CIRCLER

Circular Economy Transition Manager: guiding companies of the furniture value chain to deploy their transition strategy for a more circular economy

The transition to a more circular economy in the EU furniture sector requires companies to properly approach this process and its challenges. The sector lacks the occupational profile of “Circular Transition Manager” and the necessary related training.

CirCLER will develop a curriculum for this new occupational profile (EQF 4, 5, 6) which will cover current needs in green, digital and cross-cutting skills, taking into account the policies and principles of Vocational Training (VET) and Higher Education (ES) of the European Union (ECTS, EQF, EQAVET). The ESCO profiles/occupations affected by the new tasks of this profile will also be studied.

The project involves 23 sector organizations as partners or as partner entities with complementary experience and capabilities.

It is planned to reach 130,000 employees, unemployed and students, 30,000 enterprises, 100 associations, 2,000 FP/SE entities, 5,000 of their trainers/teachers, 65 FP regulatory bodies and other government agencies.

CirCLER will improve national and EU FP/SE systems, support the identification of training needs and their provision and make the furniture sector more resilient and enable it to achieve its circular transition.

Results transferable to enterprises

The project will create a set of innovative training tools (toolkits) which will include multimedia and interactive materials and applications, which will enable EU VET providers and SE institutions to train professionals to successfully lead this circular transition along the entire furniture value chain.

The training tools will be available in seven EU languages and will enable students and workers to define tailor-made training itineraries tailored to their specific needs.

A pilot course will be held with the participation of 400 students, validated by the interested parties and recognized inside and outside the consortium through the signing of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding).

Financing

Co-financed by the European Union in its call for proposals under the Erasmus+ programme Partnerships for Innovation – Alliances / ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PI-ALL-INNO (Ref. project 101140033).