Regional development program's (RDP) main objective is to harmonize the development goals of the development region in the field of economic, social, educational, public health, spatial and environmental and cultural development in the region and to assess the instruments and resources for their implementation. RDPs are prepared at the level of the development region, which is a territorial unit of NUTS 3. The area of the Gorenjska development region includes 18 municipalities. Regional development program's (RDP) main objective is to harmonize the development goals of the development region in the field of economic, social, educational, public health, spatial and environmental and cultural development in the region and to assess the instruments and resources for their implementation.

The RDP address the topic of waste in priority. Green, CO2 free region Gorenjska in measure: protection of environment and protection of biodiversity, where Zero waste is addressed. Specifically the topic of biobased circular economy or biowaste is not addressed.

The city strategy guides all activities of the city towards the 2030 vision: "Sustainable Lahti". The strategy outlines on a general level the ways, in which Lahti will succeed in the future. This project focuses on one of the objectives set in the strategy: "Sustainable vitality". This objective includes measurable targets of Lahti being carbon neutral in 2025 and increased investments in circular economy. However, this is the only mention of circular economy in the strategy. Circular economy is not currently a cross-cutting theme, nor is the system-level circularity addressed. Biobased circularity is not mentioned in the strategy.

The upcoming city's circular economy roadmap is aimed to concretize the context and steps to proceed towards circular economy. Supporting the system-level change among central actors, and including the community and its citizens in the transition are central themes for the future.

The Regional Innovation Strategy for Košice Region 2021-2030 (RIS Košice Region 2021+) is the main instrument introducing the innovations into socio-economic development and so has been identified as the most relevant for the purpose of the project aiming at implementation biobased circular economy solutions which are regarded still as very innovative on the regional and national level currently missing good practices.
As is the most important regional innovation back bone it is not only the core for other regional policy instruments defining more concrete actions to reach strategic goals defined by RIS, like e.g. Regional Integrated Territorial Strategy or Program of Economic and Social Development, but also sets the priorities which are expected to be strongly supported by wide variety of national and international research and education projects.
The main vision defined by regional authorities within RIS is: "to improve the lives of the region's inhabitants and to become a competitive, economically prosperous and more attractive region for people by supporting and implementing innovation and the entire innovation ecosystem and its actors." RIS Košice Region 2021+ builds on the Strategy of Intelligent Specialization SK RIS3 2021+ as well as the Program of Economic Development and Social Development of the Košice Self-Governing Region and the Integrated Territorial Strategy of the region and further develops their vision and direction at the regional sector strategy.

The policy plan is integrated & strategic plan (BBC: policy and manament cycle plan) which contains all actions and budgets for a policy period of 6 years. The current policy plan is in place until 2025, preparations of the new one start by the end of 2024. This project can thus influence the new policy agreement of 2026-2031 which will be written in 2025.

The policy plan includes goals, actions and a balanced budget per year for the city.This plan is hence the guideline for policy and actions of the city in a certain policy period. There is no other instrument than that which is binding (no actions that can be stipulated and budgeted outside this policy plan).

The progress of the implementation of the policy plan is monitored by the city management and board of mayor and eldermen. New elections will take place in 2024, and a new policy agreement will be made thereafter as the basis of the new policy plan for 2025-2030. 2024 is hence crucial to work out new policy and actions such as the policy and actions on the valorisation of organic waste on a systemic level and according to circular principles or bio-based systemic change more generally, which have not been part of the current policy plan.

In the current plan nothing is formulated on the use of organic waste or how to cope with biowaste. At the verge of the compulsory selective collection of organic waste, is need to investigate the most effective, sustainable and high end valorisation of biowaste.

The policy objective of RCM’s ROP 2021-2027 and its specific objectives that aim at promoting the transition to a circular economy/bioeconomy in the region are the following:

Policy objective 2: A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility.

Specific objectives: RSO2.6. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy.

The OP of the ERDF of Catalonia 2021-2027 has an allocation of 840, 5 million euros and will be distributed in four challenges: 1) knowledge ecosystem and sustainable economic growth; 2) clean energy and sustainable and inclusive communities; 3) resilient ecosystems; and 4) modern administration close to the citizenry. Of these four challenges, three have direct relationship with CITISYSTEM and can support biocircular transition projects. The 1st challenge, directly linked with the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization in Catalonia (RIS3CAT 2030), aims to promote the improvement of the first-class scientific and technological endowments, with the aim of consolidating a competitive scientific system that will lead the deployment of disruptive technologies and strengthen innovation and its transfer to the productive field. The 2nd focuses on clean energy and sustainable and inclusive communities. In this case, the ERDF OP aims to achieve a society and an economy of low energy intensity and low carbon emissions, through the commitment to energy saving and efficiency technologies, with a low consumption of fossil hydrocarbons. The 3rd fights against climate change also related to biobased circularity.

Research and innovation in Catalonia is below the average of the EU. It is necessary to improve the innovation and technology transfer infrastructures and develop the technological capabilities to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country.