Alesund: Local Innovation Systems
Converting waste fishing nets into products
Stakeholder workshop
27th November 2019
Teft Lab
NTNU
Alesund
Norway
Workshop co-organised NTNU and The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, UCA Business School within the Blue Circular Economy project
Background
There is a growing recognition of the problems associated with waste fishing nets, ropes, components and peripherals (FNRCPs) worldwide. In March 2019, the European Union (EU) passed the Single Use Plastics Directive that included the requirements for Member States in Europe to establish ‘producer responsibility’ schemes to take back and recycle fishing nets. The workshop aims to bring together stakeholders from both business and fishing communities in Alesund (and outside) to interact, and then discuss the opportunities and challenges related to converting waste FNRCPs into business opportunities in Alesund (and outside).
Objectives
Programme
08.30 Registration & networking
09.00 Welcome
Professor Annik Magerholm Fet, Vice-Rector, NTNU in Ålesund
09.05 Overview of Blue Circular Economy
Siv Marina Flø Grimstad, Project Leader, Blue Circular Economy, Department of International Business, NTNU in Ålesund
09.15 Keynote
Olav Kalvenes, Advisor, Resource Department, Development Section, The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, Norway
09.30 FNRCPs: Overview of legislation, research and products
Professor Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®, Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts (UCA)
09.45 Stakeholder platform: discussion, interaction and networking
11.30 BCE_Lab Concept (an innovation lab focused on converting waste FNRCPs into products)
12.00 Working lunch & networking
12.45 Creative session: developing value from FNRCPs
13.45 Development of a business model for a BCE_Lab in Alesund
15.00 Discussion
15.20 Action plan for Alesund
15.40 Lessons learnt
16.00 Close
Blue Circular Economy
Blue Circular Economy is funded by Northern Periphery & Arctic (NPA) Programme (European Regional Development Fund) that is being organised between 2018-2021). Free mentoring on eco-innovation related to waste fishing gear is available for eligible companies with less than 250 employees based in the NPA region (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland west coast of Republic of Ireland, northern areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland (except for Belfast), Greenland and Faroe Islands). For more information on SME support for companies in Norway email Richard on rigl@ntnu.no or Arron arron.w.tippett@ntnu.no .
Registration
To book your place email Ros on rcarruthers@uca.ac.uk
Further information
For more information contact:
Ros Carruthers
The Centre for Sustainable Design ®
Business School for the Creative Industries
UCA
+44 (0) 1252 892772
Blue Circular Economy is funded by Northern Periphery & Arctic Programme (European Regional Development Fund) that is being organised between 2018-2021.
