Visit within the framework of the Horizon Europe activity “Mediation Event for Group 6 – Calls 2025”, organized by CARE4BIO, on May 27, 2025 in Warsaw, Poland
To help find suitable consortium partners for the upcoming Horizon Europe 2025-Group 6 calls for proposals on Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, the Group 6 National Contact Points network, CARE4BIO, organised a one-day in-person networking event in Warsaw on 27 May 2025 (#CARE4BIOBrokerage). The brokerage event complements the European Commission's Group 6 Info Days with a wide range of networking and partnership-building opportunities.
The CARE4BIO Mediation Event focused on bilateral meetings between participants interested in the same topics. The event targets a wide range of stakeholders, from businesses (including SMEs), universities, research organisations and others, from Europe and beyond, who are looking to share new project ideas and find collaboration partners for the Group 6 calls of Horizon Europe 2025. Participants also had the opportunity to showcase their project ideas and experiences through short presentations.
The event itself took place at the National Institute for Culture and Rural Heritage (NIKiDW), located in the center of Warsaw:
NIKiDW, founded in 2019, continues the legacy of the State Institute of Rural Culture founded in 1936. It serves as a vital center for the documentation and promotion of rural culture. For this event, the Institute has kindly provided us with lecture halls, guest facilities, and exceptional support from their entire team. We are very grateful!
Thematic focus
The networking focused on following the Group 6 Calls of Horizon Europe 2025:
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services;
Fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food systems from primary production to consumption;
Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors;
Clean environment and zero pollution;
Land, ocean and water for climate action;
Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities;
Innovative governance, environmental monitoring and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal.
“Aleksandër Moisiu” University, Durrës, was represented by Assoc. Prof. Laura Gjyli, as an Albanian expert on marine plastic pollution, seeking partners from the EU for the Horizon Europe Ocean mission, with expertise: macroplastic and microplastic monitoring, citizen science, policy advocacy. Assoc. Prof. Gjyli conducted meetings: with different representatives from 10-20 minutes, according to the program https://www.b2match.com/e/care4bio-2025/components/52078, si më poshtë:
1. Institute for Hydraulic Research, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Simon Lesjak, Researcher. Water science/environmental engineer in hydrological/hydraulic & sediment modelling, river renaturation, fish pass design, GIS, spatial data, flood analysis.
2. Digital for Planet, Zurich, Switzerland, Dr. Ing. Daniel Onwude, Senior Digital Sustainability Expert. Expert in digital agri-food systems with over 10 years of experience, having had roles at ETH Zurich, Empa, and Digital for Planet.
3. Agricultural University of Athens – Mineralogy and Geology Lab Athens, Greece, Christos Salmas, PhD Candidate on Microplastics Pollution in Natural Resources. Christos is specializing in microplastics detection, transport and analysis and soil-water systems. Open to EU partnerships driving change.
4. National Information Processing Institute. Warsaw, Poland, Jaroslaw Kowalski User Experience Research Team Leader | Assistant Professor. Sociologist, research specialist in the field of User Experience, user engagement, social and psychological aspects of innovation adoption.
5. Director European Projects Office at FUE-UJI, EUROFUE-UJI, Castellón, Spain, Nela Gomez Villalonga.
6. Selcuk University Konya, Türkiye, Mustafa Ersoz, Professor of Physical Chemistry. Experience on European projects.
7. Panevėžio kolegija/State Higher Education Institution, Panevėžys, Lithuania, Kara Lina Guokė, Project manager, Policy Analyst. Panevėžio kolegija has over 20 years of experience in conducting research in GreenTech, Green EdTech, Enterpreneurship and Innovation.
8. EU Projects Expert, FundingBox, Warsaw, Poland, Kasia Kulikowska.
9. Internationalization & Science Diplomacy Officer, Spanish National Research Council CSIC (ICM), Barcelona, Spain, Clara R Solé.
10. JOANNEUM Research, Senior Data Scientist / Audio analysis, Florian Krebs. Senior researcher in AI-acoustics, developing smart eco-acoustic tools for biodiversity, habitat, and environmental monitoring in EU projects.
11. University of Malaga, Spain, Javier Soto-Navarro, Senior Lecturer, physical oceanographer, expert in climate and marine litter transport analysis and modelling.
12. National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, Alina BUTU, Senior researcher in green biotech & bioresources, leading R&I on innovative biobased solutions for sustainable agriculture, enviro protection & bioeconomy
13. Agricultural University of Tirana, Rozarta Nezaj, Scientific Researcher and Lecturer at “Food Research Centre” Faculty of Biotechnology and Food – AUT, Tirana, Albania, Agricultural University of Tirana in Albania (AUT), Seeking partnerships in projects on Food Quality and Safety, healthy nutrition and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption.
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