Expressions of Interest - Apply to be a Panel Member/Associate Member for CIRCULÉIRE's 2021 Thematic Working Groups |
Expressions of Interest - Apply to be a panel member for CIRCULÉIRE's 2021 Thematic Working Groups
CIRCULÉIRE is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals or organisations for one of its three Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) for its CIRCULÉIRE industry network in the 2021 period on the following topics:
| 1. 2021 TWG 1 – Circular Packaging & Reusables Commencing circa w/c 26th April 2021 until circa w/c 26th July 2021 |
| 2. 2021 TWG 2 - Circular Plastics Commencing circa w/c 17th May 2021 until circa w/c 27th September 2021* |
| 3. 2021 TWG 3 - Circular Design & Redesign Commencing circa w/c 21st June 2021 until circa w/c 18th October 2021* |
*Includes summer break for August
CIRCULÉIRE’s overarching objective between 2020-2022 is to source, test, finance, and scale, circular manufacturing systems, supply chains and circular business models to deliver significant reductions in both CO2 emissions and waste across our Industry Membership over the programmes’ lifespan.
About the Panel Member / Associate Member role
The Panel Members play a key role in ensuring that the CIRCULÉIRE’s Thematic Working Groups integrate the perspectives and expertise of a good cross-section of Ireland’s innovation ecosystem. We anticipate the Panel Member role being equivalent to a 3-day commitment in total (approximately 1 day / month) split across the circa 12 - 16 week period each individual Thematic Working Group's activities run for.
The main tasks the Panel Member will be responsible for is to contribute to the scope of the State-of-the-Art Review undertaken by IMR/Expert Facilitator, providing feedback on outputs generated and invitation to participate in circa 8 x 90-minute virtual meetings, workshops and webinars led by IMR over a 12 - 16-week period including:
About the Panel Member / Associate Member role
The Panel Members play a key role in ensuring that the CIRCULÉIRE’s Thematic Working Groups integrate the perspectives and expertise of a good cross-section of Ireland’s innovation ecosystem. We anticipate the Panel Member role being equivalent to a 3-day commitment in total (approximately 1 day / month) split across the circa 12 - 16 week period each individual Thematic Working Group's activities run for.
The main tasks the Panel Member will be responsible for is to contribute to the scope of the State-of-the-Art Review undertaken by IMR/Expert Facilitator, providing feedback on outputs generated and invitation to participate in circa 8 x 90-minute virtual meetings, workshops and webinars led by IMR over a 12 - 16-week period including:
- Meeting 1: TWG Kick-Off Meeting to agree on scope & framing of State-of-the-Art-Review (SoAR)
- Meeting 2: Panel Meeting to Discuss Peer Review Feedback on SoAR
- Ideation Workshops: Attendance at, and contributing to 2-3 TWG Ideation/Sprint workshops (spread over 1 week) which aim to generate 5-10 circular system innovation project ideas tailored to the Irish context
- Meeting 3: Panel Meeting to Discuss Peer Review Feedback on Synthesis Paper (a short report which will summarise the policy context and the opportunities for innovation projects identified through the Ideation/Sprint workshops)
- Webinars: Invitation to join 2x webinars for CIRCULÈIRE Founding Members and public audience, where the overall findings of the TWGs will be presented
Complete this short application form to submit your Expression of Interest to join the Thematic Working Group(s) by 6pm, April 19th.
You can read our background document with more info about the 3x TWG topics here.