European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform

On 25 June, the Leadership Group on Citizen Engagement & Circular Behaviour hosted the EU Circular Talk "Mainstreaming Circularity: Empowering Citizens for the Transition”. This webinar examined practical pathways to build understanding, shift mindsets and accelerate citizen behaviour change towards the circular transition.

The Nordic Circular Design Programme is an eight-month development programme geared to ensuring that Nordic companies are ready for and able to take the lead in the transition to the circular economy.

The second application round is open until 15 September.

International E-Waste Day on 14 October will focus on Critical Raw Materials, the elements that are mined in only a handful of countries and are crucial to foster the green and digital transition.

Organisations, municipalities, schools, businesses and individuals are invited to get involved!

The ECESP website has a good selection of circular bioeconomy-themed content. We'll be shining a spotlight on some of it here!

This item looks at: resource efficiency and sustainability in aquaculture

The MANTRA project, funded by the EU under Horizon Europe, aims to accelerate the green and digital transformation of manufacturing SMEs in Europe by promoting advanced technologies and social innovation. 

They have three open calls: for Manufacturing SMEs, Tech-savy SMEs and External Evaluators.