<< Background >>The GENERAL needs of the partnership will be defined here but before it is really vital to underline how the pandemic caused a drastic increase in the household waste within Europe and more specifically in the partner countries. As it is a well known fact the COVID-19 pandemic has already had tremendous impacts on the waste and household sector. At first, while the pandemic was progressing and lockdowns were imposed in many countries, the citizens' consumption habits changed because of the “I-stay-at-home-effect”. Besides the COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase in the consumption of single-use plastics, oftentimes as a result of health and hygiene concerns. These are the main consequences of the global pandemic era and it will continue to affect the whole world. For this reason, the project partnership has the same global problems at the country level and all these created a big awareness of the“waste management” both economic and circular needs. In this regard, the German coordinator took the partners’ attention to a report by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU); that has published a report about waste management in Germany in 2018. In this report, it has been indicated that Germany's high recycling rates of 67 per cent for household waste but for household waste in particular, has been required to strengthen efforts to promote consumer awareness and waste prevention. Though the pandemic situation has interrupted the statistical data collection in partner countries, there are several reports and papers (i.e. World Bank , UNESCO, WHO, ZEROWASTEEU and academic papers from the related literature)are indicating the global needs for waste management both at the society and industry level. This project will not only meet the needs of the partner countries but may draw guidelines for the other beneficiaries and stakeholders all over the world. NEEDS OF PARTNERSHIP: The preneed analysis which were conducted between on December 2020 findings summarized following: To improve necessary skills and competences of adults about waste economy, To participate in the waste economy, To maintain sustainable consumption philosophy as citizens, To manage household waste sorting, To have household waste aware citizen skills, to protect the nature, to change their past habits, to learn recycling waste at the household. TARGET GROUPS of this project include young adults, adults, trainers, teachers, educators, tutors, adult learning and education institutions, adult education associations, lifelong learning centres, professional training and consulting centres which work on waste management and circular economy, municipalities, policy makers, public authorities, universities, researchers, supporting groups.FINALLY, this project will enable people from different parts of the society to make them work together about a common problem threatening the World.<< Objectives >>Despite efforts at EU and national level, the amount of waste generated is not going down. The decoupling of waste generation from economic growth will require considerable effort across the whole value chain and in every home. In order to provide the transition to the circular economy will be systemic, deep and transformative, in the EU and beyond, the Commission has declared to propose the harmonisation separate waste collection systems and a whole new range of sustainable services, product-as-service models and digital solutions will bring about a better quality of life, innovative jobs and upgraded knowledge and skills. Since it will require an alignment and cooperation of all stakeholders at all levels - EU, national, regional and local, and international, The 2Teach - 2Touch Project will provide modular training modules to the adults in the partner countries. Besides since the 2Teach - 2Touch Project aims to facilitate citizens’ involvement in waste management and circular economy, the deliverables of the project will upskill the competences of adults and help citizens take account of regional and local conditions of circularity. CONCRETE OBJECTIVE 1: The project will provide tailored cut information about how citizens can be more involved in the waste management and circular economy at the household level (R1). CONCRETE OBJECTIVE 2: The project will get sufficient information about waste reduction in household and true consumption behaviour in everyday life (R2). CONCRETE OBJECTIVE 3: The project will provide detailed information about how high-quality, functional and safe products, which are efficient and affordable, last longer and are designed for reuse, repair, and high-quality recycling in the household (R3). CONCRETE OBJECTIVE 4: The project will facilitate the understanding of the most effective combinations of waste separate collection models, the density and accessibility of waste separate collection points, including in public spaces in the partner countries (R4). CONCRETE OBJECTIVE 5: The project will enhance the accessibility of citizens in upskilling competences of waste economy by creating a digital environment (R5).<< Implementation >>PROJECT MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES- Project Technical Management- Financial Management- Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Impact Assessment- Mid-term and Final Monitoring Reports- Process Evaluation Report and Quality reports;- Dissemination strategy and report;- Dissemination material (newsletters, leaflets, articles)- In-presence transnational meetings with representatives of the partner organizations.- Sustainability planE1-E5: MULTIPLIER EVENTS in Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Ireland and PolandACTIVITIES RELATED WITH RESULTSR1 - 2Teach 2Touch Module 1 - Participation in Waste Economy as a citizenR2 – 2Teach 2Touch Module 2: Waste Reduction and True Consumption R3 – 2Teach 2Touch Module 3: RecyclingR4 – 2Teach 2Touch Module 4: Household Waste SortingR5 – 2Teach 2Touch Module 5: Digital Environment<< Results >>INTANGIBLE RESULTS: The achievement of intangible results will be measured using tools such as interviews, questionnaires, tests, observations or self-assessment mechanisms, due to their qualitative nature: Strengthened cooperation between partner countries through the development of a formal network based on structured communication and cooperation models, Identification of key circular economy awareness competences that can enable target groups to set up waste management with more skills; Partners of the project and their local and regional networks trained on the use of file sharing open source platform with distance learning functions during the project lifecycle; Increased awareness of public regional, national and European bodies on the urgency to facilitate the transition into circular economy and adopting EU waste legislation at the household level.TANGIBLE RESULTS: Detailed set of skills and competences being citizen in waste economy; List of indicators of achievement; 5 TRAINING MODULES AS RESULTS; National reports summarizing the main findings of the interviews; Pilots and evaluation reports; Installed and functioning digital environment; National report of practices via digital environment; Final feedback report on the use of the digital platform. Project Management (PM) Results: Meeting minutes. After each meeting a report (minutes) will be written by the host partner and reviewed by Europass Berlin, containing a schedule of required follow-up activities and tasks and an evaluation questionnaire to be filled in by all participants; List of coordination team members; Work Plan; 8 quarterly partner technical and financial reports; Interim and Final technical and financial reports; Monitoring, Q&A and Evaluation Plan; Quarterly monitoring reports prepared by all partners; Interim evaluation report; Final evaluation report; Partnership Agreement; Risk Severity Matrix and Mitigation Plan; Mid-term and final impact report; Gantt Chart. Dissemination and exploitation results: Dissemination and Exploitation Plan; 2Teach 2Touch web showcase (project website, FB, Instagram, and LinkedIn media profiles, web page on partner websites); Visual identity (logo, web banner, leaflet in 6 languages); 4 newsletters in 6 languages, 2 Academic paper.