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The CirCLER project partners have met in Brașov on May 8 and 9, 2025, at the Faculty of Furniture Design and Wood Engineering of the Transilvania University of Brașov (UNITBV), Romania. The objective of the CirCLER project is to define a new qualification profile and the development of new curricula for the Circular Economy Transition Manager (CETM) for the furniture industry.

The CirCLER European project has reached a significant milestone in the development of its innovative training toolkit for Circular Economy Transition Managers (CETMs). During in-person partners meeting held in Brussels on November 12th and 13th, 2024, WP5 coordinator POLIMI conducted a hands-on workshop to validate the project’s innovative "Training Toolkit Methodology" CETM curriculum.

We are pleased to present the video of the CirCLER project - Circular Economy Transition Manager: guiding companies of the furniture value chain to deploy their transition strategy for a more circular economy, an Erasmus+ initiative co-funded by the European Union. 

The furniture industry faces a mounting waste crisis, exacerbated by fleeting design trends and a linear "take-make-waste" model of production and consumption. To address this challenge and transition towards a more sustainable, circular economy, the industry must embrace futures thinking - the practice of envisioning and planning for potential future scenarios.