Ireland – Research and development services and related consultancy services – CONTRACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF AN IRISH AGROECOLOGICAL LIVING LAB FOR ECOFABULANDS

The Contracting Authority wishes to contract with a suitable company or organisation to establish and operate the Irish Agroecological Living Lab (LL) under the ecoFABULAnds project: Innovating for future-proof agroecological, biodiverse, and sustainably productive landscapes of Europe. The LL will act as a bioregional demonstrator for the co-creation, testing, and scaling of agroecological transition strategies at the landscape level in Ireland, contributing directly to WP2 (Living Labs), WP3 (Transition Solutions and Scaling Strategies), and WP4 (Environmental Education and Dissemination) of the project. The LL will focus on upland and lowland mixed-use landscapes in South-East Ireland, building on existing Bioregional Weaving Lab networks, and will engage farmers, local authorities, civil society, researchers, and policy stakeholders to co-create actionable agroecological innovations.