The OG was a 'small-scale-farmer-led green biorefinery supporting farmer diversification into the circular bioe-conomy'.

In this context, an interesting case study is the Biorefinery Glas Operational Group (OG), located in Ireland.

It has been noted internationally that primary producers, among other cohorts, remain marginalised from bioeconomy activities, which significantly compromises how inclusive and innovative the bioeconomy is likely to be henceforth. For the bioe-conomy, a nascent sector, it is a significant challenge for it to become established grow innovate and engage all the relevant actors. The creation and novel use of biomaterials remains both a significant challenge and opportunity and bringing together all the relevant actors from primary production through to refinement and processing is anticipated to make progress in bringing into practice pilot operational approaches on the ground.

The European Commission's European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability (EIP-AGRI), part of the European Commission's Europe 2020 strategy, aims to 'achieve more and better from less' by bringing together a diversity of innovation actors to harness their combined knowledges to creatively achieve sustainability goals.

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