The CROSS-REIS team took part in the D&E Academy Review Workshop, held on 11 February 2026, marking an important step in advancing the project’s dissemination and exploitation capacities. The workshop forms the second component of a three-stage Academy programme designed to support EU projects in transforming research outputs into impactful, sustainable, and widely adopted results.
CROSS-REIS was among the selected initiatives whose Key Exploitable Results (KERs) were invited for further development within this framework: Online digital skills training, Journal of Regenerative Economy and Knowledge Hub.
The first part of the workshop concentrated on positioning project outcomes within their broader application landscape. Through guided working sessions, participants revisited and refined their Market Definition Canvas, mapping stakeholder groups, user needs, and potential implementation contexts for CROSS-REIS tools, knowledge outputs, and policy solutions.
Subsequent discussions focused on sharpening the project’s strategic value through the Value Proposition Canvas, enabling the team to articulate how CROSS-REIS results respond to concrete regional development challenges, sustainability transitions, and innovation ecosystem needs.
During the afternoon sessions, attention shifted toward the practical design of dissemination and exploitation frameworks. Participants explored methodologies for translating research outputs into actionable strategies. Working groups then developed structured exploitation pathways using instruments such as the characterisation table, exploitation roadmap, and Lean Canvas, supporting the transformation of project knowledge into scalable and policy-relevant solutions.
Engagement in the D&E Academy strengthens CROSS-REIS capacities to ensure that its research on circular and regenerative economic systems reaches beyond academia. By refining its dissemination and exploitation strategies, the project is reinforcing its contribution to policymakers, regional authorities, businesses, and civil society actors working on sustainable transformation.