When calls are about to open for submission the European Commission and the different European Partnerships arrange infodays on the different thematic sections in the work programmes. Circular Biobased Europe is the European Partnership covering the circular biobased industries that are growing significantly these years. The partnership has its own dedicated section in the Horizon Europe work programme with 18 calls available for the deadlines in 2023.

Their Info Day is coming up. 20 April 450 people will gather in the heart of the European area in Brussels for a day dedicated to the circular biobased industry calls. The info days are designed to secure that the stakeholders get information on the open calls, advice on how to develop the proposals, technically how to apply for the calls and not least networking and brokerage activities for people to connect for the many consortia to be settled.

I connected with one of my old contacts, Maria Andrielou, Communication Strategist and owner of the communication company Clean Stories specialized on exactly the biobased sector. We agreed to record an episode about the Circular Bio-based Europe Info Day and how it is to participate in such events. And we managed to get Dieter Brigitta, Programme Officer & Call Coordinator from Circular Biobased Europe, into the virtual podcast studio to help us shed light on the organisation and how they run their info days.

This is a great The Grant special that gives you an idea of what these events are and how you can benefit from participating.