The main aim of the EIT RawMaterials is to ensure a sustainable materials management from a European perspective. This implies ensuring that security of supply (via EU and non EU sources including urban mines) and a maximum level of circular use of products and materials is realised. To realise this objective, next to the research in the EIT RawMaterials countless decisions on adjustment of materials management, product design, waste management, etc. are needed by countless decision makers in industry and government. Many building blocks for such decision support are already in place, such as life cycle inventory databases and global, physical economic input-output databases. As indicated, this project aims at building a user-friendly interface for potential users of this information and offer this via a blended, lifelong learning package. This responds one on one to the need and requirements of sound decision making by countless people in the first sentence. We can specify needs and impacts as follows.1. There are probably 10s of thousands of potential information users and decision makers who can benefit from this project. As a comparison – typical communities in the field of Industrial Ecology, LCA, etc. consist of 10s of thousands of practitioner, reflected by 1000s of users of LCA software and economic databases like GTAP.2.

Recruitment for the activity, particularly participants in courses, will be done via the EIT RawMaterials membership, professional organisations such as the International Society for Industrial Ecology, SETAC, WBSCD, the Ellen MacArhur Foundation and others.3. The strategic relevance of the EIT RawMaterials is also clear. By this activity, the EIT RawMaterials can establish itself as the strategic information provider on improving materials management for a large number of companies and authorities within Europe. This will create a multiplier effect well beyond the EIT RawMaterials membership itself, supporting decisions in line with the objectives of the KIC4. The indirect benefits of the EIT RawMaterials is engaging with a much wider community beyond the KIC membership. The activity leverages at least the activities of a number of ongoing EIT RawMaterials projects, most notably the NoIs EMFIS and SSIC, next to others.5. Once that activity is up and running for Europe, it can be easily transferred to countries abroad. The activity inherent covers all materials, all potential markets, etc.The main impact is helping practitioners to choose and elaborate the right resource-efficiency options. Financial sustainability is ensured since the EIT RawMaterials can offer the tools and learning package for a service fee.