PLATFORM policy brief No. 4. Alignment in the Bioeconomy

Research, development and innovation (R&D&I) are required to realise sustainable welfare and wellbeing in western societies, but one of the major obstruction for continuous and smooth R&D&I is fragmentation, in funding, managing, execution and utilization. Alignment is the concept to fight that fragmentation at all levels, scientific, policy, professional and education, both nationally and internationally. On the level of research programs it is understood as strategic approach to modify nat ional research programmes, priorities and activities to accomplish joint research priorities in order to improve the efficiency of investment in research.