Report on Dissemination and Communication (Draft)

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N°101036838. D8.2 – Interim Report on Dissemination and Communication April 2023 Authors: Marcello Bardellini (ICONS), Jerome Friedrichs (EURADA), Esther (PRIMAFRIO) Ref. Ares(2023)2621466 - 13/04/2023 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 2 І 71 Technical references Project Acronym Agro2Circular Project Title TERRITORIAL CIRCULAR SYSTEMIC SOLUTION FOR THE UPCYCLING OF RESIDUES FROM THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR Project Coordinator Fuensanta Monzó CETEC [email protected] Project Duration October 2021 – September 2024 (36 months) Deliverable No. D8.2 – Report on Dissemination and Communication Dissemination level* PU Work Package WP 8 – Communication & Dissemination activities Task T8.1Communication & Dissemination plan Lead beneficiary ICONS Contributing beneficiary/ies All partners Due date of deliverable 31 March 2023 Actual submission date 14 April 2023 * PU = Public PP = Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE = Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) CO = Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 3 І 71 Document history V Date Beneficiary Author(s) 0.1 27/03/2023 ICONS Marcello Bardellini 0.2 27/03/2023 KVC Peer review by A. Blanco 0.3 05/04/2023 EURADA Jerome Friedrichs 0.4 11/04/2023 PRIMAFRIO Esther Ballester 0.5 12/04/2023 ICONS Marcello Bardellini 1.0 13/04/2023 ICONS Reviewed by the coordinator This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 4 І 71 Summary The aim of this document is to give account of the Communication and Dissemination activities implemented within the first 18 months of implementation of the Agro2Circular project, covering from M1 (October 2021) until M18 (March 2023). These activities have been rolled out in the framework of the “Dissemination and Communication Strategy” (D8.1), which lays down the overarching strategy and workplan to disseminate and communicate Agro2Circular activities and results, following a multi-actor and multi-channel approach to generate wider stakeholders’ engagement. The current report will undergo a final release towards the end of the project (D8.3). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 5 І 71 Table of contents TECHNICAL REFERENCES ............................................................................................... 2 Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................... 5 1. COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION STRATEGY ............................................ 8 Progress of Communication & Dissemination tools ................................................................................... 9 2. COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION TOOLS ................................................. 11 Visual Identity ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Postcard, Leaflet and roll-up ........................................................................................................................ 12 Presentation video ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Journalistic articles, Press & News Releases ............................................................................................ 15 Newsletter ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 3. ONLINE CHANNELS FOR COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION .................. 18 Website ........................................................................................................................................................... 18 Social Media ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Multipliers ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 4. COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL ..... 24 Lectures/workshops at regional schools, Universities and educative events to raise awareness on A2C topics ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Regional contests for scholars .................................................................................................................... 27 Production of a short documentary film ..................................................................................................... 29 5. EVENTS AND CLUSTERING ACTIVITIES ................................................................ 31 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 6 І 71 Events ............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Clustering activities ....................................................................................................................................... 54 CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 71 List of Figure Figure 1 A2C Logo (Main) .................................................................................................. 11 Figure 2 A2C Colour scheme ............................................................................................. 11 Figure 3 A2C Postcard....................................................................................................... 12 Figure 4 A2C Leaflet .......................................................................................................... 13 Figure 5 A2C video overview ............................................................................................. 14 Figure 6 A2C Newsletter overview ..................................................................................... 16 Figure 7 A2C Landing Page ............................................................................................... 18 Figure 8 A2C Spanish homepage ...................................................................................... 19 Figure 9 Website homepage overview ............................................................................... 20 Figure 10 A2C Social media channels ............................................................................... 21 Figure 11 Social media card and video .............................................................................. 22 Figure 12 Local C&D activities ........................................................................................... 25 Figure 13 A2C Local lectures ............................................................................................. 26 Figure 14 A2C activities at the local market ....................................................................... 26 Figure 15 A2C Regional contests ...................................................................................... 27 Figure 16 Circular Game .................................................................................................... 28 Figure 17 Short interviews ................................................................................................. 29 Figure 18 A2C at the Festival of the New European Bauhaus 2022 .................................. 66 List of Tables Table 1 Progress of C&D activities implementation ............................................................. 9 Table 2 Visual identity and logo main info.......................................................................... 12 Table 3 Presentation video main info ................................................................................. 15 Table 4 Editorial formats for communication main info ...................................................... 15 Table 5 Newsletter main info ............................................................................................. 17 Table 6 Website main info ................................................................................................. 20 Table 7 Social media accounts and followers .................................................................... 21 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 7 І 71 Table 8 Social media campaigns ....................................................................................... 22 Table 9 Social media main info .......................................................................................... 23 Table 10 Media multipliers main info ................................................................................. 23 Table 11 Local Communication and Engagement activities main info ............................... 30 Table 12 Summary of events attended .............................................................................. 32 Table 13 Events main info ................................................................................................. 46 Table 14 Clustering and networking activities .................................................................... 55 List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Item Description A2C Agro2Circular C&D Communication and Dissemination KPI Key Performance Indicator CEI Community Engagement Index CED Communication Engagement Dissemination This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 8 І 71 1. Communication and Dissemination strategy The Agro2Circular Communication, Engagement and Dissemination strategy is formed by complementary approaches and activities: ● Communication aims at raising visibility and awareness of project activities, goals, results, impacts and benefits, addressing non-technical audiences and the general public. This is done by conveying laymen and easy-to-understand contents and messages. Communication provides a first, necessary step to generate wide social acceptance of the proposed Agro2Circular innovation related to recycling and upcycling of agri-food sector residues. ● Engagement aims to create a solid and two-way connection with the selected stakeholders, facilitating their proactive involvement in Agro2Circular’s activities to ensure that their views, needs and expectations are always considered and integrated into the development process of Agro2Circular’s solutions. ● Dissemination aims at raising acceptance and uptake of Agro2Circular’s results, enabling smooth transfer of knowledge, skills and data for technical audiences across the agri-food value chains. Dissemination measures are necessary to build a wide and community at EU, local and regional level around Agro2Circular. The Communication and Dissemination strategy of Agro2Circular is highly integrated with the goals of the Exploitation activities, fostering the uptake and sustainability of its results beyond the project end. The CED strategy is deployed at both European/international level and local/regional/national level. At EU/international level, ICONS (in collaboration with CETEC as project coordinator) is in charge to lead the official project C&D activities and the external relations towards European/international stakeholders, supporting the partners’ individual activities and facilitating the smooth implementation of the C&D Plan. At local/regional/national level, local partners (PRIMA, KVC, AGROFOOD) are the main touchpoint of the project towards local stakeholders and communities. Throughout the implementation of Agro2Circular, a continuous monitoring exercise is carried out to assess the impacts generated by the project’s C&D activities. The monitoring and impact assessment activities provide feedback for future fine-tuning of the C&D strategy, hence boosting the effectiveness of the overall C&D effort. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. D8.2V1.0 Interim report on dissemination and communication 9 І 71 Progress of Communication & Dissemination tools Multiple C&D channels and tools are leveraged to reach out to different target audiences and meet their needs and expectations. The variety of channels and tools is meant to increase the coverage and effectiveness of the whole C&D campaign, maximising the impacts created by Agro2Circular throughout its different phases of implementation. An overview of the progress for the implementation of all the scheduled C&D tools for Agro2Circular is provided with the table below: Table 1 Progress of C&D activities implementation Industry / SMEs Associations (agrifood, industrial) Policy Makers Research communities / Academia General public KPI Progress Leaflet / Postcard Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed 1 1 – Achieved Roll-up Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed 1 1 – Achieved Newsletter Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing 6 1 - ongoing Presentation video Completed Completed Completed Completed Completed 1 1 – Achieved Video interviews Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming NA 2 - ongoing Journalistic articles and interviews Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming 2 Upcoming Press and News releases Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing 20 14 Final video Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming Upcoming 1 Upcoming D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 16 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Link News Page (English): https://agro2circular.eu/news-events/ News Page (Spanish): https://agro2circular.eu/es/noticias-y-eventos/ Newsletter A project e-newsletter is sent out to the subscribers of the Agro2Circular website, with the goal to directly share periodic updates on the Agro2Circular activities and progress, while promoting specific events and initiatives. A dedicated subscription form is available on the project website. The newsletters reach out to the Agro2Circular professional community and the general public, to keep them informed of the progress made by the project. Moreover, it has been used to promote relevant events and activities, sharing useful and practical information for the community. The e-newsletter is written in English, developed and distributed with a dedicated Wordpress plugin, built-in into the website’s back-end. All the issues delivered are also available on the “News” section of the Agro2Circular website. Figure 6 A2C Newsletter overview D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 17 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Table 5 Newsletter main info Accountability ICONS is in charge for the development and distribution of the newsletter Input All project partners contribute with statements, news items to be promoted and help with the distribution, advertising the newsletter with their own communities. Timing / Deviations Ongoing. Newsletter #1 has been issued on September 2022 Task / Deliverable Task 8.4 “Outreach at European Level” Next steps Newsletter #2 expected to be released by May 2023. Link Newsletter #1: https://agro2circular.eu/?na=v&nk=52-50fc45512d&id=1 D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 18 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. 3. Online channels for Communication and Dissemination Website The website is the main online communication channel for the project, and the first interface tools for many Agro2Circular different audiences. The main aim of the website is to increase stakeholders’ awareness, acceptance, uptake on Agro2Circular project and to attract the attention of potential stakeholders. The website contents are accessible to the viewers with no restrictions. A temporary landing page was released in December 2021 to provide all the necessary information about Agro2Circular before the release of the website. Figure 7 A2C Landing Page The landing page was replaced by the website in February 2022 (M4). To avoid losing audience, the landing page and the website share the same URL: https://agro2circular.eu . Agro2Circular website is a flexible tool, designed to adapt to the different needs of the project during all its life stages. It is constantly updated with the project’s news and events, it has a section dedicated to project’s internal and resources (such as public deliverables). It has D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 19 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. been developed both in English and in Spanish language to address both international and local audiences at the Spanish demo. Figure 8 A2C Spanish homepage New sections will be added in time according to the project’s needs. Registered users’ contact details will be treated as fully confidential, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). ICONS will act as the Data Controller to ensure that the sensitive information of the stakeholders and users registered in the online platform/website will remain strictly confidential. Followers’ contact details are used uniquely for the dissemination of Agro2Circular project and no other purpose. Users are granted the right to access the information they provided upon online registration and to decide to opt out from the project contact list at any time. D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 20 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Figure 9 Website homepage overview Table 6 Website main info Accountability Both Agro2Circular landing page and website are developed and maintained by ICONS, with input and feedback from CETEC. In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), private data will remain confidential as ICONS will act as the Data Controller and be responsible for treating all the sensitive data provided by the registered users upon online registration. Input All partners participate by sending inputs for news, events, and scientific papers. ICONS actively research news, events, and journalistic articles topics. Timing/ deviation The landing page was released on December 2021 The project website was released on February 2022 No deviation Task/deliverable Task 8.2 “Project Identity and Online Channels” Link https://agro2circular.eu D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 21 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Social Media The management of Agro2Circular website is backed up by a comprehensive social media strategy that aims to maximise the project’s outreach. Agro2Circular has two social media channels: LinkedIN and Twitter, managed by ICONS. These accounts are supported by the consortium partners social media account to be exploited to expand Agro2Circular stakeholder’s network, starting from the project’s already partners’ existing stakeholders' communities. Figure 10 A2C Social media channels Table 7 Social media accounts and followers Account Social media Followers https://twitter.com/Agro2Circular Twitter 418 https://www.linkedin.com/company/agro2circular/?viewAsMember=true LinkedIN 213 An official hashtag has been set (#Agro2Circular) to track the impact of the social media conversation about the project. The hashtag was presented during the project kick-off meeting and all partners are invited to use it. This hashtag will be used to monitor posts about Agro2Circular, to gather quantitative and qualitative impact data. Dedicated social media campaigns were designed and launched on occasion of engagement initiatives involving the civil society at EU and international level, including: ● October 2022: social media campaign raising awareness on the clustering initiative with ZeroWaste, FRONTSH1P, SISTERS, ENOUGH, ClieNFarms project in the context of the Circular Week 2022; ● February 2023: social media campaign “#DearLittleScientist” carried out in the context of the International Day of Women and Girls in science. D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 22 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. For the above campaigns, dedicated visuals and videos (https://twitter.com/Agro2Circular/status/1623301871392931841/video/1) have been developed. Figure 11 Social media card and video Table 8 Social media campaigns Social media campaign Social media Timing #CircularWeek2022 Twitter/LinkedIN October 2022 #DearLittleScientist Twitter/LinkedIN February 2023 D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 23 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Table 9 Social media main info Accountability ICONS is responsible for the core social media activities: setting up the accounts, posting, following existing social media channels and monitoring outreach. The consortium partners are encouraged to contribute by joining the community of Agro2Circular Twitter and LinkedIn followers. They can retweet and repost our content from their organisations’ channels and use the #Agro2Circular. Input ICONS distributes original project news and events on Agro2Circular social media channels, retweets and reposts events and news that are interesting for the project’s community and help increase visibility and engagement of Agro2Circular partner’s posts and tweets. ICONS also designed original social media campaigns on Agro2Circular-related topics. PRIMAFRIO as local outreach leaders, and KVC as engagement leader, are in charge of updating the Spanish website with news and events. All partners contribute by posting their original content about the project or engaging with Agro2Circular social media account activities. Timing/ deviation Ongoing Agro2Circular Twitter and LinkedIN accounts active since the start of the project Task/deliverable Task 8.2 Link LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/agro2circular/?viewAsMember=true Twitter: https://twitter.com/Agro2Circular Multipliers Agro2Circular aims to maximise the impact of its editorial production through an ad hoc distribution strategy, exploiting several online multipliers. The public communication tools for media distribution are: - information multipliers (e.g., AlphaGalileo, Phys.org, youris.com) - press and dedicated online portals (e.g., BiorefineCluster) Table 10 Media multipliers main info Accountability ICONS is responsible for distributing the news and press releases and journalistic articles to external news multipliers. The consortium partners are encouraged to re-distribute these materials within their networks. Monitoring will measure the outreach of Agro2Circular communication materials. Input All project partners contribute with statements, news items to be promoted and help with the distribution, advertising the news and press releases on their social media channels/ newsletters/ websites etc Timing/ deviation ongoing Task/ deliverable Task 8.4 Link AlphaGalileo: https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/ Phys.org: https://phys.org/ Youris.com: https://www.youris.com/ BiorefineCluster Europe: https://www.biorefine.eu D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 24 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. 4. Communication and engagement at local and regional level Lectures/workshops at regional schools, Universities and educative events to raise awareness on A2C topics In line with D8.1, tailor-made events to attract the general public have been carried out by Agrofood, through conferences and workshops addressed to both the local public and the regional industry sector, facilitating the circular economy approach. These include: • Conference on Wastewater Treatment and Regeneration. R+D+d+I lines (27 April 2022) C/Concordia, s/n, 30500 Molina de Segura. • CEEIC-INFO (17 May 2022), online. Dissemination of results of projects funded by public calls for proposals in the area of Food Technology. • PIDDE Programme - CTNC, Ministry of Science and Innovation and Seneca Foundation of the Region of Murcia (24 May 2022), Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. News from the agri-food sector. • Programa PIDDE – CTNC (3 June 2022), Universidad de Murcia Veterinaria. • Semana de la Ciencia (21-23 October 2022), participation in the Science and Technology Week of the Region of Murcia organised by the Seneca Foundation, promoting the forthcoming launch of the Circular Game (Primafrio). The following images are referred to the above-mentioned dissemination actions. D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 25 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Figure 12 Local C&D activities Worth highlighting the next dissemination opportunity at local level, being, the Biowaste Club (26 April 2023), Murcia. Challenges for industry to implement the circular bioeconomy. On the other hand, training has begun in secondary schools, secondary schools and vocational training centres with talks on the following contents: • Circular Economy" workshops: Interactive workshop explaining the basic concepts of the Circular Economy, and dissemination of the Agro2circular project D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 32 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Table 12 Summary of events attended Partner ShortName Partn er's role (Org anise r, Spea ker, Atten dee, Other ) WOR KSH OP Title of the event Date (DD/ MM/Y Y) Place Target Size of Audienc e (N.of attendee s) Countries addressed (national, EU, internation al) URL Language(s ) Scien tific Com munit y Ind ustr y Civ il So ciet y Genera l Public Polic y mak ers Inv est ors Custo mers Media Other Total audien ce WETSUS Atten dee EXHI BITIO N Aquatech Amsterda m, world’s leading water trade show for process, drinking and wastewate r 2/11/2 021 Amst erda m, Nethe rlands x x 15000 Internation al https://www.aquatechtra de.com/amsterdam/ CTNC Spea ker OTH ER II Day of meetings with iWATERM AP project partners 04/11/ 21 Murci a, Spain x x x 15 EU CETBIO Spea ker TRA DE FAIR INNOVAM + 09/11/ 21 Carta gena. Spain x 45 x 270 National INNOVAM +Website English AGROFOO D/CTNC Atten dee TRA DE FAIR INNOVAM + 09/11/ 21 Carta gena. Spain INNOVAM +Website Spanish INFO Other OTH ER x 45 x 270 National D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 33 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. CTNC Spea ker 03/02/ 22 x x x 10 Internation al https://ctn c.es/notici as_ctnc/el -ctncrecibe-aladelegacio n-deexpertosdeazerbaiya n-en-elmarcodelproyectoeuropeoeuropeadimprovedsupporttoentrepren eurialdevelopm ent-inruralareas-ofazerbaijan / English CETBIO Spea ker WOR KSH OP Bio-Based Plastics Webinar 01/02/ 22 Onlin e x x 105 Internation al https://youtu.be/j3qUGZf FCjU CETEC Other OTH ER Broadcast 7TV Región de Murcia 05/02/ 22 Murci a x x 92300 0 923000 National LINK AGROFOO D Other OTH ER Company meeting - Citrus 24/02/ 22 Murci a x 1 1 National Spanish AGROFOO D Other OTH ER Company meeting - Broccoli 17/02/ 22 Murci a x 1 1 National Spanish CTNC Spea ker OTH ER Dissemina tion of the 16/02/ 22 Unive rsity x 30 National Spanish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 34 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. project in the Food Science and Technolog y degree course on innovation strategies of Murci a CETEC Other OTH ER Broadcast Cadena Ser Radio 01/03/ 22 Murci a x 21000 21000 National EURADA Spea ker CON FERE NCE I Congreso de Etiquetado Inteligente 17/03/ 22 Jabug o x x x 50 National https://con gresoetiqu etadointeli gente.eu/ Spanish CETEC Spea ker WOR KSH OP Circular Plastics Alliance - General Assembly R&D Side Session 24/03/ 22 Onlin e x x x 50 EU Link English GWC/CETE C Spea ker CON FERE NCE Agricultura l film conferenc e 2930/03/ 22 Barce lona x x 96 Internation al Link English CETEC/CT NC Atten dee CON FERE NCE MeetingPa ck2022 2021/04/ 22 Valen cia x 14 Internation al link Spanish/En glish AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE JORNADA TRATAMI ENTO Y REGENE RACIÓN DE AGUAS RESIDUA LES. LÍNEAS DE I+D+i 27/04/ 22 Molin a de Segur aMurci a x x x 30 EU Link Spanish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 35 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. CETEC/EU RADA/ICON S Spea ker WOR KSH OP LOOPCluster Launch Workshop 24/05/ 22 Geno a x x x x 100 EU English SOLPLAST Other WOR KSH OP CCRI FOCUS GROUP 05/05/ 22 ONLI NE X 6 EU English AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE CRECEST ARUP Agrifoodte ch 17/05/ 22 online x x 15 National Spanish AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE JORNADA I+D+i AGROALI MENTARI A 24/05/ 22 Carta genaMurci a x x x x 20 National Spanish AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE JORNADA DESCUBR IMIENTO EMPREN DEDOR. Sector Agroalime ntario 27/05/ 22 Molin a de Segur aMurci a x x 40 National Spanish AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE NOVEDA DES EN EL SECTOR AGROALI MENTARI O 03/06/ 22 Murci a x x x x 30 National Spanish AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE Jornada Fomento de la Innovación en el Sector Agroalime ntario 2022 29/06/ 22 Murci a x x x x 30 National Spanish AGROFOO D Spea ker Work shop Food for Life 14/06/ 22 Madri d National Food for Life GT calidad, Spanish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 36 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. producció n y sostenibili dad CTNC Other TRA DE FAIR NUTRACE UTICALS EUROPE 1617/06/ 22 Barce lona x x Internation al https://ww w.nutrace uticalseur ope.com/e n/event/ English AGROFOO D Other OTH ER Company meeting - Artichoke 04/07/ 22 Murci a x 1 1 National Spanish AGROFOO D/CTNC Atten dee WOR KSH OP Food for Life Spainhttps ://foodforlif espain.es/gt -sectorhortofrutic ola/ 05/07/ 22 Almer íaonline x x 25 National Food for Life GT Hortofrutic olahttps://f oodforlifespain.es/g t-sectorhortofrutic ola/ Spanish AGROFOO D/CTNC Atten dee WOR KSH OP Workshop PestNu´s sister projects 07/07/ 22 online x x Internation al English CTNC/ AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE III Congreso Universitar io en Innovación y Sostenibili dad Agroalime ntaria (CUISA) 1516/09/ 22 UMH Orihu ela x x x National Spanish EURADA/IC ONS Orga niser OTH ER Circular Week 2022 - Making the Agri-Food Sector Circular 06/10/ 22 online x x x 102 EU https://circ ularweek. org/en/onli ne/making -the-agrifoodEnglish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 37 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. sectorcircular/ CTNC/CET EC/AGROF OOD Other EXHI BITIO N Semana de la Ciencia y la Tecnologí a 2123/10/ 2022 Murci a x x x National https://se manadela ciencia.csi c.es/ Spanish CETEC Atten dee TRA DE FAIR K2022 2426/10/ 2022 Düss eldorf - Germ any x 21 21 Internation al K2022 English CETEC Spea ker CON FERE NCE BIOPOL20 22 14-16 Nove mber 2022 Unive rsity of Alican te - Spain x 140 Internation al English CTNC Spea ker OTH ER Valorizació n de residuos agrícolas para la creación de nuevos materiales técnicos sostenible s 01/12/ 22 Onlin e x x 30 National Spanish CETEC Spea ker OTH ER Networkin g event Research institutes Region of Murcia 21/12/ 22 CTN C_Mu rcia x 30 National Link Spanish EVRY Spea ker EXHI BITIO N AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Associatio 14/11/ 202215/11/ 2022 Amst erda m x x 500 500 Internation al Link English D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 38 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. n) World Congress 2022 DMC Spea ker CON FERE NCE Bioecono mía Circular en el sector oleícola 29/08/ 202230/08/ 2022 Unive rsidad Intern acion al de Andal ucía (UNIA ), Baez a, Jaén x x x National https://ww w.unia.es/ es/noticias /la-uniaanalizaen-uncurso-deveranode-lasedeantoniomachadode-baezalabioecono miacircularen-elsectoroleicola Spanish DMC Other OTH ER European Research Night: Obtaining active principles from byproducts of the agrifood industry for the control of emerging pathogens 30/09/ 22 Onlin e x x 133 133 Internation al https://lan ochedelos investigad ores.funda ciondescu bre.es/acti vidades/o btenciondeprincipiosactivos-apartir-desubproduc tos-de-laindustriaagroalime ntariapara-elcontroldeEnglish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 39 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. patogenos - emergent es/ CETEC Spea ker WOR KSH OP Innovative R&D projects in Circular EconomyCurso de Tecnico especialist a Gestor de Economía Circular 19/01/ 23 Onlin e x 12 12 National Spanish CETECBIO Spea ker Work shop Biotechnol ogy in Circular Economy at Secondar School (IES Poeta Julian Andugar) 16/02/ 23 Face to Face x x Stude nts 42 42 Regional Spanish KVC Spea ker WOR KSH OP Circular Economy presentati on at Secondary School (IES Ruiz de Alda) 24/02/ 23 Prese ntial (San Javier , Murci a) x x Stude nts 80 80 Regional Spanish Almond Other TRA DE FAIR BIOFACH 14-17 Feb 2023 Nürnb erg, Germ any x 40 40 Internation al https://ww w.biofach. de/en/new s/pressreleases/2 023biofachclosingreportEnglish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 40 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. o8jwq34ks s_pireport SAPERATE C Other TRA DE FAIR K 2022 19/10/ 2226/10/ 22 Düss eldorf - Germ any x x x 177486 Internation al https://ww w.konline.co m/ German, English CETBIO Spea ker CON FERE NCE I Jornada de biotecnolo gía: innovación e impacto en nuestra región (1st Biotechnol ogy journey: innovation and impact in the Region of Murcia) sette mbre 2022 Murci a, Spain x x x x Regional https://ww w.laopinio ndemurcia .es/evento s/biotecno logia/ Spanish CETBIO Other WOR KSH OP Internation al Workshop on Sustainabl e Chemistry 01/05/ 23 Carta gena, Spain x Internation al https://ww w.iwsusch em2023.o rg/ English PRIMA/KVC /CETEC/EV ERSIA Orga niser EXHI BITIO N launch of community based activity in Alhama de Murcia 22/01/ 22 Alha ma de Murci a, Spain x x x Regional Spanish Wetsus Atten dee WOR KSH OP Meeting with the Dutch Water Authorities Onlin e x x 10 National Energie en Grondstoff en Fabriek (efgf.nl) English Wetsus D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 41 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. CJM Spea ker OTH ER Webinar "Bioecono mía circular en los subproduc tos hortofrutíc olas" 09/03/ 23 Onlin e x x 150 79 National Spanish EVERSIA Other WOR KSH OP CCRI FOCUS GROUP 05/05/ 22 Onlin e X 6 EU English AGROFOO D Atten dee BRO KER AGE EVE NT IKNOWLE DGE FORUM - Brokerage Event 04/10/ 202205/10/ 2022 Carta gena - Murci a, Spain x x x Internation al https://iknowledg eforum.co m/ English AGROFOO D Spea ker CON FERE NCE Innovación agroalime ntaria. Tendencia s y oportunida des 11/10/ 22 UMU - Facult ad Biolo gía, spain x x 44 National https://ww w.ctnc.eu/ cursos/jor nadainnovacio nagroalime ntariatendencia s-yoportunida desprogramapidde-11deoctubre/ Spanish AGROFOO D Atten dee TRA DE FAIR Innovam+ 22 25/10/ 22 Innov am+ 2022 x x x x Internation al https://ww w.innova mrm.com/ Spanish AGROFOO D Atten dee OTH ER ALIBETOP IAS 2022. New technologi cal 27/10/ 22 Alibet opías x x National https://ww w.alibetopi as.es/ Spanish D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 48 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Oral presentation by CETEC in Biopol international Conference to 140 attendees from the scientific community D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 49 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Poster presented by Wetsus in Aquatech exhibition D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 50 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Science Week – Murcia Spain14,000 m2 and 87 stands open to general public D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 51 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Presentation of A2C in Everything exhibitor booth in AIPIA World Congress (more than 500 participants and around 20 exhibitors Presentation of Agro2Circular in the European Researchers Night by DMC D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 52 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Radio broadcast by CETEC(https://cadenaser.com/2022/03/01/europa-en-la-antena-de-la-ser-seinteresa-por-el-proyecto-agro2circular/) with a audience of 21000 citizens Presentation of A2C by CETEC, Regional television broadcast news with an audience of 923.000 citizens (http://7tvregiondemurcia.es/bioplasticos-para-sustituir-a-los-derivados-del-petroleo-made-inalhama-de-murcia/) D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 53 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Poster by CTNC in the “III Congreso Universitario en Innovación y Sostenibilidad Agroalimentaria (CUISA) D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 54 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Clustering activities Clustering activities, close cooperation and joint dissemination strategies and campaigns with other EU like-minded projects tackling the same topics are implemented to foster knowledge transfer and to increase impact and engagement among wider audiences with Agro2Circular project. After an initial inventory and mapping of networking and clustering opportunities at European level, the Agro2Circular project started to reach out to other projects and initiatives in M5 (February 2022). The following table provides an overview of the networking and clustering activities carried out so far. D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 55 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Table 14 Clustering and networking activities Cluster/I nitiative Type Lead Partner A2C Involved Partners Description Date Name A2C Partner Attended Info & Documents LOOP Projects Cooperation EURADA CETEC, EURADA, ICONS Collaboration cluster between the four sister projects of the GD3.2 Call (EcoeFISHent, CIRCULAR FOAM, FRONTSH1P & Agro2Circular) 24.05. 2022 GD3.2 LOOP Workshop on how to build a low-carbon, climate resilient future for cities and regions CETEC, EURADA, ICONS Launch workshop of the cluster, including presentations of the four projects as well as inputs from high-level speakers on how to build a low-carbon, climate resilient future for cities and regions. Link to recording LOOP Projects Cooperation EURADA CETEC, EURADA, ICONS Collaboration cluster between the four sister projects of the GD3.2 Call (EcoeFISHent, CIRCULAR FOAM, FRONTSH1P & Agro2Circular) 12.07. 2022 LOOP-Cluster Coordination Meeting LOOP Projects Cooperation EURADA CETEC, EURADA, ICONS Collaboration cluster between the four sister projects of the GD3.2 Call (EcoeFISHent, CIRCULAR FOAM, FRONTSH1P & Agro2Circular) 02.12. 2022 Alignment meeting between CCRICSO & LOOP EURADA D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 56 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. LOOP Projects Cooperation EURADA CETEC, EURADA, ICONS Collaboration cluster between the four sister projects of the GD3.2 Call (EcoeFISHent, CIRCULAR FOAM, FRONTSH1P & Agro2Circular) 05.12. 2022 LOOP Follow-up meeting EURADA, CETEC Meeting of the four LOOP projects to discuss future course of the initiative LOOP Projects Cooperation EURADA CETEC, EURADA, ICONS Collaboration cluster between the four sister projects of the GD3.2 Call (EcoeFISHent, CIRCULAR FOAM, FRONTSH1P & Agro2Circular) 03.02. 2023 Meeting between CCRI & LOOP EURADA Meeting between the CCRI (EC & Ecorys) and the LOOP initative to discuss collaboration opportunities and to avoid overlaps Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) EC Inititative Ecorys CETEC, EURADA, KVELOCE, Eversia, SOLPLAST The CCRI initiative is part of the New Circular Economy Action Plan, and it aims at supporting the implementation of circular systemic solutions at local and regional level by providing assistance to cities and regions. 29.06. 2022 Coordination meeting to discuss a questionnaire and future cooperation with the CCRI-CSO CETEC, EURADA Meeting with Jan Wynarski on cooperation between Agro2Circular and CCRI. Agreement to work on the questionnaire continuously throughout the project. Link to questionnaire Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) EC Inititative Ecorys Focus Group to gather feedback from industrial stakeholders on the creation of a knowledge observatory to be hosted on the CCRI website. 05.05. 2022 Focus Group with Industrial and Business Stakeholders CETEC, Eversia, SOLPLAS T Link to recording Link to presentation Circular Cities EC Inititative Ecorys Focus Group to gather feedback from industrial 29.10. 2022 1st CCRI Webinar: EURADA D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 57 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. and Regions Initiative (CCRI) stakeholders on the creation of a knowledge observatory to be hosted on the CCRI website. Presentation on the CCRI Methodology for the implementation of a circular economy at the local and regional scale Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) EC Inititative Ecorys Focus Group to gather feedback from industrial stakeholders on the creation of a knowledge observatory to be hosted on the CCRI website. 15.12. 2022 2nd CCRI Webinar - New Horizon Europe calls for proposals for circular economy at local and regional scale EURADA Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) EC Inititative Ecorys Focus Group to gather feedback from industrial stakeholders on the creation of a knowledge observatory to be hosted on the CCRI website. 07.02. 2023 3rd CCRI Webinar - Monitoring the Transition to Circular Economy EURADA Circular Cities EC Inititative Ecorys Focus Group to gather feedback from industrial 27.02. 2023 CCRI TWG Bioeconomy - EURADA, KVC, UB D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 64 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Waste Alliance Alliance/Platf orm Internationa le Zusammen arbeit (Secretariat ) cooperation. Organisations from the private sector, academia, civil society and public institutions jointly engage for a circular economy. with low and middle income countries” HOOP European Project CETENMA (Murcia Energy and Environme nt Technology Centre) KVC, PRIMAFRIO, AGROFOOD , CETEC The HOOP project supports 8 lighthouse cities and regions in developing large-scale urban circular bioeconomy initiatives that will focus on making biobased products from urban biowaste and wastewater. 13.01. 2023 Meeting to coordinate potential actions KVC, AGROFO OD, CETEC Link to folder HOOP European Project CETENMA (Murcia Energy and Environme nt Technology Centre) KVC, PRIMAFRIO, AGROFOOD , CETEC The HOOP project supports 8 lighthouse cities and regions in developing large-scale urban circular bioeconomy initiatives that will focus on making biobased products from urban biowaste and wastewater. 26.04. 23 Organization of joint event (Biowaste Club) in Murcia with industrial stakeholders of both projects to discuss on challenges to implement CE Green Deal Arena European Project Shared Green Deal Project EURADA European Project initiative 16.09. 2022 Introductory Webinar to hybrid 'Green EURADA Link to webpage D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 65 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Deal Arena' on 4 October 2022. Green Deal Arena European Project Shared Green Deal Project EURADA European Project initiative 04.10. 2022 Green Deal Arena' in Brussels. EURADA Green Deal Arena European Project Shared Green Deal Project EURADA European Project initiative 01.12. 2022 2nd Consortium Meeting CETEC, EURADA Invitation to other CCRI projects to discuss collaboration (Agro2Circular, FRONTSH1P, HOOP, SUSCHEMIQ) D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 66 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. The first participation in external clustering (Circular Plastics Alliance General Assembly) and networking events (2022 Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference, I Congreso de Etiquetado Inteligente & MeetingPack 2022) was followed by the establishment of a monitoring tool for the different clustering activities carried out by the Agro2Circular project partners. Agro2Circular also had the opportunity to present itself with a booth at the first Festival of the New European Bauhaus during its early stages (dedicated C&D materials were produced – pictures provided below). Figure 18 A2C at the Festival of the New European Bauhaus 2022 D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 67 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Then, in the third quarter of the project, the initiatives to cluster like-minded European projects started. First to name here is the LOOP cluster - a joint initiative of Agro2Circular and its sister projects (CIRCULAR FOAM, EcoeFISHent & FRONTSH1P), which met for the first time in May 2022 for a first joint workshop in Genoa. The LOOP cluster will also organise a partner event during the EU Green Week 2023. In addition, the two EU-led initiatives of the Green Deal Support Office (DG-SO) and the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative Coordination and Support Office (CCRI-CSO) started contacting their respective target projects at this time. While the CCRI's Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) only started their work in March 2023 (Agro2Circular is participating in the TWGs on Bioeconomy and Industrial Symbiosis at the time of writing this report) and the first concrete actions are slowly taking shape, the GDSO's Food Working Group, which started its activities earlier, has (as of April 2023) begun its activities and created a mapping of stakeholders including a corresponding database and D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 68 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. a mapping of common drivers & barriers so far (with contributions of KVC in shaping the database and including stakeholders).. The latter GD-SO Food WG also served as the basis for the Agro2Circular-led organisation of a joint webinar of Green Deal projects in the framework of the Circular Week in October 2022. Further networking and clustering activities included: ● The inclusion of Agro2Circular in the Biorefine Cluster Europe; ● The participation in workshops led by the two GD projects PestNu and SISTERS; ● The portrayal of Agro2Circular on the EU Food Loss and Waste Prevention Hub; ● The active participation in the Green Deal Arena (a previous seminar in September 2022; the main event in October 2022, a follow-up seminar in December 2022); ● The participation in the 13th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste; ● The participation in the PREVENT Waste Alliance General Assembly; ● The participation in the TREASoURcE Consortium Meeting, which aimed at closer future collaboration between first and second wave CCRI projects; ● A meeting with the HOOP project to coordinate potential future actions. On this regard, the partners KVC, CETEC and AGROFOOD are preparing a joint participatory event (Biowaste Club) on 26th April 2023, in which industrial partners will discuss on the challenges and collaboration opportunities to implement circular economy at the regional level; ● Attendance to the non-public event of GDSO Dialogue on selected European Green Deal Policy Priorities Workshop ● Attendance to CCRI 3rd Webinar - Monitoring the Transition ● to a Circular Economy. ● The attendance of the 2023 Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference; ● And the presentation of Agro2Circular during the Innovation Forum4plastics. Further networking and clustering activities are planned, with a clear focus on the CCRI and GD-SO working groups. D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 69 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Launching of the sister projects’ cluster Loop in Genoa-Italy Presentation of A2C by the coordinator in the Circular Plastic Alliance Assembly D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 70 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Meeting with Hoop Project to present A2C and to join the initiative “Biowaste club” and organise future collaboration Presentation of A2C by the coordinator in the Forum4Plastic March 2023 event in Brussels attended by 65 representatives of H2020 European Projects and REA representatives D8.2V1.0 Report on dissemination and communication Page 71 of 71 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101036838. Conclusion Several communication and dissemination activities have been carried out across the M1 – M18 time span. The aim of this deliverable was to give account of what has been produced from the project onset until March 2023, in line with what foreseen in D8.1. The current report will be updated on M34 with D8.3.