CIRCO Workshops: Strengthen the Resilience of Your Value Chain

Today’s world is marked by price volatility, dependence on certain raw materials and increasing international competition. For manufacturing SMESmall and medium-sized enterprisess, finding new strategies to remain competitive is essential.

Why Take Part?

The CIRCO method helps companies analyse their value chain through the lens of resource availability, accessibility and valorisation. The objective is to identify circularityCircularity describes the quantity of materials managed in a closed loop. levers in order to:

• strengthen resilience against supply chain shocks
• reduce dependence on critical raw materials
• develop new value propositions
• create sustainable competitive advantages

These workshops provide a practical framework to rethink your products, services and business models. They will also open up opportunities to generate new revenue streams while contributing to a more circular economyThe circular economy is a restorative and regenerative economy. By maintaining the value of the products, materials and resources in the economy through smart product design, repurposing and/or shared use of products, it reduces the extraction of natural resources by using resources already present in the economy..

Three Days to Transform Your Model

The programme is structured in three steps:

• 3 October: identify your opportunities through value chain mapping and define your ambitions.
• 17 October: develop your new value proposition and explore product redesign needs.
• 24 October: draw up your action plan and set out a concrete roadmap and pitch.

Practical Information

Dates and Times: Fridays 3, 17 and 24 October 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location: Rue de Fernelmont 40-42, 5020 Champion

Participation: free of charge, but registration required

Language: French