Project description DE EN ES FR IT PL Solutions and recommendations for sustainable tourism

The European tourism sector is vital for economic growth and employment. However, it is also responsible for negative social and environmental impacts. The EU-funded VERNE project aims to develop a framework to analyse the feasibility and impact of circular interventions in tourism, providing recommendations for authorities, the tourism industry, and citizens. The project will collaborate with various stakeholders to create scalable solutions tailored to specific needs and focusing on key circularity pathways: energy, water, mobility, food, and digitalisation. The project will implement these solutions in five pilot destinations, demonstrating their effects on the competitiveness and sustainability of tourism services. VERNE’s vision is to become a one-stop shop for the tourism sector, contributing to balance, prosperity, sustainability, and well-being.

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The European tourism sector plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth, employment, and social development. However, it faces challenges deriving from its predominant reliance on linear models, causing significant environmental impacts and resource depletion. Recognizing the necessity for a paradigm shift, the VERNE project aspires to accelerate the transition of local and regional tourist destinations toward sustainable and circular models across Europe. VERNE aims to provide an integrated framework for analysing the feasibility and impact of circular interventions in tourism destinations, offering recommendations for authorities, tourism industries, and citizens for the sector's transition into more sustainable business models. In collaboration with public administrations, DMOs, private sector services, industries, citizens and tourists, NGOs, and other stakeholders, VERNE will create and validate a range of systemic, replicable, and scalable solutions, tailored on the real needs and attitudes of these actors. These solutions will encompass diverse approaches and technologies (i.e. digital solutions, improved waste and food waste management, wastewater treatment, use of electric vehicles, etc.) and will cover several sector and services for tourism . The VERNE solutions will be implemented and demonstrated in 5 European representative tourist destinations (VERNE Pilots). The project's outcomes will be incorporated into new business models, providing a quantified demonstration of their effects on the competitiveness and sustainability of existing tourism services. Finally, VERNE will have the ambition to emerge as one-stop-shop for sustainable tourism, serving as a comprehensive hub of expertise, tools, and best practices on sustainable tourism, facilitating the adoption and replication of circular systemic solutions across Europe.

Fields of science

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• engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
• social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil societynongovernmental organizations
• social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment

Keywords

• Systemic solutions
• Sustainable business models
• circular economy in tourism

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.2.6 - Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Main Programme

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-4 - Systemic circular solutions for a sustainable tourism

Call for proposal

HORIZON-CL6-2024-CIRCBIO-01

See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions Coordinator PNO INNOVATION SL Net EU contribution € 350 875,00 Address CALLE GRAN DE GRACIA 1 PLANTA 2 PUERTA 3
08012 BARCELONA
Spain

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Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 501 250,00 Participants (14) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ASSOCIACION RE THINK TOURISM Spain Net EU contribution € 305 207,50 Address C/ Valencia 207, 1 2
08007 Barcelona

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Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 557 766,25 Third-party

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ESTUDIS D ' HOTELERIA I TURISME CETT SA Spain Net EU contribution € 143 541,13 Address AVDA CAN MARCET 36-38
08035 BARCELONA

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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA Spain Net EU contribution € 47 500,00 Address CALLE JORDI GIRONA 31
08034 Barcelona

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9000 Murska Sobota

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5230 Odense M

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42107 Wuppertal

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00790 Helsinki

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176 71 Athina

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1140 WIEN

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Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 550 000,00 IMPACT HUB LABS Greece Net EU contribution € 321 000,00 Address KARAISKAKI 28
105 54 Athens

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00184 Roma

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16059 Bursa

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F92 FC93 Letterkenny

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Region Ireland Northern and Western Border Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 190 000,00 LUNDS UNIVERSITET Sweden Net EU contribution € 445 375,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c
22100 Lund

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