Given the importance of monitoring the bioeconomy, one of the key outputs of the FAO “Towards sustainable bioeconomy guidelines” project concerns the identification of indicators to monitor and evaluate the performance of sustainable bioeconomy development. In that respect, a first step was the definition and agreement of aspirational Principles and Criteria (P&Cs) by the ISBWG established by the project in 2016. | Indicators to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of bioeconomy - Overview and a proposed way forward