BIC is a members and industry driven organisation. Its mission is to connect industry, academia, regions and citizens to transform bio-based feedstocks into novel sustainable products and applications, and to create circular bioeconomy ecosystems through investments, innovation and know-how.
All relevant stakeholders such as large companies, SMEs, SME Clusters, RTOs, universities, regions, associations, technology platforms are welcome to join BIC at any point in time.
There are two types of members: Industry Members and Associate Members
BIC Industry Membership
Industry (Full) Membership is open to industrial and commercial companies, or any other kind of legal entity representing industrial and commercial companies, which are active in the field of bio-based industries:
- Active in Europe through either research, innovation or demonstration along the value chain and actively involved in building businesses and business cases to contribute to a more competitive, efficient and sustainable Europe.
- More specific: Active in the field of the production, logistics, or transformation and/or processing of biomass, including waste/residues (e.g. via biorefineries) with existing and new processes into a spectrum of innovative marketable products and energy and as such actively taking part or building new innovative bio-based value chains.
Industry (Full) Members can be large companies, SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises), or regional/national SME clusters.
Industry (Full) Members have the following rights:
- attending or being represented at all meetings of the General Assembly;
- voting at all General Assembly meetings;
- calling for special and/or extraordinary meetings of the General Assembly, being understood that such meetings are only to be held if requested by at least one third of the Industry Members;
- participating in the activities of the Association, such as Working Groups, with voting rights;
- being eligible for chairperson of Working Groups;
- participating in matchmaking and networking events;
- Industry Members are eligible to be elected to BIC’s Board of Directors.
Application procedure
- For Industry (Full) Membership, please download this Application Form.
- Once completed, please send the Application Form to: info@biconsortium.eu. After receipt of the completed forms, we may contact you for more information.
- The BIC Board reviews and decides on applications that are then presented to BIC's General Assembly for formal approval.
Once agreed by the BIC Board, Industry (Full) Members can immediately become active in the BIC Working Groups and participate to all other activities.
Industry (Project) Members:
In order to fulfill the requirement of the minimum level of IKOP requirement in CBE JU Innovation Actions, a special category of Industry membership has been created for industries participating in CBE JU calls that are not yet an Industry (Full) Member.
- The category of project membership is fully open and only accessible to any legal entity (industrial and commercial companies, or any other kind of legal entity representing industrial and commercial companies) that is a participant of a project proposal for a specific ‘CBE JU call for proposals’ and that is not yet a Full Member of BIC.
- ‘Project membership’ is temporary: between the opening of the call for proposals (at the earliest) until the evaluation/grant agreement signature. Once the project is successful and the grant has been attributed, the project member automatically becomes a ‘Full Member’ (including all rights and obligations). In case the project is not successful, and no grant is attributed, the ‘Project Member’ can decide to resign. However, it is advisable to become an ‘Industry (Full) Member’.
- Project Members in successful projects who then become an Industry (Full) Member must remain a BIC Member for the duration of the project.
Application procedure
- For Industry (Project) Membership, please download this Application Form.
- Once completed, please send the Application Form to: info@biconsortium.eu. After receipt of the completed forms, we may contact you for more information.
BIC Associate Membership
Legal entities that have an interest in the activities of the Bio-based Industries Consortium, but are not bio-based industries per se, can apply for Associate Membership. Associate Member categories are:
- Individual research organisations: organisations such as RTOs and universities, who as their predominant activity provide research and development, technology and innovation services to enterprises, governments and other clients.
- National and regional clusters, and national or regional associations, representing research organisations; European Technology Platforms.
- European industry trade associations, NGOs and other organisations (e.g. financing institutes) which have been recognized by the General Assembly as contributing to the objectives of BIC.
- Consultants and consultancies.
Associate Members enjoy the following rights:
- participating in BIC’s annual matchmaking event;
- participating to other activities such as webinars;
- contributing to Programming Task Forces and stakeholders consultations.
Application procedure
- For Associate Membership, please download this Application Form.
- Once completed, please send the Application Form to: info@biconsortium.eu. After receipt of the completed forms, we may contact you for more information.
- The BIC Board reviews and decides on applications that are then presented to BIC's General Assembly for formal approval.
- Once agreed by the BIC Board, Associate Members can immediately benefit from the Associate Membership status.
