Proceedings

The event was organised by the University of Newcastle and the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF). It took place at La Tricoterie prior to the final SolACE project meeting in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The aim of the event was to elicit stakeholder feedback on policy implications of SolACE outcomes and discuss potential future research.

After an introduction by SolACE project coordinator Philippe Hinsinger, there were three main sessions:

Key messages from SolACE: Improving water and nutrient use efficiency in agroecosystems – using a talk-show-style, the session participants highlighted and discussed the key messages co ming from the series of stakeholder workshops, which parallel the key outcomes of the SolACE project.
Feedback and experiences from multi-actor projects – a round table of experts discussed the pros and cons of the Multi-actor approach employed in many Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research project, as well as in other contexts.
SolACE and beyond: what needs to be achieved from now on – in small groups, participants addressed key themes related to the SolACE project, discussing SolACE outcomes, where to go next and outstanding questions.

The proceedings include a summary of each session as well as the concrete feedback that came from it.

The Final SolACE Stakeholder Event was the fourth in a series. The first SolACE Stakeholder event took place in 2017 in Montpellier, France, the second in 2018 in Foggia, Italy, and the third was held in 2019 in Dundee, Scotland.

The recordings of the different sessions will be available soon.

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