BUS-GoCircular understands the importance of a green energy workforce within the construction sector. The 30 month-long project was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and started in September 2021.

The overall aim of BUS-GoCircular is to address and overcome the challenges of the stimulation of demand for green energy skilled workforce, along with hands-on capacity building to increase the number of skilled workforce across the value chain. BUS-GoCircular will achieve this objective by developing and implementing a circular construction skills qualification framework with a focus on multifunctional green roofs, façades and interior elements.

This is worked out in the following five specific qualitative objectives:

• Developing a circular construction skills qualification framework.
• Stimulating market demand for circularity skills.
• Developing recognition schemes and conducting pilot courses.
• Improving the reputation of the construction sector and attracting women and youth to circular skills professions.
• Expanding BUS-GoCircular at national and EU-level by developing and implementing a communication and replication strategy.

BUS-GoCircular is formed by a coalition of former BUILD UP Skills and Construction Skills projects strengthened by partners understanding the demand side. The partners believe that by working together, the national implementation plans and developed means will improve and become more attractive and effective. 

BUS-GoCircular is strengthened by several EU umbrella organisations and a diverse group of supporters to underpin the support base, to co-create when tackling the challenges and to communicate and disseminate successes and lessons learned.

Partners

• STICHTING ISSO
• STICHTING CIRCLE ECONOMY
• BUILDING CHANGES SUPPORT BV
• FONDATSIYA TSENTAR ZA ENERGIYNA EFEKTIVNOST - ENEFEKT
• UNIVERSITET PO ARCHITEKTURA STROITELSTVO I GEODEZIJA
• CESKE VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V PRAZE
• INSTITUT CIRKULARNI EKONOMIKY ZU
• INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE LA EDIFICACION
• FEDERACION VALENCIANA DE EMPRESARIOS DE LA CONSTRUCCION
• SVEUCILISTE U ZAGREBU GRADEVINSKI FAKULTET
• EMI EPITESUGYI MINOSEGELLENORZO INNOVACIOS NONPROFIT KFT
• LIMERICK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
• CONSEIL DES ARCHITECTES D'EUROPE
• ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH)

Start date: 1 September 2021 - End date: 29 February 2024