Ihobe together with the main environmental agencies in Europe are developing, within the framework of the CASRI project, a common portfolio of eco-innovative projects which touches on four main themes proposed by the participants.
The public company Ihobe, together with 17 European environmental agencies from 13 countries, have formed a consortium to improve and accelerate the generation of knowledge necessary for green transition and optimize public resources.
European collaboration CASRI project
The European Environment Agency-EEA, together with the German UBA, lead the CASRI project in which the agencies of Austria, Slovakia, Flanders, Finland, France, Wales, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and the Basque Country participate. The project, financed by the European Union, aims to connect and foster innovative environmental research of European environmental agencies.
Los four thematic areas on which the agents of each country and region participants are currently working on are resilient, decarbonized and circular production systems; biodiversity and climate; Sustainable urbanism and nature and environmentally friendly energy transition.
Furthermore, the CASRI initiative will define projects in a comprehensive manner throughout 2025 and with financing from the agencies themselves or within the framework of the new FP 10 R&D&i program of the European Union, to begin its execution in 2026.
To this end, Ihobe will contribute the work carried out in the last decade in the field of eco-innovation with companies, technology centers and public entities within the PCTI 2030 Science, Technology and Innovation Plan.
The European Network of Environment Agencies, which promotes this initiative, is made up of thirty agencies with more than 3,000 expert people and budgets for eco-innovation. These public agencies, most of them with half a century of experience, are key institutions to accompany governments and companies in the green transition and provide them with the knowledge to make the best decisions in the face of the complex challenges that lie ahead, what is called “Knowledge for politics”.
The collaboration of these agencies with companies, public administration, knowledge agents and citizens, positions them as key entities for successfully address environmental challenges that Europe has to address.
He CASRI project is led by the German agency UBA and by the European Environment Agency. The first collaborative projects are expected to start in 2026.