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.
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.
Project 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.
Graphics: Copyright MOVECO 2018 - Design by MOVECO
Photo credits: MOVECO project.
- 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
Library
| Filename | Date of upload | |
|---|---|---|
| Circular Toolbox - Financing Tools | 17-07-2019 15:17:32 | |
| Circular Toolbox - Collaboration Tools | 17-07-2019 15:15:52 | |
| Circular Toolbox - Qualification Tools 2 | 17-07-2019 15:14:47 | |
| Circular Toolbox - Qualification Tools 1 | 17-07-2019 15:13:28 | |
| Circular Toolbox - Information Tools | 17-07-2019 15:10:52 | |
Project Partners
| Name | Type | 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 |
Project News
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MOVECO - Barriers in the transition to Circular Economy in SMEs
- 13-05-2020
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...
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MOVECO - Innovation group 2 – challenges and recommendations
- 06-04-2020
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...
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MOVECO - The circular economy: business threat or opportunity? (Part II)
- 27-03-2020
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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MOVECO - The circular economy: business threat or opportunity? (Part I)
- 25-03-2020
In recent years, we have witnessed a rising number of initiatives promoting a circular economy. Several of them have gathered stakeholders representing the public sector, academia, companies, and NGOs, declaring voluntary commitments to take...
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MOVECO - Innovation group 3 – challenges and recommendations (Action plan)
- 17-02-2020
MOVECO established action plans for three innovation groups. Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia were ranked into the same group characterised as Innovation group III - modest innovators. Although Romania and Bulgaria are EU countries (with...
