Development of an Open-Collaborative Circular Economy Knowledge Platform

The organization aims to consolidate diverse insights, best practices, and research on the circular economy into a single accessible platform. Current fragmentation limits the ability of stakeholders to find, contribute, and curate relevant case studies and strategies efficiently, hindering progress towards a sustainable, circular future.

A global non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the circular economy transition by providing a comprehensive digital library of case studies, frameworks, and policy instruments for diverse stakeholders including industries, policymakers, and researchers.

• Create a scalable, user-friendly digital platform that aggregates over 2,000+ case studies related to the circular economy, providing free and open access.
• Implement tagging and filtering systems to enable users to find content efficiently by industry, impact, or location.
• Enable stakeholders to contribute, edit, and curate content through a collaborative, role-based interface.
• Allow organizations to upload and manage their own collections within branded, customizable libraries.
• Integrate advanced search capabilities using Elastic Search to improve discoverability.
• Leverage existing cloud infrastructure and services for seamless deployment, security, and scalability.
• Design a flexible, microservice-based architecture to facilitate future growth and feature expansion.

• Content management system supporting case study submission, editing, and curation
• Role-based user management (contributors, curators, administrators)
• Customizable libraries for organizations to upload and share their collections
• Powerful search functionality integrated with Elastic Search
• Tagging system for categorizing content by industry, impact, and location
• Responsive and intuitive user interface for easy navigation and contribution
• Secure user authentication system with third-party authorization integration
• Microservice architecture supporting modular development and scaling

• Third-party authentication services for secure user access
• Existing cloud infrastructure and storage solutions for hosting and data management
• Elastic Search for improved content discovery
• APIs for organizations to manage their content libraries

• Platform scalability to support at least 10,000 concurrent users
• High search performance with sub-second response times
• 98% uptime and high availability for continuous access
• Robust security measures, including data encryption and secure authentication
• Responsive design for accessibility across desktops, tablets, and mobile devices

The platform is anticipated to significantly enhance the visibility and accessibility of circular economy insights, with the potential to aggregate over 2,000+ case studies and facilitate active collaboration among a global community. This initiative is expected to accelerate the transition to a circular economy by providing a trusted, comprehensive resource that supports knowledge sharing, policy development, and practical implementation worldwide.