“Advancing MuNicipal Circlular Economy-ADVANCE” is the new EU-funded Project that SIGMA participates in, as the Quality and Risk Management Leader.
ADVANCE is implemented under Erasmus+ KA220-VET – Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training. The primary project’s target groups are municipalities and SMEs in the HORECA sector.
Program objectives include:
• The evaluation of existing food waste management practices in selected municipalities and SMEs in the HORECA sector.
• The assessment of the gap between the baseline assessment and the requirements posed by the EU Circular Economy Action Plan using Circularity Indicators.
• The development of a Roadmap and the creation of a step-by-step methodology to implement the EU Circular Economy Action Plan requirements regarding food waste.
• The development of an Open Education Resource online platform that will include & host all the above.
The ADVANCE partnership is composed of 7 partners from 5 EU countries: The NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS-NTUA, the SIGMA BUSINESS NETWORK and D-WASTE LTD from Greece, the HORECA Partners from Belgium, the E.G. EUGENE GLOBAL LTD from Cyprus, the GRAD ZADAR from Croatia, and City of Novi Sad from Serbia.
