The Central Europe Project 4Biomass presented the results of a Trans-national Stakeholder Dialogue, where biomass-stakeholders from eight Central European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia) were invited to take part.

They were asked to express their respective opinion and assessment concerning the framework conditions of bioenergy, the national biomass action plans, measures and instruments for the support of bioenergy, the prospects and the most favorable markets of bioenergy deployment and the role of bioenergy in relation to the other renewable energy sources. The 1,221 experts who filled in the questionnaire, or at least parts of it, responded to a list of questions in national languages which were aligned among the eight national teams.
Evaluation of the National Biomass Action Plans (nBAPs)

The stakeholders´ rating of nBAP-targets and of the success rates of the countries in reaching these targets show that stakeholders endorse the nBAP´s targets, but remain sceptical about reaching them. Experts from Hungary and Poland are most critical on their nBAPs, experts from Czech Republic, Germany and Slovak Republic appreciate it. Regarding the likelihood of reaching the overall targets of their BAPs, significantly more experts think that their countries will not reach them, than think that they will reach them (40 % vs. 25 %). Experts from Austria and Hungary are particularly critical, German experts are most confident that the overall targets will be reached.

Project website: http://www.4biomass.eu