Collaboration of the Center for Competitiveness of the University of Fribourg with the Ecole des Ponts Business School (Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) Paris

The Center for Competitiveness of the University of Fribourg has signed a Memorandum of Mutual Understanding (MoU) with the Ecole des Ponts Business School headquartered at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris) and its Circular Economy Research Center. (31 January 2022). The Parties intend to join forces and promote awareness about the important role that responsible investment, entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology management play in shaping the Circular Economy.

The Parties intend to cooperate where there is an interest from all parties in:

Developing research proposals and respond to tenders and request for available funds to develop know-how, skillset, programs, and research and policy papers to support the transition to the Circular Economy including but not limited to Erasmus+, Horizon Europe and The EU Green Deal,

Co-creating and co-innovating solutions and delivering consulting projects in the context of B2C, B2B and B2G, as a means to support the digital transformation of public and private entities conforming to principles, values, and guidelines of Circular Economy and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).