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Parallel sessions - 15 June 2022 AGROECOLOGY-PLANT BASED PROTEINS-PLANTS

Session 1 – Joint workshop of the Agroecology, Plant-based Proteins and Horticulture WGs

Transition pathways for the agri-food: some European perspectives

9:00 – 9:05 Introduction by the regional co-leaders

9:05 – 9:30 Setting the scene: European FOOD 2030 Strategy – focus on the protein pathway Cindy Schoumacher, DG RTD (online)

9:30 – 10:30 Focus: Agroecology as a mean for sustainable transition – opportunities and challenges

  • Agroecology Europe (Vassilis Gkisakis, representative of Agroecology Europe): he will give a small introduction of the framework of Agroecology & Agroecology Europe Association, as well as the state-of-the-art of agroecology at EU level as assessed through the AE4EU project. He will also present some challenges and future perspectives
  • SCAR Agroecology WG (Benjamin Sanchez, Co-chair of the SCAR Strategic Working Group on Agroecology and Spanish Country Contact Point for the AELLRI Partnership): the representative will share its views with the regions and share regional perspectives. The idea is also to discuss how the regions would like to be involved in the new Horizon Europe Agroecology partnership (incl. cocreation process, R&I needs and presentation of the SRIA).
  • Regional perspectives (reactions from the WG coordinators)

10:30 – 10:55 Joining forces for a resilient horticulture sector: A regional PACT on horticulture Presentation of the Pact and signature ceremony of the Pact

10:55 – 11:00 Conclusions and introduction to the project development session

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Session 4 – Joint workshop of the Agroecology, Plant-based Proteins and Horticulture WGs

Getting the most out of the new programming period: planning for interregional projects

11:30 – Introduction by the regional co-leaders

11:35 Setting the scene – Feedback on Horizon Europe cluster 6 and future priorities (20 min)
Irene Palomino, European project officer, Fundecyt-PCTEX, Representative from Extremadura

12:00 – 12:45 Project development discussions amongst participants (parallel sessions): each session will be moderated by a co-leader and EEN Central Macedonia representative, Katerina Tzitzinou.

Interreg Europe – Building an interregional project to support the building of concrete plant proteins value chains (for food and feed) at the local and regional level.

Horizon Europe – Focus on four proposed topics:

  • HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01-03: Soil biodiversity and its contribution  to  ecosystem services
  • HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01-07: Alternatives to peat in horticulture
  • HORIZON-CL6-202X-ZEROPOLLUTION: Strategies to reduce plastic pollution from the food system;
  • HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK: Impact of the development of novel foods based on alternative sources of proteins

12:45 – 13:15 Common project development session: focus on the Climate Adaptation Mission 2023 call “HORIZON-MISS-2023-CLIMA-01-01: Testing and demonstrating transformative solutions increasing climate resilience of the agriculture sector”

13:15 – 13:30 Feedback from the parallel sessions and conclusions

Additional info

The meeting can be followed online here

The meeting is starting at 11:30 EET, Thessaloniki/Greece time. Please, make sure to connect at the right time based on your location.