CiRcular Economy Skills enhanCEment NeTwOrk

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Adriatic - Ionian

Date of latest update: 2025-10-15

Description

Description (EN):

Global demand for resources is increasing and significant pressures are causing environmental degradation, consuming 100 billion tons of materials annually, of which only 8.6% is recovered, according to the 2021 Circularity Gap Report. Moving from linear economy models to circular economy ones seems to be the only way to address both short and long-term sustainability challenges: keeping resources in the economy even beyond the end of the product's life cycle, reducing waste through reuse, recycling or remanufacturing. Above change in the economic model is not simple and requires profound modifications in the entire value chain: products must be designed in a sustainable way and easily usable in a circular economy paradigm, new business and market models are needed, innovation is requested to turn waste into resources and consumer behavior has to change significantly. The entire quadruple helix needs to be involved in transforming the way businesses, academia&research, decision-making and civil society operate, as well as new skills to facilitate this transition. CRESCENTO addresses these challenges by setting up an ADRION transnational cooperation network on circular economy, defining an education and training program and developing a joint master's program on circular economy. The project is based on a partnership of 11 partners from all over the ADRION area (4 ERDF and 4 IPA countries), thus covering the entire EUSAIR macro-area. A network of more than 60 stakeholders from academia, research, business and policy makers is expected. The education and training program of the circular economy concept will be defined on the exchange of experiences and mutual learning, while its promotion will take place in the ADRION program area through a Summer School via online / face-to-face education and training courses, as well as open learning. CRESCENTO consortium is strongly committed towards a joint master's program definition and implementation to be undertaken by at least 2 universities and an internship of up to 6 months for business and research attendees. The development of this master will start with the study and analysis of the regulatory and institutional frameworks in the different countries, followed by the elaboration of a common strategy and completed by a detailed action plan for itsimplementation in the different countries. A Cooperation Agreement and Programme Description will detail the Strategy and the Action Plan, so that in the next programming period (IPA ADRION 2021-2027) the Joint Master can be successfully implemented, producing a permanent result in the EUSAIR area through Circular Economy adequate education, training and upskilling of quadruple helix.

Achievements (EN):

At the end of CRESCENTO project, we can say that the challenging task of Summer School organization and implementation has been carried out with success. The total number of Summer Schools are 8, distributed in the Adrion Area (Italy, Grece, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, East Sarajevo-Bosnia and Herzegovina). The time frame of all the summer schools spans from 26 June till 16 September 2023. The total number of attendees is almost 300 people (282), well distributed in terms of profiles (from students, to researchers, employees from companies, city administration, public authority). Almost 70 projects from attendees have been elaborated and discussed.

Website: http://www.adrioninterreg.eu/

Thematic information

Education and training Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: Enhance the capacity in transnationally tackling environmental vulnerability, fragmentation, and the safeguarding of ecosystem services in the Adriatic Ionian area

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Politecnico di Milano

Department: Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria

Address: Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.polimi.it/

Total budget: EUR 175 207.00

ERDF budget: EUR 148 925.95

Univerzitet u Istočnom Sarajevu

Name: Univerzitet u Istočnom Sarajevu

Department: Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Address: Vuka Karadzica 30, 71123 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ues.rs.ba

Total budget: EUR 73 500.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 62 475.00

Αθηνά - Ερευνητικό Κέντρο Καινοτομίας στις Τεχνολογίες της Πληροφορίας, των Επικοινωνιών και της Γνώσης

Name: Αθηνά - Ερευνητικό Κέντρο Καινοτομίας στις Τεχνολογίες της Πληροφορίας, των Επικοινωνιών και της Γνώσης

Department: Industrial Systems Institute

Address: tadiou Street 0, 26504 Platani Patron, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.isi.gr

Total budget: EUR 103 373.40

ERDF budget: EUR 87 867.39

Fakultet inženjerskih nauka Univerziteta u Kragujevcu.

Name: Fakultet inženjerskih nauka Univerziteta u Kragujevcu.

Address: Sestre Janjic 6, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

Legal status: public

Website: http://fink.rs/en/

Total budget: EUR 73 500.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 62 475.00

Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Δημοσίου Δικαίου

Name: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Δημοσίου Δικαίου

Department: Circular Economy and Climate Change Institute

Address: Achaiou street, Kolonaki 16, 10675 Athens, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: https://www1.eplo.int/

Total budget: EUR 97 950.00

ERDF budget: EUR 83 257.50

CONFEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE DELL'ARTIGIANATO E DELLA PICCOLA E MEDIA IMPRESA

Name: CONFEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE DELL'ARTIGIANATO E DELLA PICCOLA E MEDIA IMPRESA

Address: Via Cetteo Ciglia 8, 65128 Pescara, Italy

Legal status: private

Website: http://WWW.CNAABRUZZO.IT

Total budget: EUR 104 692.00

ERDF budget: EUR 88 988.20

Sveučilište u Zagrebu Metalurški fakultet

Name: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Metalurški fakultet

Address: Aleja narodnih heroja 3, 44000 Sisak, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.simet.unizg.hr/hr

Total budget: EUR 111 709.00

ERDF budget: EUR 94 952.65

ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ

Name: ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ

Department: Department of Environment

Address: Lofos Panepistimiou 0, 81132 Mytilini, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.ru.aegean.gr/elke_website

Total budget: EUR 120 881.00

ERDF budget: EUR 102 748.85

Univerza v Novi Gorici

Name: Univerza v Novi Gorici

Department: School of Environmental Sciences

Address: Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.ung.si/en/

Total budget: EUR 108 423.00

ERDF budget: EUR 92 159.55

Metalurško-tehnološki fakultet, Javna ustanova Univerzitet Crne Gore

Name: Metalurško-tehnološki fakultet, Javna ustanova Univerzitet Crne Gore

Address: Dzordza Vasingtona bb 0, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.ucg.ac.me/mtf

Total budget: EUR 73 500.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 62 475.00

Universiteti “Aleksandër Moisiu” Durrës

Name: Universiteti “Aleksandër Moisiu” Durrës

Department: Faculty of Information Technology

Address: Rr. Taulantia, Currila L.1,, 2000 Durrës, Albania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uamd.edu.al

Total budget: EUR 73 500.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 62 475.00

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University of East Sarajevo

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Athena - Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communications and Knowledge Technologies

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Faculty of Engineering University of Kragujevac.

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European Public Law Organisation

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NATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF THE CRAFT SECTOR AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

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University of Zagreb Faculty of Metallurgy

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Aegean University

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University of Nova Gorica

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Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology, University of Montenegro

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Aleksandër Moisiu University of Durrës

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Politecnico Milano

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Project name (EN): CiRcular Economy Skills enhanCEment NeTwOrk

Project acronym: CRESCENTO

Project start date: 2023-01-02

Project end date: 2023-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 116 235.40

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 948 800.09

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 698 900.09.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 249 900.00.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Adriatic - Ionian

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2025-10-15

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

87 / 87 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 025 / 1 025 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.adrioninterreg.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-03, 2022-12-10 and 2024-01-30.

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