I was part of the BEACON team presenting and answering questions from the awards jury, chaired by former Committee of the Regions President Luc Van den Brande, during the 11th annual European Week of Regions and Cities. The ERDF funded BEACON project was one of four finalists for the RegioStars 2014 awards in category 2 ‘Sustainable growth: Green growth and jobs through Bio-economy’. The RegioStars awards honour Europe's most inspirational and innovative regional projects. Finalists are selected on the basis of four key criteria: innovation, impact, sustainability and partnership. 19 finalists in 4 categories were been identified from 80 projects which are supported by EU cohesion policy funds. In addition, I was interviewed by a European television company about the project