Project Background

ACE-EX offers its contribution to the transformation of European agriculture through the integration of Circular Economy principles to promote a sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural production model. The project is perfectly harmonious with the European Green Deal directives. It aims to minimise environmental impact, train highly qualified experts, engage in the fight against climate change and promote environmentally friendly economic growth. ACE-EX emphasises the importance of constantly updating skills in the agricultural and industrial sectors to keep pace with technological developments and the challenges imposed by climate change.

ACE-EX acts in a context in which agricultural innovation plays a crucial role in responding to the challenges imposed by climate change and the need to protect biodiversity. The current method of agriculture production must use by-products to their full potential and necessitates a shift towards a more sustainable system. Projections underline the urgency to act: by 2050, the impact of a failure to change current production methods could also translate into many lives lost each year.
In the face of rapid technological and climatic change, constantly updating the skills of those working in the sector is essential. ACE-EX emphasises the importance of the Circular Economy, a practice embraced in agriculture and industry and a driving force for professional training. It aligns with the Action Plan for the Circular Economy and the European Green Deal objectives, promoting sustainable and respectful economic growth.
ACE-EX recognises and addresses the issues of the small business sector, highlighting the need for specialised curricula to facilitate the adoption of Circular Economy practices.
Our perspective focuses on the importance of designing innovative and targeted professional curricula that promote the adoption of circular and sustainable practices in the day-to-day activities of enterprises.

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The network keeps growing
A Greek olive and nut producer joins the ACE-EX stakeholder repository

A European project doesn't end with its final conference. It carries on through the network of people and organisations it has brought together.
ACE-EX is the Erasmus+ project behind a new European training pathway for circular economy experts in agriculture, across the wine, olive oil and cereal sectors. One of the tools built to outlast the project itself is the stakeholder repository: an open network of companies and actors who choose to stay connected, sharing knowledge, experience and opportunities to collaborate.
Among the latest to join is Nikolaos Brekis, owner of Brekis Nikolaos Olives and Nuts, a business in Lianokladi (Fthiotida, Greece) specialising in olives and tree nuts. The pledge came through the local groundwork of Epimelitirio Fthiotidas, the Fthiotida Chamber of Commerce and the project's Greek partner.
Olive oil is one of the three sectors ACE-EX is built around. Seeing a working producer join the network is a sign that the project speaks the language of the people who grow and process, day in, day out.

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ITS Academy Giulio Natta
CEP- Center for European Projects
OpenCom Italy
Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia
AINIA Consumer
Softcare Studios
Střední průmyslová škola chemická a gymnázium Brno
Patrimonio Natural
Fagskolen Innlandet
Klaster Gospodarki Cyrkularnej i Recyklingu
Ies Federico García Lorca De la Puebla de Cazalla
Επιμελητήριο Φθιώτιδας
Confagricoltura

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ACE-EX brought three years of work to a close in the heart of Europe

On 22 June, at the Lombardy Region Office in Brussels, ACE-EX held its final conference. In the room and online, representatives from European institutions, social partners, research bodies, sector federations and regional authorities followed a day built around one concrete question: what skills does European agriculture need to face the circular transition.

The conference was organised by the project's Belgian partner, the European Chemicals Regions Network (ECRN), which hosted the closing event in the heart of the European Quarter. Our thanks go to its whole team for the work that made the day possible.

After the institutional opening by the Lombardy Region, Carmen Fusilli, ACE-EX project manager for ITS Academy Giulio Natta, the project's lead partner, presented the results of three years of work. The discussion then came into its own with two roundtables. The first, moderated by Erina Guraziu of OpenCom, focused on the skills and professional profiles needed for the transition of the agri-food sector. The second, moderated by Jesús Díez of the Fundación Patrimonio Natural de Castilla y León, widened the view to the sector's long-term economic sustainability. Two sessions of genuine debate, bringing different voices around the same table and confirming just how central the question of skills has become on the European agenda.

The day closed with a live demonstration of the immersive learning technologies developed by the project, led by Oliver D'Adda of Softcare Studios: a concrete glimpse of how training can evolve beyond conventional methods.

Three years of cooperation between 20 partners across 9 European countries reach a point of arrival here, but also a point of departure: the ACE-EX curriculum remains available and will live on well beyond the end of the project.
In the coming days, we will publish interviews with the participants of the two roundtables. Stay with us.

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ITS Academy Giulio Natta
CEP- Center for European Projects
OpenCom Italy
Sostenibilidad Cámara Valencia
AINIA Consumer
Softcare Studios
Střední průmyslová škola chemická a gymnázium Brno
Patrimonio Natural
Fagskolen Innlandet
Klaster Gospodarki Cyrkularnej i Recyklingu
Ies Federico García Lorca De la Puebla de Cazalla
Επιμελητήριο Φθιώτιδας
Confagricoltura