By 2020, the ICT-BIOCHAIN project plans to:

• Increase biomass supply by 10 per cent;
• Ensure 20 percent of Europe’s chemicals and materials production will be bio-based;
• Guarantee a secure and sustainable supply of biomass feedstock for European biorefineries;
• Increase the use of currently-unused resources by 15 per cent.

ICT-BIOCHAIN will contribute to the achievement of objectives included in the BIC SIRA mentioned above. Specific impacts of the project are:

• Contribute to KP1: Create at least 2 new cross-sector interconnections in bio-based economy clusters
• Diverse disciplines, value chains, sectors and types of organizations.
• Reduce biomass losses and costs associated with feedstock supply logistics compared with similar existing benchmark supply chains.
• Improve direct involvement and commitment of biomass suppliers and technology providers, and the resulting introduction of ICT in the biomass feedstock supply chain for the bio-based industry.

Other related impacts include:

• Pushing the EU to the forefront of bio-based economy by improving competitiveness
• Creation of new jobs in valorisation, supply chain and ICT development fields
• Unlocking substantial volumes of biomass that remains as unexploited resource within the EU

Improving the awareness, acceptance and trust of society in sustainable biomass valorisation thanks to greener, improved biomass supply Chain.