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Resources Innovation Center Leoben Fostering Innovation Communities in the Raw Materials Field Preface Table of Contents In 2015 we became members of the EIT RawMaterials, a climate change relevant networks and projects focusing on Resources Innovation Center Leoben 4 HoloMine ............................................................................34 network which has enriched our university wide activities plastics prevention as well as we have become very active Innovation Incubator .......................................................34 regarding sustainable materials cycles, environmental- in several initiatives which have the implementation of the investRM .............................................................................35 ly friendly extraction and raw materials policy and politics. UN Sustainable Development Goals as scope. The Resources LowReeMotors .................................................................35 More than anything, this network strengthened our connec- Innovation Center Leoben is the roof under which all these EIT RawMaterials MaMMa ...............................................................................36 tions to people across Europe working on the same topics in initiatives find a home and motivated people who care for our OpTaRec...............................................................................36 interdisciplinary fields. The biggest impact of the participa- further development. The best thing of all is that our work in Regional Center Leoben 6 REEBAUX ............................................................................37 tion are the many other lines of activities this has triggered. driving sustainability initiatives for a better future is only just We have since become active in the Climate-KIC and other beginning. ESEE Strategy 8 rESEErvE .............................................................................37 ReviRis .................................................................................38 RIS-RECOVER ....................................................................38 Education Projects 10 UNDROMEDA ....................................................................39 3DBriefcase .......................................................................12 Completed Projects .........................................................40 BetterGeoEdu 2.0 ...........................................................13 DimESEE .............................................................................13 DSM-School .......................................................................14 Raw Materials Projects EC-GeoSustain ..................................................................14 under EU Guidance 44 EnAct-SDGs .......................................................................15 ESEE Education Initiatives .............................................16 NEW-MINE .........................................................................46 IMAGINE II - SUMA ..........................................................17 MIN-GUIDE ........................................................................46 MINERS ...............................................................................17 MIREU ..................................................................................47 MiReBooks .........................................................................18 RE-SOURCING ...................................................................47 OpESEE ...............................................................................20 SUSMAGPRO .....................................................................48 PM-Life ...............................................................................20 SLIM .....................................................................................48 RAISE ...................................................................................21 Completed Projects .........................................................49 RAISESEE ............................................................................21 RM@Schools 3.0 .............................................................22 RM@Schools ESEE..........................................................24 EIT Climate-KIC 54 SafeDeepMining ...............................................................24 SafeMine .............................................................................25 Sustainable Development Goals 60 TrainESEE v.2 .....................................................................25 Completed Projects .........................................................26 Business Development Projects 28 2sDR.....................................................................................30 CERA ....................................................................................31 ESEE Dialogue Conferences .........................................32 Resources Innovation Center Leoben Fostering Innovation Communities in the Raw Materials Field 2 Project Broschure 2020 3 Resources Innovation Center Leoben Fostering Innovation Communities in the Raw Materials Field The Resources Innovation Center Leoben at Montanuniver- sität Leoben is home to the international partnerships of the university in the areas of sustainable science, education and industrialization. The first partnership was the EIT RawMa- terials, a pan European 125-partner network for raw mate- rials, a so-called Knowledge & Innovation Community (KIC) of the European Institute for Innovation and Technology. A KIC consists of a consortium of industry, science and edu- cation stakeholders, who try to contribute to the solution of societal challenges through innovation projects. In particular, RIC Leoben works on projects in the areas of education, sus- tainable exploration & mining, technological innovation and recycling and is an active partner in terms of strategic devel- opment of the community. Our next step was to join the EIT Climate-KIC, which is also a Knowledge & Innovation Com- munity. In order to foster a climate resillient society our main focus lies in the areas of Urban Transition and Sustainable Production Systems. Another pillar at RIC Leoben is sustain- able development, in which we are committed to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through various initiatives. One of the key activities in this respect is the implementation of the goals in the Austrian Higher Ed- ucation sector through a joint network project of all univer- sities. What all our partnerships have in common: they are thematically connected and synergetic, aiming at sustainable innovation in the resources sector for a better future. EIT RawMaterials Regional Center Leoben EIT RawMaterials is supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union EIT RawMaterials Regional Center Leoben EIT RawMaterials, initiated and funded by the EIT (European The EIT RawMaterials Regional Center Leoben at Montanuni- Institute of Innovation and Technology), a body of the Euro- versität Leoben is a core partner of EIT RawMaterials. The pean Union, is the largest and strongest consortium in the Center has developed significant strategic themes as con- raw materials sector worldwide. Its mission is to develop tribution not only for the Innovation Community but also for raw materials into a major strength for Europe by boosting Austria. On the one hand, the Center has a special responsi- competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European bility for the region East and South East Europe (ESEE Re- raw materials sector via radical innovation, new education gion), through outreach, integration and community building approaches and guided entrepreneurship. EIT RawMateri- activities, such as the annual ESEE Dialogue Conferences. On als unites more than 120 partners – academic and research the other other hand, the Center integrates relevant Austri- institutions as well as businesses – from more than 20 EU an stakeholders from the raw materials and economic sector countries. Together we collaborate on finding new, innova- into the community, mainly by project integration and in- tive solutions to secure the supply of the raw materials and novation and entrepreneurship activities. Additionally, edu- improve the sector all along the value chain – from extraction cation projects have evolved to be a special strength of the to processing, from recycling to reuse. Center. ESEE-Strategy “Raw materials are essential for the production of a broad raw material challenges are best faced by joining our forces in range of goods and applications used in everyday life. They pan-European networks. Thus, we have worked to reach out are intrinsically linked to all industries across all supply chain to raw material stakeholders to foster networking, collabora- stages. They are crucial for a strong European industrial base, tion and project ideation. an essential building block of the EU‘s growth and competi- tiveness” The support and the strong partnership of the EIT RawMa- (Report on Critical Raw Materials and the Circular Economy terials allowed us to be so successful in our outreach. But 2018) this is only one part of the story. Our outreach activities, our inclusion of new partners from East and South East Europe For this reason, the EIT RawMaterials Regional Center Leo- also allows the EIT RawMaterials to grow, and expand. New ben at Montanuniversität Leoben is dedicated to developing partners from this region have started to step up to new raw materials into a major strength for