This Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR) Spotlight on Bioeconomy for Sustainable Development in the Amazon Region (Brazil), was co-ordinated by the OECD Development Centre, headed by Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, under the strategic guidance of Annalisa Primi, Head of the Economic Transformation and Development Division. João Paulo Braga and Vasiliki Mavroeidi were the project co‑ordinators and main analysts. Manuel Toselli, Beatrice Bertolini, Vittoria Barbagallo, Dwight Quinn and Shubhangi Dutta also contributed to the drafting. The report benefited from valuable contributions from Juan Casado Asensio, Dominique Blanquier and Alexandre Joissains from the Development Co‑operation Directorate, and from comments by Vicente Ruiz and Olivia Cuq (Development Centre), Oriana Romano (Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities), Joana Chiavari (Climate Policy Initiative), Joerg S. Hofstetter (Kedge School) and Ana Maria Pacon (Pacón & Schiantarelli). Eugenia Klimenka and Ingvild Gillet provided administrative support. Delphine Grandrieux and Elizabeth Nash co‑ordinated the publication process.
The report was produced in the framework of the OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue on GVCs, Production Transformation and Development at the request and with the support of the Government of Brazil, and particularly the Brazilian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
The project benefited from support and consultations with the Brazilian G20 Presidency, especially the contribution of the General Coordination for Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vicente Araujo, Head for Sustainable Development and Daniel Lodetti, Deputy Head have been key partners in the project implementation. The Brazilian Delegation to International Economic Organizations in Paris played an essential role by sharing their experience and knowledge and in ensuring effective project implementation. Thanks go to the Ambassador of Brazil to International Organizations in Paris, Sarquis José Buainain Sarquis; Joaquim Pedro Penna, Minister Counsellor; Valeria Mendes Costa, First Secretary; and Helena Queiroz, Counsellor for Agriculture. Former Brazilian Ambassador to International Organizations in Paris, Carlos Márcio Cozendey and Dr. Daniela Arruda Benjamim were instrumental in starting the project. The report benefited from extensive consultations with multiple Brazilian counterparts, including: the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) and the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES). In particular, thanks go to Cristina Reis, Secretary for Carbon Markets in the Ministry of Finance; Carina Pimenta, National Secretary of Bioeconomy, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; Henry de Novion, Director of the Genetic Heritage Department in the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; Ana Euller, Executive Director of Innovation, Business, and Technology Transfer at EMBRAPA; Maria José Sampaio, researcher at EMBRAPA; Nabil Kadri, Deputy Director at BNDES; Raphael Stein, manager at BNDES; and Luciana Costa, Director at BNDES.
Peer learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of the PTPR process. This PTPR Spotlight process involved consultations with local and international stakeholders and benefited from a targeted Peer Learning Group (PLG) meeting hosted by the Regional Government of the Azores, Portugal, in July 2024 back-to-back to the 23rd Plenary Meetings of the OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue on GVCs, Production Transformation and Development. Key contributors to the PLG have been: Eduardo de Couto e Silva (General Director, Brazilian Bio-renewables National Laboratory at the National Centre for Research in Energy and Materials), Natalia Comba (Colombia Bio, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Colombia), Karl-Christian Göthner (Senior Consultant, German National Institute of Metrology, Germany), Mariella Amemiya (General Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Peru), Carlos Amaral (Regional Director for European Affairs and External Cooperation, Regional Government of Azores, Portugal), Ben Durham (Chief Director Bio-innovation, South Africa), Edith Paredes (Administrative Director, ACTO), Laura Páez (Chief Market Institutions Section, UN ECA), Adrián Rodríguez (Head of Agricultural Development and Biodiversity Unit, UN ECLAC), Kaveh Zahedi (Director, Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO), Esteban Campero (Director, Montevideo Office for the Southern Cone, SEGIB, Secretaria General Iberoamericana), Nadim Ahmad (Deputy Director, CFE, OECD), James Philp (Policy Analyst, Science and Technology Policy Division, OECD), Natalia Ospina-Alvarez (Researcher, AirCentre), Keith Nurse (President, College of Science Technology and Applied Arts, St Lucia); Hugo Chavaría (Manager, IICA), Talita Priscila Pinto (Coordinator, FGV Observatory of Bioeconomy), Rina Fainstein (CEO, Noga Plus), Ana Maria Pacón (Partner, Pacón & Schiantarelli), Joana Chiavari (Director, Climate Policy Initiative Brazil), Silvia Grandi (Adjunct Professor, University of Bologna), Francisco Apurinauã (Researcher, University of Helsinki), Rafael Barbieri (Senior Economist, WRI Brazil), and Cristina Fontes (Executive Director, WRI Brazil).
The PTPR Spotlight on Bioeconomy for Sustainable Development in the Amazon Region (Brazil) has benefited from a financial contribution from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Brazil.