MOVECO Mobilising Institutional Learning for Better Exploitation of Research and Innovation for the Circular Economy

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MOVECO - Moving from a linear to a circular economy

"Your trash is my treasure" - This is the motto of the EU co-funded project MOVECO. Sixteen partners from ten Danube countries promote transnational cooperation to accelerate the transition to the circular economy.

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The circular economy in a nutshell

In contrast to the traditional, linear, throwaway economy, in the circular economy, we design and create products that are easy to share, lease, reuse, repair, refurbish and recycle, while using regenerative resources and renewable energy. The goal is to minimise waste and to keep products and resources in the economy for as long as possible. Ideally, this win-win approach benefits both the economy and the environment.

Copyright: MOVECO 2018 - Design by IDEEN DIE FRUCHTENProject background and project results

To find out more about the MOVECO project background and its results, please visit our section "Background and results".

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The MOVECO Consortium

The MOVECO consortium consists of twelve project partners and four associated partners from ten Danube region countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The MOVECO partnership comprises representatives from government agencies, business support organisations, research and development facilities and civil society organisations - all committed to unleashing the circular economy in the Danube region.

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Mobilising Institutional Learning for Better Exploitation of Research and Innovation for the Circular Economy
Start date
08-12-2016
End date
31-08-2019
Budget in Euro
Overall: 2,203,277.54
ERDF Contribution: 1,742,829.37
IPA Contribution: 129,956.50
ENI Contribution: 0.00
Call number
Call 1
Priority
Innovative and socially responsible Danube region
Specific objective
Improve framework conditions for innovation

Project Partners

Name Type Email Country
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia Lead partner grit.ackermann@gzs.si Slovenia
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bistrita-Nasaud ERDF partner muresan@cciabn.ro Romania
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra ERDF partner Zuzana.Palkova@uniag.sk Slovakia
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia ERDF partner jana.miklavcic@gov.si Slovenia
Tera Tehnopolis Ltd. ERDF partner aniksic@tera.hr Croatia
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Project News

  • MOVECO - Green Public Procurement
    - 17-09-2020
    Green Public Procurement

    Green Public Procurement appears more often in literature and brief when it comes to sustainable development within the European Union. But what does Green Public Procurement (GPP) mean? It is a long term for describing how governments and public...

  • MOVECO - How to support companies in transition to CiE
    - 13-07-2020
    How to support companies in transition to CiE

    If you are following our blog, you already know that the transition to a circular economy is changing the traditional economic models, which can be an overwhelming process for companies. As general opinion among companies is that circular economy...

  • MOVECO - Barriers in the transition to Circular Economy in SMEs
    - 27-07-2023
    Barriers in the transition to Circular Economy in SMEs

    There is a large number of barriers that show how complex and challenging a transition to circular economy would be for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). The barriers identified are often of technological (quality of recycled...

  • MOVECO - Innovation group 2 – challenges and recommendations
    - 06-04-2020
    Innovation group 2 – challenges and recommendations

    In the MOVECO project, we identified three country groups as innovation leaders, moderate innovators and modest innovators. Innovation leaders include Austria, Germany and Slovenia, moderate innovators are Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia, while...

  • MOVECO - The circular economy: business threat or opportunity? (Part II)
    - 27-03-2020
    The circular economy: business threat or opportunity? (Part II)

    The authors of the working paper “The Elephant in the Boardroom: Why Unchecked Consumption Is Not an Option in Tomorrow´s Markets”[1] present 3 scenarios describing the impact of companies´ strategies to react to the challenges presented by...

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