Living labs driving transformative change via knowledge integration and inclusive governance

¿De qué trata esta convocatoria?

The topic funds living labs that test inclusive governance models, policy instruments and economic models for a nature positive economy. Proposals address either ecosystems or societal challenges with a broad range of stakeholders.

¿Qué financia esta convocatoria?

Scope

Projects establish living labs as real-world testing environments for policy solutions, stakeholder engagement and new economic models, and develop inclusive, adaptive governance strategies for a nature positive society and economy.

Activities

• Review policies on direct and indirect drivers of biodiversity loss to find conflicting objectives.
• Analyse legal, financial and institutional barriers to inclusive governance and pilot instruments such as citizens' assemblies, participatory budgeting and, where relevant, nature credits.
• Develop multi-level governance models to integrate nature positive actions into EU policies, and group existing EU communities of practice by ecosystem or societal challenge.
• Develop digital decision-support tools that present nature positive options for a specific local context.
• Offer training for policymakers, community leaders and researchers and coordinate exchanges between living labs.

Areas

Each proposal addresses either Area A (living labs per ecosystem: marine, freshwater or terrestrial) or Area B (living labs per societal challenge: climate change, water, food, health, pollution or spatial planning), and states the chosen area in the application.

Expected outcomes

Governance frameworks that integrate knowledge across ecosystems and societal challenges, and living labs that serve practitioners and public authorities as innovation hubs.

¿Cuándo termina el plazo?

22 de septiembre de 2027 (320 días)

22 September 2027 (single-stage call).