Cooperation in projects

CALL TOPICS OF INTEREST
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↳ Circular economic business models
We are interested to developing project with focus in:
• new products/services which empower end-users in their choice for more sustainable consumption patterns, and require the implementation of innovative producer responsibility or other sectorial or cross-sectorial governance schemes;
• development of new approaches for designing products/services that collectively consider end-users, brand owners, as well as entrepreneurs, and researchers, and deliver the needs of end-users;
• reducing supply chain length, thus increasing resource efficiency and reducing adverse impacts on the environment, including on climate change;
• facilitating the inclusion of resource or materials criteria in designing products/services (e.g. durability, reparability and recyclability), thus contributing to an increase in resource and energy efficiency, and reduced environmental impacts, in the whole life cycle of products;
• creating new business opportunities for industry and SMEs in the EU, contributing to the exploitation of EU innovative solutions, and improving the competitiveness of European enterprises in the global market for eco-innovative solutions;
• demonstrating the economic, social, cultural and environmental sustainability of the proposed approaches and main elements that a business plan should include in order to realise them, including the assessment of possible positive and negative side-effects and risks, such as those associated with harmful substances potentially present in recycled materials;
• providing evidence-based knowledge regarding the enabling framework conditions (such as the regulatory or policy framework or cultural factors) that facilitate a broader transition to a circular economy in the EU.
FUNDING PROGRAMME AND REFERENCE
LC-SC3-CC-1-2018-2019-2020: Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) aspects of the Clean-Energy Transition (07 May 2019)
LC-SC3-ES-6-2019: Research on advanced tools and technological development (05 February 2019)
LC-SC3-SCC-1-2018-2019-2020: Smart Cities and Communities (05 February 2019)
LC-SC3-EC-1-2018-2019-2020: The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions (12 March 2019)
LC-SC3-EE-1-2018-2019-2020: Decarbonisation of the EU building stock: innovative approaches and affordable solutions changing the market for buildings renovation (12 March 2019)
LC-SC3-EE-13-2018-2019-2020: Enabling next-generation of smart energy services valorising energy efficiency and flexibility at demand-side as energy resource (12 March 2019)
LC-SC3-EE-3-2019-2020: Stimulating demand for sustainable energy skills in the construction sector (12 March 2019)
LC-SC3-EE-4-2019-2020: Upgrading smartness of existing buildings through innovations for legacy equipment (12 March 2019)
LC-SC3-EE-6-2018-2019-2020: Business case for industrial waste heat/cold recovery (12 March 2019)
LC-SC3-EE-8-2018-2019: Capacity building programmes to support implementation of energy audits (12 March 2019)
EXISTING PARTNERS/EXPERTISE
We offer competency in:
environmental protection, areas of economic and social development for regional development, regional development, policies, legislation, regulations, evaluation, innovation, technology transfer, water resource management, scientific research, impact assessment and policy evaluation, development of competition strategies, social enterprises and social innovativeness.
TYPE OF PARTNER SOUGHT
We're looking for technical experts across Europe.
The type and tasks to be performed will be clarified based on the call to be addressed.