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Horizon Europe

CircSyst

CircSyst (Circular Systemic Solutions for Water, Bio-Waste and Plastics & Packaging) is a Horizon Europe-funded project under the call HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-02, coordinated by AIJU – Instituto Tecnológico de Producto Infantil y Ocio. With a duration of 3 years and a total budget of €10,244,330.61, the project brings together 32 public and private partners from 8 European countries to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable and competitive circular economy.

The project is positioned within the broader policy framework of the European Green Deal and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), which recognise circularity as both an environmental imperative and a driver of industrial competitiveness. As a project under the umbrella of the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI), CircSyst applies and expands the CCRI methodology across 3 key value chains identified by the European Commission: water management, bio-waste, and plastics and packaging. Several of the demonstration regions are also engaged in the CCRI ecosystem as Pilots or Fellows, reinforcing alignment with EU objectives and ensuring that solutions respond to concrete territorial needs.

CircSyst aims to catalyse systemic change by developing and testing 9 large-scale demonstrators across European regions, combining technological innovation, industrial symbiosis, and societal engagement. 4 pilot systems focus on water management, 2 demonstrators deal with biowaste, and 3 pilots address key challenges within the plastics and packaging field. These demonstrators are implemented in regions including Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), Podravje (Slovenia), Flanders (Belgium), Gotland (Sweden), Päijät-Häme–Lahti (Finland), Central Macedonia (Greece), and East and Central Hungary. Through cross-sectoral cooperation and knowledge-sharing, these regions co-create validated roadmaps for replication and scaling, enabling circular business models to be transferred and adapted across Europe.

 

Role of EURADA:

EURADA plays a strategic role in maximising CircSyst’s impact. By leading communication and dissemination efforts, EURADA ensures effective outreach and stakeholder engagement at regional, national, and EU levels. In addition, EURADA leads peer learning and replication support activities, coordinating the project’s Community of Practice, replication workshops, study visits, and knowledge transfer mechanisms. Through its network of RDAs, EURADA bridges policy and practice, supporting the transferability, replicability, and scalability of Circular Systemic Solutions (CSSs) across European regions and contributing to the wider CCRI ecosystem.

 

Contact person(s):

Cristina Sanz Rutherford 

 

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