BRIDGE

The BRIDGE project aims to reinforce the regional biomanufacturing ecosystems in Silesia and Campania through knowledge transfer from Catalonia and to facilitate cooperation among the three regions. To achieve this, it promotes joint initiatives that connect research, industry, public administration, and healthcare systems, opening new pathways for talent and projects to find support, partners, and funding. BRIDGE will also test new approaches to foster collaborations along the value chain and identify interregional research and innovation projects in the field of medical biomanufacturing.

BRIDGE promotes sustained collaboration between ecosystems to ensure that solutions and best practices circulate efficiently. The goal is to reduce fragmentation, scale up what works, and guide investments toward real market impact. 

In this project, Biocat leads the work package “Ecosystem Mapping and S3 Roadmaps Development.” Using its own reference tools and materials, Biocat will analyze and compare the ecosystems of Silesia and Campania with the Catalan BioRegion model, and will organize regional biomanufacturing roundtables with 10–20 stakeholders per region to co-create innovation roadmaps and prioritize actions in capacities, investment, and talent. 

The project’s main objectives are: 

• Strengthening biomanufacturing ecosystems: Establish a stable cooperation framework among Catalonia, Silesia, and Campania to transfer knowledge and best practices, reinforcing key players’ capacities, connections, and access to funding.
• Mapping and S3 roadmaps: Analyze and compare the ecosystems of Silesia and Campania with the Catalan model to identify strengths and weaknesses, and define roadmaps based on Smart Specialisation Strategies with prioritized and measurable actions.
• Value chain collaborations: Test new approaches to connect research, industry, healthcare, and public administration, activating collaborations along the value chain and generating interregional R&I projects in medical biomanufacturing.
• Skills and talent: Enhance skills and capacities through training and exchange spaces (regional roundtables with 10–20 stakeholders), aligning talent with the real needs of the sector.
• Transferable results and impact: Develop recommendations and initiatives to align policies and investments, facilitate new funding opportunities, and consolidate biomanufacturing growth across the three regions.