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Partner up, learn, and grow: Start your Twinning journey with the CCRI

Published on 27.05.2025

Your circular economy journey can inspire others — and theirs can accelerate yours.

 

The Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) invites you to apply to the new Twinning Programme — designed to help you connect, learn, and accelerate circular transition together with a peer city or region.

Countries: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, South Korea, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Türkiye, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, EU-27

What to expect?

As part of the Twinning Programme, you will be matched with a city or region with a similar level of circular economy advancement and focus area. Together, you will explore solutions, share experiences, and learn from each other’s good practices and challenges.

 

Your Twinning journey will include:

 

  • A structured peer learning process over approximately nine months
  • Three facilitated online meetings (kick-off, midterm, and conclusion)
  • 4–5 self-organised exchanges with your Twin
  • Light independent work between meetings

 

You will be supported throughout by a dedicated Twinning Facilitator. All activities will take place online, requiring around one day per month of your time.

Why join?

By joining the CCRI Twinning Programme, you will:

 

  • Strengthen your circular economy initiatives with targeted peer support
  • Deepen your expertise on a topic relevant for you
  • Access additional opportunities within the CCRI, such as study visits and capacity-building activities

 

Your journey will be tailored to your needs, ensuring real, practical impact for your city or region.

Who can apply?

The programme is open to:

 

  • local and regional authorities across the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries
  • public agencies and publicly owned companies operating under their authority.

 

Ready to start your Twinning journey? Read the complete handout and apply by 27 June 2025, 18:00 CET. Applications will be assessed based on commitment, relevance of experience, and alignment of topics, ensuring a strong foundation for impactful collaboration. For any questions, contact info@ccri-communities-of-practice.eu. This programme is managed by the CCRI Communities of Practice team

Ready to start your Twinning journey?

Read the complete handout and apply by 27 June 2025, 18:00 CEST.

 

Applications will be assessed based on commitment, relevance of experience, and alignment of topics, ensuring a strong foundation for impactful collaboration.

 

For any questions, contact info@ccri-communities-of-practice.eu.

 

This programme is managed by the CCRI Communities of Practice team.

Type of territories involved

large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000

predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region