News

Evaluation of the 2025 call has concluded with 24 proposals selected for a total of €172 million in CBE JU funding. 

Join us this spring for the CBE JU Info Day and networking event, which will take place in two complementary sessions.

As 2025 draws to a close, CBE JU is pleased to look back on a year marked by significant progress in advancing Europe’s circular bio-based industries.

CBE JU has published its 2026 work programme, announcing €170.7 million funding for call for project proposals to accelerate sustainable and competitive bio-based solutions across Europe. 

Celebrated every year on 5 December, World Soil Day raises awareness of the crucial role soil plays in food security, ecosystem health and sustainable development. 

The second edition of the CBE JU Stakeholder Forum is here! Register now to join the high-level discussions with leading voices from Europe’s bio-based sector on 24 March 2026 in Brussels.

CBE JU welcomes the European Commission’s Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy, presented today. 

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is pleased to announce the launch of its 2025 photo and video competition, #CBEScaleUp.

Today, a 12-partner consortium led by Michelin officially launched the construction of Europe’s first industrial-scale production facility for the bio-based molecule 5-HMF in Roussillon, France.  

The CBE JU states’ representatives group (SRG) has elected Ugnė Dirdaitė, Science and Innovation Advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, as its new Vice-Chair.