#76 Circular Bio-based Europe (part 1) w. guests Virginia Puzzolo and Dieter Brigitta

One of my goals with this podcast is to shed light on the Brussels eco-system and open it up, take out the mystery and share how the different organisations work and how you can get involved. Some time ago I recorded a special on the Circular Bio-based Europe Infoday with Programme Officer & Call Coordinator Dieter Brigitta representating the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking. Of course the natural follow-up to that episode was an episode zooming in on Circular Bio-based Europe itself. Circular Bio-based Europe is part of the European Partnership framework. It is in the so-called Institutionalized Partnerships category which means they have their own corner of the Horizon Europe work programmes where they decide and govern their own calls. I managed to get Head of Programme Virginia Puzzolo into the studio together with Programme Officer & Call Coordinator Dieter Brigitta to take a dive into the organisation and how they work. It became a long talk so it is divided into two episodes. This first half zooms in on Circular Bio-based Europe’s place in the Horizon Europe framework and how they work strategically with the input for the work programme they are responsible for. It also provides nice sum-ups of the Horizon Europe programme and the process of how Horizon Europe work programmes are developed Time codes: 00:04:08 Introduction 00:09:49 Short about Circular Bio-based Europe 00:20:51 Circular Bio-based Europe and its role in Horizon Europe 00:30:08 Strategic elements