Fostering European Talents for Widening Circular Economy

Project status: Ongoing

About

Europe’s drive towards a sustainable, circular economy could falter without stronger collaboration and easier movement for researchers. Talent Pass consortium has a geographical diversity that ensures a comprehensive approach to R&I, blending different levels of expertise, building critical mass of skilled professionals equipped to turn research into real-world solutions, creating rich environment for collaboration across various backgrounds.

The EU-funded Talent Pass project focuses on strengthening R&I capabilities of widening countries institutions, ensuring they are on par with leading European entities. This will be achieved through strategic use of research resources (human, know-how, infrastructure) to foster capacity-building initiatives, targeted training, secondment programmes addressing current and future challenges in circular economy. This ensures that no region is left behind in Europe’s green transition.

More information:

https://www.talentpass-project.eu/

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101217448

Objectives

The Talent Pass initiative is designed to:

- strengthen the innovation ecosystem towards a borderless research, innovation (R&I) and technology market by addressing the critical need for geographically balanced talent circulation and increased cross-sectorial interoperability, as outlined in Action 4 of the ERA Policy Agenda (2022-2024);
- cultivate and support cross-sectorial partnerships between academic and non-academic organizations that operate in areas of proven scientific excellence, particularly within the realm of the circular economy.

The Talent Pass project aims to:

- significantly enhance talent mobility and expertise development within circular economy, particularly focusing on researchers, innovators, and other R&I academic/non-academic talents from widening countries;
- build a critical mass of competent researchers having the necessary high-quality knowledge, skills, and tools to drive forward innovation and sustainability in the circular economy;
- improving access to excellence by consolidating an interdisciplinary network of highly skilled human resources and enhance the efficient utilization and valorization of complementary research capacities, infrastructure and results, aligning with the Horizon Europe Work Program (2023-24) - WIDERA and the Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe (2020);
- bridge the gap between research and application and effectively translate advancements in circular economy into real-world solutions, by fostering collaboration between academia and industry.
Talent Pass will subsequently focus on strengthening the research capabilities of WC institutions, ensuring they are on par with leading European entities. This will be achieved through strategic use of research resources (human, know-how and infrastructure) to foster capacity-building initiatives and targeted training and secondment programs addressing current and future challenges in circular economy.

Results

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Dissemination

Take your skills to the next level! Talent Pass trainings are open!

Why: To upskill and reskill yourself on the topics of Project Management and/or Digital Skills to stay competitive and boost career development

Who: researchers, innovators, managers, administrators, technicians from widening countries partners [ICMPP; ECOIND; IST-ID; NIC; Chimcomplex]

When: 14 April ÷ 15 May 2026

Where: online [at your Home Institution] and/or on-site [at Unismart, Padova, Italy]

How: expert-led, learner-centered, interactive sessions, comprising hands-on exercises and practical tools given by trainers from OpenCom, Unismart, or Crowdhelix

Required: adequate English proficiency + employee status

Key details:

▪ Application open: 4 ÷ 15 March 2026
▪ Trainees’ selection: 16 ÷ 20 March 2026
▪ Trainings: 14 April ÷ 15 May 2026
▪ You can choose one, some or all seven provided training modules.

Extra details: Trainings Blueprint

Don’t miss this chance to nurture your career development!

Apply here: https://icmpp.ro/talentpass/training_registration.php

For online sessions: it takes 3 minutes + uploading your CV
For on-site sessions [limited number of training slots]: extra motivation argument is needed.

Talent Pass Lisbon – Plastics in the Circular Economy

“We are pleased to invite you to the Talent Pass Lisbon Event – Plastics in the Circular Economy, which will take place on April 28th–29th, 2026, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

The workshop will feature a series of talks by national and international invited speakers, focusing on plastics and circular economy. Please find the programme here.

You are welcome to join the event online.

Participation is free, but registration is mandatory by April 15th: here

All registered participants will receive further details, including the online access link, closer to the event.”

Team

Dumitru Coman - WP1 Trainings Responsible,
Anamaria Mardaru - WP2 Secondments Responsible,
Laurentiu Andrei - WP4 Management&Communication Responsible,
Georgiana Surdu-Nitu - Secondee

Contact

Dumitru Coman - dumitru.coman@chimcomplex.com