HOOP guidance for the organisation of National Replication Workshops

The HOOP project aims to unlock bio-based investments and deploy local bio economies in Europe through a systemic and cross-cutting approach. It will offer project development assistance to a group of 8 Lighthouse Cities and Regions (from now on Lighthouses) to build the technical, economic, financial and legal expertise needed to develop concrete investments to valorise biowaste and wastewater, with the aim of obtaining safe and sustainable bio-based products. This report is one of the outputs of the HOOP project and it aims at guiding the Lighthouses involved in the in the organisation of National Replication Workshops (NRW). Each lighthouse is in charge of organising at least one NRW over the course of the project to promote the replication of the HOOP findings to other cities and regions at national level, and push forward innovative solutions for local bioeconomy strategies. This how-to guide will be a tool to inspire methodologies and activities for the organisation of NRW, yet Lighthouses will be given flexibility to make it relevant and effective. Transforming an idea in reality is the goal of the HOOP project and the NRW represents a key element to demonstrate how local bioeconomy concept can be turned into actual projects. The first part of this report is a short introduction about the HOOP project and the National Replication Workshops, the goals to achieve and how they should be inserted in the project activities. Then, a how-to guide is provided to define step-by-step the elements that should be considered in advance for the organisation of such an event. The guide provides suggestions and inspirations to organise the workshops keeping in mind that the approach chosen needs to be adapted to the national context. Therefore, this guide is more a source of inspiration listing various possibilities and approaches that can be then selected to make the most of the event. The guide can be adapted and replicated in every context and sector. The report also contains a ready-to-use toolkit as annexes: a checklist of the activities to implement, with a reference to the time, the people to involve and the status