Project Coordinator:

Project Typology:

Erasmus+

Responsible Researcher at the CETRAD:

Artur Sá e Carla Amaral

CETRAD Researchers in the team:

Carlos Fonseca e Manuel Tibério

Funding:

960 387,00 €

CETRAD/UTAD Funding:

Starting Date:

01-01-2019

Duration:

36 months

Description:

SDGs Labs is carried out tacking into account both the increasing sustainability challenges in the agribusiness and food production sector as well as the high importance and potential of this sector to effectively contribute to the SDGs.
Linking to this, the project is dedicated to establishing innovative and adequate methods and tools (‘Innovation and Co-learning Labs’ and ‘SDGs Academy’) that advance the practical implementation of the SDGs within the entire sector.
SDGs LABs AIMS AT

  • Translating the abstract SDGs into practical business solutions for actors all along the supply chain in the agribusiness and food pro­duction sector including HEIs, start-ups and established companies.
  • Building on existing experience and gathered expertise throughout the project flow to devel­op innovative means and methods dedicated to co-learning environments for future collab­orations.
  • Establishing a curriculum for a SDGs Start-Up Academy programme operating in various Eu­ropean countries fostering SDGs practice in business performance and future cross-border cooperation in the agribusiness and food pro­duction sector.
  • Setting up a SDGs Business Pioneers Facilita­tion Workshop for existing companies aiming at incorporating the SDGs holistically into their business practice.

See more information at: https://sdgs-labs.eu/

Partners:

 University of Vechta (Germany)
Terra Institute (Italy)
ISEKI-Food Association (Austria)
Wiesenhof (Germany)
CEIFAcoop (Portugal)
Regia-Douro Park (Portugal).