Work packages

Work packages

The work plan consists of eight (8) work packages (WPs) each designed to address specifically the key objectives. Project coordination and management is envisaged in WP7 and Ethics requirements in WP8. In WP1 we assess the EU food system vulnerabilities related to climate change and other system shocks (ie. pandemics), and the multi-dimensional consequences of these emerging dynamics. We analyse the drivers which impact the resilience of food systems within the 10 regional Living Labs, that are selected and awarded through the third party funding mechanism that is described in WP3. In WP2 we understand the main challenges, needs, intentions and preferences of citizens, policy makers, and food system stakeholders around food security, biodiversity and climate change, address existing stakeholders’ knowledge and skills gaps and lead to a higher engagement around the ECO-READY Observatory. In WP4 we develop the technologies and software infrastructures for the Observatory. In WP5 we produce evidence-based policy recommendations based on the knowledge produced in the previous WPs and communicate them to policy-makers and agri-food stakeholders. In WP6 we develop and implement numerous effective dissemination and communication approaches targeting key stakeholders. These approaches will result in value co-creation and open innovation for, inter alia, businesses and industry professionals whilst policy tools and policy recommendations will be invaluable to policy-makers. In WP6 we will develop and implement a business and sustainability plan to ensure its vitality beyond its lifetime.

WP1: Scoping and outlining the extended European Food Social-Ecological system

The objective of WP1 is to understand the overall European food system and its vulnerabilities, particularly as it relates to changing climate, biodiversity, water and soil, and other system shocks (i.e. pandemics), and the multi- dimensional consequence of these emerging dynamics. We will identify gaps between the current and the desired future state of food security, by investigating drivers which impact the resilience of food systems. Scenarios will be developed collaboratively with team experts and regional Living Labs participants, which will be further elaborated considering drivers impacting both short- and long-term outcomes through quantitative modelling.
WP1-Leader: CZU, Contact through: dettehofer@afczu.cz

WP2: Stakeholders’ engagement and empowerment

In WP2 we engage our target stakeholders (i.e., consumers of food products; farmers, food processors, and retailers as "owners" of the food security problems; policy makers at local, regional, and central European level) to unravel their needs, perceptions, intentions and behavioural aspects around sustainable agricultural production, food security, climate adaptation and mitigation.We will also address existing stakeholders’ knowledge and skills gaps and lead to a higher engagement around the ECO-READY Observatory. Eventually, we will develop and test a set of interventions aiming to trigger consumers’ behavioural change towards more sustainable patterns, supporting the development of more resilient agrifood systems.
WP2-Leader: White, Contact through: amousiadou@white-research.eu

WP3: Cascade funding and Living Labs network

The ECO-READY Living Labs network that will be set up in WP3 provides the necessary regional transdisciplinary settings to bring together farmers, policymakers, scientists, social stakeholders, the agri-food industry and other interested partners in the co-design, monitoring and evaluation of new and existing agricultural practices and technologies on working landscapes to improve their effectiveness and early adoption; more specifically, it will allow the interaction between the project experts and the Living Labs stakeholders to produce, test, and finalise scenarios, policy recommendations, contingency plans, and resilience policies.
WP3-Leader: FSH, Contact through: eco-ready@opencallhub.eu

WP4: Observatory development

WP4 will develop the ECO-READY Observatory, which will contain a tool-set (modules) that form the two-way portal of ECO-READY to the society and stakeholders. WP5: Policy recommendations, contingency planning, and resilience strategies The objective of this Work Package is to produce evidence-based policy recommendations based on the knowledge produced during the project (food security scenarios under shocks such as climate change) and to effectively communicate them to policy-makers and agri-food stakeholders. The contingency planning framework and the Ethical Infrastructure developed in this Working Package will contribute to the development of the policy recommendations and the overall project.
WP4-Leader: WR, Contact through: bas.vandervelden@wur.nl, ali.hurriyetoglu@wur.nl

WP5: Policy recommendations, contingency planning, and resilience strategies

The objective of this Work Package is to produce evidence-based policy recommendations based on the knowledge produced during the project (food security scenarios under shocks such as climate change) and to effectively communicate them to policy-makers and agri-food stakeholders. The contingency planning framework and the Ethical Infrastructure developed in this Working Package will contribute to the development of the policy recommendations and the overall project.
WP5-Leader: IUCN, Contact through: Alberto.Arroyo@iucn.org

WP6: Communication and post-project sustainability

The objective of this Work package is to develop and implement numerous effective dissemination and communication approaches targeting key stakeholders. These approaches will result in value co-creation and open innovation for, interalia, businesses and industry professionals whilst policy tools and policy recommendations will be invaluable to policy makers. The final objective of the project will be to develop and implement a business and sustainability plan ensure its vitality beyond its lifetime.
WP6-Leader: Cranfield, Contact through: m.bourlakis@cranfieldac.uk, Nam.Vu@cranfieldac.uk

WP7: Project management

Project Management will put in place the appropriate mechanisms to achieve methodological and structural integration between the WPs. The organisation of the project management covers strategic, technical and logistics issues.
WP7-Leader: CZU, Contact through: manikas@af.czu.cz

WP8: Ethics requirements

The objective of this Work Package is to ensure compliance of the project activities with the 'ethics requirements' set out with respect to the Do No Significant Harm (DNHS) principle as defined in the "EU Taxonomy" in Regualtion (EU) 2020/852.
WP7-Leader: CZU, Contact through: manikas@af.czu.cz