The Circular Economy is an economic model that promotes circular production and consumption cycles which reduce the amount of waste we produce. It is also a system that asks us to reflect on how we live and adopt less impactful consumption habits. Young people are in the unique position of making these changes to how they produce and consume in forming good lifelong habits while influencing how the rest of us behave. With funding to be sourced under the Rural Development Programme 2023 โ 2027, and delivered through the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Kilkenny LEADER Partnership is seeking proposals from experts in the field of the circular economy to work with 10 - 12 groups of young people in their schools, youth groups, and communities to create projects that change thinking, habits and โactual ways of doing thingsโ in these settings with a lasting effect. Project social context: โข Individual choices โข Our homes โข Wider social settings; school/community/work Potential Areas of work โข Avoiding single use objects โข Making clothes last longer - repair/re-wear/buy old/vintage/pre loved โข Food waste โข โDo we need the lights on all the time?โ Power usage โข Transport/movement/exercise โข Looking after our devices and making them last longer โข Delivering events/initiatives/information sessions The task is to work with groups of young people from the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme target groups drawn from school, youth group and community settings to deliver projects underpinned by circular economy thinking which are shaped by what the young people see are the challenges and opportunities attached to climate change. These include; people living in disadvantaged communities; people impacted by educational disadvantage; people living in jobless households or households where the primary income source is low-paid and/or precarious; people who are long-term unemployed; people with a criminal history; refugees; International Protection Applicants; Disabled People/People with Disabilities; Heads of One-parent Families; Travellers; Roma. Minimum of 500 individual engagements across ages (5 โ 18), per year over 10 โ 12 settings: KLP will identify the settings and have a level of early engagement with the participants. The Approach: The overall approach should be practical with tangible elements and opportunities to practice/build new ways of doing things. Participants will be encouraged to understand the circular economy system: we use less raw material, we design products for long-life and recyclability, we share products, we use them for longer and we reuse and repair things before they become waste. The aim of the project is to reframe how we think, in a loop instead of a straight line. The circular economy (the loop), Make โ Use โ Reuse โ Repair โ Recycle โ Repeat: as little waste as possible. The things we use stay in the loop for as long as they can. The process should also look at how all of this looks against the linear economy Take โ Make โ Use โ Throw away. Example make a plastic bottle โ drink the water โ throw the bottle in the bin. The process should involve high quality engagement with young people and planning for ongoing work implementation of outcomes. The circular economy should also be placed in the context of the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals to reflect wider global ambitions Area; Co. Kilkenny Outcomes โข 500 + young peoople engaged across 10 - 12 settings. โข Increased understanding of circular economy principles โข A level of evidence of behavioural change going forward. โข An achievable plan in place in each setting to maintain projects/new patterns of behaviour. Youth-led circular economy projects embedded in schools/youth/community settings โข Measurable behaviour change (e.g. reduced single-use items, increased repair/reuse) โข Improved environmental awareness and agency among young people
Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2026-03-24.
The procurement was published on 2026-02-17.
Contract notice (2026-02-17) Object Scope of the procurement
Title: Young People Making Change Through the Circular Economy
Reference number: LEADER Training 2026
Short description:
โThe Circular Economy is an economic model that promotes circular production and consumption cycles which reduce the amount of waste we produce. It is also a...โ
Short description
The Circular Economy is an economic model that promotes circular production and consumption cycles which reduce the amount of waste we produce. It is also a system that asks us to reflect on how we live and adopt less impactful consumption habits. Young people are in the unique position of making these changes to how they produce and consume in forming good lifelong habits while influencing how the rest of us behave. With funding to be sourced under the Rural Development Programme 2023 โ 2027, and delivered through the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Kilkenny LEADER Partnership is seeking proposals from experts in the field of the circular economy to work with 10 - 12 groups of young people in their schools, youth groups, and communities to create projects that change thinking, habits and โactual ways of doing thingsโ in these settings with a lasting effect. Project social context: โข Individual choices โข Our homes โข Wider social settings; school/community/work Potential Areas of work โข Avoiding single use objects โข Making clothes last longer - repair/re-wear/buy old/vintage/pre loved โข Food waste โข โDo we need the lights on all the time?โ Power usage โข Transport/movement/exercise โข Looking after our devices and making them last longer โข Delivering events/initiatives/information sessions The task is to work with groups of young people from the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme target groups drawn from school, youth group and community settings to deliver projects underpinned by circular economy thinking which are shaped by what the young people see are the challenges and opportunities attached to climate change. These include; people living in disadvantaged communities; people impacted by educational disadvantage; people living in jobless households or households where the primary income source is low-paid and/or precarious; people who are long-term unemployed; people with a criminal history; refugees; International Protection Applicants; Disabled People/People with Disabilities; Heads of One-parent Families; Travellers; Roma. Minimum of 500 individual engagements across ages (5 โ 18), per year over 10 โ 12 settings: KLP will identify the settings and have a level of early engagement with the participants. The Approach: The overall approach should be practical with tangible elements and opportunities to practice/build new ways of doing things. Participants will be encouraged to understand the circular economy system: we use less raw material, we design products for long-life and recyclability, we share products, we use them for longer and we reuse and repair things before they become waste. The aim of the project is to reframe how we think, in a loop instead of a straight line. The circular economy (the loop), Make โ Use โ Reuse โ Repair โ Recycle โ Repeat: as little waste as possible. The things we use stay in the loop for as long as they can. The process should also look at how all of this looks against the linear economy Take โ Make โ Use โ Throw away. Example make a plastic bottle โ drink the water โ throw the bottle in the bin. The process should involve high quality engagement with young people and planning for ongoing work implementation of outcomes. The circular economy should also be placed in the context of the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals to reflect wider global ambitions Area; Co. Kilkenny Outcomes โข 500 + young peoople engaged across 10 - 12 settings. โข Increased understanding of circular economy principles โข A level of evidence of behavioural change going forward. โข An achievable plan in place in each setting to maintain projects/new patterns of behaviour. Youth-led circular economy projects embedded in schools/youth/community settings โข Measurable behaviour change (e.g. reduced single-use items, increased repair/reuse) โข Improved environmental awareness and agency among young people
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Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Education and training services๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 60 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Description
Description of the procurement:
โThe Circular Economy is an economic model that promotes circular production and consumption cycles which reduce the amount of waste we produce. It is also a...โ
Description of the procurement
The Circular Economy is an economic model that promotes circular production and consumption cycles which reduce the amount of waste we produce. It is also a system that asks us to reflect on how we live and adopt less impactful consumption habits. Young people are in the unique position of making these changes to how they produce and consume in forming good lifelong habits while influencing how the rest of us behave. With funding to be sourced under the Rural Development Programme 2023 โ 2027, and delivered through the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Kilkenny LEADER Partnership is seeking proposals from experts in the field of the circular economy to work with 10 - 12 groups of young people in their schools, youth groups, and communities to create projects that change thinking, habits and โactual ways of doing thingsโ in these settings with a lasting effect. Project social context: โข Individual choices โข Our homes โข Wider social settings; school/community/work Potential Areas of work โข Avoiding single use objects โข Making clothes last longer - repair/re-wear/buy old/vintage/pre loved โข Food waste โข โDo we need the lights on all the time?โ Power usage โข Transport/movement/exercise โข Looking after our devices and making them last longer โข Delivering events/initiatives/information sessions The task is to work with groups of young people from the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme target groups drawn from school, youth group and community settings to deliver projects underpinned by circular economy thinking which are shaped by what the young people see are the challenges and opportunities attached to climate change. These include; people living in disadvantaged communities; people impacted by educational disadvantage; people living in jobless households or households where the primary income source is low-paid and/or precarious; people who are long-term unemployed; people with a criminal history; refugees; International Protection Applicants; Disabled People/People with Disabilities; Heads of One-parent Families; Travellers; Roma. Minimum of 500 individual engagements across ages (5 โ 18), per year over 10 โ 12 settings: KLP will identify the settings and have a level of early engagement with the participants. The Approach: The overall approach should be practical with tangible elements and opportunities to practice/build new ways of doing things. Participants will be encouraged to understand the circular economy system: we use less raw material, we design products for long-life and recyclability, we share products, we use them for longer and we reuse and repair things before they become waste. The aim of the project is to reframe how we think, in a loop instead of a straight line. The circular economy (the loop), Make โ Use โ Reuse โ Repair โ Recycle โ Repeat: as little waste as possible. The things we use stay in the loop for as long as they can. The process should also look at how all of this looks against the linear economy Take โ Make โ Use โ Throw away. Example make a plastic bottle โ drink the water โ throw the bottle in the bin. The process should involve high quality engagement with young people and planning for ongoing work implementation of outcomes. The circular economy should also be placed in the context of the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals to reflect wider global ambitions Area; Co. Kilkenny Outcomes โข 500 + young peoople engaged across 10 - 12 settings. โข Increased understanding of circular economy principles โข A level of evidence of behavioural change going forward. โข An achievable plan in place in each setting to maintain projects/new patterns of behaviour. Youth-led circular economy projects embedded in schools/youth/community settings โข Measurable behaviour change (e.g. reduced single-use items, increased repair/reuse) โข Improved environmental awareness and agency among young people
Procedure Type of procedure
Open procedure โ Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-03-24 13:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-03-25 00:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=7522044
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 180
Complementary information Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000๐ Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
Source: OJS 2026/S 034-116840 (2026-02-17)