Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central EuropeDescription
(EN)
Circular Public Procurement Network on Central Europe(EN)
Transnational Action Plan (TAP) to improve Public Sector practices for C/GPP in Central Europe (EN)
Pilot Action: Assessment and improvement of C/GPP tenders(EN)
Jointly developed solutions: sets of circular green criteria and guidelines for manufacturing, agrifood, constructions and tourism related goods/services(EN)
Transnational Action Plan (TAP) for private sector to improve enterprises circularity and compliance with C/GPP criteria (EN)
Pilot Action: Assessment and improvement of circularity and GPP skills in the key economic sectors (EN)
Circular/GPP Business Models and Guidelines(EN)
Thematic information
Priority:
(VI-B_CE_2) Cooperating for a greener central EuropePriority specific objective:
RSO2.6. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economyPriority 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 mobilityType of intervention:
075 Support to environmentally-friendly production processes and resource efficiency in SMEsPartners (10)
Lead Partner: Regione Liguria
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996097851
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT00849050109
Department: Economic Development Department - Strategic Development of Production and the Ligurian Economy
Address: Via Fieschi, 16121 Genova, Italy
Department address: Via Fieschi , 16121 Genova, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: https://www.regione.liguria.it/
Total budget: EUR 357 770.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 286 216.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 71 554.00
- Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH
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Name: Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH
Department: Aufbauwerk Region Leipzig GmbH
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 997255352
Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE162756989
Address: Otto-Schill-Strasse, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
Department address: Otto-Schill-Strasse, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Regional public authority
Website: https://aufbauwerk-leipzig.com/
Total budget: EUR 198 060.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 158 448.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 39 612.00
Contractors:
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Name: Bernhard Decker
VAT registration or tax identification number: 231/212/01453
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Name: Bernhard Decker
- ERI Hungary – European Research Institute Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság
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Name: ERI Hungary – European Research Institute Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság
Department: ERI Hungary – European Research Institute Nonprofit Ltd Co
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 916191773
Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU25763759
Address: Kuruclesi út, 1021 Budapest, Hungary
Department address: Kuruclesi út, 1021 Budapest, Hungary
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://europeanresearchinstitute.eu
Total budget: EUR 165 650.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 132 520.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 33 130.00
- Agencja Rozwoju Mazowsza S.A
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Name: Agencja Rozwoju Mazowsza S.A
Department: Department of Urban Policy and Innovation
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950311038
Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL5213374690
Address: Swietojerska, 00-263 Warsaw, Poland
Department address: Swietojerska, 00-263 Warsaw, Poland
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Sectoral agency
Website (not verified): http://www.mcwm.armsa.pl
Total budget: EUR 207 080.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 165 664.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 41 416.00
- DUBROVAČKA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA DURA doo. za promicanje lokalnog razvoja
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Name: DUBROVAČKA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA DURA doo. za promicanje lokalnog razvoja
Department: DUBROVNIK DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DURA LTD
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 972014400
Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR80026201761
Address: BRANITELJA DUBROVNIKA, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Department address: BRANITELJA DUBROVNIKA , 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Business support organisation
Website: http://www.dura.hr
Total budget: EUR 183 725.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 146 980.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 36 745.00
- Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije
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Name: Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije
Department: Chamber of Construction and Building Materials Industry of Slovenia
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999780165
Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI73354376 | GZS OID (ORGANIZATION ID NUMBER): E10208444 | GZS MATIČNA ŠT.-REGISTRATION NUMBER: 5021979 (EN)
Address: Dimičeva ulica, SI-1504 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Department address: Dimičeva ulica, SI-1504 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Legal status: private
Organisation type: Business support organisation
Website: http://www.gzs.si
Total budget: EUR 240 344.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 192 275.20
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 48 068.80
- Steirsche Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
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Name: Steirsche Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Department: Innovation
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 927674536
Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU53720004
Address: Nikolaiplatz, 8020 Graz, Austria
Department address: Nikolaiplatz, 8020 Graz, Austria
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Business support organisation
Website: https://www.sfg.at/
Total budget: EUR 191 324.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 153 059.20
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 38 264.80
Contractors:
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Name: BUCHHALTUNGSAGENTUR DES BUNDES
VAT registration or tax identification number: ATU57953646
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Name: BUCHHALTUNGSAGENTUR DES BUNDES
- DDRIÜ Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Innovációs Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft
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Name: DDRIÜ Dél-Dunántúli Regionális Innovációs Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft
Department: South-Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 954379994
Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU14194799
Address: Mária utca, 7621 Pécs , Hungary
Department address: Mária utca , 7621 Pécs , Hungary
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Sectoral agency
Website: https://ddriu.hu/en/home/
Total budget: EUR 172 778.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 138 222.40
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 34 555.60
- Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna
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Name: Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant’Anna
Department: Institute of Management
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999884731
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT01118840501
Address: Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Department address: Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations
Website: http://www.santanna.it
Total budget: EUR 192 550.00
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 154 040.00
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 38 510.00
- CAMERA DI COMMERCIO, INDUSTRIA, AGRICOLTURA E ARTIGIANATO DI GENOVA
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Name: CAMERA DI COMMERCIO, INDUSTRIA, AGRICOLTURA E ARTIGIANATO DI GENOVA
Department: Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Genoa
PIC (Participant Identification Code): 935361204
Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT00796640100
Address: via Garibaldi , 16121 Genova, Italy
Department address: via Garibaldi , 16121 Genova, Italy
Legal status: public
Organisation type: Local public authority
Website: http://www.ge.camcom.it
Total budget: EUR 185 130.10
Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 148 104.08
Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%
Partner contribution: EUR 37 026.02
Partners map
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Central Europe Green PRocurement and Innovation Network for Circular Economy
Lead partner
Project partner
Summary
Project acronym: CE-PRINCE
Project ID: CE0200688
Project start date: 2024-06-01
Project end date: 2026-11-30
Project status:
ongoingRelevant linked projects:
- GREENER ERASMUS PLUS project - boosting industry engagement in green procurement (EN) | SSSA is a partner of the Erasmus+ ongoing project GREENER, aiming to support Erasmus+ companies' participation in Green Public Procurement with systemic effectiveness project -on the conditions of sustainability and business competitiveness. To do this, the boosting skills of middle management and the more traditional profiles of the administration industry need to be updated. A systemic action of renewal of the Vocational Education and engagement in Training (VET) paths addressed to these profiles is the priority of the GREENER green project procurement.
- https://greener-project.eu/ (EN), CircPro Interreg Europe project - Smart circular procurement (EN) | CircPro’s main objective is to increase the implementation of circular procurement Europe project -under the targeted policy instruments so that the circular economy principles and Smart Circular criteria are incorporated into them or taken into account as a horizontal principle. Procurement
- PRINCE and CircPro work in different territories and countries but share some principles and methodologies, such as the definition of territorial action plans: they could therefore benefit from the mutual exchange of knowledge and practises on circular procurement.
- www.interregeurope.eu/circpro
- (EN), CIREVALC - Interreg Central Europe project - Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors (EN) | Although CIREVALC has just started (April 2023), but it 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 such a context it, for the awareness raising and capacity building of primarily enterprises (the supply side) and partly public bodies (the demand side). By doing so, it provides very useful inputs for WP2 and WP3 (that is coordinated by STRIA) (EN), PROCIRC - North Sea Region project (EN) | the project is developed in the Interreg North Sea Region programme. It is focused on the use of raw materials, help to close material, product loops in sectors such as construction and infrastructure, furniture and ICT. The goal is to address procurement practices toward circular solutions. The collaboration of Prince with PROCIRC could emphasise the exchange experiences in the different countries and EU programme contexts. (EN), CARE4CLIMATE - LIFE project (EN) | PRINCE project will make use of synergies with the CARE4CLIMATE project, co-financed by the European LIFE programme and the Climate Change Fund, and to which the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce contributes.
- The project is based on the connections between sustainable mobility, energy efficiency, sustainable land use and practices for the transition to a low-carbon economy, and it strives to help solve the climate crisis. Among others, the project will establish a monitoring system for the effects of green public procurement.
- Important methodological synergies could be developed between the two projects, with special focus for Slovenian partners.
- https://www.care4climate.si/en
- (EN), CE4CE - Interreg Central Europe project (EN) | The PRINCE projct will make use of synergies with the , financed under the Interreg Centrale Europe’s first call.
- The CE4CE project reduces the ecological footprint of public transport through a higher circularity, by identifying circularity gaps and developing innovative circular economy models for planners and operators, also providing guidance on how to incorporate circular economy principles into procurement processes for services and infrastructure and design more circular products and business models.
- The PRINCE project does not plan to deepen the transport sector: important methodological synergies and sectoral complementarities could develop between the two projects.
- https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/ce4ce
- (EN), REBUILT Central Europe project (EN) | The PRINCE project will make use of synergies with the other projects , financed under the Interreg Centrale Europe’s first call.
- ReBuilt promotes the adoption of circular and digital practices in the construction sector to reduce the environmental impact of the sector, by designing a transnational circular and digital strategy that builds on green labelling, end-of-waste criteria, and green public procurement.
- Construction will be one of the sectors on which the PRINCE project, and in particular the partner from Hungary and Slovenia, will focus: important methodological synergies, data sharing and analysis, and complementarities could develop between the two projects.
- https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/rebuilt/
- (EN), European Green Belt initiatives (EN) | PRINCE aims to act in synergy with The European Green Belt Initiative which, ideally located on the former Iron Curtain and touching many of the countries involved in the partnership, aims to harmonise human activities with the natural environment and to increase opportunities for the socio-economic development of local communities.
- https://www.europeangreenbelt.org/
- (EN), Visegrad Group (EN) | PRINCE shares with the Visegrad Group the geography of the interventions (involving 3 of the 4 countries in the partnership) and the efforts of the Central European region's countries to work together in a number of fields of common interest; the synergies between the two initiatives may concern the encouragement for optimum cooperation among countries, strengthening stability in the Central European region.
- https://www.visegradgroup.eu/
- (EN), Enterprise Europe Network (EN) | The Enterprise Europe Network helps businesses innovate and grow on an nternational scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium- (EEN) sized enterprises with international ambitions. It, therefore, represents an
- invaluable network and hub for reaching the private sector with the methodologies, activities, and tools developed by the project.
- The partners will be able to get in touch with the networks of local contact points to disseminate the project's initiatives, create synergies and exploit the results. REG LIG, CC GENOA, SFG and CCIS are EEN partners, creating a direct link: the project activities will find space for expansion and further application in the network partners, especially as regards the companies' sustainability assessment through the developed and tested tool.
- https://een.ec.europa.eu/
- (EN), European Regions Research Network (ERRIN) (EN) | The European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) is a well-known.Brussels-based platform that gathers around 120 regional organisations from Research andmore than 20 European countries. ERRIN offers a platform for knowledge Innovationexchange and facilitates regional collaboration, supporting its members through Network (ERRIN) the project development process and providing project opportunities.
- The partners, also through the direct link offered by REG LIG affiliation, will be able to get in touch with the most relevant working groups (e.g. bioeconomy, energy & climate change) to create synergies and exploit the project’s results
- https://errin.eu/
- (EN), PROCURA + NETWORK (EN) |
- PROCURA + network of European public authorities that connect, exchange and act on sustainable and innovation procurement
- www.procuraplus.org
- (EN), GPP EUROPEAN ADVISORY BOARD (EN) | Composed of representatives of the EU Member States and European public and Group private stakeholders, the GPP Advisory Group is an expert group whose role is to provide advice to the European Commission on the development and implementation of GPP policies.
- Through its advisory board, PRINCE will interface with the GPP advisory group, in such a way as to mediate the development of policies on gpp promoted through the actions of the project, receive opinions and recommendations from the higher governance level and integrate the efforts.
- https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/expert_meeting_en.htm
- (EN), EE Pannonia - elaboration of joint energy effiency action plan for the burden regions by municipalities, involving local communities (HU-HR IPA CBC, 2007-2013) (EN) | The project led by PP4 STRIA proposed innovative approaches such as the GPP municipalities when it comes to energy efficiency and smaller carbon footprint of joint energyprocured goods and services. In the HU-HR border region municipalities frequently efficiency action purchase the following items: buildings, food-catering, road transport, energy using plan for the products - for serving their local communities.
- (EN), Circular SME Erasmus Plus Project (EN) | Project initiated and led by STRIA, focuses on circularity capacity building of SMEs Scan (CSS) with enhanced digital skills. Regarding the South Transdanubian endowments,
- Erasmus+ project circular economy in the textile products, construction and buildings, food and beverages has untapped potential in South Transdanubia. SMEs working on these fields will be self-assessed by a scan module and be offered with training to improve their skills, according to their business needs. (EN), naBe (EN) | In Austria activities in the area of green and circular public procurement are coordinated by the initiative “naBe”. The initiative "Aktionsplan für eine nachhaltige öffentliche Beschaffung (naBe)“ https://www.nabe.gv.at/en/ . naBe has defined rules and regulation as well as has developed criteria in 16 sectors with regards to public procurement. We will critically review this and integrate the lessons learned into our project in close cooperation with naBe. (EN), CIRCUITO - Italia - Francia ALCOTRA project (EN) | PRINCE project will be able to capitalize on the recent survey carried out in the Italy- Alcotra cross-border area within the activities performed in the Interreg ALCOTRACircuito Project, coordinated by PP2 CCI Genoa; the survey aimed to check the state of the art of SMEs with respect to circularity and sustainability, highlighting both strengths (willingness to switch production methods to circular economy principles, awareness about positive impact of circularity on productivity and on costs reduction) and weakness (need for technical assistance, very poor knowledge of green public procurement opportunities, lack of financial resources to perform sustainability driven investments, etc.)
- The survey could represent an important starting point, to be further developed and adapted to the territories involved in PRINCE.
- (EN), Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ICESP) (EN) | PRINCE, through its Italian partners and primarily Liguria Region and CCIA GENOA, will be able to activate synergies at the local level with the Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Plateform promoted by ENEA as part of the European Circular Platform. Enea is also an Associated Partner (of RL) of the Prince.
- ICESP aims to create a national convergence pointon initiatives, experiences, criticalities and perspectives of the circular economy, and to spread Italian excellence doing circular economy starting from the traditions and typical features of the territory associated with cultural models, social and entrepreneurial that characterize it.
- PRINCE and the Italian pilot actions may be proposed to the Best Practices Working Group, which is responsible for identifying and collecting Italian best practices in the field of circular economy to promote them in Europe through the ECESP European Union Platform.
- https://www.icesp.it/
- (EN), CIRCOTRONIC Interreg Central Europe project (EN) | the CIRCOTRONIC project has the objective to overcome the environmental impact of electronics manufacturing, that is not just limited to waste creation but also raises concerns about air pollution, water and soil contamination in production processes. For this purpose the project brings together scientists, entrepreneurs, and policy makers from nine manufacturing regions in a transnational network of regional circular labs. Together, they develop solutions for more circular value chains and design a policy framework for circular production.PRINCE will capitalize the achievements in terms of solutions for the manufacturing sector proposed by CIRCOTRONIC for electric and electronic equipments, possibly including them into the business model for the manufacturing (O3.3)
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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 094 411.10
Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 675 528.88
Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%
Co-financing sources:
- ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 675 528.88. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.
Investments, deliverables, policy contributions
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Programme Common Output Indicator:
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RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
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RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
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RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
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RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
Programme Common Result Indicator:
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RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
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RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:
Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSBSR
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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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Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project
Financing programme
2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe
Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme
2026-02-09
No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)
125 / 125 (100%)
No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)
1 137 / 1 137 (100%)
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