HORIZON-CL6-2027-01-CIRCBIO-01-two-stage – Living labs for circular cities: biowaste & bioeconomy pilots in Central Macedonia (GR)

Circular Bioeconomy Hub is a non-profit based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It works on circular bioeconomy, biowaste management and participatory innovation with municipalities, schools, farmers and citizens.Our core team has 15+ years of experience in: EU projects including running a Greek Living Lab; municipal waste collection optimisation and local waste plans ; Pay-As-You-Throw and home composting schemes; regional biomass and biowaste mapping (Region of Central Macedonia)

We can lead or co-lead a Greek living lab site in the Region of Central Macedonia. Our tasks would cover: stakeholder mapping and recruitment (municipalities, waste operators, schools, farmer cooperatives, HoReCa); co-creation workshops; piloting of separate biowaste collection and local valorisation (composting, return of compost to agriculture); citizen behaviour monitoring; reflexive monitoring and replication guidance for follow-up cities. We can also lead or contribute to the work package on stakeholder engagement, capacity building and communication.

Partners we are looking for: an experienced coordinator; lead and replicating cities or regions; technology providers for biowaste valorisation (anaerobic digestion, insect bioconversion, bio-based materials); digital, data and traceability partners; social science and economic modelling partners.