Summary

NATUR-EXT focuses on the creation of a bioindustrial platform in Macaronesia, focused on the transformation of raw materials of biological origin, focusing on biotechnological solutions that allow offering sustainable and environmentally friendly growth models, in a circular economy framework that promotes the development of value chains in favor of optimal waste management, making use of Renewable Energy generation systems for self-consumption, in a closed and sustainable cycle. The platform will cover the various steps that enable the viability of a product, from its research on an experimental scale to its transfer to industry.

The project includes dissemination and training actions, which demonstrate to the business and public sectors the potential and need to move from a linear to a circular economy. This training will be extended to third countries from African countries.

Funding Institution

Feder, Interreg Mac 2021-2027 (85%), DRCT (15%).

Partners

Leader Entity: Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias, S.A.

Other entities (FEDER):

• Canarias, Spain: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Universidad de La Laguna, ARQUIMEA Research Center S.L., Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (ICIA), Fundación Canaria del Instituto Canario de Investigación del Cáncer (FICIC), Sociedad de Promoción Económica de Gran Canaria, SAU Sociedad de Promoción Económica de Gran Canaria, SAU, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Fundación Canaria Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ayuntamento de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consejalia de Desarrollo Local, Empleo, Solidaridad, Turismo, Movilidad y Ciudad de Mar.
• Azores, Portugal: Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso, FP, Universidade dos Açores.
• Madeira, Portugal: ARDITI - Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação, Tecnologia e Inovação – Associação.

Entities from African countries: Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD), Senegal. Food Research Institute (FRI)-CSIR, Ghana. Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Ghana. Direcção das Pescas e Aquacultura, São Tomé e Príncipe.

Associated entities: Graneros de Tenerife, SL, Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A. (CEPSA), Lorenzo Oliverio Pérez Jiménez (Canaturex), Unión Eléctrica de Canarias Generación, SAU, Biotech Tricopharming Research S.L., BDF Natural Ingredients S.L., Red de Economía Circular en Islas (Red RECIS), Canarias, Spain.

Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile. Universidad Autónoma de México, México.

NATUREXTRACTS, S.A., Madeira, Portugal.