bioeconomy transition. We invite organisations interested in integrating these tools into policy processes, strategic planning, modelling activities, or sectoral assessments to enhance transparency and improve sustainability monitoring practices.
- Public or private funding institutions
- EU and Member State Policy-makers
- Research and Technology Organisations
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The system is highly replicable due to its modular structure, transparent methodology, and reliance on publicly accessible datasets and indicators. The framework can be easily adapted to different countries, regions, or sectors, allowing users to replicate the assessment in new contexts without requiring specialised tools or extensive data processing. Its clear documentation and open-access design enable policymakers, researchers, and organisations to integrate the approach into existing monitoring systems, modelling exercises, strategic planning, or sustainability evaluations.
The dashboard is built around standardised indicators and widely recognised sustainability dimensions, it can be extended or customised to reflect local priorities, additional data sources, or evolving policy needs. This flexibility ensures that the SUSTRACK monitoring system can be reused, scaled, continuously updated, supporting long-term assessment efforts across diverse governance and operational settings.
