#77 Circular Bio-based Europe (part 2) 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. Last week we covered CBE’s place in the Horizon Europe framework and how they work strategically with the input for the work programme. In this second half my guests share with us the different tools CBE has developed to support the community – especially the extraordinary networking platform! Time codes: 00:02:10 The networking platform 00:18:43 Other support elements 00:31:26 The toughest challenge