This is the ACR+ cross-cutting Thematic Area, given its interlinkages with all other themes. As the name suggests, there are two main pillars:
ACR+ is currently working on this area through:
Interested in the topic? You can have a look at the following resources:
The report on Deposit Refund Systems in the EU - 2023 Update.
The report The governance of circular bioeconomy - Practices and lessons learnt from European regions
The ProCirc support documents to embed circularity along the procurement process: the Procurement transformation canvas and workshop manual and the Circular Procurement Transformation Guidance
Join us for the third Follower event of CircularPSP! CircularPSP is an innovation procurement for AI and platform to support cities in their CE transition. During this third...
Climate Chance is co-organising, with the city of Marseille, the Climate Chance Europe Africa 2025 Summit on the theme "Adaptation: taking action", on 31 March and 1 April at the...
The BRINC project is coming to an end and the 5th and final InnoBroker training will present the innobroker model and toolkit developed in the project. The training will introduce...
ACR+ is pleased to partner with Pollutec for the 2024 edition of Pollutec Paris! This complementary event to Pollutec provides an agile business platform for environmental...
Member's event Litter has become a significant problem in many urban areas. Cities and communities can’t keep up with the speed at which public trash bins are filled, causing them to overflow....
Meet us there This conference of the European Parliament Intergroup on "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development" will introduce and discuss the Intergroup’s 2024-2029 policy...
Combining two events in one, this session launched the C-PRONE project and introduced the Circular Minds project, both aimed at advancing circular procurement. Circular...
The closing event of the BRINC project shed lights on the lessons learnt and benefits brought to the public organisations involved in the project. BRINC's sister-project...
On 15 October 2024, as part of the Erasmus Days celebrations, the MASTERY project is set to host a webinar titled «Greening the Future: Micro-Credentials Empowering Sustainable...
The DECISO annual conference 2024 will take place on 9 October in Brussels and online under the title "Cities and regions investing in circular solutions: from idea to practice"....
Join online the Innovative Sustainable Economy Community (ISEC) Hub, a community of like-minded people committed to driving transformative innovation in the Mediterranean...
To mark its end, the BRINC project partnered with its sister project P5Innobroker, also concluding, for a two-day event dedicated to Innovation Procurement (IP) brokerage services...
The European Circular Innovation Valley (ECIV) project kicked off in September. Spanning five years, the project involves 17 regions across nine countries with a total budget of...
C-PRONE is your gateway to circular procurement. It connects the existing networks, initiatives, and relevant actors and offers direct access to key resources to unlock successful...
Public procurement is increasingly seen and used by public buyers to drive green, resilient, and inclusive development. However, procurers often struggle to implement effective...
In this webinar we learnt more about and listen to an example of how Public Procurement can inspire/promote the development of products/services and co-operate with companies...
This BRINC workshop gathered the BRINC network of public authorities and other key relevant actors working on public procurement of innovation and circular economy to exchange...
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are of key importance when talking about Innovation Procurement (IP). According to the European Commission, there is strong evidence that...
Public procurement can sometimes be experienced as challenging and complicated. But with more knowledge on the subject, it can lead to a whole new world of business opportunities....
While procurement can be an accelerator for circular economy in organisations, scaling up the positive outcomes of successful pilots can be difficult, due to specific internal...
Get inspired! Listen to success cases and learn from companies engaging in Public Procurement In this webinar organised by the BRINC project, the Danish company Lyhne Design ApS...
The work started by the BRINC project to support the Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) in its procurement journey to reuse and recycle single-use sanitary safety materials...
