GreenInnovation@schools

The project "Cross-KIC educational collaboration towards a European Human Capital perspective" aimed at enhancing human capital by extending high quality and inspiring training and methods developed by the 6 existing KICs for Higher Education to the broad society, towards a more open, innovative and entrepreneurial mindset. The project includes Work Packages focused on the development of common strategies and approach, the concept of common modules and methods, implementation of pilots and e-learning paths. Different bodies of knowledge on innovation, participatory methods, entrepreneurship as well as creative problem solving already existing in KICs and partners’ activity were considered by focusing on the topic of Circular Economy. The roadmap for knowledge development and demonstration was organized in four tasks as part of an integrated Cross-KIC Working Plan. We have investigated about the possibility to use the System Innovation approach applied by Climate-KIC based in the “Visual Toolbox for System innovation” methodology as the base for the Common Module. By considering a modular approach, the EIT RM@Schools approach and other methods suggested by partners of both KICs, as myclimate and Solutions for the Planet, have been part of the design, test and implementation of an integrated common module.The System Innovation approach draws on the application of practitioner-oriented visual tools by introducing a socio-technical perspective through a participatory process. Bottom up exercises are used to introduce basic elements of system innovation and contribute to the definition of practitioners’ challenges.