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

Published on 19.09.2025

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. 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 now.

 

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