Biocat, Fundació BioRegió de Catalunya

EU Legislative Interests

Biocat is mainly interested in the 4 political priorities of the EU, in particular those aimed at Developing a solid and dynamic economic base, Building a climate-neutral, ecological, fair and social Europe, and Promoting European interests and values in the world. Specifically, among the EC's stratgic priorities, Biocat is interested in the European Green Deal, the twin -sustainable and digital - transformation, resilience, technological sovereignty, and innovation with social impact. It is also interested in initiatives related to the Recovery Plan for Europe. Biocat is interested in EC actions in the following areas: Business and Industry (create a business-friendly environment, promote entrepreneurship, improve access to new markets, facilitate access to finance, provide access to information services and data on a free, full and open basis), Climate Action (Green Deal related to health industries), Digital Economy and Societies (Digital Europe Programme, Europe's Digital Decade), Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe), and Public Health (HERA, EMA, EHDS , EU4Health, Health-EU).

Communication Activities

Biocat follows-up EC's policies and initiatives on those areas in order to inspire the trends and programs / projects of the entity to better support the agents of Catalonia's Life sciences and Healthcare Ecosystem, the BioRegion. Blog posts, news and interviews reflecting these policies and initiatives are regularly published on the Biocat website (for example, https://www.biocat.cat/en/current-news/blog/seeking-sustainability-health-sector , or https://www.biocat.cat/en/current-news/blog/data-and-health-indissoluble-binomial) Biocat partners or coordinates EU-funded projects (Horizon Europe, COSME, Interreg...) aimed at reducing the innovation divide among European regions, and at increasing Biocat's capacity to respond to sectoral challenges, and strengthening and promoting competitiveness across Europe.

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

- Council of European BioRegions - European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health - Enterprise Europe Network - Agència per a la Competitivitat de l'Empresa - Generalitat de Catalunya - Spanish Bioindustry Association - European Connected Health Alliance

Organisation Members

Biocat is the driving force behind the healthcare innovation ecosystem in Catalonia, working to scale and consolidate the life sciences and healthcare sector, generating social and economic impact, and positioning the BioRegion of Catalonia as an international benchmark. Established in 2006 at the initiative of the Government of Catalonia and the Barcelona City Council, Biocat is a public-private foundation with governance bodies comprising representatives from all stakeholders, both public and private. The life sciences and health innovation ecosystem in Catalonia: more than 1,750 organizations that drive innovation in health and frontier research. The BioRegion has around a hundred research entities and over 1,400 companies, of which 550 are startups and scaleups. Biocat does not have affiliated members or organisaitons, rather it works for the Regional Health Innovation Ecosystem, by mandate of the Government od Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council and the Trustees of the Board, comprising representatives of the industry, the academia, hospitals, research centers and public and private stakeholders, companies and patient organisations. https://www.biocat.cat/en/about-biocat