Driven by the potential benefits of bioenergy, and guided by the renewable energy targets, there are many national and regional bioenergy reserach programmes running in Europe - spending EUR 220 million in 2001 alone. A major part of this investment comes from the ten Member states which form the ERA-NET Bioenergy network. A network of national government agencies and ministries responsible for coordinating and funding national reserach efforts into bioenergy. The goal of this network is to strengthen national bioenergy research programmes through enhancing cooperation and coordination between national agencies. Through collaboration, the individual national programmes will produce higher quality results, while through coordination, they will seek to complement each other, avoiding duplication.

To reach these goals the network is pursuing four lines of activity:

• Establishing structures for the systematic exchange of information
• Identifying common strategic issues to form a basis for integrated programmes and projects
• Undertaking joint activities such as common programme monitoring
• Implementing joint reserach activities

The project ERA-NET Bioenergy is running from 1^st October 2004 until 30^th May 2010.

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