Scaling up circular and sustainable procurement through interregional collaboration
Co-organised by C-PRONE and the Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement
This webinar took place on Thursday 30 October 2025. It was part of the 23rd edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities.
This session demonstrated the benefit and necessity of collaborating and learning with peers. Developing and stimulating circular and sustainable procurement in each region or city went faster and further through collaboration and exchange with peer regions and cities. ACR+, the City of Haarlem, and the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat had extensive experience to share about acceleration and how that worked in practice. Urban Agenda and C-PRONE were two typical networks that, each in their own way, connected cities, regions, and projects to facilitate exchange.
Circular Shift, CISUTAC and CE-PRINCE are three European funded projects that showcase what interregional collaboration can bring forth and what sustainable impact regions and cities can make. Circular Shift is initiated to stimulate upscaling of circular procurement pilots (textiles and ICT) in organisations. Think of value chain collaboration, internal commitment and impact-based decision making. CISUTAC is developing guidelines for contracting authorities to implement circular procurement in textiles. And CE-PRINCE works on standardisation of circular procurement approaches across Central European countries and industries.
Key take-aways
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Recording
Agenda
10.00-10.05 | Welcome and introduction
10.05-10:15
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Presentation of the Networks
• Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement
• C-PRONE
10.15-11.15
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Showcase of EU-funded projects
• Circular Shift (Interreg North West Europe)
• CISUTAC (Horizon Europe)
• CE-PRINCE (Interreg Central Europe)
11.15-11.25 | Panel discussion and Q&A
11.25-11.30
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Closing remarks