For Circular Change, 2019 was another year full of new and often unforeseen experiences. Last year, the team:
- lectured, presented and delivered keynote speeches at more than 50 events in 15 different countries, from Japan to the USA
- engaged in 10 different circular economy projects both in Slovenia and further afield
- participated in 4 international juries on circular economy
- contributed to 4 international expert reports, opinions and studies
- promoted international collaboration between the EU and Japan, Latin America, Western Balkans, and the USA.
Some of Circular Change's highlights in 2019:
- Building alliances with the climate change community at COP25 in Madrid
- Sending a circular message for 2020 in the Getting into the Loop podcast
- Leading the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform into 2020
- Helping to launch Serbia's circular economy strategy
- Touring the USA with Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow
- Bringing Circular Change to the Bled Strategic Forum 2019
- Building a bridge to Northern Europe through new partnerships and collaboration with the Nordic countries
- Co-creating the circular bioeconomy through the EFFECTIVE project
- Creating PLUS with Laško Union (Heineken Int.)
- Promoting Slovenian circular designers with the Centre for Creativity (CzK)
- Spending a month at Doshisha University in Kyoto
- Organising the 4th Circular Change Conference
- Facilitating dialogue between Ljubljana and its young citizens