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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Running a circular business is first and foremost about managing people
The transition to a circular economy is not a technical problem. It is a management problem. It requires a management style that is open to mistakes, driven by continuous learning and capable of investing emotionally in people. 🌿
The ACE-EX Open Management Style course is built on four pillars: open management (learning from errors rather than punishing them), cultural shift (moving from external assistance to self-management of resources), passion and motivation (a genuine desire to reduce waste and environmental impact), and emotional investment (putting heart and ideas into one’s work beyond mere commercial interest). 💡
This is not rhetoric. Research conducted by OpenCom across European agricultural businesses shows that companies which invested in developing these competences among their staff achieved higher success rates in implementing circular practices. 📊
The course combines workshops, simulations and group projects based on real agricultural scenarios. From knowledge management to communities of practice, transversal skills to negotiation. The aim is to train managers capable of leading the transition from linear to circular models — creating transparent, participative and innovation-oriented work environments.
Developed by OpenCom (Italy), 36 hours of training.
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#ACEEX #OpenManagement #Leadership #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #ChangeManagement #Euproject
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
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 comes to Bergamo
On Wednesday 27 May we bring the project's results to the territory.
Three years of European work on circular economy, agriculture and professional training land in Treviolo, Bergamo this Wednesday 27 May. ITS Academy Giulio Natta, lead partner of the ACE-EX project, opens its doors to local stakeholders for a morning of discussion, live demonstrations and real-world business cases.
On the agenda: the ACE-EX training platform with modules covering green chemistry, nutraceutics, 3D printing and transversal competences, a live demonstration of immersive learning with VR headsets, and contributions on industrial sustainability, macroeconomic scenarios and practical business pathways.
The event is part of a series of national dissemination events being organised by project partners across Europe this week, ahead of the final conference in Brussels in June.
🔗Full article: news.opencom-italy.org/circular-economy/2026/ace-ex-meets-the-territory-the-results-of-a-european-project-for-circular-economy-in-agriculture/
📅 27 May 2026 | 10:00 am 📍 ITS Academy Giulio Natta, Via Gandhi 12, Treviolo (BG)
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#ACEEX #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #Erasmusplus #GreenSkills #VET #ITSNatta #Bergamo #ProfessionalTraining
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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There comes a point in every European project when the work done in labs, classrooms and transnational meetings stops being internal to the consortium and becomes something wider. For ACE-EX, that point is 27 May.
Next Wednesday, at ITS Academy Giulio Natta in Treviolo (Bergamo), the project opens its doors to regional stakeholders to share three years of results: advanced training modules, real-world business case studies, digital and immersive tools, all designed to build a new professional figure, the circular economy expert in agriculture, holding a European-recognised qualification.
ACE-EX brings together 20 partners across 9 countries and focuses on the wine, olive oil and cereal sectors: industries where production by-products, handled with the right expertise, stop being a liability and start being an opportunity.
The event is open to all. If you work in agriculture, agri-food, education or public institutions, this is the place to see what Europe has already built, and what can now be put to use.
📅 27 May 2026 | 10:00 am 📍 ITS Academy Giulio Natta, Via Gandhi 12, Treviolo (BG)
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🇮🇹 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
#ACEEX #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #Erasmusplus #VET #GreenSkills #ITSNatta #Bergamo #ProfessionalTraining
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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Critical thinking, time management and teamwork: the skills no software can replace
A perfectly designed biogas plant is useless if the team running it cannot communicate. A circular transition plan fails if the manager cannot organise priorities. An innovation remains on paper if nobody has the critical thinking to assess its risks and opportunities. ⚙️
Transversal skills — problem solving, critical and analytical thinking, creativity, time management, personal organisation, teamwork — are the connective tissue of any circular economy project. The ACE-EX Open Management Style course devotes a specific module to these competences, using a strongly experiential approach. 🧩
The method? Interactive workshops, role-playing, simulations, group activities based on real agricultural scenarios. Not lectures, but exercises in which participants tackle concrete problems: how to overcome an olive oil producer’s resistance to a waste-to-energy system, how to manage cultural change in an organisation accustomed to linear models. 🎯
The module also includes negotiation techniques — from Chris Voss’s accusation audit to structured meeting preparation — skills essential for anyone who needs to build partnerships across the circular supply chain.
36 hours of training that develop what technology cannot automate.
🔗 Link in bio
#ACEEX #TransversalSkills #SoftSkills #CircularEconomy #Agriculture #ErasmusPlus #Teamwork #CriticalThinking #Euproject
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union
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