A new initiative, CircularInvest, approved under the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI), aims to help circular projects become investment-ready and access funding.

The short "Making Your Project Investment-Ready - Project Pitching Session" on 17 May 2023 at 11:00 CEST will provide a snapshot of CircularInvest’s free project development assistance services and details on the first call for expressions of interest through which circular project promoters can apply to access these services.

The event will also give participants the opportunity to get acquainted with one of CircularInvest’s services and prepare them to pitch their circular economy projects to investors.

This WCEF 2023 accelerator session on 1 June is focused on Africa's circular journey and the power of circular economy hubs. Speakers will discuss the unique opportunities and challenges in advancing the circular economy in Africa and review the role of hubs in connecting stakeholders and accelerating the transition to a circular economy.

The panel discussion is covering best practices, public-private partnerships, technology, financing, and capacity-building initiatives to support the growth of circular economy hubs in Africa. The session will end with an outline of future collaboration plans and encourage participants to continue the conversation beyond the session.

This WCEF Accelerator Session on "Growing the Role of Circular Economy Hotspots and Hubs" will showcase successful examples of circular economy hubs from different continents and explore good practices for creating and managing circular economy hubs and strategies for engaging stakeholders. It will also discuss circular diplomacy and identify immediate action items and plans for future collaboration among circular economy hotspots.

Is your country developing and implementing a national circular economy strategy? This is a unique opportunity to get your recipe book ready for creating a national circular economy strategy!

Finland, together with Germany, the Netherlands, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Environment Agency (EEA), is organising a hybrid Accelerator Session on 1 June in connection with the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) in Helsinki.

To learn quickly how to fund and put in practice circular solutions, join this webinar on 3 May (16:00-16:30 CEST) to listen in and ask questions to Luisa Marques, Senior Consultant with expertise in Sustainability and Circular Economy at Innovayt.