ACE-EX offre il proprio contributo alla trasformazione dell’agricoltura europea attraverso l’integrazione dei principi dell’Economia Circolare per promuovere un modello di produzione agricola sostenibile e rispettoso dell’ambiente. Il progetto si posiziona in perfetta sintonia con le direttive del Green Deal europeo, ed ha l’obiettivo di minimizzare l’impatto ambientale, formare esperti altamente qualificati, impegnandosi nella lotta contro il cambiamento climatico e favorendo una crescita economica rispettosa dell’ambiente. ACE-EX pone l’accento sull’importanza di aggiornare costantemente le competenze nel settore agricolo e industriale per tenere il passo con le evoluzioni tecnologiche e le sfide imposte dal cambiamento climatico.
Background del Progetto
ACE-EX si colloca in un contesto in cui l’innovazione agricola assume un ruolo cruciale per rispondere alle sfide imposte dal cambiamento climatico e dalla necessità di proteggere la biodiversità. Attualmente, il modello produttivo agricolo prevalente, che non sfrutta completamente i sottoprodotti, necessita di un cambiamento paradigmatico verso un sistema più sostenibile. Le proiezioni sottolineano l’urgenza di agire: entro il 2050, l’impatto di un mancato cambiamento delle metodologie produttive in uso potrebbe tradursi anche in un considerevole numero di vite umane perse ogni anno.
Di fronte al rapido susseguirsi dei cambiamenti tecnologici e climatici, è fondamentale un aggiornamento costante delle competenze degli operatori del settore. ACE-EX evidenzia il valore dell’Economia Circolare, vista non solo come una pratica da adottare in agricoltura e nell’industria, ma anche come un catalizzatore per la formazione professionale, in linea con gli obiettivi del Piano d’Azione per l’Economia Circolare e con il Green Deal europeo, per promuovere una crescita economica rispettosa e sostenibile.
ACE-EX riconosce e affronta le problematiche di un settore composto prevalentemente da piccole imprese, che evidenziano la necessità di curricula specializzati per facilitare l’adozione di pratiche di Economia Circolare.
La nostra prospettiva si concentra sull’importanza di progettare curricula professionali innovativi e mirati, capaci di promuovere l’adozione di pratiche circolari e sostenibili nelle attività quotidiane delle imprese.
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Transforming a family-run agricultural cooperative from a linear model to a circular one. Managing a tight budget, making strategic decisions, tackling real environmental challenges. All within a role-playing game. 🎮
It is called “The Circular City in Agriculture” and it is the Serious Game developed as part of the ACE-EX training programme. Not a simple quiz, but a simulation where participants — assigned roles such as the farm owner, the consultant or the village mayor — work to convert an 8-hectare vineyard or olive farm using practical circular solutions. 🌿
Problem cards to draw: excessive waste, water pollution, limited financial resources.
Solution cards to evaluate: selective waste collection, solar panels, reintroducing livestock for soil health. Play money to simulate investments and costs. 💰
Over 2–3 hours, players work through diagnosis, solution design, implementation and evaluation. The final debriefing connects what happened at the table with the everyday challenges facing agricultural businesses. 🎯
Sometimes, to shift your perspective, you need to step into someone else’s shoes.
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A training programme only matters if it reaches the people who need it. That is why ACE-EX has made its content available as a freely accessible MOOC. 🖥️
23 training modules — spanning biochemistry to project management, waste management to leadership — have been adapted into micro-credentials and published on the project platform in 8 languages: English, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian and French. 🌐
The micro-credentials system follows the European Skills Agenda guidelines: short, targeted, certifiable learning units. Designed for professionals who need to upskill without stepping away from work. For those seeking a specific specialisation rather than a generic qualification. 📋
They do not replace a degree. They complement it, update it, and make it relevant in a labour market demanding new competences. And they will remain accessible beyond the project’s lifetime. ♻️
Farmers, technicians, students, entrepreneurs: the pathway is open. 🚜
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How do you build a training pathway from scratch for a professional role with no
precedent? You start with real needs.
The ACE
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EX consortium carried out an analysis involving agricultural businesses, research
centres and sector professionals across
9
European countries. One finding stood out
clearly: awareness of circular economy is growing, but the skills to implement it remain
largely uncharted territory.
That research shaped a training programme built around four pillars
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each addressing
a distinct dimension of the profession:
Circular Economy Foundations
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core principles, life cycle assessment, the European
regulatory framework
Innovation and Business Development
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new business models, sustainability marketing
Organisational and Transversal Competences
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leadership, project management,
systems thinking, resilience
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Technical and Sector
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Specific Skills
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biogas, biofertilisers, water management,
nutraceutics,
3
D printing
These are not isolated compartments but interconnected areas. Applying circular economy
in agriculture means reading an energy balance sheet just as confidently as leading a team
through change.
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funded by the European Union
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The curriculum European agriculture was missing
Everyone talks about the circular economy. Far fewer know how to put it into practice in a wheat field, an olive oil mill or a winery. 🌾
That gap between knowledge and application is what the ACE-EX training programme sets out to address: a comprehensive pathway to qualify the “Expert at applying Circular Economy processes in agriculture” — a professional profile that currently has no formal route in European education systems. 🎓
In numbers: over 1,100 hours of structured training 📚, developed by 19 organisations across 9 countries 🇮🇹🇬🇷🇪🇸🇳🇴🇦🇹🇧🇪🇨🇿🇵🇱🇺🇦, with certification pathways at EQF levels 4 and 5. This is not a generic sustainability course. The curriculum spans green chemistry 🧪, biogas, biofertilisers, nutraceutics, waste management ♻️ and 3D printing from biomass — all grounded in the real supply chains of wine 🍷, olive oil 🫒 and cereals.
The programme is available in 8 languages 🌍 and accessible as a MOOC with a micro-credentials system on the project platform.
Over the coming posts, we shall look at the individual modules in detail. In the meantime, the full programme is already available on the project platform. 👇
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