The SMARTBIOCONTROL project portfolio brings together a wide range of expertise from the cross-border region to develop new high-performance biological products to fight against crop diseases. It is based on a pilot project and four distinct but highly interconnected constitutive projects to select new bio-based ingredients (BIOSCREEN), develop their production on an industrial scale (BIOPROD), evaluate their effectiveness under agronomic conditions (BIOPROTECT) and ensure their follow-up in the fields (BIOSENS). SMARTBIOCONTROL is based on an innovative approach to better equip Belgian and French farmers in the region with such products, to meet the requirements of integrated disease management that minimises the use of chemical pesticides. It assembles the skills of 26 partners from around twenty different structural entities (research centres, universities, non-profit organisations, society, regional federations, farmers' associations) distributed fairly on both sides of the border. The management of such a consortium requires optimal coordination of the scientific work, its communication and promotion, by the pilot project. This coordination is organised around a management committee, a portfolio council, an operational committee and a specific promotion committee.