This session is meant to provide some inspiration from examples of actions regions and municipalities have applied to mobilise change towards a green economy.

Examples include:

• Story of the 360-degree sustainability transformation of Lahti, starting from a conservation initiative to transforming the local economy –  Milla Bruneau, Executive Director of Lahti – European Green Capital 2021, Finland;
• Experience from the MatLust project with the purpose of strengthening growth and sustainability within the food industry in the Stockholm region – Eva Helén, Strategist and Coordinator of MatLust Development, Project Leader at Södertälje Science Park, Sweden;
• The role of the municipality of Skellefteå and the Västerbotten region in mobilizing the wood construction industry – Representative of Skellefteå Municipality, Sweden.

You can still join as a participant by registering until 29th of April: https://sbd.vdu.lt/for-participants/registrations/

This webinar is organised under the framework of the SCALIBUR Horizon 2020 project, with the objective to inform stakeholders, and especially municipalities, on the status of circular bioeconomy trends in selected Central and Eastern European countries (Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia), discuss European projects dealing with bioeconomy and biowaste and introduce the newly launched SCALIBUR e-learning platform to potential end-users. The webinar is free to attend after registration at this link.

Agenda – 13 May 2022

10.00-10.10 Introduction to the webinar and SCALIBUR – James Ling (Greenovate! Europe)

10.10-10.30 Initiatives on biowaste in Hungary – Dr. László Aleksza (Institute for Environmantal Sciences Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences)

10.30-10.45 Bioeconomy initiatives in Slovenia – Representative (Anteja-ECG)

10.45-11.00 Bioeconomy in Slovakia – Representative (Bioeconomy Cluster)

10.00-11.15 Sharing solutions among cities & regions: the HOOP network – Serena Lisai, (ACR+)

11.15-11.25 Introducing the SCALIBUR e-learning platform – María Beatriz Rosell (GEONARDO)

11.25-11.30 Q&A and conclusions

The workshop “Risk reduction of chemical residues in soils due to wastewater reuse” organized by Consorzio Italbiotec will focus on the scientific and technological aspects of risk reduction strategies associated with irrigation with treated wastewater and sewage sludge fertilisation by providing insights on the use of biochar as a valuable soil amendment. The event will take place online next April 26, 2022, at 09:30.

Reclaimed wastewater for agricultural purposes represents a solution for tackling the increasing demand for food and climate change challenges. Reutilizing wastewater includes water conservation and an alternative source of organic matter and nutrients for the agro-environment.
Funded by the PRIMA programme, the RESIDUE project is committed to improving the safety of agricultural products grown under the influence of waste materials used for irrigation and fertilisation by developing an innovative technology that significantly reduces the risks of transferring organic contaminants into the agricultural products.

Registration at this link.

Agenda

9.30 Welcome and Opening

The RESIDUE project: reclaimed wastewater use in agriculture.
Dr Dieter Hennecke – Fraunhofer IME, Schmallenberg

From wastewater treatment plants to our plate – The whole picture of exposure to wastewater-derived pharmaceuticals through food.
Dr Yehoshua Maor- Phytor Lab Jerusalem

Bioavailability of organic chemicals in soils: potential regulatory aspects.
Dr Jose Julio Ortega-Calvo- IRNAS-CSIC, Seville

Biochar and its use as an amendment in the composting process.
Dr Dmitri Drabkin, René Schatten – WG Geoecology, FU Berlin

11.00 Q&A Session

11:30 Conclusion

In the context of the project final conference, LANDSUPPORT is organising the “SAVE OUR SOILS” Workshop (in person) next Wednesday, 27 – Thursday, 28 April 2022, at the University of Naples in Portici, near Naples, Italy.

The project will open up to researchers and stakeholders to share and discuss results towards a very ambitious goal: the development of decision support tools – as well as other projects’ and initiatives’ insights – for key agriculture and environmental policies implementation including SDGs, CAP, New Green Deal.

This workshop will be a unique opportunity to bring together current research on this topic and policy makers and it will include project contributions to: tools for policy implementation in agriculture, land degradation and land take, and ecotourism and biodiversity. This will include the findings from the Horizon2020 LANDSUPPORT project as well as other International, European and national projects (e.g. Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, EJP-soil, LIFE+). It will be enriched by speakers’ insights on these topics and roundtables to discuss common challenges and possible solutions towards SDG policy implementation.

If you wish to participate, please fill in the registration form by Monday, 24 January 2022, to secure your participation.

Agenda and instructions
Register for the event

In case of any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to reach out to the project management team at Modis via: management@landsupport.eu

Following the pathway of our previous successful webinar on 15 November 2021, the BIOEAST Initiative and the BIOEASTsUP project organize a webinar on “Mobilizing grants for bio-based innovations in the Central and Eastern European countries”, which will take place next 28 April 2022 from 9.00 to 12.00 CET.

The aim of this webinar is to give up-to-date information on newly opening research and innovation grants related to the biomass production and processing. It aims to present the European Commission research framework programme Horizon Europe priorities and instruments including the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) and the possibilities to participate in networks as the Bio-based Industries Consortium offered possibilities.

You can register using the following Registration link