Project cooperationUpdated on 8 May 2026
Regeneration Architects
CEO at Afforest for Future
Nis, Serbia
About
Our expertise spans the full aridity gradient—from the hyper-arid deserts of the UAE and Egypt to the continental bioregions of the Balkans—utilizing a methodology refined through collaborations with NASA Ames (USA) and leading European research institutions.
What We Offer Your Consortium
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Systems Design for Resilience: We act as the "Architects" of the project, designing landscape-scale interventions that integrate nature-based solutions (NBS) with water-harvesting infrastructure. We specialize in creating closed-loop, circular bioeconomy systems that transform local waste streams (wastewater, sediments) into high-performance soil amendments.
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Soil Science & Technical Restoration: Expertise in regenerating soil health in extreme conditions. We provide technical leads for Work Packages on soil physics, carbon sequestration, and the application of dark fermentation and algae-based nutrient recovery to build soil organic matter in arid and degraded zones.
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Quintuple Helix Living Lab Co-Creation: We provide the "Social Architecture" to ensure project success. We facilitate deep stakeholder engagement across government, academia, industry, and local communities (e.g., our active Nišava Bioregional Living Lab). We bridge the gap between policy-making and ground-level implementation.
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Deep Stakeholder Engagement & Digital Onboarding: Using our proprietary Ecturia platform (TRL 9), we offer immediate capacity for farmer/forester onboarding, peer-to-peer learning, and the collection of "Ground Truth" data required to validate AI and Earth Observation models.
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Global Arid-Zone Expertise: With a track record in California, Egypt, Greece, and the UAE, we bring specialized knowledge in fighting desertification, making us a high-value partner for international cooperation and climate adaptation calls.
Strategic Fit for 2026–2028 Calls
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Mission Soil: Lead for Living Lab design, Carbon Farming protocols, and Soil Governance.
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Cluster 6: Expertise in Biodiversity restoration, Agroforestry, and Circular Bio-based systems.
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Digital/Space: Physical validation partner for Earth Intelligence and AI for Agriculture.
Our Value Proposition: We provide the scientific logic and the systemic blueprint to make regenerative agriculture scalable and resilient in the world’s most challenging environments.
Topic
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-04: Bridging the gap between disaster risk management and climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-05: Demonstrating solutions to protect and preserve cultural heritage from the impacts of climate change
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-01: Large-scale demonstration for mapping the distribution and condition of marine habitats to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions in the land-sea connection
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-03: By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-04: Towards a European network of ocean technology testing sites
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-05: Regional (sea-basins) components of the EU Digital Twin Ocean
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02: Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: Boosting EU competitiveness: advancing food system transformation through innovative soil health solutions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-05: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils – a One-Health perspective
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-06: Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: the past as key to the future
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-two-stage: Living labs to enhance soil health in Alpine and Atlantic biogeographical regions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-06-01-CIT-NEB-B4P: Introducing circular economy models in the construction sector, from buildings to city scale
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
Type
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
Organisation
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Living Lab In Serbia Widening Country in Continental region.
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- Consortium/Coordinator seeks Partners
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-04: Bridging the gap between disaster risk management and climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-06: Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: the past as key to the future
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-02: Enabling user-centred and open innovation initiatives to enhance soil health in Ukraine
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-05: Antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic biosynthesis in soils – a One-Health perspective
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-two-stage: Living labs to enhance soil health in Alpine and Atlantic biogeographical regions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-02:Actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-05: Demonstrating solutions to protect and preserve cultural heritage from the impacts of climate change
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-06: Improving climate resilience of inland waterways, their surroundings and related water infrastructures
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: Boosting EU competitiveness: advancing food system transformation through innovative soil health solutions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-01: National Adaptation Hubs - Bringing together the national level with the engaged regional and local levels (multi-level governance)
Vesela Tanaskovic Gassner
CEO at Afforest for Future
Nis, Serbia
Project cooperation
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
Jessica Friedrichs
Project Engineer / Remote Sensing and GIS Specialist at Blue Horizon Sarl
Betzdorf, Luxembourg
Project cooperation
Real Landscapes, Real Solutions: AICFD’s Living Labs for Healthy Soils
- Offering Expertise to Consortias
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-03: Standardising and supporting climate services to serve climate adaptation
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-01: Living labs to enhance soil health in managed forests and in natural/semi-natural lands
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-01-CLIMA-02:Actionable solutions for climate adaptation to the knowledge of the regions and local authorities
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-04: Boosting EU competitiveness: advancing food system transformation through innovative soil health solutions
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-08-CLIMA-SOIL: Joint demonstration of solutions to build soil resilience to extreme weather events and support food security
- HORIZON-MISS-2026-05-SOIL-03: Monitoring soil health in practice: equipping stakeholders to sample, analyse, and interpret soil health indicators
FERNANDA PEREIRA
European Project Manager at Asociacion Internacional Ciencia Frontera y Disruptiva
Valencia, Spain