Coopen
Call for Innovators – Circular Economy Winners
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During the Coopen Selection Day dedicated to the circular economy, the 4 winning teams were announced. Here are the partnerships between the innovators and the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs):
- Fondazione Acra & Climate Smart Agricultural
- Fondazione Avsi & Marula ProTeen Ldt
- LVIA & Mercato Circolare S.r.l.
- LiveinSlums & ValueBin S.r.l.
The 4 teams will carry out, together with the Civil Society Organizations involved in the Coopen participative programme, the proposed solutions to address some of the challenges of the circular economy:
- Reducing garbage production
- Incentivizing reuse and recycling
- Autonomy, cooperation and support networks in circular economy projects
Taking into consideration also the opinion of the CSOs involved in the process, the jury that selected the winners was composed by:
- Irene Bengo, Social and innovative management Researcher – Tiresia
- Ugo Castellani, CTO – Cariplo Factory
- Diego Dagradi, Impact Investment manager – Fondazione Social Venture Giordano dell’Amore
- Jacopo Ottaviani, Chief Data Officer – Code4Africa
- Aarthi Ramasubramanian, Manager Restart Fund East-Africa – Fondazione Opes
- Simone Sala, ICT for Sustainable Development Expert – JengaLab
- Sara Scalabrin, Program Officer – Fondazione Cariplo
- Marzia Sica, Head of “Goal: People” – Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo
- Marco Zappalorto, Chief Executive Officer – Nesta Italia
