CCRI Projects are research and innovation projects that generate knowledge and practical solutions to support to cities and regions in implementing their circular systemic solutions at local and regional levels.

Projects contribute to the CCRI community in multiple ways:

• Demonstrating circular solutions across sectors such as bioeconomy, water, construction, plastics and packaging, textiles, energy, tourism, and sustainable mobility.
• Sharing knowledge and best practices, including analyses of research results and successful CSS implementations.
• Providing project development assistance, supporting cities and regions in planning and financing circular economy initiatives.
• Disseminating relevant insights to inform policy and local/regional circular economy strategies.

Examples of demonstration projects include:

• Bioeconomy, waste streams, water: Agro2Circular (Horizon 2020), FRONTSH1P (Horizon 2020), TREASoURcE, CisWEFE-NEX, CircSyst, P2GREEN, NPower, Greenhood, AquaPhoenix, CSSBoost
• Plastics and Packaging: Agro2Circular (Horizon 2020),  FRONTSH1P (Horizon 2020), CIRCULAR FOAM (Horizon 2020),  SYSCHEMIQ, TREASoURcE, CircSyst
• Water: FRONTSH1P (Horizon 2020), CisWEFE-NEX, CircSyst, AquaPhoenix [
• Other industries: EcoeFISHent (fishing industry) (Horizon 2020),  TREASoURcE (batteries), CisWEFE-NEX (energy), SOLSTICE (textiles), FIC-FIGHTERS (phosphogypsum waste), VERNE (tourism), REBOAT (tourism), Smile City (Sustainable Mobility)
• Construction: WOODCIRCLES, CIRC-BOOST, RECONSTRUCT, Cir4Fun, R-evolve
• Households: CARE, CIRCLEUP
• Innovative governance: ROBIN, BIOMODEL4REGIONS, P2GREEN

Examples of project development assistance (PDA) projects:

• Bioeconomy: HOOP (Horizon 2020), Bioboost
• Construction: CircoFin
• Broader circular economy support: RESOURCE, CircularInvest, DECISO, DEFINITE-CCRI, InvestCEC

Check out the full list of CCRI Projects.