The bioeconomy is closely linked to research, value chain competitiveness and innovation, climate change mitigation, and the economic and social development of rural areas. The aim of the Bioeconomy, Health and Governance programme is to design and implement innovative and transformative bioeconomy models, in line with the definition of the bioeconomy as a circular, sustainable model based on the use of renewable local and biological resources to produce goods and provide services to all sectors of the economy.

In order to promote the efficient use of natural resources, with a view to achieving and creating landscapes that are resilient to climate change within the current context of global change, the programme is divided into five different areas of R&D and transfer: (1) forest bioproducts (cross-laminated timber, chemical products, truffles, wild mushrooms, cork, aromatic and medicinal plants, etc.) and bioenergy; (2) socioeconomics and governance of rural systems; (3) agricultural and forestry policy and planning; (4) nature and human health; and (5) biosphere reserves and biocities.