Published: 18 April 2013

Published: 18 April 2013

Through its activities, ACR+ strives to develop the expertise and skills of public authorities in effective waste-product-resource policies, as well as encourage practical action. The association provides support to regional and local authorities in their new challenges and promotes cooperation and partnership to develop eco-efficient solutions.

Throughout its many projects and campaigns, ACR+ has developed several tools to support local and regional authorities in their transition towards the circular economy. Currently, ACR+ brings its expertise in five main working areas:

For details on our activities, please consult the ACR+ Work Programme and Activity Reports

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Published: 18 April 2013

Becoming a member: a few easy steps

All you have to do to become an ACR+ member is to follow these easy steps:

• Fill in the online membership form or ask the Secretariat (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) a Word version. Please note that Invited members have to fill in a different form.
• Upon receipt of the membership form, we will send you an invoice.
• Upon payment of the invoice, you will receive your new member package.
• Enjoy your membership!

Membership categories

• Effective members: local, regional or national public authorities dealing with sustainable resources management. Effective members take part in the General Assembly with voting rights.
• Partner members: any organisation which is not a local, regional or national authority. This includes: NGO's, academic institute or scientific body, consultancy firms, professional federation, national authorities or agencies, private companies and network of local authorities. Partner members participate to ACR+ activities the same way as effective members, and support its objectives by the payment of a membership fee, but they do not have any voting right in the General Assembly.
• Invited members: public authorities from specific countries of the South / East Mediterranean region¹ invited to join ACR+ for a limited period of 3 years and benefits from all the services to the members pro-bono. Invited members would not have any voting right in the General Assembly. Interested public authorities are requested to fill in an online form or contact ACR+ Secretariat to become an Invited member.
  ¹ Countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, Syria and Tunisia and to the East: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) and countries of the Enlargement Policy (Albania, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo**)
• Supportive members: ACR+ members who would like to take an active role in the development of ACR+ and push forward the services and benefits offered by the network can become Supportive members and contribute to the network with a 10,000 € fee (yearly membership fee included). If you are interested, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Membership fees (2024)

* This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of the European Union Member States on this issue.
**This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
***according to the terminology for SMEs developed by the European Union:

Published: 18 April 2013

ACR+ is an international network of cities and regions sharing the aim of promoting a sustainable resource management and accelerating the transition towards a circular economy on their territories and beyond.

We work for a future with vibrant cities and regions where the eco-nomic and the eco-logical systems go hand in hand, through policies aimed at a fair distribution of wealth and resources, a fair access to public services, while guaranteeing positive effects on the environment and public health.

More on our vision and strategy for circular cities and regions.

We strive to achieve the following:

• to contribute on a European and international level to waste prevention and to the ecologically and economically rational waste management and thus to enhance sustainable development;
• to contribute to close the cycle of primary and secondary raw materials (resources, products, waste) notably through the promotion of resource savings and a more equitable distribution;
• to advocate for the transition from a chain economy to a circular economy as the way towards resource efficiency;
• to create and maintain a network for exchanging information on prevention, selective collection and recycling of waste in urban environments;
• to encourage the harmonization of concepts, definitions and standards in the domain of waste, products and resources;
• to promote the creation of multi-stakeholder partnerships;
• to develop the expertise and skills of public authorities in effective waste-product-resource policies;
• to encourage practical action in waste management and sustainable consumption.

Our mission is to provide our members with concrete tools and approaches to enact the transition towards waste-free circular systems in their territories and beyond. It is developed around 3 pillars:

• ACR+ is at the service of its members;
• ACR+ is the voice of decentralised authorities;
• ACR+ is a gateway to technical data.

The activities of the network are determined by its members’ needs and priorities. The key ones are facilitating the exchange of experiences between members, sharing technical and policy information and livening up the network.

To strengthen the knowledge and capacities of the network and push forward innovation in the field of material resource management, ACR+ is also involved in several projects at European level and in the Mediterranean region, in cooperation with its members.

Circular economy calling for cooperation between all actors, ACR+ is open to other key players in the field of material resource management such as NGOs, academic institutions, consultancy or private organisations.