The Mediterranean library of knowledge
Explore the ENI CBC Med Programme's library of deliverables: a comprehensive digital repository of diverse resources tailored for the Mediterranean region. Discover in-depth studies, innovative strategies, and practical tools spanning tools addressing key environmental, economic, and social issues. The library is your go-to source to find valuable knowledge to inspire new collaborative projects driving fair, sustainable and inclusive development across the Mediterranean.
SIRCLES Good Practices Booklet: Supporting Circular Economy Opportunities for Employment and Social Inclusion
SIRCLES is a consortium of 7 Mediterranean countries (Spain, Greece, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Italy) led by the Waste Agency of Catalonia, and with 9 partners. These partners have applied different approaches adapted to the situation of each region, but sharing the same goal: the creation of job opportunities within the unemployed young people and women at risk of social exclusion.
The good practices booklet shows:
1. The composting area in Vila-seca, Spain
2. The composting area in Andros, Greece
3. The composting plant in Beitello, Palestine
4. The composting area in Aqaba, Jordan
5. The composting area in Hbaline, Lebanon
6. The composting area in Bizerte, Tunisia
7. The sensitizing campaign in Puglia, Italy
SIRCLES guideline of best practices for successful biowaste recycling
This document lists best practices linked to the separate collection and management of organic waste. It has been prepared with the support of all partners of the SIRCLES project in order to define innovative management plans and NEETs and women engagement in biowaste collection and treatment.
SIRCLES policy toolkit for circular economy employment and training
SIRCLES project aimed to develop skills and favour new job opportunities in the circular economy sector, in the biowaste one, providing marketable opportunities especially for NEET & Women in the involved target areas (Spain, Greece, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Italy). The planned pilots for biowaste processing have been implemented according to the Life Cycle Thinking approach and breaking down the process into different phases. The development of capacities along with job insertion and the engagement of local entities aimed to ensure sustainability beyond the project duration.
This toolkit is organised into four chapters: the chapter 1 delves into the SIRCLES model for biowaste, highlighting its importance and potential in achieving circularity; chapter 2 analyses the work context and methodology, providing insights into the research environment and the methods employed in the study; chapter 3 includes a section on the pilots conducted by SIRCLES, presenting the lessons learned from these practical implementations. Finally, chapter 4 offers potential future scenarios and proposes policy measures that can support and enhance the implementation of the SIRCLES model in various contexts.
SIRCLES composting pilot sites in Spain, Greece, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia
The objective of SIRCLES project is to promote the social and labour inclusion of people at risk of social exclusion, by providing them with skills and jobs in the organic waste management sector. During the project, NEETs and women at risk of social exclusion in the project areas (Spain, Greece, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Italy) received training in composting. Subsequently, some of them were hired to work at the SIRCLES composting areas. The following documents illustrate the activities carried out and the results achieved in the countries involved.
HELIOS CASE STUDY: Best practices in tackling social exclusion in the Mediterranean region
This publication is the result of the work conducted by the Italian project coordinator ARCES University College of Merit, under the leadership of Mr. Alessandro Pernice and Ms. Broni Hornsby.
The whole publication is the result of a constant comparison with the project partners and it reflects the lessons learned from the project.
In short, the publication aims to:
• Identify and analyse people who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET)s profiling methodology, the Blue and Circular Economy (BaCE) profiling methodology and results of the profiling process
• Describe in detail the e-learning platform and the communication strategy, the results of the HELIOS training program and finally the importance of the Murals
• Show some case studies of the partner's work across different sectors (organic farming, hydroponics, aquaponics, circular food processing, waste management, recycling and reusing, etc.) to provide further insight into what the project consortium has done.
• Illustrate some experience of the participants who attended the training courses and traineeships in companies operating in the BaCE sectors
• Explain the approach followed within the project consortium which seeks to standardize best practices and to allow project results to be cascaded to other Mediterranean countries (outside the project partnership) severely affected by high NEET rates.
Skills4Sports A3.3.1 Skills Gap Analysis Report
Skills Gap Analysis Report for the Sports sector helps project partners to determine which skills currently exist in the available NEET (people who are Not in Employment, Education or Training) workforce in comparison with the skills required to have better access to the sports industry employment market. The present report is essential for the next activities of Skills4Sports, as it will include the identification of specific fields/professions, as well as the skills that are in demand and could offer a career path to NEETs of the Mediterranean region. Furthermore, the Skills Gap Analysis report determines the material of the training curricula for sports professionals.
U-SOLVE - Urban Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Roadmap
This report presents the main results of analyzing the Urban Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) across project
partners, relying on a unique U-SOLVE approach. The analysis relied on secondary data from prior studies and
reports investigating the same issue in each country and primary data collected from ecosystem actors
representing academia, business actors, business support organizations, and NGOs.
Urban entrepreneurial policy for sustainable development in the Mediterranean area
Urban entrepreneurial policy for sustainable development in Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Jordan to foster a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem across Mediterranean urban areas, catalyzing sustainable development, environmental resilience, and social inclusivity.
NEW ENTREPRENEURIAL START-UP IDEAS
U-SOLVE was able to attract as many innovative ideas as possible and to maximize the impact of foreseen capacity building activities. Following this methodology, calls for applicants have been issued for both steps, including guidelines, templates, model contract and evaluation criteria.
IPMED Intellectual Property Training Module 8: Management and Commercialization of IP Assets
A comprehensive training material on IPR is one of the major deliverables of IPMED, it is essential to develop basic knowledge and institutional capacity for effective policy and strategy development on intellectual property rights, providing Practical knowledge that will help businesses and entrepreneurs know how to protect their intellectual property, find its value and exploit it commercially.
Based on the above Eight (8) videos in English (one for each training module), each of which will include a visual representation of the relevant training subject of the module, accompanied by the image of the trainer (in a small icon) who made the relevant presentation speaking in English, and there will be a corresponding translation into French by a translator.
These videos will be suitable for distance online asynchronous training of interested entrepreneurs, business executives, executives of academic and research institutions, executives of other public institutions, etc., on IP issues.
IPMED Intellectual Property Training Module 7: IP & Innovation Policy
A comprehensive training material on IPR is one of the major deliverables of IPMED, it is essential to develop basic knowledge and institutional capacity for effective policy and strategy development on intellectual property rights, providing Practical knowledge that will help businesses and entrepreneurs know how to protect their intellectual property, find its value and exploit it commercially.
Based on the above Eight (8) videos in English (one for each training module), each of which will include a visual representation of the relevant training subject of the module, accompanied by the image of the trainer (in a small icon) who made the relevant presentation speaking in English, and there will be a corresponding translation into French by a translator.
These videos will be suitable for distance online asynchronous training of interested entrepreneurs, business executives, executives of academic and research institutions, executives of other public institutions, etc., on IP issues.
IPMED Intellectual Property Training Module 6: Geographical Indications
A comprehensive training material on IPR is one of the major deliverables of IPMED, it is essential to develop basic knowledge and institutional capacity for effective policy and strategy development on intellectual property rights, providing Practical knowledge that will help businesses and entrepreneurs know how to protect their intellectual property, find its value and exploit it commercially.
Based on the above Eight (8) videos in English (one for each training module), each of which will include a visual representation of the relevant training subject of the module, accompanied by the image of the trainer (in a small icon) who made the relevant presentation speaking in English, and there will be a corresponding translation into French by a translator.
These videos will be suitable for distance online asynchronous training of interested entrepreneurs, business executives, executives of academic and research institutions, executives of other public institutions, etc., on IP issues.