{"id":1233,"date":"2025-06-04T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:52:26","slug":"valzeo-international-workshop-cuba-2025-concludes-with-bold-commitments-to-circular-economy-and-international-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/valzeo-international-workshop-cuba-2025-concludes-with-bold-commitments-to-circular-economy-and-international-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"VALZEO International Workshop \u2013 Cuba 2025 Concludes with Bold Commitments to Circular Economy and International Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Havana, June 3, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 The <strong>VALZEO project<\/strong> (Grant Agreement No. 101086354), funded by the <strong>European Union under Horizon Europe \u2013 Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Staff Exchanges (MSCA-SE)<\/strong>, successfully concluded its <strong>International Workshop \u2013 Cuba 2025<\/strong> with two days of high-level scientific exchange, knowledge transfer, and strategic collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop, held at <strong>Hotel Habana Libre<\/strong> and the <strong>Indio Hatuey Experimental Station (EEPFIH)<\/strong>, brought together researchers, innovators, and institutions from Europe and Latin America to share advances in circular economy innovation. The event focused on VALZEO\u2019s mission to valorise agro-industrial waste, particularly rice husk ash (RHA), into <strong>zeolite-based composite materials<\/strong> for use in <strong>water purification<\/strong> and <strong>biodiesel production<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organised in cooperation with the <strong>University of Havana (UH)<\/strong> and <strong>Fundaci\u00f3n Universidad de La Habana (FUH)<\/strong>, the workshop featured scientific panels, pilot demonstrations, and cross-sector dialogues. Key topics included:<br>\ud83d\udd39 Silicon extraction and raw material optimization<br>\ud83d\udd39 Zeolite and MOF synthesis for environmental remediation<br>\ud83d\udd39 Circular water treatment strategies<br>\ud83d\udd39 Business models for research exploitation and future scalability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfa4 Highlighted Speakers Included:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Manuel Valiente<\/strong> and <strong>Dr. Roberto Boada<\/strong> (UAB \u2013 Project Coordinator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Francesco Fatone<\/strong> (UNIVPM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Rabdel Ruiz-Salvador<\/strong> and <strong>Dr. Menta Ballesteros<\/strong> (UPO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Gustavo P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> (UAB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Luis Cepero Casas<\/strong> and <strong>Dr. Luis Alberto Hernandez<\/strong> (EEPFIH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr. Tania Far\u00edas Pi\u00f1era<\/strong>, <strong>Dr. Ana Adelfa<\/strong>, and partners from AERIS, ZPRIME, and SITES<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udd1d MSCA Impact in Action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop also highlighted the success of <strong>MSCA staff exchanges<\/strong>, enabling researchers from Cuba, Spain, Italy, and other partner countries to work side-by-side. These mobility actions continue to strengthen Europe\u2019s role in <strong>global knowledge sharing<\/strong>, capacity building, and co-creation of sustainable technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf31 Closing Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As emphasized in the closing remarks, the VALZEO project remains committed to scaling its research outcomes, engaging local communities, and ensuring that sustainability and innovation go hand in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe most sustainable action is education,\u201d said <strong>Dr. Manuel Valiente<\/strong> (UAB), reinforcing the workshop&#8217;s alignment with the MSCA\u2019s core mission of skills development and career-enhancing mobility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udce9 For More Information:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maghraby Elseify<\/strong><br>VALZEO Communication Team<br>\ud83d\udce7 <a>communication@valzeo.eu<\/a><br>\ud83d\udd17 <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.valzeo.eu\">www.valzeo.eu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Havana, June 3, 2025 \u2013 The VALZEO project (Grant Agreement No. 101086354), funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe \u2013 Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Staff Exchanges (MSCA-SE), successfully concluded its International Workshop \u2013 Cuba 2025 with two days of high-level scientific exchange, knowledge transfer, and strategic collaboration. The workshop, held at Hotel Habana Libre and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4,6],"tags":[41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}