BIOSTARS


Project name: BIOSTARS (Systemic circular bio-economy solutions to support start-up and social driven innovation in rural areas)
Duration: April 2025 - July 2027 (27 Months)
Role: Co-ordinator of Croatian participation at the SDEWES Centre
Finance: Interreg Euro-MED Programme
Budget: 1.5 million EUR
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BIOSTARS

The BIOSTARS project aims to foster the development of bioeconomy startup villages in rural Mediterranean areas, promoting entrepreneurship and social innovation as a driver of territorial transformation.

The initiative focuses on promoting an enabling environment for employment generation, service provision and talent retention in rural communities, by harnessing bio-based solutions and a resource-efficient economy that contributes to preserving biodiversity and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

BIOSTARS (Systemic circular bio-economy solutions to support startup and social driven innovation in rural areas) will develop a Circular Bioeconomy action plan (BIOSTARS Toolbox), which integrates technical and social solutions validated in previous European projects such as BIOLOC and REVIVE. Its implementation will enable the establishment of new startup villages specialised in bioeconomy or the adaptation of existing ones to the circular bioeconomy model, aligning with the European Startup Village Forum initiative.

The project will support entrepreneurs, local authorities, primary producers and investors through an active and collaborative community of practice, based on a holistic approach that combines the technical and social pillars to generate sustainable economic opportunities in rural areas.

BIOSTARS is co-funded by the Interreg Euro-MED programme with a total budget of 1.5 million euros.


Partners

CERTH is the lead partner (LP) of this project which includes other 8 partners from 6 countries and 10 Associated Partners in the MED area:
1. Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) - Greece (EL)
2. SDEWES Centre - Croatia (HR)
3. Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía (CTA) - Spain (ES)
4. Athena R&I Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies Corallia Unit (CORRALIA) - Greece (EL)
5. Sarajevska regionalna razvojna agencija (SERDA) - Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
6. Larnaca and Famagusta Districts Development Agency (ANETEL) - Cyprus (CY)
7. Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Comarca del Aljarafe-Doñana (ADAD) - Spain (ES)
8. University Consortium for Industrial and Managerial Economy (CUEIM) – Italy (IT)
9. Central European Initiative – Executive Secretariat (CEI) – Italy (IT)


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  • Since 2013, the SDEWES Center has published the Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (JSDEWES), which is indexed in Scopus and Emerging Science Citation Index with impact factor (IF) of 2.3.
    Three new journals have started publication since 2024 year:

    1.) JSDI with Editor-in-Chief : Prof. Goran Krajačić, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

    2.) JSDNAREMA with Editors-in-Chief :
    Xue-Chao Wang, Beijing Normal University, China,
    Petar Sabev Varbanov, Széchenyi István University, Hungary.

    3.) JSDSEN with Editor-in-Chief : Prof. Francesco Calise, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.

    Journals JSDI and JSDNAREMA have published 2 issues of the first Volume (for 2025 year) and have Article Publishing fee waived until December 31, 2025. JSDSEN has waived fee until December 31, 2026.
  • The updated list for citation year 2023 includes as many as 21 members out of 43, or nearly half of the SDEWES International Scientific Committee in the 2% of the most influential scientists in the world today!
    SDEWES Centre proudly congratulates to Davide Astiaso Garcia, Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Raf Dewil, Neven Duić, Kemal Hanjalic, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Şiir Kılkış, Walter Leal Filho, Henrik Lund, Christos Markides, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Mousa Mohsen, Benedetto Nastasi, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Antonio Piacentino, Rodney A. Stewart, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Subhas K. Sikdar, Qiuwang Wang and Xiliang Zhang for this great achievement.
    The list has been made and updated by a group of researchers from Stanford University led by professor John Ioannidis. They surveyed scientists around the world from different fields using Scopus database. separate data are shown for career-long and single year impact. Both lists are available here.
  • The "Summer School on Energy Planning of 100% Renewable Energy Systems" , held from September 2 to 6, 2024 at the Inter University Center, Dubrovnik, was focused on energy and climate modeling of smart energy systems along with dynamic modeling of relevant ecological, economic, sociological and technical parameters.
    24 participants from 16 different countries took part in the summer school. In addition to acquiring new knowledge, the participants used the full potential of the summer school and had a lot of fun, met new friends, colleagues or possible partners in future projects and research!
  • The updated list for citation year 2022 includes 18 members of the SDEWES International Scientific Committee in the 2% of the most influential scientists in the world today!
    SDEWES Centre proudly congratulates to Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Raf Dewil, Neven Duić, Kemal Hanjalic, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Şiir Kılkış, Walter Leal Filho, Henrik Lund, Christos Markides, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Antonio Piacentino, Rodney A. Stewart, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Subhas K. Sikdar, Qiuwang Wang and Xiliang Zhang for this great achievement.
    The list has been made and updated by a group of researchers from Stanford University led by professor John Ioannidis. They surveyed scientists around the world from different fields using Scopus database. separate data are shown for career-long and single year impact. Both lists are available here.
  • Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje za 2022./2023. Autori najboljih radova su 1. Karlo Kvaternik, 2. Marko Starčević i 3. Jan Karl Ormuž. Prvoplasirani će biti nagrađen s novčanom nagradom od 1.000,00 EUR bruto, a drugo i trećeplasirani imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za jednu od SDEWES konferencija koje će se održati 2024. godine. Čestitamo!
  • Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2022./2023. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 1.000,00 EUR bruto. Prijave se šalju zaključno sa 16. listopada 2023. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org. Potrebno je poslati ispunjen obrazac za prijavu, diplomski rad i prijepis ocjena diplomskog studija.
  • Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje za 2021./2022. Autorice najboljih radova su 1. Ivana Mikulić, 2. Jelena Brlić i 3. Klara Mihaljević. Prvoplasirana će biti nagrađena s novčanom nagradom od 5.000,00 HRK, a drugo i trećeplasirana imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za konferenciju SDEWES2023 koja će se održati u Dubrovniku 2023. godine. Čestitamo!
  • The updated list for citation year 2021 once again includes 19 members of the SDEWES International Scientific Committee in the 2% of the most cited scientists in the world today!
    SDEWES Centre proudly congratulates to Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Raf Dewil, Neven Duić, Kemal Hanjalic, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Şiir Kılkış, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Walter Leal Filho, Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Antonio Piacentino, Rodney A. Stewart, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Subhas K. Sikdar, Qiuwang Wang, Jinyue Yan and Xiliang Zhang for this great achievement.
    The list has been made and updated by a group of researchers from Stanford University led by professor John Ioannidis. They surveyed scientists around the world from different fields using Scopus database. separate data are shown for career-long and single year impact. Both lists are available here.
  • Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2021./2022. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju zaključno sa 6. studenim 2022. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org. Potrebno je poslati ispunjen obrazac za prijavu, diplomski rad i prijepis ocjena diplomskog studija.
  • Project 'COASTENERGY' was declared the best EU project in Croatia in the category 'Contribution to science and innovation'. In this year's selection for the "Best County EU" project in Croatia, among 37 other candidates, the winner in the "Contribution to science and innovation" category was the Istrian County project COASTENERGY - Blue energy in ports and coastal urban areas. The project also won third place according to the popular public votes. SDEWES Centre participated in the project as a project partner in charge of the WP3.
  • Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata FSB-a za 2019./20. te za 2020./21. Autori najboljih radova su Dino Kovačević u ak. godini 2019./20. te Dominik Rašić u ak. godini 2020./21. Prvoplasirani će biti nagrađeni s novčanom nagradom od 5.000,00 HRK svaki, a drugo i trećeplasirani imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za bilo koju od SDEWES konferencija u 2022. godini. Čestitamo
  • 20 members of the SDEWES International Scientific Committee were listed among the 2% most influential scientists in the world today in the updated list for citation year 2020. The list has been made and updated by a group of researchers from Stanford University led by professor John Ioannidis. They surveyed 100,000 top scientists using Scopus database and classified them into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
    “We have created a publicly available database that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator”, the authors explained.
    Separate data are shown for career-long and single year impact and can be browsed here.
    SDEWES Centre proudly congratulates to our ISC members for this important achievement.
    Naim Afgan, Annamaria Buonomano, Francesco Calise, Mario M.G. Costa, Raf Dewil, Neven Duić, Kemal Hanjalic, Soteris A. Kalogirou, Şiir Kılkış, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, Walter Leal Filho, Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Poul Alberg Østergaard, Antonio Piacentino, Rodney A. Stewart, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Qiuwang Wang, Jinyue Yan and Xiliang Zhang and we look forward to your future work!
  • Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata Fakulteta strojarstva i brodogradnje Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2019./2020. te u akademskoj godini 2020./2021. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju do 5. studenog 2021. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org ili osobno / poštom na SDEWES Centre, Ivana Lučića 5, 10000 Zagreb. Potrebno je poslati ispunjenu prijavnicu, diplomski rad i prijepis ocjena diplomskog studija.
  • Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata UNIZAG FSB-a. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2018./2019. s ocjenom izvrstan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju do 30. rujna 2019. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org, potrebno je poslati ispunjenu prijavnicu, diplomski rad i presliku indeksa (naslovne stranice sa slikom te stranice s ocjenom diplomskog rada)
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 7, Issue 2 (for June 2019). Read more at the journal home page.
  • International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems engaged in specific R&D activities that address the problems common for the countries of the East and Southeast European and Mediterranean regions is seeking fellow at the Scientific Research Associate level n the field of mechanical engineering who will perform experimental research work within the domain of the division’s work program.
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 7, Issue 1 (for March 2019). Read more at the journal home page.
  • Povjerenstvo Međunarodnog centra za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) odabralo je tri najbolja diplomska rada studenata FSB-a za 2017./2018. Autori najboljih radova su Dino Golubić, Anja Ćeranić i Hrvoje Stančin. Prvoplasirani, Dino Golubić bit će nagrađen s novčanom nagradom od 5.000,00 HRK a druga dva kandidata imaju pravo na besplatnu kotizaciju za SDEWES konferenciju u listopadu, 2019. godine. Čestitamo!
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 4 (for December 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
  • Međunarodni centar za održivi razvoj energetike, voda i okoliša (SDEWES Centre) raspisuje natječaj za nagrađivanje diplomskih radova studenata UNIZAG FSB-a. Pravo prijave imaju svi studenti s diplomskim radom obranjenim u akademskoj godini 2017./2018 s ocjenom odličan i s temom iz područja održivog razvoja energetike, voda i okoliša. Prva nagrada se sastoji od novčane nagrade u iznosu 5.000,00 HRK bruto. Prijave se šalju do 30. rujna 2018. godine na email: diplomski@sdewes.org, potrebno je poslati ispunjenu prijavnicu, diplomski rad i presliku indeksa (naslovne stranice sa slikom te stranice s ocjenom diplomskog rada)
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 3 (for September 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 2 (for June 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
  • „Energy Conversion and Management“ published a May 2017 Special Issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 6, Issue 1 (for March 2018). Read more at the journal home page.
  • „Energy - The International Journal“ published a special issue dedicated to 2016 Conferences on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews“ published Volume 82, Part 2 (for February 2018), dedicated to SDEWES2016 Conference. Read more at the journal home page.
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 5, Issue 4 (for December 2017). Read more at the journal home page.
  • „Journal of Environmental Management“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • SDEWES Centre has awarded the best graduate theses in the past academic year of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment systems. A committee consisting of Prof. Nataša Markovska, Prof. Nikola Ružinski and Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek made a decision on the three best graduate theses and the best authors are Mario Majdandžić, Luka Pavlinek and Vanja Kušen. Best thesis author, Mario Majdandžić will receive a cash prize in the amount of 5,000 HRK and the other two authors will receive a fee waiver for one of SDEWES conferences in 2018. Congratulations!
  • „Energy, Sustainability and Society“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference, held in Dubrovnik in 2013. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 5, Issue 3 (for September 2017). Read more at the journal home page.
  • Project FosterREG - Second in the series of workshops "How to plan, finance and manage the projects with integrated energy efficiency measures in urban regeneration" took place in Osijek.
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  • „Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems“ published Volume 5, Issue 2 (for June 2017). Read more at the journal home page.
  • Project FosterREG - First in the series of workshops "How to plan, finance and manage the projects with integrated energy efficiency measures in urban regeneration" took place in Zagreb.
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  • „Journal Thermal Science“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Energy - The International Journal“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES Centre) in cooperation with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture conducts awarding of master’s theses in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment of UNIZAG FSB students. All graduate students that have defended their thesis in academic year 2015/2016 are eligible for contest. Applications need to be sent by September 1st, 2016. Contest details are below.
  • SDEWES Centre has awarded the best graduate theses in the past academic year of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment systems. A committee consisting of Prof. Nataša Markovska, Prof. Nikola Ružinski and Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek made a decision on the three best graduate theses and the best authors are Dominik Dominković, Nikola Matak and Karlo Kupres. They will be rewarded with a fee waiver for a SDEWES conference of their choice, and the best thesis author will also have fully paid transport costs and accommodation during the selected conference. Congratulations! Full decision is available here.
  • FosterREG website has been launched! FosterREG aims at enhancing public capacity at local, regional and national levels to plan, finance and manage integrated urban regeneration for sustainable energy uptake.
  • „Energy Conversion and Management“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • The International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES Centre) in cooperation with Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture conducts awarding of master’s theses in the field of sustainable development of energy, water and the environment of UNIZAG FSB students. All graduate students that have defended their thesis in academic year 2014/2015 are eligible for contest. Applications need to be sent by September 1st, 2015. Contest details are below.
  • „Waste Management & Research“ published a special issue. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • World Academy of Art and Science published an invitation to the SDEWES2015 Conference in Dubrovnik.
  • Croatian portal Europski fondovi announced the SDEWES2015 Conference in Dubrovnik (in Croatian).
  • „Applied Energy“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Management of Environmental Quality“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • Out of top 5 downloaded Energy papers, 2 are from SDEWES special issues!
  • „International Journal of Sustainable Water and Environmental Systems“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th SDEWES conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Energy - The International Journal“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th SDEWES conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Journal Thermal Science“ published a special issue dedicated to 5th Dubrovnik conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.
  • „Applied Energy“ published a special issue dedicated to 8th SDEWES conference. See more SDEWES special issues in the journal here.