EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE ON MARKETING AND ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY Erasmus Project

Project Title

EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE ON MARKETING AND ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY

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 : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Environment and climate change; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

Most of innovative businesses base their success on creating value through better use of intangible assets. Ecosystem Services constitute the most valuable intangible assets on earth and forests are the most precious Natural Capital in Europe. Therefore, ECOSTAR alliance aims to develop entrepreneurship and innovation skills and opportunities among Forest and Environmental Policy and Economics (FEPE) university departments in Europe, specifically targeting Italy, Spain, England and Romania. The project focuses on promoting and fostering the links among high education institutions and businesses operating in the field of Marketing and Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (MEEB). Most of well-known FEPE university departments have developed several methodologies and tools connected with MEEB and in general with nature-based economy. However, universities curricula lack of knowledge transfer initiatives that allow the real commercialization of new processes, methods and services for the development of market-based mechanism for ecosystem services conservation. Therefore, the project aims to make the knowledge triangle a reality in the field of MEEB, providing sustainable business opportunities and real benefits for the environment. ECOSTAR will achieve its goals through the following main actions: – Delivering a series of specialized entrepreneurship and innovation trainings targeted to MEEB through multidisciplinary approaches to teaching and learning- Facilitate the co-creation of knowledge, through staff and learners mobility, an EU Business Plan Award, lobby and fundraising- Create an EU wide research and enterprise alliance to make a knowledge triangle a reality in the field of MEEBResults will have a strong EU-global dimension and transferability potential, capitalizing on existing wide university-business networks and through the partnership with Ecosystem Marketplace, a leading organization tracking ecosystems markets and tools in US and worldwide.

Project Website

http://www.ecostarhub.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 982679 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA & Country: IT

Project Partners

• FOREST TRENDS ASSOCIATION
• THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
• UNIVERSITATEA TRANSILVANIA DIN BRASOV
• FOREST DESIGN SRL
• UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID
• ETIFOR SRL
• NEPCON SPAIN S.L.