SUSTRACK’s review of approaches and identification of research gaps

This report presents the results of a review of existing knowledge for monitoring and evaluating the transition to circular biobased systems. More than 130 research items, including scientific articles and reports, were consulted to identify major gaps across indicators and approaches generally used to monitor and evaluate the bioeconomy across the three major policy-level analyses: micro-level (products/processes/companies), meso-level (city/regions) and macro-level (World, Europe or countries). Furthermore, the literature review also served to initiate the compilation of a database of existing indicators related to the circular bioeconomy, setting the basis for the monitoring framework developed by SUSTRACK. Finally, based on the identified knowledge gaps, the report provides a list of recommendations to advance bioeconomy monitoring and evaluation at the different policy-levels.