Funding circular economy projects - Online Workshop

Organised by "BRINC"

High upfront investment costs are a recurring challenge for many circular economy initiatives. Through this workshop, the BRINC project addressed this issue by providing an overview of different funding sources for circular economy innovations (public programmes, private investments and green loans), and by informing project promoters on how to strategically access such funding.

Guest speakers answered questions such as: What type of funds are available for your circular economy initiative? Which criteria are to be filled to access funding? How to build a business case for your circular innovation?

Presentations

Recording

Agenda

10:00 Welcome and introduction to the workshop

Joan Juul (CLEAN)

10:10 Building a business case for circular innovations

Thomas van Nieuwenhuizen (EGEN)

10:30 EU support to circular economy innovations

European funding programs for SMEs (Annika Kossack, EISMEA)
European Investment Bank support to circular projects (Céline Rottier, European Investment Bank)

11:00 Regional funds for circular projects

Navarra Zirkular (Javier Rodrigo Aznàrez, Regional Government of Navarra)

11:15 Risk capital for circular economy

Public private co-investment funds and selection criteria (Lorenzo Valeriani, Metagroup)

11:30 Q&A

11.45 Closing remarks

About the BRINC project: The COSME co-funded BRINC project will unlock the potential of cross-border Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) by acting as an Innovation Procurement Broker and establishing a European Hub for PPI in a circular economy. The project aims to facilitate the identification of public innovation needs, conduct market consultations to identify market capabilities and potential solutions, and help public buyers tap into the innovative capacity of SMEs.