Partners
Project GREENCO will be implemented by 10 partners from 5 countries, covering the whole addressed educational and occupational levels, while the consortium is in line with the requirements of Innovation Alliance calls. In this way, GREENCO will bring together 4 educational institutions, 1 VET (GTS) and 1 HEI (UNIZG FCE) from Croatia, and correspondingly 1 VET (CELF) and 1 HEI (DTU) from Denmark. They will be responsible for the development of new curriculum and educational materials for green, digital and entrepreneurial skills of their students, as well as capacity building for their teaching staff.
This collaboration will be used for cross-occupational and cross-educational knowledge and experience transfer. Additionally, to ensure that in the future students of all levels will learn on real, work-based practices and upgrade their problem-solving skills on contemporary challenges, project consortium will include 5 labour market actors – European sustainable innovation leaders, Holcim Innovation Center from France, one of the biggest and most famous engineering companies in the world – AIPL from United Kingdom (oriented towards master and PhD level), one of the biggest and most specialised construction companies in Croatia - Spegra (oriented towards vocational level), institute for construction materials and systems, leading institute in Western Balkan – IMS from Serbia (oriented towards VET and master level) and Urbanex, independent think-tank, consulting and research organisation in the field of sustainable urban development and spatial policies. Their role will be to host several students on short-term missions and to provide mentoring and coaching lectures to inspire entrepreneurial perspective among students of all levels.
To spread the awareness on sustainability needs within the construction sector, consortium will include 1 NGO from Croatia that is experienced in non-formal education and skill development on local level. Besides being active in many national and international projects, all partners are also active in European and global platforms and networks that will be used to gain additional information and dissemination benefits. To further spread the information about the project activities among the target groups, consortium will use the networks of student nonformal organizations – Supeus, Croatian student association to target master level students, and Marie Curie Alumni network to target European PhD level students.
UNIZG FCE
University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering (UNIZG FCE), Croatia, is one of 34 constituent units of the University of Zagreb (31 Faculties and 3 Academies of Art). It was established in 1919 and is today the largest Civil Engineering Faculty in Croatia. The Faculty consists of nine departments (Mathematics, Engineering Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, Materials, Structures, Hydraulic Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Construction Management and Buildings), which provide teaching, scientific, research and vocational knowledge-based activities. UNIZG FCE is one of the region’s leading higher education and research institutions in the field of Civil Engineering and is well established and recognized among the scientific and professional community. The Department for Materials has a laboratory with specialized facilities for teaching, research, and consultancy services. Scientific research is carried out within the framework of various national and international scientific projects. During the last decade, the Department coordinated and/or participated in several EU funded projects (e.g. CIP, H2020, FP7, FP6, LIFE, Eureka, COST).
DTU
Founded in 1829 with the mission of creating value for the benefit of society, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is an international elite technical university where education, scientific advice, and innovation rest on a solid foundation of world-class research. 11.200 students are educating themselves for the future, and 6,000 employees focus each day on education, research, consulting and innovation, which contribute in creating value, welfare, and growth. At DTU, we believe in technology as a means for necessary change, and we see the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a platform for the University’s activities. Great ideas change the world, and we are driven by the desire to develop sustainable technologies that create jobs and new opportunities. At DTU, researchers and students collaborate with industry and government to create innovative solutions at the intersections of engineering and creativity, theory and practice, and university and society. The ZeroWaste Byg research group (https://www.zerowaste.byg.dtu.dk/), Department of Civil Engineering led by Prof. Lisbeth M. Ottosen focus on placing the construction sector centrally in a sustainable material cycle of society. Research and innovation focus is on increased replacement of natural raw materials with secondary resources (if necessary optimized). In addition, strong emphasis is on utmost recycling at the end of life.
GTS
Construction Technical School in Zagreb (GTS), Croatia, is a public educational institution of regional significance. There is a total of 63 employees, of which 48 are teachers and professional associates. Within the school year 2022/2023 a total of 436 students were enrolled in 20 classes and in each generation, there are three classes of architectural and two construction technicians. Teachers are organized according to professional assets, which are the initiators of changes and adaptation of teaching content to modern trends in accordance with the development of technique and technology. The school continuously strives to modernize the teaching process with new forms and methods of work through professional training. This includes monitoring modern trends in the field of construction, strengthening ICT skills, adopting and mastering all kinds of pedagogical competencies. With such a modern approach, its goal is to ensure quality education of students so that they are fully prepared for the labor market or for continuing their education on higher levels
CELF
Centre of Education Lolland Falster (CELF), Denmark, is a regional technical and commercial upper secondary and Vocational Education and Training (VET) provider covering the islands of Moen, Lolland and Falster as the southern part of Zealand. Further, CELF offer the majority of short-term supplementary and in-service training courses under the Danish Adult Vocational Training Programmes. CELF is a part of the national Danish educational system providing training according to national legislation. All VET students follow the Danish dual system where training partially is carried out at CELF, partially as practical internships in the relevant industry. CELF has branches in the towns of Nykøbing Falster (headquarters), Maribo and Nakskov, where 2.000 students/year attend courses. Its annual turnover amounts to € 40 million and currently counts 250 employs. CELF has built a project secretariat with 8 full-time employees, who all have many years of experience with implementation and administration of international projects. CELF has been in transition to digitalization vocational education and training for more than 6 years
Holcim
Holcim Innovation Centre, France, is a world leader in the building materials industry with the strongest R&D organization in the industry, that seeks to introduce and promote high-quality and sustainable building materials and solutions worldwide. The R&D in Lyon is the first of its kind in the industry, with currently over 1,500 patents or patent applications, and network of local laboratories spanning all five continents, being home to a great variety of in-house expertise: chemists, physicists, engineers, architects, masons, and more. HIC currently works with forty leading university departments around the world in fields ranging from materials science to civil engineering to sustainable construction. Some of these collaborations include the prestigious institutions such as ETH Zurich (Switzerland), École des Ponts ParisTech (France), Southeast University (Nanjing, China), IIT Madras (Chennai, India), Cape Town University (South Africa), TU Braunschweig (Germany) and University of Cambridge (UK). Dedication to innovation and sustainable growth is further strengthened through Holcim Accelerator, an intensive 6-month program dedicated to accelerating the growth of innovative companies and start-ups in the building industry.
Arup
Ove Arup & partners international limited (OAPIL), UK, is an international multidisciplinary engineering firm offering a number of services to clients in different sectors. For over 75 years, OAPIL has been recognised for its vision, talent and tenacity. Dedicated to sustainable development, the firm is a collective of 16,000 designers, advisors and experts working across 140 countries. Founded to be both humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world.
Spegra
Spegra, Croatia, was established in Split in 1989 and, in its 33-year tradition, specializes in performing special construction works, ranging from remediation works for cultural heritage to highly complex engineering renovations. At the beginning of his career, CEO Berislav Borovina, M.Sc. of civil engineering, when working on one project, as an employee of the Construction Institute in Split, knew that there was no firm able to reliably carry out the necessary works for the remediation of a buildings. He decided to respond to the needs of the construction market and to set up the company he himself sought. Company today has a nearly 200 employees with a yearly export turnover of over 15 million €, making it one of the biggest players in the local area
IMS
Institute for material testing (IMS) is one of Serbia’s leading scientific and research organizations in the field of building structures, residential construction, prestressing systems, technology of building materials, industry of metal products, structures and equipment, control of mechanical equipment, protection of buildings against water, heat, sound and fire. During its eight decades long and rich history, the IMS Institute has participated in the largest construction projects, both in Serbia and abroad (the IMS construction technology is applied in ten countries around the world), and during that time it has gained a reputation as an independent research and consulting organization. With its personnel potential, equipment and technical means at its disposal, the IMS Institute can provide highly professional services in its field of activity. Continuous work on improving existing technologies and developing new ones, and with the development of informatics and quality systems in the world, is gaining an increasingly important place in the programs of the Institute. All of this requires permanent training of staff and equipment along with successful cooperation with ministries, other scientific research institutions, faculties and the economy.
ODRAZ
Sustainable Community Development (ODRAZ), Croatia, is an independent civil society, non-profit organization gathering professionals from various fields, which design and apply sustainable development concepts for the benefit of local communities. ODRAZ encourages and implements changes leading towards sustainability, operating at various levels, from local to national and international. It cooperates with civil society organizations, public, professional and business organizations, networks and experts. Some of ORAZ’s main activities include (1) implementation of non-formal education for sustainable development; (2) implementation of thematic workshops, consultations and expert discussions and (3) implementation of activities and projects in the field of sustainable urban/rural/mobility. So far, ODRAZ has participated in FP7, Horizon and ESF project related to sustainability, including mobility issues. The NGO is also a founder and Secretariat of sustainable urban mobility network CIVINET Slovenia-Croatia-Southeast Europe, which has more than 200 members.
Urbanex
Urbanex is an independent think-tank, consulting and research organisation in the field of sustainable urban development and spatial policies. Urbanex works on a wide range of territorial development issues with a specific focus on sustainable urban development and territorial cohesion. Urbanex’s list of references includes a great number of strategic and spatial documents related to sustainable urban development that includes all segments of sustainable development – social, economic and environmental, with a constant focus on gaining urban development equilibrium. Urban development and planning are key branches of organisation’s transdisciplinary orientation, including all aspects of spatial management: integrated territorial development (ITI mechanisms), integrated management of cultural heritage, specific traffic planning in dense urban areas, tourism development in urban areas, nature-based solutions, brownfield regeneration in urban areas, as well as addressing land-use issues in coastal areas. Wide, transdisciplinary research scope spans from EU-level territorial policies and research to local level spatial and strategic development documents and projects. Organisation is specialised in providing services of preparation, development and implementation of urban development and planning projects co-financed by the European Union and various funding programmers, as well as providing technical support for the government and public bodies in the Republic of Croatia in field of strategic and spatial planning.