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CICLO: New platform for the development of basic circular economy skills

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CICLO
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Loukia Tsangaridou Contact details

Through its eight modules, the CICLO platform aims to upgrade, free of cost, the opportunities for up-skilling and re-skilling of long-term unemployed and low-skilled workers, in the field of the evolving circular economy market:

  1. Circular Economy: What’s in a name?
  2. Recycling Management
  3. Materials Reuse and Remanufacturing
  4. From Products to Services (Servitisation)
  5. Soft Skills for the Circular Economy I and 21st Century Skills
  6. Soft Skills for the Circular Economy II
  7. Good Practices
  8. How to Approach a Transition Towards a Greener System.

The material could be included in educational services offered by Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers, Training Centres, Higher Education Institutions, NGOs, SMEs, public services relevant to EU labour force, etc.

CIRCLE - promoting circular economy in SMEs in rural areas

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Finland, Luxembourg, Sweden

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About the CIRCLE project
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Erik Rosenblad
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CIRCLE is a transnational cooperation project aimed at promoting circular economy solutions in SMEs in rural areas.

The project comes under the EU's LEADER programme and its objectives are as follows: 

  • increase knowledge and awareness about circular economy and its potential for enterprises in rural areas
  • increase cooperation between local enterprises
  • increase international cooperation and create networks, and to enhance existing ways of implementing circular economy.

The project partners have agreed to organise one programme in each country with visits to enterprises, farms and organisations implementing circular economy or innovative environment-friendly solutions.

Circle Lab

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Circle Lab
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Circle Lab is an online platform for cities, businesses, and citizens to explore, brainstorm, and implement circular business models and strategies to tackle universal and local challenges.

By digitising knowledge, opening up access, and encouraging co-creation, we aim to break down information silos and fuel cross-industry collaboration and innovation. The circular economy has the potential to change the world, and we believe the time to bring the concept to the kitchen table – so that everyone, from entrepreneurs to big brands, can play a role in making it a reality – is now.

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CircleAid: a network of experts and mentors to help you kick-start your circular initiative

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Belgium

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CircleAid
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Circle AId
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Cities and entrepreneurs are expected to be full of inspiring and sustainable ideas but they often have a lot of questions before they can implement those ideas. How do you set up a product-as-a-service business model? How do I protect my logo? How can you support cititzens initiatives? How can the financiers be involved...

To get an answer to all these and other questions, you can ask experts at CircleAid. They have all their specific experience with circular economy: in business models, procurement, governance, financing...

These experts are mentors who can guide you through your circular questions. Consultants who want to become part of this database can apply if they have experience or knowledge in Circular Economy.

For the moment this platform is only available in Dutch.

CIRCLES - the network of organisations contributing to the circular economy in the Eastern Netherlands

CIRCLES

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CIRCLES is a platform dedicated to disseminating circular economy solutions in the Eastern Netherlands. It encourages entrepreneurs to participate in the green transition, promoting their sense of ownership in the transition process. It offers a space for stakeholders to interact and exchange views on circular economy – digitally or physically - or simply a space to establish partnerships.

Several organisations – public, private and NGOs – interact in a range of ways, including workshops, publications, opportunities to access finance. One of the initiatives, for instance, consists of a space to submit ideas. If viable, cooperation with regional universities can be established, and entrepreneurs can collaborate to reach solutions.

Circul'R

circular economy consulting

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France

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Circul'R
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Matthieu Witvoet
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Circul'R is an international network of circular economy startups.

Its mission is to unlock the circular economy's potential by connecting innovative startups with companies so that they can co-create solutions to accelerate their transition towards the circular economy.

Its main services are:

  • raising awareness (conferences to explain circular economy by presenting the most innovative circular solutions),
  • learning expeditions (bringing people on the field to meet with circular economy entrepreneurs and their projects),
  • consultancy (business opportunities, funding, etc.),
  • Circul'R Club (bringing together large companies and startups with the objective of co-creating concrete projects in the field of circular economy: waste management, eco-design, new business models, etc.).

Circular Change

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CIRCULAR CHANGE

Specialized in establishing and nourishing dialogue between different stakeholders particularly in the process of creation of circular economy (CE) roadmaps, it is promoting new narratives, orchestrating interests, exchanging knowledge and enabling innovation. 

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CIRCULAR STRATEGIES

  • Strategic consulting in the field of CE and innovation
  • Sustainable and circular brand, product and service development
  • Stakeholder mapping, orchestration and circular collaboration

ROADMAPPING PROCESS

  • Co-creation, development and implementation of CE roadmaps on national or local level

EXPERT CONTRIBUTION

  • Research, reports and scenarios
  • Coaching for circular frontrunners
  • Keynote speeches, moderating, workshops, lectures.

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Circular Conversations

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Circular Conversations
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Circular Conversations is a digital parlour created to host an open and critical exchange of ideas on what the next society and economy should look like and how to get there.

By initiating conversations with people of different perspectives, ideas and ideologies, disciplines and backgrounds, this decentralized and independent platform shares theories and practices able to shape the direction and design of the next economy.

To read more conversations like the interview with Rieta Aliredjo, 2019 circular economy stakeholder conference keynote speaker, on empowering kids to be circular starts, visit the blog here.

Circular Economy Academy

rediscovery centre

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Ireland

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Circular Economy Academy

The Circular Economy Academy is a free mentoring and support programme, set up by the Rediscovery Centre, which is the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland. The programme assists social enterprises and community organisations in any part of Ireland to move their activities towards sustainability and embrace the circular economy.

The Academy provides business support services built on the Rediscovery Centre’s vast knowledge of social enterprise development and design thinking concepts. The service includes advice for start-up, circular business planning, development, funding, diversification, and training. The Academy also supports organisations to replicate the Rediscovery Centre’s successful paint, furniture, fashion and furniture reuse initiatives.

Each service is tailored to suit the needs of the participating organisation. The Academy also offers incubation and regional clinics.

Circular Economy Club: putting the circular economy on the map, locally and globally

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Circular Economy Club (CEC)
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Irene Santos
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The Circular Economy Club (CEC) is:
  • an international network of over 3500 circular economy professionals and organizations from over 100 countries.
  • non-for-profit, global and open to anyone willing to join the club for free.

The CEC vision: opening a new era where all cities worldwide function through a circular model, setting the end of an age of waste.

The CEC mission:
  • bring the circular economy to cities worldwide by building strong local networks to design and implement circular local strategies; embed the circular economy in the education system; and
  • help circular solutions scale.
These goals are achieved through the CEC online platform and three main programs:
  • the CEC Organizers program: for circular leaders to bring the circular economy to live in their cities, universities, hubs and companies;
  • the CEC Mentors program: for members with expert skills to give free advice to the most promising circular talent; and
  • the CEC Global events: for members to ccoperate to the solution of local and global challenges.

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