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COOPWEM
Up one levelCOOPWEM (Cooperative Water and Renewable Energies Management) is a project funded by the Marie Curie Program in the scheme ERG (European Reintegration Grant). It had the duration of three years (2008-2011).
Project overview
This project ran between 2008-2011. It was funded by the scheme ERG (European Reintegration Grant) of the Marie Curie program. This article gives a general overview of this project.
Solidary Economy - From Utopia to Pragmatism
English summary of the Portuguese article about Cooperativism in Portugal
Solidary Economy in Industry
It was necessary to adapt the original scope of the project to the real context. We had to recognize that it would be very difficult to analyse cooperative behaviour in the specific fields of renewable energy and water. Therefore we started working on industrial networks and industrial symbiosis, expoiting synergies with the project ZeroWIN.
Waste Prevention
In order to implement Zero-Waste strategies in industries experts agree that industries must cooperate: waste form one process must be a resource for another process; this transfer may be difficult to achieve within the limits of a single enterprise; therefore enterprises must cooperate, in order to identify the possibilities to transform all waste they produce in resources for the economy.