Seeking Consortium Partners | BIODIV-06 – Living Labs, Inclusive Governance and Socio-Economic Assessment

AICFD – International Association for Disruptive and Frontier Science is a Spain-based organisation connecting scientific research, technological innovation and territorial development.

We are interested in joining a consortium for HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-BIODIV-06 – Living labs driving transformative change via knowledge integration and inclusive governance.

AICFD can contribute to the design and implementation of participatory Living Lab approaches, helping integrate scientific knowledge, local perspectives and stakeholder needs into inclusive governance processes.

Our potential contributions include:

• Inclusive governance and co-creation: Stakeholder mapping, engagement strategies, participatory processes and co-design of governance frameworks.

• Living Lab development: Support for territorial stakeholder mobilisation, user needs assessment, co-creation activities and real-world validation.

• Socio-economic and policy assessment: Analysis of institutional, social, economic and regulatory contexts, barriers to adoption and potential impacts.

• Knowledge integration and capacity building: Connecting researchers, public authorities, local communities and practitioners to support knowledge exchange and uptake.

• Replication and long-term impact: Transferability assessment, policy recommendations and strategies for scaling successful approaches across territories.

Our experience includes the Horizon Europe FOCAL project, where AICFD contributes to socio-economic and policy assessment of climate intelligence solutions for forest and urban environments.

AICFD also has territorial connections in the Gúdar–Maestrazgo region (Aragón, Spain), which could support the exploration of place-based activities, subject to local stakeholder engagement and consortium requirements.

We are looking to collaborate with research organisations, biodiversity and ecosystem specialists, Living Lab networks, public authorities and other partners developing a proposal under this topic.

Contact: fernanda.pereira@aicfd.org
Website: www.aicfd.org