Upskilling for more creative circular economy Erasmus Project

Project Title

Upskilling for more creative circular economy

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Enterprise, industry and SMEs (incl. entrepreneurship); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education

Project Summary

A full transition to Circular Economy is not possible without professionals with a new way of understanding the economy, a comprehensive knowledge of the circular business models and new skills, tools and competences for developing circular strategies. Business leaders specially trained are essential to drive this shift. The job market needs to be prepared for a transition that is already taking place and a specific Circular Economy training would be a key instrument to boost the employability, self-employment and meet the new labour market demand.

For that purposes, the objectives pursued are:
– Identify the current state of development of Circular Economy in the EU zone.
– Identify areas with more potential of self-employment and job profiles required.
– Promote Circular Economy showing the opportunities this model offers and the risks for our society of a linear model continuation.
– Endow a range of young adults with a deep understanding of the Circular Business Models and tools to initiate and finance their business in the context of Circular Economy.

To reach these objectives, U-eco target groups are:
– Entrepreneurs interested in starting a business in a Circular Economy Context.
– Professionals interested in learning about Circular Business Models in order to:
o Acquire new skills and competences that can improve their curricula, aligning it to the needs and opportunities that the labour market will offer.
o Bring their current business activities closer to a circular approach.

The project is gathering partners from 5 EU countries (Belgium, Poland, Romania, Spain and Sweden).

The expected results are:
– Current state of development of Circular Economy in the EU zone including:
– A list of the main problems connected to a linear economy.
– A report about the areas with more potential of entrepreneurship in a circular context including data as: market scope, growth rate, costs structure and profitability.
– A list of the SMEs capacity gaps and their potential for market development.
– A directory of barriers regarding rules and regulation.
– A SWOT analysis of the identified business solutions.
– A set of business strategies for entrepreneurship in a Circular Economy context.
– A catalogue of 15 job profiles that will be demanded in the next decade to meet the circular labour demand and a set of skills and competences connected to those profiles.
– A training system composed of 12 training modules/pills, which will include a useful toolkit for guiding the entrepreneurship process.
– A set of 12 case studies and good practices divided in the areas previously identified as those with more potential for business opportunities.
– An online content of open access with all the Intellectual Outputs developed during the project available in all partners’ languages (EN, SW, ES, RO, PL and FR).
– Social networks (Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn)

Project Website

http://swideas.se/ueco-en

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 222560 Eur

Project Coordinator

SWIDEAS AB & Country: SE

Project Partners

• ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES AGENCES DE DEVELOPPEMENT
• FORMACION PARA EL DESARROLLO E INSERCION, SOCIEDAD LIMITADA
• STOWARZYSZENIE ARID
• BIOAZUL, SL
• CENTRUL PENTRU PROMOVAREA INVATARII PERMANENTE TIMISOARA ASOCIATIA