CIREVALC aims at introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors through community building, strengthening circular economy skills of enterprises, non-business entities and local communities and through improving policy learning. Our project helps to solve the challenges of low awareness, low engagement, non-receptive communities towards the application of circular economy models, lack of skills and knowledge and lack of or inefficient use of tools, and also low uptake of solutions, lack of bespoke private and public measures. In our project regional development agencies, sectorial agencies, business support organisations work together spanning across nine member states. We start with community building through awareness raising and mobilising stakeholders and through looking into the obstacles and drivers of using circular solutions in the food, catering and packaging sectors. We go on designing our CIREVALC Circular Community Accelerator, a complex tool that facilitates the green transition of local pioneers, SMEs, local communities. We are going to test and evaluate our solution in a pilot action in the regions through involving local pioneers. Finally, we connect communities and we invite third parties to join our initiative, the CIREVALC Accelerator Network. Building on our white paper and formulating and starting implementing regional action plans and the CIREVALC CE level action plan we improve related policy instruments in our regions. As a result, we expect improved capacities and increased level of knowledge in our target groups. Furthermore, we expect to see substantial improvement in terms of exploiting potentials of circular economy practices in the food, catering and packaging sectors in our regions.

Main data of the project:
Project title: Introducing and upscaling circular economy models in regional value chains in the food, catering and packaging sectors
Project code: CE0100414

Partners:
South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency – Lead Partner- Hungary
IFKA Public Benefit Nonprofit Ltd. – Hungary
BSC, Business support organisation L.t.d., Kranj – Slovenia
Rzeszow Regional Development Agency – Poland
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture – Italy
JAIP – South Bohemian Agency for Support to Innovation – Czech Republic
AZRRI-Agency for Rural Development of Istria Ltd. – Croatia
RKW Saxony GmbH Service and Consulting – Germany
Business Upper Austria – (Biz up) – Austria
B I C Bratislava, Ltd. – Szlovákia

Project budget in EUR: 2,314,092.37 €
Grant programme: Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE
Project Duration: 01.04.2023 – 31.03.2026

Further information: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/cirevalc/

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