SYMBI

Duration of the project: 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2021

Partners:

• Foundation FUNDETYCT Scientific and Technological Park of Extremadura
• Ministry
• Malopolska Region
• Chamber of Commerce of Molise
• Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy
• Local government of Kozan, Bureau of Development and Planning
• Pannon Novum West-Transdanubian Regional Innovation Non-profit Ltd.
• Regional Council of Häme
• Häme University of Applied Sciences Ltd.

SYMBI aims at supporting the transition towards a resource-efficient economy trough establishing territorial synergies to manage waste and exchange energy & by-products as secondary raw resources-
SYMBI enables the regions involved to foster sustainable growth and to create new jobs as the industrial symbiosis may lead/contribute to:

• significant material savings leading to an increase in competitiveness
• new business models consisting of sources from secondary raw material

The activities of SYMBI:

• Encourage regional waste transformation systems
• Promote the use of secondary raw materials
• Prioritize green public procurement
• Unlock investments by regional and local financial actors
• Enhance current practises in ecosystems of industrial innovation
• Reach consensus between the regional interested parties