1. Circular economy in CENTRO (PT)
Ana Abrunhosa
President of CCDRC|

2. Centro (PT) is rich in multiple natural resources (forest, agricultural, sea, mines, clay, sun,…)
On behalf of territorial cohesion we need to improve the economic value of rural territories even for those products for which we do not yet have a market
On behalf of competitiveness we need to promote the creation of new startups and new business models, towards the improvement of the economic activity efficiency
Circular Economy: a strategy to improve the efficiency of companies and territorial valorization promoting symbiosis both industrial and among different land uses (forest, agriculture and urban areas) 2

3. REGIONAL STRATEGY – THE RIS3
In the RIS3 process of Centro region were defined four innovation hubs, based in eight temathic domains and in cross cutting priorities
Forest
Tourim
Materials
ICET
1. Sustainable industrial solutions
2. Valorization and efficient use of natural endogenous resources
3. Technology supporting quality of life
4. Territorial innovation
Agriculture
Sea
Health
Bio
technology
Cross cutting priorities
Sustainable resources
Energy efficiency
Territorial cohesion
Internationalization

4. REGIONAL STRATEGY – THE RIS3
1. Sustainable industrial solutions
2. Valorization and efficient use of natural endogenous resources
3. Technology supporting quality of life
4. Territorial innovation
Promotion of sustainable materials, products and processes leading to a new industry as a reply to societal challenges such as the efficient use of resources, circular economy, mitigation of climate changes and Industry 4.0.
Valorization of endogenous resources, mapping and preserving them as well as creating new  added value products for different sectors. Monitoring and integrated management of endogenous resources.
Development of technologies and solutions for health prevention, diagnosis and new treatments. Healthy and active ageing solutions. ICT systems development. Welfare and health tourism integrated offer.
Territory innovation projects development from low density rural areas innovation to sustainable cities solutions as a test bed for green and low-carbon economy as well as for tourism qualification and regional competitiveness.

5. H2020 project just approved with
SCREEN, Synergic Circular Economy across European Regions
H2020 project just approved
with
Lazio (IT), Lombardia (IT), Navarra (ES), Lodzkie (PL), Crete (GR), Réunion (FR), Limburg (NL), Fryslan (NL), Pirkanmaan (FI)
and UK
MAIN OBJECTIVE:
to develop an EU reference framework to establish operational synergies between Regions, supporting an emerging transition to new Circular Economy businesses in strategic sectors, that will also be promoted by a portfolio of financing instruments integrating H2020 and ESIF related to Circular Economy
Sustaining the regional actors’ participation at H2020
Encouraging the entrepreneurial initiatives based on H2020 project’s results
Investigating the possibility of maximizing the H2020 investment through a “recovery”(fully or partial) of well ranked unfinanced proposals 5

6. Centro Bio Project: Bio-industries, Biorefineries and Bioproducts
BLC3
Non-profit Association
Industrial Ecology
Life Cycle Assessment
Sustainable Criteria and Indicators
Multicriteria decision make
“Analytic Hierarchy Process” and “Multi-Attribute Utility Theory”
Knowledge transfer, behaviours and cultural change
Hierarchy of the cascading in value of different wood uses 6

7. Centro Bio Project: Bio-industries, Biorefineries and Bioproducts
Energy flow valorization (industrial simbiosis)
Integration the Bioeconomy and the Circular Economy dimensions
Valorisation and processing of resources
2nd Biofuel Production
Production of high-added value products (Bioproducts)
Support to the sustainable use of the territory and resources
Territorial Management and Planning 7

8. Art in circular economy perspective!
Portuguese street artist Bordalo II (Artur Bordalo)

9. Thank you for your attention,
Ana Abrunhosa