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Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions through Virtual Regional Circular Economy Spaces

Project description

New framework for the adoption of circular economies

Organisations and countries worldwide are adopting circular economy (CE) methodologies to reduce waste and pollution while introducing clean technologies and improving sustainability. The EU-funded CSSBoost aims at maximising the adoption and impact of any Circular Systemic Solution (CSS), by applying it within an enabling integrated environment. To pursue this, CSSBoost defines the concept of the CE/CSS Ecosystem and Market, an open Space of city, regional or multi-regional scope, encompassing an area’s CE market, its value chains and its external environment. This physical system is digitally virtualised, monitored, analysed and assessed by the CSS Booster, a unique Cyber-Physical System able to boost CE in cities, regions and their groupings. CSSBoost designs a set of exemplary CSSs as transition tools, by applying and demonstrating them in four regional cases. It also develops a fifth case, combining the regional value chains, boosting interregional and cross border cooperation.

Objective

CSSBoost aims to overcome technological and non-technological CE barriers, minimise CSS application and operational risks and decisively stimulate and maximise the Circular Economy and Bioeconomy Transition in any EU city/region or group of regions. To pursue this, CSSBoost develops a novel CSS Application Framework that views a CSS as a composite living entity that operates and evolves within a CE/CSS Ecosystem and Market, an open (physical) space of city, regional or multi-regional scope, encompassing an area’s existing CE market, its value chains and its entire external environment, even extra-regional entities and markets. It also introduces the methodological concept of the CSSBoost Integrated Solution that involves the integration of one or more CSS within a digital environment, enhanced by tailored methodology and procedures. This physical system is virtualised, monitored, analysed and assessed by developing the key CSSBoost innovation, the Virtual Regional CE/CSS Ecosystem and Market (VCEM). CSSBoost designs a set of diverse Exemplary CSSs, both as transition tools and to validate and promote its ideas by applying and demonstrating them in five city, regional and interregional Pilot Cases. The exemplary CSSs respond to different challenges, barriers, needs and feasibilities across EU and target different product value chains, as delineated in the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan (Water, Food, and Nutrients; Plastics; Batteries & Vehicles). CSSBoost develops both its innovations and pilots by applying a rigorous SotA co-creation environment and instruments and SSH methods and procedures. It also develops replication, organisational, business and exploitation plans for the uptake, replication and upscaling of its solutions, as well as education and training programs and social innovation actions.

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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-02

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Coordinator

POLYTECHNEIO KRITIS
Net EU contribution

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€ 1 196 250,00
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BUILDING E4, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS COUNOUPIDIANA
731 00 CHANIA
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Νησιά Αιγαίου Κρήτη Χανιά
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 1 196 250,00

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