MOVECO Mobilising Institutional Learning for Better Exploitation of Research and Innovation for the Circular Economy

Green Public Procurement appears more often in literature and brief when it comes to sustainable development within the European Union. But what does Green Public Procurement (GPP) mean? It is a long term for describing how governments and public...

If you are following our blog, you already know that the transition to a circular economy is changing the traditional economic models, which can be an overwhelming process for companies. As general opinion among companies is that circular economy...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MOVECO established action plans for three innovation groups. Austria, Germany, and Slovenia were ranked into the same group characterised as Innovation group I. During the final phase of project implementation all three countries were ranked as...

Environmental management is not different from other management methods that we encounter in everyday business. As it is necessary to monitor financial flows into and out of the company or to assure a certain level of product quality, it is...

MOVECO's sixth newsletter is out! We hope that you will enjoy reading the newsletter! Please click here to read full newsletter.     If you want to receive regular newsletters from MOVECO and get to know more about circular...

In the traditional, linear economy, products are usually incinerated or disposed after use. As a result, the resources and materials in these products are lost. The circular economy, on the other hand, aims to close material cycles to material...

How can Circular Economy in the Danube region be accelerated? What role play raw material providers, procurers and households in such an acceleration? How can they contribute to circular economy, eco innovation and waste management in each...

Slovak University of Agriculture Marta Harničárová, Zuzana Palková     Zero Waste Culture at the Grocery Store             Ubiquitous plastic is a real problem we face — it is polluting our planet, killing ecosystem, and...

This is the seventh article of MOVECO's blog series to give you more insights to the concept of the circular economy. Enjoy reading and to find out more, please visit our platform www.danube-goes-circular.eu and become a member!   We use...

The final conference "The Danube goes circular" of our MOVECO project took place on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria. About 70 participants from the ten partner countries in the Danube region participated in the...

One of our MOVECO project results is the Transnational Strategy to accelerate transition towards a circular economy in the Danube region. We hope that you enjoy reading this publication! Here is a short summary: Be transnational –...

Our MOVECO team has created a mobile exhibition on "The circular economy in the Danube region". It is travelling across various countries along the Danube region. In Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia and Austria, each country presents circular...

The final conference "The Danube goes circular" of the INTERREG Danube Transnational Programme project MOVECO will take place on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria. We cordially invite you to attend our...

This is the sixth article of MOVECO's blog series to give you more insights to the concept of the circular economy. Enjoy reading and to find out more, please visit our platform www.danube-goes-circular.eu and become a member! The responsible...

This is the fifth article of MOVECO's blog series to give you more insights to the concept of the circular economy. Enjoy reading and to find out more, please visit our platform www.danube-goes-circular.eu and become a...