This document is the “Methodological framework for knowledge compilation” and represents the respective deliverable (D2.1) within the context of the BBioNets project funded through the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon Europe under Grant Agreement No 101133904.

BBioNets will constitute a thematic network that will rely on, promote, and further advance the work carried out by EIP-AGRI Operational Groups (OGs) with respect to management and/or processing of agricultural and forest biomass with Bio-Based Technologies (BBTs). Within the scope of BBioNets, various activities are undertaken, encompassing the gathering, generation, and/or manipulation of data. The goal is to boost the (re)definition of value chains, stimulating cross-fertilisation beyond borders, and bringing Europe to the forefront of farming, forestry, and bioeconomy with economically viable and sustainable practices.

In BBioNets projects, we delimit the field of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) to a more circumscribed set; we mean Bio-Based Technologies (BBTs) as it relates to the management and/or processing of agricultural and forest biomass with Bio-Based Technologies. This consists firstly of the development of a methodology for knowledge compilation (guidelines and relevant templates) and the creation of an inventory to provide easy access to all information about available BBTs collected from recently completed and ongoing EIP AGRI Operational Groups (OGs) and other EU-funded projects & initiatives. In this light, we have the following objectives:

• Develop a methodology to select and categorise relevant projects/initiatives 
• Creation of an inventory to assemble all information collected by consortium partners on BBTs that could address farmers’ and foresters’ needs in Representative Regions (RRs).

Identifying specific criteria and parameters is a highly relevant step in describing, understanding and implementing BBT-related practices, especially at a regional level. In addition, the awareness of the economic and environmental benefits associated with BBTs allow to draw a clear picture of the current state of agricultural/forestry practices and compile them in a comprehensive description. The results of the inventory will relate the identified BBTs (OGs in progress and from other EU-funded projects and initiatives) to selected themes and provide a valuable set of information for a comprehensive description of agricultural/forestry practices and to guide the development of a dedicated BBT assessment tool and material at a later stage (see SO3)

More specifically:

• identification of descriptive fields
• identification of assessment fields
• identification of mandatory fields, closely related to BBTs assessment tool (TASK2.2)
• identification of criteria and parameters to make the information collected usable (e.g., drop-down menus, estimates, quantitative data).

In other words, we are expected to deliver a methodology for selecting BBT-relevant information and providing easy access to all BBTs’ collected data.