The aim of CircularStart is to support incubators, trainers and consultants in sustainability and circularity training of start-ups, through the development of an interactive guidance tool supported by eLearning resources, so that start-ups increase their competences to understand, evaluate and improve sustainability and Circular Economy issues related to their Business Models. 

Why this project now? The idea of CircularStart is grounded on the recognition that there is a lack of know-how and training of start-ups and entrepreneurs in the field of sustainability, Circular Economy and their opportunities. On the one hand, mission-driven entrepreneurs are bringing fresh, disruptive, sustainable innovations to market; sustainability-oriented incubators are appearing too. However, this phenomenon is far from mainstream and not methodologically implemented.

Main activities of the project, include the following ones:

• Design of a guidance tool which integrates CE aspects into the development of BMs.
• Elaboration of eLearning resources focused on the integration of sustainability in BMs.
• Use and test of the training materials at expert business coaches’ level and start-up level.
• Establishment of criteria to evaluate the circularity of BMs.

To know more about CircularStart, visit our website www.circularstart.eu and follow us in social media! Twitter / LinkedIn / Facebook

CircularStart is an Erasmus+ Project funded by the European Commission through SEPIE, the Spanish National Agency (Grant Agreement: 2019-1-ES01-KA202-065625).

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The Meeting between 12:00 am – 13:30 pm and was led by the Secretariat. The main topics discussed:

1.            National highlights and COVID 19 stress.

2.            PREPARE Annual Report 2019 – 2020.

3.            Project situation – what is new?

4.            Website updates.

5.            Next Prepare Meeting.

Participants: Sybille Braunegg, David Camocho, Cristina Rocha, Oihana Hernandez, Aida Szilagyi, Peter Glavic, Stig Hirsbak, Thomas Schonfelder, Vladimir , Pavel Rudzika, Vladimir Dobs, Fabbio Iannone.

For more information download and review the documents that are bellow.

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NISP was the world’s first national industrial symbiosis programme.

NISP was originated as three pilot schemes in Scotland, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside in 2003.

One of the reasons for the programme’s overwhelming success is the way in which it was managed and delivered. The programme operated with nationally coordinated operational focus underpinned by a local delivery structure. It is the NISP teams’ knowledge and insight into specific regional agendas on the economy and environment that enabled the programme to have such a positive impact across the UK.

Through the NISP network, NISP identifies mutually profitable transactions between companies so that underused or undervalued resources (including energy, waste, water and logistics) are brought into productive use. NISP participants included micros, small and medium businesses (SMEs) and multinational/corporates from every industry sector. International Synergies has developed proven industrial symbiosis methodology, tools and systems that can be applied at any scale and in any economy based around the world’s first National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP®).

NISP provides a proven blueprint that can be adapted and replicated anywhere in the world. Since 2007 International Synergies has exported its NISP® model to more than 20 countries at a national or regional level through a capacity building model. Additionally, International Synergies has provided strategic industrial symbiosis consultancy and readiness training to over 10 additional countries.

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The aim of CircularStart is to support incubators, trainers and consultants in sustainability and circularity training of start-ups, through the development of an interactive guidance tool supported by eLearning resources, so that start-ups increase their competences to understand, evaluate and improve sustainability and Circular Economy issues related to their Business Models. 

Why this project now? The idea of CircularStart is grounded on the recognition that there is a lack of know-how and training of start-ups and entrepreneurs in the field of sustainability, Circular Economy and their opportunities. On the one hand, mission-driven entrepreneurs are bringing fresh, disruptive, sustainable innovations to market; sustainability-oriented incubators are appearing too. However, this phenomenon is far from mainstream and not methodologically implemented.

Main activities of the project, include the following ones:

• Design of a guidance tool which integrates CE aspects into the development of BMs.
• Elaboration of eLearning resources focused on the integration of sustainability in BMs.
• Use and test of the training materials at expert business coaches’ level and start-up level.
• Establishment of criteria to evaluate the circularity of BMs.

To know more about CircularStart, visit our website www.circularstart.eu (coming soon) and follow us in social media! Twitter / LinkedIn / Facebook

CircularStart is an Erasmus+ Project funded by the European Commission through SEPIE, the Spanish National Agency (Grant Agreement: 2019-1-ES01-KA202-065625).

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The Agenda contained the fallowing:

1. National highlights and COVID 19 stress

2. PREPARE Annual Report 2019 – 2020

3. Project situation

4. Website updates

5. Next Prepare Meeting

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Due to the crisis and pandemic situation the conference will be held online (via Zoom or similar application). The physical presence of authors and participants in Maribor (Slovenia) is not needed.

The main purpose of the conference is to look for connections between human responsibility towards society and ourselves for our shared sustainable future. Such individual responsibility is a prerequisite for social responsibility, without broader environmental and social responsibility there is no survival of mankind or no tool to achieve a sustainable development / future.

The emphasis this time is on the work of the individual, who can make a significant difference in society, and thus his active participation becomes the driving force for global renewal anywhere.

The EU has adopted a number of different strategies for the path out of the crisis, and the most recent one is the European Green Deal. More content on this topic can be found here:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/corporate-social-responsibility_en

We are looking forward to see you online!

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15th IRDO International Science and Business Conference

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CURRENT CHALLENGES 2020:

Personal and social responsibility for sustainable future

4-5 June 2020, Maribor, Slovenia, European Union

ONLINE PERFORMANCE

CONFERENCE THEMES:

A.     Personal responsibility – responsibility to oneself as part of a society

A1. SR attitude towards the environment

A2. SR attitude towards the society

A3.  SR attitude towards creation and consumption

B. SR organizational responsibility

B1. SR attitude to the environment

B2. SR attitude to society

B3. SR attitude to creationand consumption

C. A sustainable future for society and the environment

C1. Economic aspects of society’s development

C2. Environmental aspects of society’s development

C3. Responsible governance of the development of society and individuals

D. Young people, the elderly and social responsibility

E. Others: Your suggestions for supplementing these topics are welcome

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,you are kindly invited to the 15^th IRDO International conference 2020!

We invite you to the 15^th IRDO International Scientific and Business Conference entitled SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CURRENT CHALLENGES 2020: PERSONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, to be held on 4 and 5 June 2020 in Maribor, Slovenia.

Due to the crisis and pandemic situation the conference will be held online (via Zoom or similar application). The physical presence of authors and participants in Maribor (Slovenia) is not needed. We invite you to participate at the conference as an author with your own contribution, presented  online. You can join us also as a participant only.

Due to the crisis and pandemic situation the conference will be held online (via Zoom or similar application). The physical presence of authors and participants in Maribor (Slovenia) is not needed. We invite you to participate at the conference as an author with your own contribution, presented  online. You can join us also as a participant only.

The main purpose of the conference is to look for connections between human responsibility towards society and ourselves for our shared sustainable future. Such individual responsibility is a prerequisite for social responsibility, without broader environmental and social responsibility there is no survival of mankind or no tool to achieve a sustainable development / future.

The emphasis this time is on the work of the individual, who can make a significant difference in society, and thus his active participation becomes the driving force for global renewal anywhere.

The EU has adopted a number of different strategies for the path out of the crisis, and the most recent one is the European Green Deal. More content on this topic can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en

A European Green Deal | European Commission

ec.europa.eu Striving to be the first climate-neutral continent

https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/corporate-social-responsibility_en

Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsible Business Conduct | Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

ec.europa.eu

Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsible Business Conduct

Our participation in the conference will be in the spirit of the UN Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, incorporating 17 sustainable development goals. These are also enshrined in the Republic of Slovenia’s Development Strategy until 2030, but cannot be achieved without personal and social responsibility.

The 2020 Conference aims to provide a broader insight into what researchers, teachers, managers, and others, can do to integrate personal and social responsibility into the social and natural environment in which we operate.

Therefore, with a view to contributing to a sustainable future as a pathway from the current crisis, we will:

•        Discuss methods for developing concepts of personal responsibility in order to align them with the current developments in it and the necessary holistic development in the social, ecological and business environment, with particular emphasis on reflexive behavior, interdependence and creative collaboration.

•        Present examples of personally responsible behavior by individuals and groups in business, government and non-governmental organizations or active citizenship, and evaluate how to rethink standard processes from several aspects and how.

•        Introduce aspects of personal responsibility and its empowerment, e.g. caring for a healthy lifestyle, nutrition, sports, sleep, spirituality, the economic aspect of family care, self-care, ethics, education, culture, social, love, partnership, parenting and other aspects of personal and social responsibility that support planning, implementation and optimization socially responsible behavior.

By sharing experience, theoretical and practical, we will help participants find the right path to socially responsible behavior in families and in organizations, for-profit and non-profit.

Therefore, we invite you to the conference as authors and/or listeners to share your experience, views and suggestions with other participants, including scientific and other researchers, top consultants, other professionals and experienced practitioners who will attend this conference as listeners and/or as contributing authors. Young authors, students involved in high and higher educational processes are also very welcome.

All potential authors, please do not hesitate to report on your work in the various topics of our conference! So far, over a thousand authors from all over the world have participated. The number of speakers is limited.

Please send us your registration form ASAP by e-mail to: info@irdo.si.

We also kindly ask you to inform your members, partners, colleagues, students about the posibility to collaborate at this conference ONLINE. Thank you in advance.

INFORMATION:

IRDO – Inštitut za razvoj družbene odgovornosti, Preradovičeva ulica 26, SI-2000 Maribor / Web: www.irdo.si  E-mail: info@irdo.si  Tel: +386 (0)31 344 883

We look forward to your participation at the 15^th IRDO International Conference ONLINE!

With kind regards,

IRDO – Inštitut za razvoj družbene odgovornosti

Preradovičeva ulica 26, 2000 Maribor, Slovenija
E: info@irdo.si | T: +386 (0)31 344 883 | W: www.irdo.si, www.horus.si, www.model-m.si, www.paktzamlade.si

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For more information, check this link: https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/member-states-must-cut-emissions?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Member%20States%20must%20cut%20emissions%20across%20all%20sectors%20to%20achieve%20EU%20climate%20targets%20by%202030&utm_content=Member%20States%20must%20cut%20emissions%20across%20all%20sectors%20to%20achieve%20EU%20climate%20targets%20by%202030+CID_dbd4b62eb1aa82a80bf6da7de937ac80&utm_source=EEA%20Newsletter&utm_term=Find%20out%20more

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Tuesday, 15 October 2019 from 09:00-12:00

Polytechnic University of Catalonia – VS 207 of the Vèrtex Building

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