The Circular City Centre (C3) is a competence and resource centre led by the European Investment Bank and co-funded by the European Commission as part of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative. To support EU cities in their transition to a circular economy, C3 offers two advisory programmes, the Circular City Advisory programme and the Circular Project Advisory programme.
Berlin began its circular economy transition in 2020 with the adoption of the Waste Management Concept 2020-2030, aiming to implement measures to reduce household, water and construction waste. To advance this transition, it established the Coordination Office for Circular Economy, Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection in Business in 2022 and the Zero Waste Agency in 2023, and commissioned a study to analyse the circular economy’s potential in the industrial sector.
Despite these efforts, the circular economy in Berlin is still often perceived only in terms of sustainable waste management. This paper looks at challenges holding back progress on the circular economy, including policy coherence, and provides recommendations to accelerate the transition.
This webinar will delve into recommendations for unlocking funding for circular economy projects. It will analyse the regulatory, market, social and technological barriers hindering the scaling and replication of circular economy models, and discuss strategies to overcome these challenges. By sharing lessons learned from successful EU initiatives, participants will gain insight that will enable them to replicate these initiatives in their own regions and cities.
incommon is a non-profit organisation that encourages people to adopt the circular economy as a way of life. They use a bottom-up approach, working with individuals, schools, businesses, institutions, groups and local authorities.
Their approach ensures that people are informed about circular economy principles and engaged in implementing them, enabling them to make sustainable choices and drive local change.
Two projects in one event: come and find out more about circular procurement!
This event will launch the C-PRONE project and introduce the Circular Minds project, both of which have a focus on advancing circular procurement. Circular procurement may be a great idea but it's no easier to implement than any other form of procurement - see how these projects aim to help!
Are you involved in public procurement of innovative goods and services? This webinar will set out the findings of two projects (BRINC and P5Innobroker) focusing on this area.
You will hear feedback from the two projects and learn about an open access toolkit.
The Circular Economy Hotspot community is launching an open call to find the next European host for 2026 and the first Asia-Australasia host for 2025. It's an ideal opportunity for governments and organisations to highlight local circular practices, from business models and innovative industrial solutions to regional and national policies.
CircularInvest provides tailor-made support to improve projects' circularity, develop a business plan (including IP and legal aspects), and make circular economy projects more appealing to investors.
Apply now to get free project development assistance to increase your project’s investment readiness!
The Horizon Europe project Hubs4Circularity Community of Practice is organising a workshop to discuss and reflect on the various funding and financing approaches relevant to the industrial-urban symbiosis community.
The Circular Cities Declaration, managed by our Coordination Group member ICLEI Europe, is is a project designed to help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy with a specific focus on cities.
They've issued eight topical webinars with key stakeholders and institutions - and all of them are available for you to listen to!
