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GREENPACT

Project overview

Futurepreneurs and SMEs for a sustainable Central Europe | Certification Scheme

Futurepreneurs are professionals that are driven by purpose and impact. They take on societal challenges and climate change with an entrepreneurial mindset and want to improve our lives. The GREENPACT project sets up partnerships between companies and futurepreneurs. The aim is to develop a certification scheme for a new generation of impact-driven top executives. To this end, the project develops joint action plans, pilot actions and a self-assessment tool.

1,78m €

Project Budget

80%

of the Budget is funded by ERDF

Layer 1

5

Countries

6

Regions

9

Partners

1

Pilots

Duration

Start date

End date

Project progress

77%

Project partnership

Project partners

Deutschland (DE)

Lead partner

Stuttgart Media University

Startup Center
Address
Nobelstr. 10
740569 Stuttgart
Country
Germany (DE)
Web
https://www.hdm-stuttgart.de/en

Project partner

Creative industries
Address
Nobelstr. 10
70569 Stuttgart
Country
Germany (DE)
Web
https://wrs.region-stuttgart.de
Total partner budget
178,500 €
International Area
Address
Via Ansuino da Forlì 64/a
35134 Padova
Country
Italy (IT)
Web
http://www.enaip.veneto.it
Total partner budget
265,175 €
Human Capital, Culture and EU Programming Area
Address
Venezia Cannaregio 23
30121 Venezia
Country
Italy (IT)
Web
http://www.regione.veneto.it
Total partner budget
129,950 €
Address
Radmile Matejčić 10
51000 Rijeka
Country
Croatia (HR)
Web
https://www.step.uniri.hr/
Total partner budget
233,780 €
Department of entrepreneurship
Address
Korzo 16
51000 Rijeka
Country
Croatia (HR)
Web
www.rijeka.hr
Total partner budget
152,320 €
Address
Na Florenci 2116/15
11000 Prague
Country
Czechia (CZ)
Web
www.komora.cz
Total partner budget
140,000 €
Department of Corporate Strategy
Address
Nemanická 436/7
370 10 České Budějovice
Country
Czechia (CZ)
Web
http://www.vstecb.cz/
Total partner budget
161,000 €
Faculty of Business management
Address
Dolnozemská cesta 1
85235 Bratislava
Country
Slovakia (SK)
Web
www.euba.sk
Total partner budget
207,200 €

Roadmap

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THE CHALLENGE

There is a lack of knowledge and resources within the Culture and Creative Industries (CCI) and Tourism sector in Europe on how to become and act more green, circular and sustainable and be perceived as such. It is obvious that established enterprises can profit from the enthusiasm and knowledge about new methods of a younger generation. GREENPACT wants to fill the intergenerational gap and to support a stronger connection between entrepreneurs and younger generation (“Gen F”) all over Europe.

2

THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM

International or European certification schemes already exist but they are not explicit enough to address the needs and challenges of the CCI and Tourism sector in order for them to act more green, circular and sustainable. GREENPACT wants to understand the knowledge about the sustainable/circular economy of youth and companies. Also, it is necessary to jointly develop different communication tools to enhance cooperation between all partners.

3

THE MAIN IDEA

What if representatives of a younger age are included to co-develop those certification schemes with players from the CCI and Tourism sector? GREENPACT wants to integrate Gen F in the development of a solution in the different partner regions, to enable co-creation and close collaboration with SMEs.

4

THE SOLUTION

The creation of an EU certification scheme for the CCI and Tourism sector. GREENPACT wants to come up with a common platform for open exchange on circular economy for CCI & Tourism sector, tools for application and a self-assessment tool. Overall it is planned not to “re-invent the wheel”, but rather make use of existing solutions and examples of other companies and stakeholders.

5

HOW IT WORKS – 1

The first step is to identify SMEs from the CCI and Tourism sector - depending on each participating region - in need of change and Gen F representatives who would like to collaborate and inspire those SMEs. GREENPACT wants to support the co-creation of ideas at a Collaboration Lab/ Hackathon to jointly work on challenges and useful pre-research for the certification.

6

HOW IT WORKS – 2

The second step is to connect and train 75+ representatives of SMEs and Gen F in five countries through collaboration labs and an intensive Green & Impact Entrepreneurship boosting buddy training programme. GREENPACT wants to establish a sustainable mentoring and training programme for young people and entrepreneurs.

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HOW IT WORKS – 3

The third and final step is to collaboratively develop a self-assessment tool that will support SMEs getting certified as green actors. A “sustainability toolbox” for SMEs from the CCI and Tourism sector will be set up to assist in the certification and the long-term realisation of the determined factors. GREENPACT wants to make sure that the key solutions (e.g. tools, scheme) will be applied by the SMEs during and after the project lifetime.

8

PROOF / CREDIBILITY

During the project’s lifetime, a Europe-wide certification scheme incl. a self-assessment tool will be created to help 100+ SMEs from five countries becoming and acting more green, circular and sustainable during the project and even more afterwards.

9

LONG-LASTING VISION / IMPACT

The long-term mission is to make the EU economy more sustainable and independent and empower enterprises and ultimately citizens with essential innovative skills to improve the quality of life in Europe. GREENPACT wants to develop a transnationally valid certification scheme that should be easy to understand and can be transferred to other industries than the CCI and Tourism.

10

BRAND

Cooperation is central to take over social and economic responsibility to promote a sustainable creative economy. GREENPACT wants to establish the project results i.e. the certification scheme as a brand which stands for a sustainable and conscious European economic environment. All pictures by www.pixabay.com

News

Events

Pilot actions

Outputs

The GREENPACT Map

A regional analysis will look at what is already offered and what is needed in the areas of Circular Economy and Impact Entrepreneurship. Based on this, a map of important local actors and key influencers will be created. This map will then be used to design a joint international survey. The goal of the survey is to identify the main building blocks of the GREENPACT strategy. The focus will be on making the project sustainable in the long term, using the results effectively, and turning action plans into real steps.
Type of output: Strategies and action plans
Photo: Making action plan by Marco Verch under Creative Commons 2.0

GREENPACT Transnational Action Plan

The "GREENPACT Transnational Action Plan" will be developed to help target economic operators and capacity-building agents make better use of all project results and to identify synergies with RIS3 strategies.
Type of output: Strategies and action plans
In development
Photo: WRS

Jointly developed, evaluated and elaborated pilot action bottom-up approaches for SMEs from the CCI and tourism industry

A new solution will be developed using local experiences, such as collaboration labs and training programs. This solution will first be tested, then improved, and finally completed. The aim is to support cooperation across generations and sectors. It encourages a fresh, bottom-up approach that focuses on sustainability and meaningful impact in business and policymaking. This approach will help close the gap between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the next generation of entrepreneurs (GenF). By improving their understanding of customer needs and behaviour, both groups will benefit. In the end, SMEs will become more competitive, and GenF will develop stronger entrepreneurial skills.
Type of output: Solutions
Photo taken by Aney, 2006-03-11, GFDL. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Handy GREENPACT: Impactful and green toolbox for SMEs from CCI and tourism

The main solution contributing to this Output is the „GREENPACT business and industry competence pack and implementation toolbox" and will be tested in the pilot actions in WP2. It serves as a solution for SMEs & futurepreneurs towards sustainable, green & impactful leadership. In addition, the self-assessment certification scheme and the Influencer Toolkit will also support this Output.
Type of output: Solutions
In development
Certificate by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org

GREENPACT certification scheme

The main solution of this output is the transnational development of a digital self-assessment tool, designed for a certification scheme. This tool will be tested during the pilot activities in Work Package, then evaluated and later shared with a wider audience. The tool will not only support the dissemination of GREENPACT but also help improve employee qualifications and make key skills more accessible.
Type of output: Solutions
In development

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Project Contacts

Project Manager

Violetta Fasulo
Phone: +4971189232750

Finance Manager

Harmut Rösch
Phone: +4971189232118

Communication Manager

Margit Wolf
Phone: +49 7112283522