1. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos EIE/06/167-PROBIO Duration: from January 2007 to June 2009 July 2009

2. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos PROJECT SUMMARY 1.Improvement of raw material supply availability to the biodiesel plants 2. Supporting training initiatives for farmers and agricultural sector workers 3. New market initiatives concerning biodiesel use 4. Promotion of the final consumption of biodiesel among general public and specific sectors related to transport

3. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos BACKGROUND As European Regions are in real need of green fuels, PROBIO focuses on promoting the integration between production and consumption in the biodiesel supply chain in these regions. This has been achieved by means of a three-pronged strategy based on: ● The development of a NEW MARKET ● PROMOTION ACTIVITIES ● Supporting TRAINING ACTIONS MAIN FEATURE INTEGRATION Key word

4. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos MAIN RESULTS ● Increase the awareness about biodiesel among general public ● Increase awareness on energy crops as an alternative for farmers changing their traditional attitudes ● Diversification of the energy consumption in transport sector ● Establishment of a confident market and sufficient legal incentives to further the cultivation of vegetable oils and the biodiesel consumption on the local level Sensible increase of the production and use of biodiesel at the local level. Medium-long term, the participants have increased the consumption of biodiesel to a 5 % in their provinces. Overall result

5. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos MAIN STEPS

6. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos PARTNERS Partic. NºParticipant nameCountry 1 Coordinator Asociación Agencia Provincial para el Control de la Energía de Burgos Spain 2Agencia Provincial de la Energía de ÁvilaSpain 3Exma. Diputación Provincial de HuelvaSpain 4Razvojna agencija SinergijaSlovenia 5University of MariborSlovenia 6Regione Abruzzo / ARAENItaly 7Universitá degli Studi di TeramoItaly 8Asociación para la Gestión del CEEI BurgosSpain

7. Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos Agencia Provincial de la Energía de Burgos Edif. CEEI-Aeropuerto de Burgos 09007 BURGOS (SPAIN) 0034 947 040629 0034 947 040631 info@agenbur.com CONTACT www.probio-project.com