One of the priorities of the European Union is the implementation of the bioeconomy in the economy, and the goal is for the European Union to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. In order to achieve this, all economic branches should be based on efficient management of resources and application of bioeconomy principles in all production processes. Therefore, it is important to see whether and what topics of bioeconomy projects are being implemented in the EU member states. The subject of the work is the analysis of bioeconomic projects of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in the period 2014-2020. published on the website of the European Network for Rural Development. The aim of the work is the analysis of the mentioned projects according to the member states of the European Union, according to topics, priorities and financing measures for the period from 2014 to 2020. The results of the research show that during that period 29 bioeconomic projects were implemented in 18 EU member states, and the most successful in this implementation were Finland and Spain. Unfortunately, not a single bioeconomic project has been recorded in Croatia. The priorities of bioeconomy projects are social inclusion, local development and utilization of resources, and they were mostly implemented through the measure M16 Cooperation. Also, the analysis of implemented projects showed that most of the projects are applicable in Croatia, but the own investments of the project applicants are questionable, especially in the case of large investment bio-economic projects. Croatia can and has the resources to turn the agricultural sector into a modern activity that stimulates economic growth, creates new jobs and generates income in rural areas through the bioeconomy. In the future, Croatia should be more active in the implementation of bioeconomic projects within the framework and capacities of Croatian agriculture. Therefore, this paper introduces the readers to bioeconomy as a new concept of development in agriculture and what kind of bioeconomy project models can be implemented in agriculture and to find sources of financing for their implementation.