Policy Brief #5 – Framework for Assessing the Development of a Circular Bioeconomy

This Policy Brief will explore the quantifying range of indicators available to measure the progress of the circular bioeconomy. This broad palette of indicators makes it harder for policymakers to consider all of them in their decisions. Here a theoretical framework is devised, to accommodate any number of well-defined quantitative indicators and make it easier for decision-makers to see the overall development of the circular bioeconomy. One of the findings is that the circular bioeconomies of ten EU countries generally progressed over the period of 2006–2016, but not all indicators exhibited this general development.