Circular4.0
Fostering Circular Economy in the Alpine Space area
Circular 4.0 is an INTERREG ALPINE SPACE project that aims to strengthen digitalisation processes by SMEs to foster innovation processes and accelerate the transition to the Circular Economy (CE) in Alpine Space.
Funding
The project is co-funded by Fondo Europeo di Sviluppo Regionale – Interreg Alpine Space.
ERDF grant: 2.176.589 Euro
Partner
CIRCULAR4.0 brings in a mixed consortium composed of business support organizations and technical partners to generate innovation processes among business, academia and administration:
Tehnološki park Ljubljana d.o.o. SLOVENIJA
Technische Hochschule Rosenheim DEUTSCHLAND
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft GmbH ÖSTERREICH
Innovations- und Technologietransfer Salzburg GmbH ÖSTERREICH
Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH ÖSTERREICH
Veneto Innovazione S.p.A. ITALIA
Grand E-nov FRANCE
Auvergne-Rhône-Al pes Entreprises FRANCE
Institut Jožef Stefan SLOVENIJA
Fondazione Piemonte Innova ITALIA
Confindustria Bergamo ITALIA
Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato e Agricoltura di Venezia Rovigo ITALIA
Trägerverein Umwelttechnologie-Cluster Bayern e.V. DEUTSCHLAND
RISINGSUD – Agence de développement économique de la région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur FRANCE
bwcon GmbH DEUTSCHLAND
Our role
Piemonte Innova represents the actors of the Piedmont region, focusing particularly in SMEs related to the RIS3 Regional sectors (manufacturing industry: mechatronics, textile, automotive; food and agriculture) with particular attention to the “Optimal Use” of circular economy (Reuse, Repair, Refurbish, Remanufacture, better usage and supporting service, transition from product to service Business Models) ), but also on industrial efficiency and value recovery.
Goal
CIRCULAR4.0 will increase the knowledge and raise the attention of Entrepreneurs and Intermediaries on the circular economy concepts, develop and test a set of tools able to foster the contribute of Industry4.0 for the transition of SMEs to the circular economy, with particular attention to Circular Design models, Optimal Use models, Value Recovery models. The project intends to address Policy Makers, Intermediaries and SMEs to raise the importance of digitalization processes, focusing mainly on: the innovation processes, the business models and the investments needed.
The project will produce a CIRCULAR4.0 Action plan to contribute to the transition toward CE in the Alpine Space with SMEs digitalization creating added value for stakeholders in the Alpine Space and supporting Policies and EUSALP Macro Strategy.
