Funding amount: 2.499.638 Euro (total), thereof 214.750 Euro for the University of Hohenheim

Funding institution: European Commission within the framework of the Horizone Europe program

Project duration: 1.10.2022 – 30.09.2025

Project participants: Central European Initiative (CEI) Italy (coordination) and 16 other institutions in Europe

Website: https://bioloc.eu/

Short Description:

The BIOLOC project is funded under Horizon Europe Program and it aims at advancing the role and impact of social innovation to revitalize 12 European local communities in Spain (Aragon), Greece (Western Macedonia), Bulgaria (Plovdiv), Slovakia (Nitra), Slovenia, Croatia (Adriatic), Hungary (North), Romania (West), the Czech Republic, the Netherlands (Apeldoorn), Germany (Baden-Württemberg) and Italy (Campana) and accelerate the transition to the circular bioeconomy (CBE).

After assessing biomass potentials and CBE value chains in participating regions and analyzing barriers that hinder the engagement of the socially disadvantaged in related economic activities, BIOLOC will elaborate on innovative solutions and business models and transpose them into region-specific toolsets.

BIOLOC will provide specific recommendations and tailored measures to foster the socio-economic impact of the CBE on a broader population. To this aim, permanent public-private multi-stakeholder working tables will be established (BIOLOC Hubs) to discuss innovative and inclusive CBE as a leveraging factor for sustainable and resilient local development.