Resilience by circularity and sharing culture at households as precondition for climate-neutral cities: ‘Circ-in-Town = Circ@Home + Circular services’

Project name

Project number

C069

Project programme

Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2021–2027

Project implementation period

01.03.2025 – 29.02.2028

Project budget

3,703,778.00 EUR

Project target of the audience

Local public authorities, households and individual citizens, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Results:

To develop and pilot a local circularity hub model as a practical solution to foster circular economy in households, public services, and communities, thereby contributing to the development of climate-neutral cities.

Expected results:

Throughout implementation, the project will develop and test practical solutions that enable a shift to sustainable lifestyles and circular consumption patterns in cities and neighbourhoods:
A circular household model with guidelines for how everyday behaviour can become more environmentally friendly.
A circular service model enabling businesses and NGOs to provide sharing, repair, and reuse services.
Establishment and testing of local circularity hubs in eight partner cities, including Valmiera, serving as community spaces for creative cooperation and behavioural change.
A consolidated outcome: “Urban Circularity Triangle: Town–Home–Services” – showing how collaboration between municipalities, households, and services supports climate neutrality.
Development of educational materials and a repository of best practices to ensure solutions can be transferred to other cities in the Baltic Sea region.
Rollout of the “Circularity Champions of the Baltic Sea Region” communication campaign, highlighting inspiring examples and promoting circular thinking.
Delivery of policy recommendations for local and regional decision-makers to support long-term change.

Main activities of the project

The Circ@Home project focuses on promoting circular economy in urban areas, with particular attention to households, public services, and municipalities. Activities are implemented in three phases:

Solution Development

Three interlinked models are developed:
A circular household model that helps residents assess and improve their consumption patterns.
A circular services model that encourages businesses to offer sharing, repairing, and reuse services.
A local circularity hub model that provides municipalities with guidelines for establishing neighbourhood hubs for circularity.

Piloting

Project partners in eight cities, including Valmiera and Riga, will test the solutions under real-life conditions:
Pilots in households focusing on food and non-food consumption in collaboration with local service providers.
Establishment and testing of local circularity hubs to foster collaboration among residents, businesses, and municipalities.

Transfer and Dissemination

Development of educational materials, compilation of best practices, and policy recommendations.
Implementation of the international campaign “Circularity Champions of the Baltic Sea Region” to inspire change across the region.

Contact person VDA:

Liene Krūmiņa, project expert | liene.krumina@valmierasnovads.lv |+371 26300743

This project is supported as part of Circular@Home, an Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027, project co-funded by the European Union.

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