CirCLER - Circular Economy Transition Manager

Project reference: 101140033

Start date: 01.02.2024

End date: 31.01.2027

Program: Erasmus+

Key action: Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of practices 

Action types: Alliances for education and enterprises  

Coordinator: AMBIT, Spain

Consortium includes 15 partners from 7 European counrties:  Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine 

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The transition toward a more Circular Economy of the very relevant and growing EU Furniture sector requires companies to properly guide this process and its challenges. The sector lacks the occupational profile of the Circular Economy Transition Manager(CETM) and the related needed training.

CirCLER will deliver Circular Economy Transition Manager (CETM) new joint curricula (EQF4,5,6) filling in the gaps of current related green, digital, transversal skills, taking into account EU VET and HE policies and principles (ECTS, EQF, EQAVET).

It will create an innovative training toolkit including several multimedia and interactive materials and tools, enabling EU VET providers and HEIS to train professionals to successfully lead this transition along the furniture sector whole value chain.

Overall, CirCLER will improve national and EU VET systems, support SKC needs detection and their provision satisfaction, together with key stakeholders involvement, it will make furniture sector more resilient and allow it to reach its proper circular transition.

 

CIRCLER PROJECT CONSORTIUM MEETING IN VAASA
The CirCLER project partners met in Vaasa on 20th November 2025, hosted by the University of Vaasa, for the fifth transnational project meeting.
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CirCLER Finalises Training Content for Circular Economy Transition Managers in the Furniture Industry
The CirCLER consortium has completed the development of all training contents within the CirCLER training course for Circular Economy Transition Managers (CETM): Leading the Circular Shift in the F
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Presentation of the CirCLER Project at the Seminar “LCA and Ecodesign in the New European Regulatory Framework”
On September 24, 2025, Carlo Proserpio, Ecodesign expert from the Department of Design at Politecnico di Milano, presented the CirCLER project at the seminar “LCA and Ecodesign in the New Europ
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Webinar “Empowering Women Leaders in the Furniture Sector”
On 12 November 2025 at 10:00 CET, the first session of the Women for Circular Furniture Conferences Cycle will take place online, bringing together inspiring women leaders and organisations dri
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Presentation of the CirCLER Project during the event "Made in Italy towards Sustainability. From Tradition to Futures"
On October 10, the Circler project was presented at the Santa Teresa Campus of the University of Architecture in Florence.
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CirCLER Circular Furniture Labs
Circular Furniture Labs is an initiative of the CirCLER project.
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Publication of the CirCLER Report on the Circular Economy Transition Manager (CETM) Curriculum Development.
Skills Self-Assessment Evaluation Tool Development
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Presentation of the CirCLER project at the International Forest Industry Forum
The VI International Forest Industry Forum “Ukraine’s Forest Sector: Present and Future” was held in Lviv, uniting key voices in forestry, woodworking, furniture manufacturing, education and govern
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CirCLER PROJECT CONSORTIUM MEETING IN BRAȘOV
The CirCLER project partners have met in Brașov on May 8 and 9, 2025, at the Faculty of Furniture Design and Wood Engineering of the Transilvania University of Brașov (UNITBV), Romania.
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NEWS (16) TRAINING TOOLKIT METHODOLOGY
The CIRCLER European project has reached a significant milestone in the development of its innovative training toolkit for Circular Economy Transition Managers (CETMs).
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3rd Project Newsletter of the CirCLER
Discover the latest updates of the CirCLER project in the 3rd  Project Newsletter — a snapshot of our recent milestones, highlights, and progress.
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Circular Economy in the Furniture Industry: the role of futures thinking
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CirCLER Boosting the Circular Economy in the Furniture Sector
We are pleased to present the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_jOd6FxZQ  of the CirCLER project - Cir
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Validation of the CirCLER Curriculum and Training Methodology
Advancing Circular Skills in the Furniture Industry
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CIRCULARITY VS TAKE-MAKE-DISPOSE IN UKRAINE
In 2024, an important document "Towards the Circular Econo
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Publication of the CirCLER Report on the Circular Economy Transition Manager (CETM) Curriculum Development.
CirCLER – Circular Economy Transition Manager: guiding companies of the furniture value chain to deploy their transition strategy for a more circular economy
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CirCLER 3rd Project Meeting advances Circular Economy Training for the Furniture Sector
Partners of the CirCLER project gathered in Brussels on November 12th and 13th, 2024, at EFIC’s premises to advance their efforts in creating training resources tailored to the circular
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Publication of the CirCLER report on the European Skills, Competencies and Occupations (ESCO) furniture sector occupations affected by sector circular economy transition
CirCLER – Circular Economy Transition Manager: guiding companies of the furniture value chain to deploy their transition strategy for a more circular economy
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Evolving Priorities for the Furniture Sector: Insights from the 2023 ESPR Preliminary Study and Relevance to the CirCLER Project
In 2023, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) published the Preliminary Study on New Product Priorities, assessing sectors such as furniture under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR
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A privileged stage for the first international presentation of the CirCLER project.
Julio Rodrigo, Project Manager of the project and Innovation and Sustainability Manager for AMBIT, summarised the project's aims, objectives and expected results, within the framework of the Final
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Newsletter No1 CirCLER
In the first issue of the CirCLER newsletter, read about the project kick-off meeting in Milan.
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Workshop of CirCLER experts
CirCLER: Identification and ranking of the key skills and competencies required for managers of companies involved in the furniture production chain in their transition to a circular
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Workshop Validates Key Competencies for Circular Economy Transition Manager in Furniture Sector
In May, partners implemented the CirCLER questionnaire to identify and validate the competencies required for a highly demanded new role in the furniture sector: the Circular Economy Transition Man
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2nd CirCLER Partners’ Meeting
On June 20, 2024, the CirCLER project partners convened online for their second meeting.
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Information leaflet CirCLER
Download the CirCLER leaflet in English and Ukrainian here.
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Partners kick-off the EU funded CirCLER project focusing on the development of trainings for Circular Economy Transition Manger in the EU Furniture Sector
23 February 2024
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