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# About The Challenge

Households produce a variety of waste which require different disposal methods. However, in Lithuania, municipal solid waste that ends up at mechanical biological treatment plants consists of ~20% of reusable material (plastic, paper, metal, glass material). Despite the fact that food waste is the main cause of contamination in other recycling streams, the skills of Kaunas region population in segregation of kitchen and food waste are almost non-existing. If treated properly at primary sorting, the number of recycled materials would increase significantly and secondary materials would not be landfilled or incinerated.

Municipalities are searching for new ways to encourage citizens to recycle at home. Therefore, this challenge aims to create an innovative way to help, motivate and teach people to recycle.

## Current state

Kaunas region is one of the largest regions in Lithuania (including Kaunas city, Kaunas district, Jonava district, Raseiniai district, Kėdainiai district and Kaišiadorys district municipalities). It also has one of the highest population concentrations in Lithuania. This leads to the situation that Kaunas region has large enough amount of municipal waste which includes solid, kitchen and food, and other waste.

The challenge solutions would help to reach the National Waste Prevention and Management plan for 2021-2027 goals, which were determined in compliance with the Directives of the European Parliament and Council. The plan states that by 2030 landfilling must consist only &lt;5% of generated waste treatment, 11% of nationally used materials should be secondary materials, and not less than 12 000 tons of recycled material must be reused. Moreover, in the beginning of 2024 the segregation of kitchen and food waste in Lithuania must be started. However, citizens of Kaunas region have little skills in segregation of kitchen and food waste.

It would be simpler to achieve these goals if citizens’ environmental awareness increases. Therefore, it is important to find new ways to encourage primary sorting at households.

## Desired state - potential impact

The solution for the challenge might be a method, technology or guideline that would simplify sorting process in households and engage citizens in recycling at home.

# Target Groups

Citizens, government.

The challenge of motivating and encouraging people to recycle is important to everyone who cares about our planet Earth. Recycling, being of the goals for sustainable and circular development, reduces the need of extracting and processing new materials, prevents pollution, saves energy, etc.

The video made by “Kūrybos kampas 360“ introduces how municipal waste is treated in Vilnius waste sorting center. The video visualizes how many potentially reusable materials are brought to sorting facilities because of improper or non-existent primary sorting in households. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdh-MAgKoFw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdh-MAgKoFw) (visual material, dialogues in Lithuanian).

## Learning offer

The challenge will be solved in the module “Development of Challenge-Based Innovation” (6 ECTS), delivered by experienced teamchers of Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania).

CV (Curriculum Vitae) is a document that summarizes your educational and professional history. It must provide a detailed overview of your academic and work experience, skills, achievements, and qualifications.

Linköping University

Changing the game in household waste sorting

Entrepreneurship, technology and innovation

Background

In recent years, peripheral territories have often been considered as a dormitory, from which people commute daily to city centers. In the worst cases, people have to leave home in order to stay near their place of work. Small coworking spaces offer an alternative: people spend less time driving, thereby also contributing to reducing traffic and pollution, and don’t need to relocate to city centers, thereby improving their work-life balance. The demand of workers for a flexible way of work is steadily increasing in this period: we are observing a growth in resignations, due to a bad life-work balance, and a switch to a “remote-first” approach by more and more companies.Developing smart working is also a priority project for some PA, and Provincia Autonoma di Trento has recently approved its own strategic plan.Despite these global tendencies, it is not easy to convince people and companies about the benefits of remote working:many organizations (and workers) aren’t really ready for change in general and this could be seen as a radical transformation;preCOVIDly, coworking spaces were mainly used by (and offered to) freelancers or startup teams, thus they are often perceived as non suitable to “normal office work”.

Our challenge

Develop our description of possible customer segments, identifying key factors useful for “micro-targeting” and to build a better value proposition (e.g. commuting key characteristics as distance and frequency, general interest services localization, pull/push migration factors, etc.). You’ll work in teams in order to:1. identify and define the target segment, key characteristics and problems to be solved;2. identify territorial KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to evaluate the creation of a coworking space;3. ideate strategies to communicate coworking’s value proposition.  
#ActivitiesInteractive learning and experiential activities.  
During the hackathon, we’ll include outdoor activities related to team building, mental training and personal development. The activities will be held in the Trento surroundings coworking spaces.If you have questions regarding the travel possibilities, or participation as a professional, please contact us: learnersupport@eciu.org

Assessment

Since critical thinking and auto-reflection are one of the 21st Century skills and one of the most recommended capacities required by the job market (World Economic Forum, 2020), we will propose a new way ol learning based on a self-directed approach and on the integration between a formative (individual and team tasks during the challenge) and a summative evaluation (final project presentation). Self-directed approach foresees a full use of self-reflection tools. Final projects will be evaluated through different criteria, such as the solution's feasibility and Commercial impact esteem.

Expected impact

Identify targets and key factors useful for “micro-targeting” and build a better value proposition for the customers, considering sustainability in all aspects:- Persons, brains, machines and jobs stay on the territory. We embank local “brain drain”. We prevent the use of cars and consequently we decrease the number of car accidents. People work in the most wonderful places in the world where they can enjoy the breathtaking landscape, and breathe clean and pure air (social sustainability);- Car commuting reduction. We prevent environmental, acoustic, visual, atmospheric pollution. We reduce the Carbon dioxide emission (environmental sustainability)- Less car accidents, more productivity, more happiness while working, etc. have an economical impact. Local communities, companies, environment, people have an Economic gains related to coworking (economical sustainability)These are some examples of sustainable impacts due to coworking spaces use.# Target groupsEmployees in companies located in the Trentino region, professionals in search for flexible solutions, tourists who need an agile location where to follow their activities remotely.

Expectations from students

Understand the territorial context, apply creativity to identify and define the targets, considering the SDG11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable“. Let’s make Alpine Smart Working a sustainable solution for local employees, professionals and tourists. Let’s enhance the beauty of the Trentino region in a sustainable way.

Expectations from the Challenge Provider

Participation, interaction with students, final prize during the hackathon in person.

How to apply

You need to apply on the ECIU platform.Application Deadline: 21st March, 2022

Schedule

6th April 2022, 19-21 CET Online Challenge Kick-off End of April 2022, Mentorship | ONLINE Each team will be supported by 30 minutes of online mentorship, in preparation for the hackathon. End of April 2022 Organized visits to Trento surroundings smart workplaces might be planned, based on the needs of participants and challenge providers, in order to collect information and data, and better understand the background and the context. Virtual vicits can be organized for those who can't participate in person.6th-7th May 2022 (Arrival to Trento on Thursday 05/05)On site, Challenge Hackathon in coworking space (in a wonderful location in the Trento surroundings)- Friday 06/05, 9-22.30: Start of the Hackathon activities- Saturday 07/05, 9-18: Challenge Activities and Grand Finale Expected Class composition 15 students, open to Lifelong Learners Average workload: 48 hrs Recognition: 2 ECTS, final certification

My first Challenge

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Challenge of the century

# Background

In recent years, peripheral territories have often been considered as a dormitory, from which people commute daily to city centers. In the worst cases, people have to leave home in order to stay near their place of work. Small coworking spaces offer an alternative: people spend less time driving, thereby also contributing to reducing traffic and pollution, and don’t need to relocate to city centers, thereby improving their work-life balance. The demand of workers for a flexible way of work is steadily increasing in this period: we are observing a growth in resignations, due to a bad life-work balance, and a switch to a “remote-first” approach by more and more companies.Developing smart working is also a priority project for some PA, and Provincia Autonoma di Trento has recently approved its own strategic plan.Despite these global tendencies, it is not easy to convince people and companies about the benefits of remote working:many organizations (and workers) aren’t really ready for change in general and this could be seen as a radical transformation;preCOVIDly, coworking spaces were mainly used by (and offered to) freelancers or startup teams, thus they are often perceived as non suitable to “normal office work”.

# Our challenge

Develop our description of possible customer segments, identifying key factors useful for “micro-targeting” and to build a better value proposition (e.g. commuting key characteristics as distance and frequency, general interest services localization, pull/push migration factors, etc.). You’ll work in teams in order to:1. identify and define the target segment, key characteristics and problems to be solved;2. identify territorial KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to evaluate the creation of a coworking space;3. ideate strategies to communicate coworking’s value proposition.  
#ActivitiesInteractive learning and experiential activities.  
During the hackathon, we’ll include outdoor activities related to team building, mental training and personal development. The activities will be held in the Trento surroundings coworking spaces.If you have questions regarding the travel possibilities, or participation as a professional, please contact us: learnersupport@eciu.org

# Assessment

Since critical thinking and auto-reflection are one of the 21st Century skills and one of the most recommended capacities required by the job market (World Economic Forum, 2020), we will propose a new way ol learning based on a self-directed approach and on the integration between a formative (individual and team tasks during the challenge) and a summative evaluation (final project presentation). Self-directed approach foresees a full use of self-reflection tools. Final projects will be evaluated through different criteria, such as the solution's feasibility and Commercial impact esteem.

# Expected impact

Identify targets and key factors useful for “micro-targeting” and build a better value proposition for the customers, considering sustainability in all aspects:- Persons, brains, machines and jobs stay on the territory. We embank local “brain drain”. We prevent the use of cars and consequently we decrease the number of car accidents. People work in the most wonderful places in the world where they can enjoy the breathtaking landscape, and breathe clean and pure air (social sustainability);- Car commuting reduction. We prevent environmental, acoustic, visual, atmospheric pollution. We reduce the Carbon dioxide emission (environmental sustainability)- Less car accidents, more productivity, more happiness while working, etc. have an economical impact. Local communities, companies, environment, people have an Economic gains related to coworking (economical sustainability)These are some examples of sustainable impacts due to coworking spaces use.# Target groupsEmployees in companies located in the Trentino region, professionals in search for flexible solutions, tourists who need an agile location where to follow their activities remotely.

# Expectations from students

Understand the territorial context, apply creativity to identify and define the targets, considering the SDG11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable“. Let’s make Alpine Smart Working a sustainable solution for local employees, professionals and tourists. Let’s enhance the beauty of the Trentino region in a sustainable way.

# Expectations from the Challenge Provider

Participation, interaction with students, final prize during the hackathon in person.

# How to apply

You need to apply on the ECIU platform.Application Deadline: 21st March, 2022

# Schedule

6th April 2022, 19-21 CET Online Challenge Kick-off End of April 2022, Mentorship | ONLINE Each team will be supported by 30 minutes of online mentorship, in preparation for the hackathon. End of April 2022 Organized visits to Trento surroundings smart workplaces might be planned, based on the needs of participants and challenge providers, in order to collect information and data, and better understand the background and the context. Virtual vicits can be organized for those who can't participate in person.6th-7th May 2022 (Arrival to Trento on Thursday 05/05)On site, Challenge Hackathon in coworking space (in a wonderful location in the Trento surroundings)- Friday 06/05, 9-22.30: Start of the Hackathon activities- Saturday 07/05, 9-18: Challenge Activities and Grand Finale Expected Class composition 15 students, open to Lifelong Learners Average workload: 48 hrs Recognition: 2 ECTS, final certification

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