Greek rural pilot site and community engagement partner for rural resilience to shocks (HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-COMMUNITIES-01)

CBioHub – Circular Bioeconomy Hub is a non-profit civil society organisation in Northern Greece. We connect research with local communities through Living Labs, citizen engagement and place-based pilots. We work with citizens, schools, municipalities, farmers and grassroots initiatives.

WHAT WE OFFER TO THE CONSORTIUM
1. A rural pilot site in Greece. We have a working partnership with the Municipality of Dion-Olympus. The area combines mountain, coastal, agricultural and tourism settings around Mount Olympus National Park. It is exposed to typical Mediterranean shocks (wildfires, floods, heatwaves) and to economic shocks linked to tourism seasonality and agricultural markets. This makes it a relevant case for testing resilience indicators and response strategies.
2. A multi-actor Living Lab. We can set up and run a local Living Lab with the municipality, municipal civil protection, schools, farmers, local businesses and civil society. The Living Lab will co-create and co-produce strategies and solutions, as the topic requires.
3. Inclusive and youth-centred engagement. We have experience in running education and engagement actions with children, schools and families. We can design engagement pathways for young people, women and people in vulnerable situations, so that their needs are included in local disaster risk reduction and management plans.
4. Mapping and mobilising local resources. We can lead participatory mapping of local resources that support community-based adaptation, with a focus on circular bioeconomy assets (local food and agricultural resources, biowaste, short supply chains, social networks).
5. Field data and indicators. We can collect local data to test resilience indicators (initial impact of shocks and capacity to recover) and contribute to rural-proofing the JRC Resilience Dashboards.
6. Communication, dissemination and policy uptake. Bilingual (Greek/English) communication, local events, training of municipal staff, and transfer of results to regional and national authorities in Greece.

POSSIBLE WORK PACKAGE CONTRIBUTIONS
- Pilot / case study leader for Greece (Southern Europe, Mediterranean)
- Co-creation and stakeholder engagement tasks - Youth and inclusive governance tasks
- Communication, dissemination and capacity building tasks

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- A coordinator (university or research organisation) with strong Social Sciences and Humanities expertise, as the topic requires an effective SSH contribution
- Partners with expertise in disaster risk management, emergency response and territorial planning
- Partners with expertise in resilience indicators and data (e.g. links to the JRC Resilience Dashboards)
- Other rural pilot regions in different EU countries, for comparison and peer-to-peer learning

OUR ROLE
Partner (not coordinator). We participate as an implementing partner with our own staff, activities and local network.