EICEE Grant Scheme Info Session – Event Information

On May 15th (Wednesday), ARNO organized an Info Session for the grant scheme of the EICEE project at the premises of “Netaville” in Skopje, attended by more than 35 participants. The main goal of the event was to inform social enterprises and civil society organizations about the open call for grants through which they can test and pilot innovative approaches and solutions in the circular economy.

The „EICEE project – Western Balkan Eco Innovation and Circular economy Ecosystem“ was presented at the event. The presentation highlighted the mission of the EICEE project to revolutionize practices in the Western Balkans through eco-innovation and circular economy strategies. In the second part of the event, Professor Dr. Natasha Daniloska presented the national research, where the basic concepts of the circular economy and the context in North Macedonia were explained, along with the challenges and opportunities faced by social enterprises and civil society organizations in our country. Prof. Daniloska also discussed the latest European trends in the circular economy such as the Digital Product Passport and new EU strategies, concepts, and successful examples.

The event concluded with a presentation of the Open Call for project proposals. Project partners, the Association for Democratic Prosperity – ZiD from Montenegro and CEDRA – Croatia, shared more information about the conditions and the application process and answered audience questions.

The complete call and application for the open call for project proposals are available at this link. The call is open until May 27th at 16:00. A recording of the event can be viewed here. (The shared recording of the live broadcast can be viewed here: the first part of the event and the second part of the event).

The answers to the questions can be viewed here or in the article with all the information about the Call for Grants.

The project “EICEE – Western Balkan Eco Innovation and Circular economy Ecosystem” is supported by European Union through the call “EU Civil Society Facility and Media Programme in favor of the Western Balkans and Turkey for 2021-2023” (IPA 3).