Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-10-08

Description

Description (EN):

CIREVALC aims at introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors through community building, strengthening circular economy skills of enterprises, non-business entities and local communities and through improving policy learning. Our project helps to solve the challenges of low awareness, low engagement, non-receptive communities towards the application of circular economy models, lack of skills and knowledge and lack of or inefficient use of tools, and also low uptake of solutions, lack of bespoke private and public measures. In our project regional development agencies, sectorial agencies, business support organisations work together spanning across nine member states. We start with community building through awareness raising and mobilising stakeholders and through looking into the obstacles and drivers of using circular solutions in the food, catering and packaging sectors. We go on designing our CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator, a complex tool that facilitates the green transition of local pioneers, SMEs, local communities. We are going to test and evaluate our solution in a pilot action in the regions through involving local pioneers. Finally, we connect communities and we invite third parties to join our initiative, the CIREVALC Accelerator Network. Building on our CIREVALC Strategy and formulating and starting implementing regional action plans and the CIREVALC CE level action plan we improve related policy instruments in our regions. As a result, we expect improved capacities and increased level of knowledge in our target groups. Furthermore, we expect to see substantial improvement in terms of exploiting potentials of circular economy practices in the food, catering and packaging sectors in our regions.

Actual Achievements (EN):

The CIREVALC partnership made significant progress in mobilising and engaging enterprises, non-business entities and local communities in the food, packaging and catering sectors in regional ecosystems in its first year of implementation. Partners have got into direct contact with local pioneers and stakeholders to introduce the project, to explain project objectives and potential cooperation areas for the introduction and development of circular solutions. In all of our 9 participating countries, partners have raised the interest of a few local pioneers for the subsequent activities in the project – particularly for taking part in the CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator. Partner conducted a comprehensive analysis about the obstacles and drivers of applying circular solutions. Partners have involved numerous stakeholders in the analysis and discussed results with them in local working group meeting. Furthermore, partners have reached out to target groups in various formats so that awareness for the use of circular solutions is raised.. The project’s webpage and social media surfaces (Facebook, Linkedin, X, Youtube) were launched and updated regularly with relevant content. Partners also used their partner level communication channels to raise awareness of target groups. Local success stories have been brought to the attention of stakeholders in all regions. CIREVALC partners have achieved mobilisation and engagement of enterprises, non-business entities and local communities in regional ecosystems, and have raised their awareness using the examples of local pioneers. Partners have established and maintained direct contact with local pioneers and stakeholders to introduce the project, to explain project objectives and potential cooperation areas for the introduction and development of circular solutions. Partners involve stakeholders through the local working groups and through piloting. Partners have elaborated 9 regional action plans and the joint action plan. The action plans include feasible actions for the uptake and promotion of circular economy models in the food, catering and packaging sectors. Whereas the regional actions relate the regional context, the joint actions have relevance for at least some of the Central-European countries participating in the project. The joint actions were formed using the results of the analysis activities that had been carried out in preceding stages of the project. Partners designed regional pilot plans, built up their expert pool and kicked off the pilot actions in each of the 9 regions. The pilots serve the testing of the CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator. The Accelerator is a complex tool assisting enterprises, non-business entities and local communities for the exploitation of circular economy models through strengthening their skills and increasing their knowledge. Partners have enrolled various entities including SMEs, NGOs, local communities that benefit through participating in the Accelerator. The partners organised 3 successful study trips in Slovenia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, at which numerous good practices have been introduced to partners and interested stakeholders. The mid-term dissemination event was organised in České Budějovice in November 2024. The mid-term event attracted 72 participants and was a great success.

Project outputs: CIREVALC organisations cooperating across borders(EN)
Joint Action Plan(EN)
Pilot action on CIREVALC circular community acceleration support services (EN)
Jointly developed solution - CIREVALC Circular Community ACCELERATOR(EN)
CIREVALC Strategy(EN)
CIREVALC CE action plan(EN)
Website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/cirevalc/

Thematic information

Waste and pollution Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Priority: (VI-B_CE_2) Cooperating for a greener central Europe

Priority specific objective: RSO2.6. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 075 Support to environmentally-friendly production processes and resource efficiency in SMEs

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: DDRIÜ Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Innovációs Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 954379994

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU14194799 | not applicable | not applicable (EN)

Address: Mária, 7621 Pécs, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: https://ddriu.hu/en/home/

Total budget: EUR 296 308.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 237 046.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 59 261.60

B I C Bratislava, spol. s r.o.

Name: B I C Bratislava, spol. s r.o.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999776285

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SK2020316540

Address: Zochova, 81103 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.bic.sk

Total budget: EUR 212 436.37

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 169 949.09

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 487.28

Business Upper Austria - OÖ. Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Name: Business Upper Austria - OÖ. Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH

Department: Cluster & Cooperation (Food Cluster)

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 998776991

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU37311609

Address: Hafenstrasse, 4020 Linz, Austria

Department address: Hafenstrasse, 4020 Linz, Austria

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.biz-up.at

Total budget: EUR 256 320.99

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 205 056.79

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 51 264.20

RKW Sachsen GmbH Dienstleistung und Beratung

Name: RKW Sachsen GmbH Dienstleistung und Beratung

Department: Dept. Sustainable Technologies

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 926519751

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE197319297

Address: Freiberger Strasse, 01067 Dresden, Germany

Department address: Freiberger Strasse, 01067 Dresden, Germany

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.rkw-sachsen.de

Total budget: EUR 281 684.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 225 347.20

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 56 336.80

Contractors:

Name: Dirk Urban, Wirtschaftsprüfer
VAT registration or tax identification number: DE344617075

AZRRI-Agencija za ruralni razvoj Istre d.o.o.

Name: AZRRI-Agencija za ruralni razvoj Istre d.o.o.

Department: Center for Education, European and Institutional Cooperation

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 987294034

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR90943600495

Address: Ulica prof. Tugomila Ujčića, 52000 Pazin, Croatia

Department address: Ulica prof. Tugomila Ujčića, 52000 Pazin, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.azrri.hr/

Total budget: EUR 181 018.20

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 144 814.56

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 36 203.64

JAIP - Jihočeská agentura pro podporu inovací, o.p.s.

Name: JAIP - Jihočeská agentura pro podporu inovací, o.p.s.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950213359

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ26091143

Address: Na Zlaté stoce , 37005 Ceske Budéjovice, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.jaip.cz

Total budget: EUR 186 588.42

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 149 270.73

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 37 317.69

Camera di Commercio, Industria, Artigianato, Agricoltura Padova

Name: Camera di Commercio, Industria, Artigianato, Agricoltura Padova

Department: Promotion and Territorial Development Projects Unit

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 943826588

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT00654100288

Address: Piazza Insurrezione XXVIII aprile ‘45, 35137 Padova, Italy

Department address: Piazza Insurrezione XXVIII aprile ‘45, 35137 Padova, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://www.pd.camcom.it

Total budget: EUR 287 760.75

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 230 208.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 57 552.15

Contractors:

Name: TAIPAN VIAGGI di Il Globo
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT01171230285
Name: Green Tech Italy
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04018480246
Name: VENICEPROMEX SCARL
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04631170273
Name: Grafiche Pizzinato srl
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04742770284
Name: Roberto Sandrini
VAT registration or tax identification number: 03625360288

Rzeszowska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego Spółka Akcyjna

Name: Rzeszowska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego Spółka Akcyjna

Department: Department of National and International Projects and Programs

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999767361

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL8130010538

Address: Szopena, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland

Department address: Szopena, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.rarr.rzeszow.pl

Total budget: EUR 197 243.49

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 157 794.79

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 39 448.70

BSC, Poslovno podporni center d.o.o., Kranj

Name: BSC, Poslovno podporni center d.o.o., Kranj

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI32865597

Address: Cesta Staneta Žagarja , 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: https://www.bsc-kranj.si/

Total budget: EUR 208 308.15

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 166 646.52

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 41 661.63

Contractors:

Name: Katica Mikelj s.p.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI38755475
Name: Trialog Ltd.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI54683998
Name: TINCHE SAN, Tine Škrbec s.p.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI58569405
Name: BSC, Ltd., Kranj HOTEL SZINBAD
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI32865597
Name: Marcela Klofutar s.p.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI60693231
Name: Lucija Gartner s.p.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI11349433
Name: HOTEL ASTORIA
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI51691051
Name: Mojca Ažman s.p.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI16646649
Name: Društvo kmečkih žena in deklet
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI16634349
Name: Gostinstvo Jager Ltd.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI80596274
Name: Nimbus Ltd.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI19811527

IFKA Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

Name: IFKA Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft.

Department: Department of International Relations

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950024888

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU23833904

Address: Andrássy út, 1062 Budapest, Hungary

Department address: Andrássy út, 1062 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: https://ifka.hu/

Total budget: EUR 206 424.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 165 139.20

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 41 284.80

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B I C Bratislava, Ltd.

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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Business Upper Austria

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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RKW Sachsen GmbH Dienstleistung und Beratung

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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AZRRI-Agency for Rural Development of Istria Ltd.

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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JAIP - South Bohemian Agency for Support to Innovation

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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Rzeszow Regional Development Agency

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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BSC, Business support organisation L.t.d., Kranj

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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IFKA Public Benefit Nonprofit Ltd.

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency

Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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Summary

Project name (EN): Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

Project acronym: CIREVALC

Project ID: CE0100414

Project start date: 2023-04-01

Project end date: 2026-03-31

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

SAGA, Erasmus+ (EN) | Social And GAstronomic entrepreneurship in empty Europe (STRIA as LP, running till end 2022): focuses on culinary heritage / food production to widen food SME competences in food value chain in circular way, to develop social enterprises in gastronomic, food and culinary heritage fields. We will build upon its market analysis technics and integrate the online training methodology developed and used in SAGA. (EN), CSS, Erasmus+ (EN) | Circular SME Scan (CSS) started in April 2021, STRIA as LP. Main goal of CSS to support innovative practices in digital era, aims at creating a self-scan and learning platform that develops SME circular economy skills-competences. The project can contribute to the knowledge base of CIREVALC and parts of its experience can be transferred to the learning curve including its approach, too. (EN), CircularRegions (SKHU, 2020-2022) (EN) | The project aims to develop closer cooperation between the Hungarian-Slovakian partners using the experience gained in the field of circular economy and contributes to the increase of service support for circular economy in the border regions of Hungary and Slovakia. CircularRegions’ relevance to CIREVALC project is related to the created „mapping of regions” document that explores the circular economy situation and company potential from tourism, food and packaging, plastic and construction sectors in the HU-SK border area. (EN), GoDanuBio (Interreg, 2020-2022) (EN) | The project focuses on the demographic changes in the rural areas of the Danube region as well as on the depopulated areas leaving an aging and increasingly unskilled population behind. Circular-Bioeconomy is used as a tool to to manage the demographic changes. The project can build upon the co-creation techniques created for GoDanuBio. (EN), TRIS (Interreg, 2016-2021) (EN) | TRIS project brings relevance to CIREVALC as its main goal was raising awareness in Industrial Symbiosis concept, economic and environmental benefits, as well as to build cooperation in the stakeholder groups (including SMEs and policy actors). (EN), FOOD CORRIDORS URBACT (EN) | Building on knowledge exchange connected to circular economy in local food value chains (BSC Kranj) (EN), Circular Plastics Alliance (EN) | Circular solutions for food packaging are central to our project from technology, product design but also from material flow point of view. We’ll discuss in what way CIREVALC can contribute as a consortium or through its member to the actions of the alliance. We count on the Alliance participation in our CIREVALC LAB (EN), Bio-based Industries Consortium (EN) | In our analyses we take into account results, initiatives of BIC. We consult with the food clusters we work with in our project about how they could join the initiative. We count on the BIC participation in our CIREVALC LAB (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 314 092.37

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 851 273.88

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 851 273.88. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Joint value propositon of CIREVALC to local pioneers
Established local working groups (1 per region) and Report from 1st meeting of LWGs (1 per region)
CIREVALC Communication Strategy
Startup communication package
Kick off meeting
Micro-level analysis of local pioneers
Local success stories
Communication pack using local success stories
Regional working papers with results of the sectorial mapping (1 per region)
Cross-regional report including inter-regional collaboration perspectives
Regional review papers (1 per region)
CIREVALC review paper
Report from 2nd meeting of LWGs (1 per region)
Regional action plans (1 per region)
Draft of the Joint Action Plan
CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator design
Regional pilot plans (each region)
Mapping tool
Online marketplace
Report from 3rd meeting of LWGs (1 per region)
Regional expert pools (each region)
Transnational expert pool
Completed regional pilots (1 per region)
Draft of the joint report of the completed pilots
Mid-term dissemination event
Joint peer review report
Finetuned CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator design
Report from 4th meeting of LWGs (1 per region)
Summary report from Study visit 1
Summary report from Study visit 2
Summary report from Study visit 3
Summary report from Study visit 4
Communication pack: Study visits
Blueprint of the CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator
Standardised financial plan for a Circular Community Accelerator
Draft CIREVALC Strategy
Draft CE level action plan
Updated regional action plans
Report from 5th meeting of LWGs (1 per region)
Communication pack: project results
CIREVALC LABs
Final dissemination event
Report from 6th meeting of LWGs (1 per region)
Signed agreement of the CIREVALC ACCELERATOR Network
3-year-long business and financial plan and Financial resources map of CIREVALC Accelerator Network
Report on activities for improving relevant policy instruments (1 per region)

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion One of the focus point of the strategy is to pave the way for a sustainable tourism by setting up co-operations among tourism facilities based on common values. The strategy mentions that current state of Adriatic and Ionian cooperation in the management of the sustainable tourism is rather limited. This in turn results in limited options addressing common organisational, human resources and financial problems. A series of actions aiming at better understanding the concept of “sustainable development” among tourism stakeholders are therefore needed, including: horizontal interventions promoting establishment of generally accepted standards and rules, and improved cooperation between public bodies and private tourism associations. Our project puts special emphasis on the catering industry, as the partnership selected it as one of the sectors for interventions. We will support the analysis of their waste generation and management by a methodology and identify possibilities for these actors to cooperate in minimizing the quantity of their waste. The online tool of the project can be easily adapted in the Adriatic-Ionian region as well, without any modifications in its structure or logic. The project will therefore assist the implementation of ‘Action - Adriatic-Ionian action for more sustainable and responsible tourism’ by creating grounds for a switch in everyday operation and discovering cooperation possibilities inside and outside the tourism sector (referred as ‘Exchange of business cooperation opportunities and best practices in sustainable tourism innovation’ in the strategy). By the online marketplace it will also support enhancing the use of ICT tools, another objective of the strategy. By its above-mentioned activities, the project will also contribute to ‘Joint Set of Quality Standards for the Adriatic-Ionian Tourism, for a high level of tourist satisfaction while protecting environment and culture’.
EUStrategyAlpineRegion Above the overlapping in geographical coverage (Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia), the thematic focus of the project is clearly in line with the targets of the strategy, mainly by supporting the achievement of the goals of the 3rd Thematic Policy area: Environment and Energy. It is directly linked to Action 9 - ‘To make the territory a model region for energy efficiency and renewable energy’, which strives to ‘direct attention to how environmental quality can ultimately enhance prospects for smart and inclusive growth under the other objectives, for example making the Alps a circular economy hotspot and a case-study for other macroregions. Furthermore, it contributes to sustainable nature-based tourism by ensuring preservation of natural resources and the cultural heritage on which tourism depends.’ The partner countries of our project will be able to propose the strategies and tools – especially the marketplace and related network – to political decision makers of the Alpine region as good practices, which can be used as sectoral good practices (see involved sectors of the project) for creating circular economy hotspots in the region. Action 9 underpins the need for developing an integrated territorial approach to waste management. ‘Laying out integrated plans and measures to enhance waste management and encourage its use for energy purposes (particularly manure, waste treatment by-products). The goal is to develop win-win solutions that reduce the impact of waste disposal, and waste transport, generate energy, reduce the environmental impact of waste management and increase labour opportunities.’ These objectives are clearly in line and directly supported by our project.
EUStrategyBalticSeaRegion Although only one partner country is involved in the BSR (Poland), the thematic focus of our project supports the strategy’s efforts in circular economy development. The importance of this topic can be detected at different BSR interregional projects that have helped to reinforce cooperation around e.g. key bio-circular value chains throughout the macro-region. For instance, the S3 Directors’ Network initiated the ‘BSR S3 Ecosystem Platform’ project (2019-2021) that has delivered three reports with a strong focus on green transition, EDP and interregional S3. These are: 1) first-stage value chain mapping analysis of the Circular Bioeconomy across the BSR, 2) an accompanying value chain mapping manual and 3) a good practice study/capitalisation report based on interviews with nine BSR regions that have been lead partners or partners in S3-focused Interreg projects. Their findings will be analysed by our consortium during the development of CE and local strategies for circular economy in the selected sectors. These studies pointed out that better, more fine-grained data on resources, partners, assets and infrastructures are necessary to set up practical co-operations, which will be supported by our networking activities and online tool. To give a concrete example, examining the secondary utilisation of agricultural waste for energy production or fertilization is targeted by our project, just as in the cooperation of the above-mentioned BSR platform, which plans to map a value chain for circular bioeconomy, which identifies potential for networking bio-refineries across borders. These needs are also defined in the BSR strategy itself, which on a more general level, which defines BSR as an environmentally sustainable region, saying – among other statements – that rural development contributes to the objectives of making the Baltic Sea Region an environmentally sustainable and prosperous place. Our project focuses on these rural SMEs.
EUStrategyDanubeRegion In a geographical sense, EUSDR is the most relevant programme for our project, which covers almost all member states of the macro-region. But its thematic relevance is even stronger, as the project objectives directly support at least 5 of the 11 priority areas: Sustainable Energy, Biodiversity, Landscapes and Air & Soil Quality, Knowledge Society, Competitiveness of Enterprises, and People & Skills. Many of the agricultural waste can be used for energy production, which increase the share of renewables in the energy mix (biogas, biomass). The enforcement of the waste pyramid principles in waste management motivates actors to reuse more waste as inputs for different production processes. Such initiatives will be encouraged directly by our online platform and networking events. This digitization process supports the development of the knowledge society, actors, businesses will be directly linked online, their waste and by-products can be offered for other business entities for further processing, utilization. Also, we expect that these co-operations will boost the launch of new, innovative technologies. The accompanying trainings will provide new skills for the target group – both in terms of waste management and circular economy, and regional cooperation. The project also has a secondary impact on other priority areas as Institutional capacity and cooperation: our networking activities will connect different actors of the quadruple helix and encourage almost all EUSDR partner countries to involve national, regional and local authorities, as well as civil society organisations and further relevant stakeholders in the communication of the need of circular economy actions, as an efficient tool for improving environmental sustainability.
EuropeanGreenDeal A new Circular Economy Action Plan - For a cleaner and more competitive Europe (Brussels, 11.3.2020 COM(2020) 98 final) calls the attention on the importance of scaling up the circular economy from front-runners to the mainstream economic players, which will make a decisive contribution to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and decoupling economic growth from resource use, while ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the EU and leaving no one behind. To fulfil this ambition, the Action Plan emphasize that EU needs to accelerate the transition towards a regenerative growth model that gives back to the planet more than it takes, advance towards keeping its resource consumption within planetary boundaries, and therefore strive to reduce its consumption footprint and double its circular material use rate in the coming decade. This target is in line with the project’s main goal, to return as many waste and by-products to the production cjain as possible by setting up local business networks – also involving public authorities. According to the Action Plan, for business, working together on creating the framework for sustainable products will provide new opportunities in the EU and beyond and it will be an indispensable part of the new EU industrial strategy. Our project will support this initiative by creating an online tool in each CE partner region for establishing B2B connections at an online marketplace, where information on available and necessary materials will be uploaded and selected for further use. We put special attention on minimizing the transfer distances among the actors to reduce GHG emissions in a significant extent.
TerritorialAgenda2030 The Territorial Agenda underlines the importance of and provides orientation for strategic spatial planning and calls for strengthening the territorial dimension of sector policies. It defines ‘A Green Europe that protects common livelihoods and shapes societal transition’ as a territorial priority, where circular economy is considered as a prerequisite for strong and sustainable local economies in a globalised world. The Agenda supports Europe’s transition to a circular economy and the development of place-based industrial symbiosis processes, that is the main focus of our project. Our partnership will set up local networks to exploit the synergies of intersectoral symbiosis by using waste and by-products of some actors as inputs for economic activities of other businesses. The Agenda also supports the development of local and regional circular economy strategies linking local and global economies. Such strategy development activities are planned under a dedicated WP in our project. Finally, the Agenda encourages the strengthening of innovation capacities in all regions, including local strategies for energy transition and measures in the building, transport and bioeconomy sectors. We expect to provide many solutions for increasing the share of renewables and setting up intersectoral co-operations for secondary raw material utilization, thus providing practical examples for the above-mentioned initiatives. The need of our project is also underpinned by the statement of the Agenda: Circular value chains are needed to respond to the increasing pressure concerning sustainable development and climate change.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO87) Organisations cooperating across borders: 18.0
(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 1.0

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSALP

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR

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1 013 / 1 011 (100.2%)

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Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors

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