ACR+

THE CCRI COORDINATION AND SUPPORT OFFICE

The CCRI Coordination and Support Office (CCRI-CSO) is the heart of CCRI and supports the overall implementation of its activities. ACR+ is part the consortium which will implement the CCRI-CSO for the duration of the project. Over the course of four years, CCRI-CSO will provide practical and tailor-made support to a group of circular cities, regions and territorial clusters to develop Circular Systemic Solutions (CSS), with a multidisciplinary team of experts in the field of circular economy.

CIRCULAR SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS

A Circular Systemic Solution (CSS) is a project aiming to achieve an overall net sustainability-added-value in a local context by applying innovative circular models. Several CSS can make part of a Circular Economy Action Plan. They are systemic in a sense that they involve different actors and value chains, address a variety of circularity issues and consider all causal factors that may enable or hinder a transition towards circular economy at the local level. Circular Systemic Solutions should address the major challenge of effectively applying the circular economy concept beyond resource management and recovery in the waste and water sectors.

ACTIVITIES

The CCRI-CSO will provide tailored support a Pilot group of ten cities, regions and territorial clusters to improve their Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) and Circular Economy Investment Plan (CEIP) and focusses on the implementation of their Circular Systemic Solutions (CSS). The CCRI-CSO will furthermore facilitate cooperation, synergies and complementarities between these cities, regions and territorial clusters. A second group, the Fellows made up of 20 cities, regions and territorial clusters, will cooperate and exchange with the Pilot group, experts and other CCRI projects. The CCRI-CSO will collect relevant knowledge and lessons learned from their activities for further dissemination, communication and awareness raising activities.

ACR+ ROLE

ACR+ is leading the Laboratory Block, the backbone of the CCRI-CSO. A laboratory is where things happen and this will also be the case with CCRI-CSO: participants to CCRI (cities, regions and territorial clusters) will receive support and guidance under many forms, they will meet with other participants, experts and various stakeholders to exchange knowledge and practices. The main objective of these activities is to help the participants to develop and implement circular economy solutions within their territory and to learn from the experience. Ultimately, we are aiming for the development and implementation of Circular Systemic Solutions within the lifetime of the project.

GET INVOLVED

Cities, regions and territorial clusters from the 27 Member States of the European Union and to Horizon 2020 Associated partners can join the CCRI community in many ways.

To have direct access to the CCRI-CSO support, cities, regions and territorial clusters must apply to become a Pilot. To engage in the multistakeholder learning process, cities, regions and territorial clusters can apply to become a Fellow. The Fellows will not receive direct tailored support but will have the opportunities to cooperate and learn from the Pilot group and other CCRI projects. To become either a Pilot or a Fellow, you must apply before 29 April 2022 for the CCRI call of expression of interest.

In general, every city, region or territorial cluster can be part of the CCRI community by subscribing to the CCRI newsletter. The newsletter will inform you about upcoming events and news that might be of interest to cities and regions who want to move forward in the field of circular economy implementation on local and regional scale.