Innovation alliance for training programmes for deforestation-free supply chains in Europe
Deforestation significantly contributes to climate change and biodiversity loss in tropical countries. The primary driver of this deforestation is the expansion of agricultural land for producing specific commodities such as cattle, wood, palm oil, soy, cocoa, coffee, leather and rubber (the so-called “forest-risk commodities” – FRCs). According to the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, an estimated 420 million hectares of forest were deforested worldwide between 1990 and 2020, with a rate of 10 million hectares per year from 2015 to 2020.
The European Union (EU) is the second-largest importer of commodity-driven deforestation and is responsible for 16% of the global embedded deforestation. Efforts to reduce such rates face many challenges, such as lack of transparency, limited practical effectiveness, and conceptual difficulties regarding terminology and definitions. Existing regulatory mechanisms need to be more cohesive and effective. To overcome these challenges, the European Commission (EC) has recently published the Deforestation-free Products Regulation, which seeks to ban imports and exports from the EU of FRCs produced on deforested or degraded land after 2020.
There needs to be more coverage in EU higher level and adult education and training institutions and their curricula of topics related to and including this new regulation and associated policies and tools. This challenges the path to successful implementation of the regulation. Public, private and tertiary sector actors in the EU dealing with FRCs need to be prepared and equipped for a deforestation-free future.
The project
The EMMA4EU project, co-funded by the EC’s Erasmus+ Programme, aims to overcome this challenge by connecting different sectors and disciplines in an interdisciplinary approach. The project alliance will unite higher education institutions, vocational training organizations, businesses, public organizations, and NGOs to establish an EU Alliance.
This Alliance will develop innovative training solutions and provide new professionals with transversal and digital skills (Deforestation-Free Supply Chain Managers) to support the transition to more sustainable supply chains for forest-risk commodities and comply with the Deforestation-free Products Regulation requirements.
The project started in June 2023 and will last three years.
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Data controller
Etifor S.r.l. Società Benefit, with a registered office in Piazza Alcide De Gasperi 41, 35131 Padua, Italy (from now on, the “Company” or the “Data Controller“), as the Project Coordinator within the framework of the EMMA4EU (Innovation Alliance for training programmes for deforestation-free supply chains in Europe) project (the “Project“), as better described in the Grant Agreement ERASMUS2027- project ID 101111729, concluded with European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).
Type of data processed
The user’s personal data acquired by the Data Controller during the use of this web site are as follows:
- browsing data (the transmission of which is implicit in the use of internet communication protocols, about which more information is available in the special section on Cookies);
- personal and contact data, as well as any additional personal data included in the communication, in the event that the user voluntarily decides to send messages to the Data Controller through the contact forms present in various sections of the web site and/or via e-mail or in the event that the user decides to subscribe to the newsletter.
It should be noted that the Data Controller is not responsible for the processing of any personal data that may be and voluntarily sent by the user to e-mail addresses, although present on the website, but pertaining to organizations and/or third parties
Purpose of processing, legal basis and data retention period
We will process browsing data:
- To enable the user to use web services. Processing for the aforementioned purpose does not require the user’s consent. These data are kept for the time strictly necessary to achieve this purpose. More information is available in the Cookie policy section below;
- to obtain statistical information on the use of the website;
- to create profiles on users and send advertising messages in line with the preferences revealed by users while browsing the website.
Processing for the aforementioned purposes requires the user’s consent. These data are kept for the time strictly necessary to achieve those same purposes. More information is available in the Cookie policy section.
We will process any personal data of users, spontaneously sent by them to the Data Controller to acknowledge any requests. This type of processing does not require prior consent in accordance with Article 6 sub. 1 lett. a) of the Regulation. These data are kept for the time strictly necessary to respond to the user’s request.
It should be noted that in the event that any spontaneous request from the user is aimed at registering for an event organized by the Data Controller, the user-applicant is hereby made aware of the fact that as part of such events, photos and/or videos may be taken and/or made by the Data Controller and/or parties appointed by the Data Controller and/or partners involved in the organization of the event, having as their object the event and for purposes of promoting it and the activities of the Data Controller and/or partner, mainly within the social channels and websites of the latter. The legal basis for such processing is the legitimate interest of the Owner and/or third parties (the partners involved in the organization of the event and/or to whom the Company has a contractual obligation having to do with the event).
Since these will be mainly group images from which it will not be possible to extrapolate and/or delete the image of the individual, the user is invited, as of now, not to register for the event where he/she does not wish to be portrayed within the context of such images and/or videos.
It is the user’s responsibility to also inform any companions at the event of this circumstance.
The aforementioned data will be kept for the period deemed strictly necessary for the above purpose.
Only with the user’s consent, we will also process his/her data for marketing purposes, i.e., for our Company to send newsletters, information and promotional communications by e-mail, concerning the Project and services, offers, as well as notification of events, including networking events, organized by the Company. The data will be kept for the project overall duration – estimated in 36 (thirty-six) months, without prejudice to the possibility of revoking previously given consent at any time.
Provision of data and consequences in case of failure to provide data
With the exception of what has been specified with reference to browsing data and/or data in case of user participation in events organized by the Data Controller and/or its partners, the user is free to provide his or her data for the purposes mentioned in the previous paragraph. However, in case of failure to provide it, it will not be possible to follow up on his/her requests.
The provision of data for marketing purposes is always optional. Failing this, the user will not receive promotional communications and will not be informed of new events or initiatives promoted by the Data Controller.
Recipients of the data
- employees and/or collaborators in any capacity whatsoever of the Data Controller, adequately trained and authorized for processing;
- subjects the Data Controller uses to carry out activities instrumental to the achievement of the above-mentioned purposes (by way of example only: suppliers of IT and application services, consultants, etc.) or to whom the Data Controller is required to communicate the data under legal obligations. These subjects will process the data as autonomous data controllers or as data processors, duly appointed by the Company.
Furthermore, the data may be disclosed to European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), and Etifor’s partners in the Project above in their capacity as associated beneficiaries.
Transfer of data outside the European Union
In carrying out its ordinary activities, the Data Controller may make use of some providers (mostly IT services, e.g. e-mail provider mail server) operating outside the European Union. We specify that, in any hypothesis of transfer outside the European Union, the guarantees provided by the Regulation in Articles 44 et seq. of the Regulation will be adopted.
Moreover, some data collected with reference to the Project could be shared among the EMMA4EU project consortium members located outside the EU. The latter are requested to respect any relevant EU standard in the field of privacy and data protection and the General Data Protection Regulation Number (EU) 2016/679.
Users’ Rights
The user will be able to access, correct, remove or export his/her personal data. The user will also have the right to restrict the processing of his/her own personal data. Where collection or processing is based on consent, he/she may withdraw his/her consent at any time. In addition, he/she will be able to receive his/her personal data in a commonly used, machine-readable structured format and ask us to transmit such data to another data controller where technically feasible. He/She may object to the processing of his/her personal data when the processing is based on the legitimate interest of the Data Controller (or third parties) and if his/her personal informations are used for direct marketing purposes. Finally, the user may lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (www.garanteprivacy.it.) if he/she believes that his/her rights have been violated.
If the user wishes to exercise any of these rights, he/she may send an e-mail to privacy@etifor.com
Changes to this policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this policy and any changes will be made available through this website.
COOKIE POLICY
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What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on users’ terminals by the server of the website they are visiting. They contain information related to the user’s navigation that can be read by the server that sent them in subsequent navigation sessions.
Types of cookies
Technical cookies: these are used to perform computer authentication, session tracking and storage of specific information about users accessing a web page.
These cookies are often helpful because they can make browsing and using the web quicker and faster, as they help to facilitate specific procedures.
Functional cookies: they allow the site to remember the choices made by the user (e.g. the language or the geographic area in which the user is located) and re-propose them at subsequent accesses to provide better and more personalised services (for example, they can be used to propose content similar to that previously requested by the user).
Statistical cookies: used by website operators to collect aggregate information on the number of users and how they visit the site and thus to draw up general statistics on the service and its use.
Profiling cookies: used to monitor and profile users during browsing, study their movements and web browsing or consumption habits, and send targeted and personalised service advertisements.
Depending on the entity that installs cookies on the user’s terminal, cookies are distinguished into “first-party” or “third-party” cookies.
First-party cookies are installed directly by the site operator itself.
Third-party cookies, on the other hand, are managed by a site other than the one on which the user is browsing but linked to it to manage particular types of content. These are usually images, sounds, links, or other elements that reside outside the site visited.
Description of how to consent to the installation of cookies
When first accessing this site, the user will find a banner with a short information notice containing a link to this extended information notice. In this ample information notice, the user will find more information on the description and characteristics of the different categories of cookies installed by the Data Controller and third parties and will be able to decide autonomously which of the cookies to authorise. The user’s consent is not required for the use of technical cookies. For other cookies, however, permission is required. In any case, the user may change his/her preferences regarding cookies at any time, including by denying consent to using any cookies (including cookies installed by third parties) on the site.
Cookies used on this website
This website uses the following cookies:
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Analytics
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How to remove cookies from the terminal
The user can set the Internet browser software (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome) in a way that does not accept cookies, including technical cookies, by activating so-called anonymous browsing. In this case, no data will be processed through these systems.
The browser guidelines used to browse contain all the information on enabling or blocking cookies. Below are some quick links to obtain them:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Attivare%20e%20disattivare%20i%20cookie
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=it
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265
Effects of deactivating cookies
If you decide to deactivate cookies, consider their characteristics to avoid unwelcome changes to your site navigation. In particular, the deactivation of technical cookies may prevent the use of certain functionalities of the site.
As shown in the table above, this site uses third-party cookies, i.e. cookies from sites or web servers other than that of the Data Controller, used for purposes specific to such third parties, including analytical and profiling cookies. It should be noted that these third parties act as independent data controllers of the data collected through the cookies sent by them. Therefore, the user must refer to their personal data processing policies, disclosures and any consent collection forms (selection and deselection of the respective cookies).
Social network buttons
Social buttons are the ‘buttons’ on the site that depict social network icons and allow the user to interact with a ‘click’ directly with social platforms. Below are the links where the user can view the privacy policy relating to data management by the social networks to which the buttons refer:
Facebook:
https://it-it.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer;
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/
YouTube:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=it
https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=it
Whatsapp:
https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea;
https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/cookies.
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=content_footer-privacy-policy;
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/it/privacy;
https://help.twitter.com/it/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies.
Outlinks
Although this website includes only quality external outlinks (clickable text/banner/image links to other websites), it is advisable to adopt a policy of caution before clicking on any external links mentioned on this website. The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the content of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. This website and its owners cannot be held responsible for any damage or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
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For further information and/or to exercise any of your rights under the Rules, please e-mail privacy@etifor.com and info@emma4eu.eu
Last updated: December 2023