PLATFORM PHASE: BETA
ACTIVATING THE ECO-SYSTEM
BRIDGING TOP-DOWN & BOTTOM-UP
VIA A SUITE OF PRACTICAL AND EFFECTIVE TOOLS & RESOURCES
PLACE BASED
SMART SPECIALISATION Connecting urban & rural communities
Multi-stakeholder
Cross-sector
quintuple-helix innovation
Mission-ORIENTED
empowering individuals
and organisations
Data-driven
Dynamic Data &
Scalable Systems
Connecting Research & Academia, the Third & Private Sectors as well as the Public & Financial Sectors. Supporting cross-pollination of data and research for systems awareness
A holistic understanding of the Circular Economy
as an economic system based on business models that replace the ‘end of life’ concept by
Maintaining and keeping living, technical, biological and financial RESOURCES IN USE At their highest societal value at all times
FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE AND CURRENT GENERATIONS
CIRCULAR STRATEGIES
BEST PRACTICE MAPPING AND IDENTIFICATION OF Business Models across all MATERIAL cycle phases
DATA-DRIVEN DYNAMIC MODELS
COMPATIBLE WITH BEST IN CLASS FRAMEWORKS
IDENTIFYING ECONOMIES OF SCOPE AND SCALE
Circular Business Models
with people at the center supporting a wellbeing economy within the planetary boundaries
Cities & Regions Programme
The Cities & Regions Programme has been designed to provide public sector organisations at local, regional, and national levels, decision support tools and resources to help bridge bottom-up and top-down Circular Economy across sectors and stakeholders.
These resources support the development and implementation of better policies and economic incentives, as well as the establishment of new market opportunities via pilot projects.
Supporting eco-systems as Communities of practice
via a growing
Network of
Systems
Entrepreneurs
ENABLING CROSS-PROJECT POLLINATION OF DATA AND RESEARCH
PROJECT SUPPORT TOOLS
PRACTICAL & EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO SUPPORT CIRCULAR PROJECTS