Webinar: Smart financing and sustainability of Soil Health Living Labs and Lighthouses
Webinar
Life on Earth relies heavily on healthy soil, yet 60-70% of soils in the EU are in poor condition. In response, the European Commission has launched the Soil Deal for Europe, also known as the Soil Mission.
The mission emphasizes the importance of building local communities to facilitate systematic involvement of various actors across society.
For this, the soil mission aims to establish 100 living labs and lighthouses (LLs & LHs) to lead the transition by 2030.
But for this movement to continue beyond the EU funding, soil health LLs & LHs should secure their long-term sustainability, in terms of funding and other elements inherent to them.
According to a survey of the European Network of Living Labs – ENoLL, conducted in 2011 by the Ulster University, 83,9% of the respondent LLs confirmed that access to funding had been a problem. For 42,9% their main sources of funding came from the public sector; universities accounted for 14,3%; and private organizations contributing 10,7%. Also, the European Commission provided for 19,6% of funding, becoming the second main source for the continued existence of LLs.
This webinar intends to bring ideas of smart financing and sustainability of soil health living labs and lighthouses, combining current research, services in place, and hands-on experiences of both matured and young living labs.
The webinar will take place in 2 different timeslots:
Day 1: 13th of June, from 14:00 to 17:00 CEST;
Day 2: 18th of June, from 9:00 to 12:00 CEST;
Below you can find the draft Agenda:
Day 1 - 13th of June
| 14:00 - 14:15 |
Welcome Introduction to Prepsoil and webinar overview |
European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL |
| 14:15 - 14:45 |
Economic instruments to improve soil health: A strategy for Living Labs and Lighthouses |
Diego Soto, InBestSoil project Coordinator |
| 14:45 – 15:25 | Horizon Results Booster | Rosellina Di Santo, Senior Project Manager, Meta-Group |
| 15:25 – 15:55 | Financial sustainability in soil health Living Labs – practical example of ÖMKi On-Farm Living Lab | Korinna Varga, Head of Agriculture Policy Research Group, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Hungary (ENoLL Member) |
| 16:20 – 16:50 | Building business cases for industry to contribute to improved soil health | Oliver Phipps, Partner, EMEA Service Lead, Environmental Resources Management – ERM / Network for Industrially Co-ordinated Sustainable Land Management in Europe – NICOLE |
| 15:55 – 16:50 | How to design sustainable business models: A research integrated protocol | Shaya Ashouri, InBestSoil project partner, Wageningen University & Research |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Wrap-up and closing of Day 1 | ENoLL |
Day 2 - 18th of June
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome. Webinar overview |
European Network of Living Labs - ENoLL |
| 9:10 – 10:20 | Sustainability of Living Labs | Ömer Onur, Managing Director, Basaksehir Living Lab, Turkey / Council Member of ENoLL |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Accelup, the collaboration place for innovators and accredited testing providers | Evdokimos Konstantinidis, Chairperson of ENoLL / Postdoctoral Research Associate, THESS-AHALL Living Lab |
| 10:50 – 11:20 | MACC-SOIL, a holistic and collaborative approach to find solutions and ways to address soil degradation problems in the Eastern Mediterranean region |
Michael Katharakis, CEO, Mediterranean Agrofood Competence Center (ENoLL Member) |
| 11:20 – 11:50 | Building business cases for industry to contribute to improved soil health | Oliver Phipps, Partner, EMEA Service Lead, Environmental Resources Management – ERM / Network for Industrially Co-ordinated Sustainable Land Management in Europe – NICOLE |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Wrap-up and closing of Day 2 | ENoLL |