Designing a robust, evidence-based M&E framework for the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance

We are honoured to be working with the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA) to design a robust, evidence-based M&E framework to support the application of the Seven CBA Principles for Regenerative Landscapes.
The CBA Living Labs are being established across the world, with the aim to ‘provide knowledge-informed support as well as a learning and networking platform to connect the dots between investors, companies, governmental and non-governmental organizations and local communities to advance the circular bio-economy while restoring biodiversity globally.’ Crucial to this process is the assessment of biodiversity against a transparent framework, to support all stakeholders.
The Circular Bioeconomy Alliance is proposing to monitor and evaluate the impacts of their Living Labs against seven Principles for Regenerative Landscapes. These principles aim to assess initiatives according to their sustainability, resilience and local context, with the goal of regenerative landscape creation.
Nature-based Insights is working together with the CBA Scientific Advisory Board and local project implementers to co-design the CBA Living Lab’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework. Including evaluating the seven principles’ alignment with existing standards – carrying out a robust review of guidelines, methodologies, indicators, and metrics recommended in peer-reviewed literature – and designing a specific M&E framework to support the seven CBA principles.
In the next phase of the project, we aim to work with project implementers and local stakeholders to test and further refine the M&E framework in terrestrial Living Labs.