{"id":23565,"date":"2025-02-17T12:59:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T10:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/?p=23565"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:29:50","slug":"the-macc-participates-in-the-css-boost-project-strengthening-circular-economy-in-agri-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/the-macc-participates-in-the-css-boost-project-strengthening-circular-economy-in-agri-food\/","title":{"rendered":"The MACC Participates in the CSS BOOST Project: Strengthening Circular Economy in Agri-Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Mediterranean Agri-Food Competence Center (MACC) is actively involved in implementing the project <strong>&#8220;Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces&#8221; (CSSBoost)<\/strong>, under project number <strong>101135275<\/strong>. The project is funded <strong>70% by the European Union<\/strong> and <strong>30% from own resources<\/strong>, aiming to enhance circular economy solutions through the creation and development of <strong>digital regional circular economy spaces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Objectives of CSS BOOST<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The project seeks to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable and circular economy at local and regional levels by developing and implementing <strong>digital tools and platforms<\/strong> that support circular economy solutions, with a special focus on <strong>agriculture and agri-food<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participation in the Interactive Workshop of the Region of Crete<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the project, <strong>MACC participated<\/strong> in the first interactive workshop organized by the Region of Crete as a partner of the European Project <strong>Digital Rural Interreg Europe<\/strong>. The workshop focused on <strong>the challenges faced by rural residents<\/strong>, aiming to improve policies that promote <strong>Smart Villages and the digital transformation of rural areas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event took place on <strong>Wednesday, February 12, 2024<\/strong>, from <strong>10:00 to 16:00<\/strong>, at the <strong>Kazantzakis Museum in Myrtia<\/strong>, with the support of the <strong>Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prospects and Benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The implementation of <strong>CSS BOOST<\/strong> aims to create <strong>smart, resilient, and sustainable rural ecosystems<\/strong>, enhancing <strong>productivity and sustainability in local communities<\/strong>. Through <strong>digital applications, data, and cutting-edge technologies<\/strong>, the project contributes to the <strong>development of innovative policies and strategies<\/strong> that will ensure a <strong>sustainable future for the agricultural sector<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mediterranean Agri-Food Competence Center (MACC) is actively involved in implementing the project &#8220;Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces&#8221; (CSSBoost), under project number 101135275. The project&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}