The European Commission has launched a call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the pilot phase of the Innovation Deals for a Circular Economy.

Up to five Expressions of Interest will be selected and will become Innovation Deals.  Moreover, up to ten Deals may originate through the Horizon 2020 Calls CIRC-01 and CIRC-02 (Work Programme 2016/2017 under Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy).  

Applicants will be asked to outline their innovations and identify where they think EU regulatory frameworks are causing a blockage in getting their innovation to market.

The selected projects will benefit from access to a close cooperation framework bringing together national, local and EU regulatory bodies to help navigate regulatory requirements. This pilot is intended to support innovative ideas for maintaining the value of products, materials and resources in the economy.

Further information is available online: https://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-deals/index.cfm & http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/index_en.htm

Further questions can be sent to the functional mailbox RTD-ENV-INNOVATION-DEALS@ec.europa.eu