The Role of Universities in Sustainable Development and Circular Economy Strategies

In this article, the conditions and determinants of introduction development circular economy (CE) in Poland were presented against background widely discussed essence economy, with particular emphasis on Polish mining sector. addition, European Green Deal—an action plan for a sustainable entire Union, was discussed. Particular attention paid to role human resources area supporting research stimulating innovation, activating education training. These issues are further next chapter by presenting forms, ways scope international context. Another describes EIT Raw Materials KAVA 5 RIS competition (in Kraków) at AGH-UST from 2019 2022, an project consortium four universities whose main objective is strengthen entrepreneurship V4 countries line recommendations “Green SMEs” way meet requirements economy. The initiatives trainings carried out within framework discussed, results student survey level knowledge achieved regarding raw materials industry analysed. validity necessity continuous eco-responsible citizenship has thus been confirmed.