SO 2.6 : Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy

Territorial challenges and opportunities

The North-West Europe (NWE) region is considered relatively advanced in terms of resource efficiency, with regions having a relatively low material consumption per capita despite their high economic performance. However, improvements are needed to further transition to a more circular and resource efficient economy across the NWE Programme area. Disparities across the different territories and stakeholders in NWE regions need to be addressed. The transition from a linear to a circular economy requires joint efforts by stakeholders across all sectors with a variety of approaches.

Objectives

Within this Specific Objective, the Programme aims to support projects that:
• Contribute to a more effective and balanced transition towards a circular economy in the NWE region.
• Address process, product, component, and material efficiency in value chains following the waste hierarchy principle of refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and via business models for more resource efficiency and better waste management.
• Improve the awareness and capacity levels of stakeholders to enable the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy.