Inicio: 01/09/2026
Fin: 29/02/2028
Structuring Joint Innovation Programs in Circular Materials and Sustainable Manufacturing
The overall aim of the CONNECT-EU project is to prepare and structure a Joint Innovation Programme (JIP) that connects regional innovation ecosystems around circular and low-carbon materials (secondary aluminium as a flagship), strengthening alignment, inclusiveness, and readiness for long-term joint implementation under Horizon Europe and future EU programmes.
CONNECT-EU will deliver five interlinked results: (1) a shared strategic and foresight framework for aluminium circularity, (2) regional blueprints supporting investment planning and governance capacity, (3) validated models for cross-regional co-funding and collaboration, (4) inclusive stakeholder engagement and replication in widening regions, and (5) a sustainability and exploitation roadmap ensuring long-term impact.
AIMEN leads the project's foresight and strategic alignment activities, building on its experience in life cycle sustainability assessment and circularity. AIMEN will develop the SDG-aligned baseline and scenarios for circular aluminium ecosystems, facilitate foresight and stakeholder visioning activities, and provide quantitative sustainability insights to assess future pathways. Through this project, AIMEN will bring its technical sustainability expertise into the strategic and policy dimension of the project, supporting robust, inclusive and evidence-based pathways aligned with EU sustainability and industrial priorities.
CONNECT-EU will deliver five interlinked results: (1) a shared strategic and foresight framework for aluminium circularity, (2) regional blueprints supporting investment planning and governance capacity, (3) validated models for cross-regional co-funding and collaboration, (4) inclusive stakeholder engagement and replication in widening regions, and (5) a sustainability and exploitation roadmap ensuring long-term impact.
AIMEN leads the project's foresight and strategic alignment activities, building on its experience in life cycle sustainability assessment and circularity. AIMEN will develop the SDG-aligned baseline and scenarios for circular aluminium ecosystems, facilitate foresight and stakeholder visioning activities, and provide quantitative sustainability insights to assess future pathways. Through this project, AIMEN will bring its technical sustainability expertise into the strategic and policy dimension of the project, supporting robust, inclusive and evidence-based pathways aligned with EU sustainability and industrial priorities.
- Sectores: Aerospace, Energy, Industry, Mobility, Others
- Programa de financiación: HORIZON EUROPE
- Líder: Brunel University London
- Socios: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, KTH Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, BUSINESS INITIATIVES CONSULTING SL, EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM, INTELLISYS OY, Inkubator Savinjske regije, d.o.o.
- Acrónimo: CONNECT-EU
- Ámbito: International
Areas of Expertise
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Sustainability
- Circularity