Social Innovation & Co-creation
According to the European Comission, social innovations are new ideas that meet social needs, create social relationships and form new collaborations. These innovations can be products, services or models that address unmet needs more effectively.
ITACA is involved in several EU projects in this area with a strong collaboration with the IDEAS Institute, the entity that promotes and develops entrepreneurship at the UPV.
Relevant projects in this area
ECHO
Energy storage is one of the key factors to reach EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050, with a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy. The decarbonisation and the transition to clean energy sources, together with the improvement of the energy efficiency,...
TransZeroWaste
Iron ore and scrap as raw materials are forming the base of iron and steel production. Due to the transition from carbon-based iron and steel production to green steel production with hydrogen (H2), most current production units such as sinter plan, blast furnace and...
INFORMA
Today’s forest management decisions affect Europe’s ability to respond to the climate crisis in the long term. Because of forests’ enormous potential to absorb and lock up carbon as they grow, current forest practices will determine the continent’s climate change...