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BIOECO-UP: BIOEAST meeting on 26 February 2026, and final conference on 13 March 2026
To support the use and exploitation of project results after project closure, BIOECO-UP is currently organising dissemination and networking activities particularly in the geographical region of Central and Eastern Europe (BIOECO-UP project: AT, CZ, IT, HR, HU, PL, SI, SK; BIOEAST Initiative: BG, CZ, EE, HR, HU, LT, LV, PL, RO, SI, SK). In a joint BIOECO-UP-BIOEAST meeting (26.02.2026, online), the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research (BAB) presented...
First GRACE Stakeholder Meeting in the Bucklige Welt – Wechselland
On 24 February 2026, the first stakeholder meeting in the Bucklige Welt – Wechselland region took place within the framework of the GRACE-project. The objective of the event was to bring together key regional actors, present the current status of the project, and jointly discuss core topics. Following a brief round of introductions, participants received an overview of the project’s objectives, methodological approach, and upcoming steps. Particular emphasis was placed on the role of the...
Global Webinar: GAN Definitions Committee presents and discusses their work
On November 18, 2025, the Global Agritourism Network (GAN) hosted an international webinar entitled “A Wor(l)d of Agritourism: Definitions and Values Identified by the Global Agritourism Network.” The goal was to introduce a globally harmonized framework for defining agritourism that serves as guidance for practice, research, and policy worldwide. Over 90 participants attended. After an introduction by Lisa Chase, Carla Barbieri and Erika Quendler presented the key work of the GAN...
First Policy Workshop SERIGO - ESIRA
On 20 November 2025, the first policy workshop between Horizon Europe SERIGO and its sister project Horizon Europe ESIRA took place at the premises of the European Mountain Organisation EUROMONTANA in Brussels. This exchange meeting was organised by our SERIGO partner AEIDL (European Association for Innovation in Local Development). Georg Wiesinger attended this event on behalf of BAB. In various working groups, experts, policy makers and practitioners discussed the potential of the social...
European project launch for NEXRUR in Potsdam
From 22 to 24 October 2025, the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam hosted the European kick-off meeting for the Horizon Europe project NEXRUR (Next Generation Sustainable Business Models and Monitoring for Rural Resilience and Innovation). The project, which will run until 2029, aims to develop innovative and sustainable business models for rural regions and strengthen their resilience to economic and climatic challenges. It brings together research...
RUSTIK Project Meeting in Cheltenham, UK
From 17 to 20 November 2025, the fifth consortium meeting of the EU Horizon project RUSTIK took place in Cheltenham, UK. RUSTIK aims to improve the understanding of rural transformation across Europe and to identify new pathways toward more resilient, sustainable, and inclusive rural regions. BAB was represented on site by Ingrid Machold, Karin Schroll, and Daria Ernst At the heart of the project meeting were two intensive days during which four thematic workshops took place, all of which...
Kick-off for the EU HORIZON Project GRACE in Venice
In October, the official launch of the EU HORIZON project GRACE took place in Venice. Representatives from all 25 European partner organizations gathered for the kick-off meeting to get to know each other, define shared goals, and lay the foundation for four years of collaboration. BAB was represented on site by Heidi Grüneis, Daria Ernst, and Somaye Latifi. During the meeting, the three team members presented BAB’s work package and gained exciting insights into the Italian project region...
The Study on Female Farmers 2026 – Kick-off Meeting at the BAB
On 21 October 2025, the kick-off meeting for the project ‘Situation of Female Farmers in Austria 2026: Analysis of Current Working and Living Conditions’ took place at the BAB. This study is commissioned by the BMLUK and is carried out as part of the gender equality evaluation of the GSP 2023–2027. Otto Hofer from the BMLUK (Dept. II/1) chaired the event. Margarethe Schima-Tripolt (BMLUK/Dept. II/1) gave an initial overview of how the project fits into the evaluation of the GSP...
NEXRUR Project launched to foster sustainable business models for rural resilience across the EU and China
10 October 2025, Xiamen (China) - The NEXRUR project kicked-off today in Xiamen, China, with a European launch to follow in Potsdam, Germany, on 22 October 2025. With this start, the project embarks on its mission to foster next-generation innovative and sustainable business models in rural areas across Europe and China, built on a shared vision of community-led entrepreneurship. Rural areas and agriculture as well as aquaculture are facing major economic, social and environmental challenges...
iCROPM 2026 conference
The BAB was represented at the iCROPM 2026 conference (Crop Modeling for Agriculture and Food Security under Global Change – https://icropm2026.org/) with a talk and a poster. iCROPM regularly brings together the international research community in crop modeling to discuss advances, strengthen collaborations, and further develop the field. This year, the focus was on scientific innovations, methodological advancements, and interdisciplinary approaches to improve the accuracy and relevance...
BAB at the IMC 2025
From small businesses to digital infrastructure and protective forests – expertise for sustainable mountain development At the International Mountain Conference IMC 2025, which took place in Innsbruck from September 14 to 18, 2025, key issues for the future relating to the sustainable development of mountain regions were once again discussed. Scientists from various disciplines presented their research findings and highlighted the role that socio-economic diversity, digital infrastructure,...
Participation in the SERIGO project meeting and the Forum Carpaticum in Bratislava and Ostrovany, Slovakia
From 10 to 12 September 2025, Georg Wiesinger, Katrin Hofer, and Somaye Latifi participated in the third SERIGO Consortium meeting, which was hosted by the Slovak partners from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University. The meeting coincided with both the Forum Carpaticum 2025 and the second SERIGO Community of Practice (CoP) workshop, all taking place at this Faculty in Bratislava, Slovakia. The programme also included a field trip to Ostrovany (Eastern Slovakia). On...