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Capacity Building Programme for Educators on Circular Economy Innovation

On 23 August 2022, Ms. Sophiya Navarro, Program Manager for Security and Innovation of the KAS Philippines, attended the pilot session of the "Capacity Building Programme for Educators on Circular Economy Innovation" by Circular Cities Asia. Circular Cities Asia is a partner of the KAS Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change in the Asia Pacific (RECAP).

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Using tools developed by the Circular Cities Asia team, the workshop covered the following topics:

  • The circular economy and the importance of innovation

  • Providing support to students in the crucial stage of the Lean Innovation Framework, i.e., Problem Identification

  • Circular design approaches and brainstorming tools

  • Examples of how entrepreneurs and students apply circular innovation 

Faculty members from Adamson University, Ateneo de Naga University, Bataan Peninsula State University, Central Philippine University (Iloilo), and the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (Cagayan de Oro) participated in the workshop. Representatives from GIZ Philippines and the WWF Philippines were also in attendance.

KAS RECAP is delighted to partner with Philippine universities in sustainability and addressing the problem of climate change.

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