Future-ready industries: Smart, sustainable, and circular resource management through Industrial Symbiosis (IS)

The Industrial Symbiosis(IS) is one of the key tools identified by the EC to facilitate the transition to a sustainable economic system based on digital circular economy. However, its consolidatio...

The Industrial Symbiosis(IS) is one of the key tools identified by the EC to facilitate the transition to a sustainable economic system based on digital circular economy. However, its consolidation in the EU is limited by a range of barriers, such as environmental regulation, low cooperation between industries, economic issues, lack of information sharing.FReINDs addresses this, offering an innovative framework supporting SME in their transition towards a new industrial digital ecology paradigm.

FReINDs designs, pilots and delivers the Industrial Symbiosis Manager (ISM) curriculum. The ISM will be able to unlock digital IS and CE businesses' potential and increase their capacity to deliver sustainable impact. The consortium will implement a comprehensive set of activities including developing training resources and digital tools, organizing workshops and webinars, and disseminating project results through targeted channels.

Thanks to the curriculum and related MOOC, graduates in socio-economic disciplines will attain new professional skills in the digital IS field. Additionally, the project delivers: a research analysis about the gap in digital IS and CE; an innovative IS Toolkit for the ISMs to evaluate the IS/CE enterprises’ readiness; innovative network for PAs to better address digital IS strategies through the adoption.