Cities and regions play an essential role in the transition towards a more circular society as they operate in key sectors like waste management, mobility, energy, land use and many others.CircularInvest is one of the Project Development Assistance projects (PDA) operating under the EU's Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI). It supports project promoters by providing the support they need to develop investment-ready circular economy projects at local and regional scales. CircularInvest will help cities and regions implement circular strategies by removing obstacles and closing the gap between circular economy project promoters and investors.CircularInvest´s PDA services are tailored for circular projects with a sufficient level of maturity that offer a minimum viable product/service or scalable prototype and adopt a clear business model that demonstrates the projects´ economic potential. The projects should be innovative, providing unique benefits or advantages to customers compared to existing alternatives and generate positive impacts (environmental, economic, social) in one or more territories (sub-national, local or regional) in one or more countries eligible in CircularInvest.Through CircularInvest´s services, circular economy project promoters will have the opportunity to:<ul><li>Benefit from tailored mentoring sessions delivered by experts to improve the supported projects´ circularity, provide/review a business plan and help secure funding.</li><li>Participate in peer-to-peer online workshops with the other supported circular economy project promoters.</li><li>Join online and live pitch sessions with potential investors.</li><li>Take part in knowledge transfer, networking events, and the Circular Investment Readiness Network.&nbsp;</li><li>Promote their projects through CircularInvest channels. &nbsp;</li></ul><a href="https://errin.eu/news/circularinvest-call-project-promotors-aiming-increase-investment-readiness-their-local-and">More information</a>Deadline for application is 13 September 2024, 17:00 CET. Applications will only be accepted if submitted through the CircularInvest platform (see section 5 on Application submission). Paper or email application submissions are not admissible.&nbsp;

CircularInvest call for circular projects

CircularInvest call for project promotors aiming to increase the investment readiness of their local and regional circular economy projects