RETRACE Project. A Systemic Vision for Circular Policies

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development regards the circular economy as the economic model to aim for in order to guarantee our system’s sustainability. The urgency of a collective effort to implement this paradigm shift has been acknowledged globally. However, the steps needed to start a process of tangible change must meet specific local needs. Beginning in 2016, RETRACE is a four-year Interreg Europe project that acts at interregional and inter sector level, to promote a change of course in terms of policy. Although the scope may seem macroscopic, RETRACE aims at removing bureaucratic, regulatory and cultural obstacles which innovators must tackle as and when implementing circular solutions on a local level.