While the potential of LCA for sustainable development makes no doubt for experts in the field – including LCA4Regions partners! – it is in some cases relatively unknown, especially from industry and government. Many studies, good practices and success stories exist to demonstrate the benefits of LCA, but are they effectively shared? To promote LCA, it is important to reflect on how to build a critical mass of people with the right capacities. Regional authorities have a role to play in developing LCA, and so have science and education.
For their fifth Transnational Learning Journey, LCA4Regions partners focused on training and capacity building in LCA.
During three days, hosted by the Lodzkie Region in Poland, they answered questions such as what is an adequate training in LCA, are the current approaches effective, which means are currently existing, are they the right ones to promote LCA, which are the suitable cooperations for the development of LCA? Participants exchanged ideas to increase the effectiveness of capacity building and share examples of successful trainin
Recordings
28 September | Day 1: LCA in the region; Training and capacity building
29 September 2021| Day 2: LCA good practices on training and capacity building
30 September 2021| Day 3: Case study & Peer review
Presentations
28 September | Day 1: LCA in the region; Training and capacity building
- The policy context of the Lodzkie Region
Department of Regional Policy - LCA training needs of the public and private sectors in Poland
Prof. Tomasz Nitkiewicz PhD. Eng. | Czestochowa University of Technology (CUT) - The role of the academic sector in stimulating development in training and capacity building for LCA
Adrianna Kozłowska | Centre for Teaching and Learning, Lodz University of Technology (TUL)
29 September 2021| Day 2: LCA good practices on training and capacity building
- Good Practices from the LCA4Regions partners
- Training Course "Business Models in a Circular Economy" (ES)
- Life cycle training by the Navarra Employment Service (ES)
- E-learning course on construction and demolition waste: prevention and recovery (PT)
- Sustainability in the Italian Wine Sector (IT)
- KEINO Academy for sustainable procurement management (FI)
- Training and capacity building on LCA in Slovenia (SI)
- Using a Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool for Learning and Reasearch at Kaunas University of Technology (LT)
- Training Course "Business Models in a Circular Economy" (ES)
30 September 2021| Day 3: Case study & Peer review
- LCA procedures and databases
Prof. Andrzej Marcinkowski PhD Eng | Lodz University of Technology (TUL) - Faculty of Management and Production Engineering - Current LCA training and capacity building experiences
Dr. Fritz Balkau | LCA4Regions expert - Study case: Appleather
Students of the Lodz University of Technology
Ressources
Policy context of the Lodzkie Region
Transnational Learning Document #5
