This section is your gateway to the NiCE project’s practical tools and ideas for supporting circular lifestyles in cities. It brings together tried-and-tested approaches from eight Central European pilot activities. Here, you will find guidance on engaging citizens and stakeholders, setting up and running multifunctional community spaces, linking sustainable e-commerce with city centres, and introducing water reuse solutions. This section also includes two key tools: the Circular Lifestyle Monitor for cities and the Strategy Framework to enable circular lifestyles. All materials are designed to help local authorities and communities adapt and scale circular practices to fit their local needs.
Circular lifestyle monitor tool for cities
The monitor tool is designed to support a quick analysis of the current status, key challenges, and potential opportunities for promoting circular lifestyles in cities. It helps local and regional authorities identify priorities and guide strategic action.
Strategy framework to enable circular lifestyles in cities
This report presents a strategy framework that outlines practical ways to promote and establish circular lifestyles in cities and city centres. It is designed to serve as a guidance tool for local and regional public authorities, helping them support the transition towards more sustainable, resource-efficient urban communities.
Methodology Kit on stakeholders' engagement in circular lifestyles
This toolkit presents practical methods for initiating participatory processes with local stakeholders to reactivate urban spaces for circular offers. It provides guidance on activating civic engagement, encouraging behaviour change, involving local actors and citizens, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of circular solutions beyond the niche.
Guide: How to build, run and sustaina multifunctional resource centre
A comprehensive guide for planning, operating, and sustaining multifunctional resource centres that support circular lifestyles in revitalized city centres. It offers strategies for space use, service development, economic viability, and community engagement. The guide includes practical tips, financial models, and case studies to help stakeholders create centres that foster local, sustainable trade and consumption.
Community Guide how to link sustainable online commerce with city centres
This practical guide outlines how to connect sustainable online commerce with local city centres by reusing urban spaces and resources to support circular lifestyles. It includes a checklist and diagnosis tool for local authorities to assess readiness and identify opportunities for integrating circular practices into e-commerce and urban planning. The guide also shares insights and lessons from transnational pilot projects, offering real-world examples, challenges, and scalable solutions.
Circular Water Kit addressing water re-use and water saving in cities
A practical toolkit for promoting water reuse in urban areas, aimed at reducing water waste and supporting circular water management. It offers guidelines on implementing water-saving technologies, greywater reuse, and rainwater harvesting, tailored for local authorities and city planners. The kit includes case studies and scalable best practices from cities successfully applying circular water strategies, along with insights on how to tackle common implementation challenges.
Article: Transition to circular economy of urban areas and communities with special attention to lifestyles
The article explores how cities can foster circular lifestyles by analysing 101 examples of circular offers and initiatives from Bologna, Budapest, and Würzburg. It highlights the importance of community engagement through Living Labs and the inclusion of key sustainable consumption activities (“Big Points”) to effectively support circular economy citizenship in urban areas.
Educational materials on circular lifestyle
The educational materials inspire people of all ages to adopt circular lifestyles through practical, creative, and engaging activities. They build knowledge, skills, and responsibility by showing how reusing, repairing, and sharing can be simple and rewarding, encouraging mindful consumption and sustainable everyday habits.
Project NiCE is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund
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