About us
Mission
Provide a regional platform to enhance interministerial, multisectoral, and multi-stakeholder cooperation to increase knowledge and understanding of the circular economy, facilitate training, capacity building, and technical assistance for the development of public policies on circular economy and sustainable consumption and production.
Vision 2030
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have started to move from a linear to a circular economy model, decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation and resource use, while improving human well-being, ecosystems regeneration and prosperity for all, contributing to the achievement of the Agenda 2030 and Paris Agreement.
Objectives
- Strengthen a common agenda and a regional agenda on the circular economy.
- Facilitate south-south and triangular cooperation among governments, the private sector, and international organizations, among other actors, to raise awareness about the circular economy, share knowledge and best practices, and unite efforts.
- Support the development of tools and indicators to promote and measure the circular economy with a national/regional and sectoral focus.
- Facilitate and offer opportunities for capacity building (training, research, webinars, among others).
- Support pilot projects in the public and private sectors applying the principles of the circular economy, with special attention to SMEs.
- Support the mobilization of resources to implement the circular economy in the region.
- Increase the visibility of the circular economy and showcase regional leadership in relevant regional and international forums (e.g., High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), United Nations Climate Change Conferences COPs), including events of strategic partners and others considered of interest.
