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The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda

The biosciences add value to a host of products and services, producing what some have labelled the "bioeconomy." The bioeconomy project assessed the pervasiveness of biotechnological applications, prospects for future development, potential impacts on the economy and society and potential policy solutions to promote and diffuse these innovations in a way that is consistent with broader policy goals.

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The bioeconomy is key to tackling many future global challenges, says OECD

08-Jun-2009

Biotechnology has the power to improve human health, address environmental challenges, and change the way the world does business. A new OECD report, The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda, examines the role of biotechnology in the global economy over the next two decades and outlines policies that could maximize its benefits.

Bioeconomy to 2030: Project Documents Available

30-Jun-2008

The IFP has released a number of documents prepared within the context of “The Bioeconomy to 2030” project. These documents include scenarios as well as analytical reports and cover business models, ethics, intellectual property, and regulation. The reports are inputs to the project’s final report which is being prepared by the OECD and will be available in early 2009. For more information, please contact David Sawaya at david.sawaya@oecd.org.
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Biosecurity Website

This site, brought to you by the IFP of the OECD, is dedicated to providing an active resource of global information on oversight mechanisms - particularly codes-of-conduct for the biosciences research community.

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