Strategic partnership for fostering circular economy approach in extractive industry related study programmes Erasmus Project

Project Title

Strategic partnership for fostering circular economy approach in extractive industry related study programmes

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Social/environmental responsibility of educational institutions

Project Summary

Many natural resources are in need to be used in a smarter, more sustainable way. The European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan sets many ways on how to “close the loop” of product lifecycles. Extractive industry is the industry where large volumes of waste are generated. This includes not only solid waste from mine extraction but also liquid waste in oil&gas industry and gaseous waste (eg. greenhouse gas emissions from mines). The Circular economy act published by EU puts a major emphasis on finding new, innovative means to move away from a ‘take-make-dispose’ culture and to develop new methods, technologies and also approaches to recycle and re-use products. In this context extractive industry and higher education programes related to it such as: mining, mineral engineering, raw materials, applied earth sciences need to put an emphasis on this context and include this concept in the existing curricula and/or create new study programmes or short courses that will include circular economy approach.
The objective of this proposal is to create a strategic partnerships between Universities and companies developing a comprehensive training platform that will help to modify existing study programmes related to extractive industry also knowledge of proper waste management incorporating circular economy approach.
The programme will aim to strengthen the strategic and structured cooperation between higher education institutions through: a) support for various types of cooperation models, including the most ambitious ones such as the European Universities; b) contributing to remove obstacles to mobility by implementing automatic mutual recognition of qualifications and learning outcomes, and by embedding mobility in curricula; c) support for higher education institutions to implement the Bologna principles and tools to enhance mobility for all and to develop a successful multilingual European Education Area by 2025.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 239140 Eur

Project Coordinator

POLITECHNIKA SLASKA & Country: PL

Project Partners

• COBANT GROUP S.A.
• JSW Innowacje
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL
• MONTANUNIVERSITAET LEOBEN
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT