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 Ireland to move their activities towards sustainability and embrace the circular economy.
The aim of the Circular Economy Academy is to facilitate Ireland’s transition to the circular economy through demonstration, education and collaboration. The support provided is based on the Rediscovery Centre’s vast knowledge of social enterprise development and design thinking concepts, from advice for start ups to business planning, funding, diversification, training and more.
Each service is tailor-made to suit the needs of the participating organisation.
Circular Economy Club is the networking arm of the Circular Economy Institute. It wants to put the circular economy on the map, locally and globally.
It has over 10 000 members and 280 clubs in 140 countries around the world. People can sign up for free, join their local club and discuss circular issues. Clubs meet in person and online, with a view to making the circular economy a reality.
CEC aims to see all cities operating on a circular model, eliminating waste.
The Data Centre Industry (DCI) generates a huge amount of WEEE. The current infrastructure for dealing with this is underdeveloped and must be addressed now.
CEDaCI will build a Circular Economy for the Data Centre Industry by bringing together stakeholders from all equipment lifecycle stages.The end goal is to turn this WEEE into a useful resource and support the ongoing rapid growth of the DCI.
The CEDaCI Network brings together actors and experts from all life cycle stages and sub-sectors directly and indirectly associated with the DCI.
Members are helped to make the best choices to develop and grow their business sustainability, through access to case studies, business models and a Decision Making Tool. They can also connect to CEDaCI project partners and members
Circular Economy Forum Austria is a learning and dialogue platform for businesses, initiating and promoting the exchange and development of knowledge, ideas and initiatives. It identifies potential synergies among companies, politics, science, research and design.
The Forum:
operates and collaborates in a solution-oriented and innovative way;
supports and facilitates comprehensive transformation by linking interdisciplinary know-how and ideas for innovation, decision makers and practitioners;
promotes new business partnerships to increase the visibility of existing and future circular innovation supporting the expansion of Austria's circular ecosystem;
encourages and fosters collaborative projects and initiatives.
The Circular Economy Lab was set up in 2018 by Cariplo Factoryand Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center. It is a hub of circular economy competences that aims to help spread the principles and methods of the circular economy and support companies as they go circular.
The Lab is involved in various projects, such as the Iren Startup Award Call4Circular | Circular products and materials. It promotes the circular economy by holding workshops on key topics and by creating networking opportunities for innovative ecosystem players, such as startups, innovative SMEs, universities, research centres and technology transfer centres.
The Circular Economy Network was set up in 2019 by the Fondazione per lo sviluppo sostenibile, supported by a group of businesses and organisations from a range of economic sectors. The Network aims to promote the development of the circular economy in Italy.
It focuses on:
disseminating publications on the circular economy;
defining key circularity indicators and analysing national performance;
analysing the main barriers and identifying solutions to them;
drawing up strategies, policies and measures to be put to decision-makers;
promoting dialogue between businesses and institutions;
Circular Economy Transition is a pioneer initiative that aims to accelerate Switzerland's transition a circular economy. It currently takes place in five Swiss cities: Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich.
In close collaboration with Impact Hub Switzerland, sanu durabilitas and with the support of the MAVA foundation, this initiative will contribute to drive the new paradigm for the future of business, policy making and society.
Circular Futures was initiated by the environmental umbrella organisation Umweltdachverband in 2016 and is a collaboration of several organisations advocating for the transition to a circular economy in politics and legislation.
The platform carries out activities geared to developing a holistic circular economy in Austria. These include workshops, background papers and information material. It focuses on the political and legal framework needed for the transition to a circular economy.
It promotes discussion between stakeholder groups active in the environment, economy and social affairs and brings them to the table with representatives from politics, science and administration in order to jointly develop future-oriented solutions for a more circular Austria.
Circular Hub Tirol is the point of contact for all issues dealing with thecircular economy in Austria's Tyrol region. Together with their partners, they offer services such as
project initiation
networking
circularity check for SMEs
information and further education on the circular economy, and
an annual exhibition of good practices in the area of circular design.
The Circular Investment Readiness Network is a joint initiative by the Horizon Europe projects CircularInvest and DEFINITE-CCRI.
The initiative will help circular economy projects overcome the challenges related todevelopment and investment readiness. It will bring local governments, investors, Project Development Assistance providers and external service providers together with CircularInvest and DEFINITE-CCRI project owners and SMEs to foster the exchange of expertise, pinpoint opportunities and generate momentum.
Basically, it will advance circular economy objectives by facilitating the development of financeable, high-impact, low-risk circular projects.
By registering, you will be part of the network mailing list and invited to all future information sessions.