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A Digital Platform for Circular Economy created by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

CE HUB of Serbia

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Cirkularna Ekonomija

The Digital Platform for Circular Economy (CE HUB) recently created by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia showcases circular economy-related information for the business community on:

  • possibilities of improving knowledge and practice
  • current events in the EU
  • potential grants
  • financial support
  • business models
  • possible savings by shifting to a CE business model.

The interactive part of the platform aims to:

  • link business people from different sectors,
  • present best practice examples, ideas and projects, and
  • establish future cooperation and new investments with national, regional and international partners.

The aim is for CE businesses to join the Alliance for Green Transition of Serbia.

 

How to measure the climate and circularity impact of the recovery plans?
18 Mar 2021
How to measure the climate and circularity impact of the recovery plans

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Brussels
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Belgium

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Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

To access Recovery and Resilience Facility funds, Member States will need to prepare and submit national recovery and resilience plans. What kind of approaches can governments adopt to classify budget headings and measure the impact on climate change and circularity?

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra: leading the way to a circular economy

Sitra

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Finland

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Sitra
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Kari Herlevi Contact details

The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra is a future fund collaborating with partners to research, trial and implement bold ideas that shape the future. It aims to make Finland a pioneer in sustainable well-being.

Since 2015, Sitra has been working to lead the way to a circular economy – a new kind of society in which everyday lives and well-being are no longer based on excessive consumption and fossil fuel use.

Currently, Sitra’s work focuses on supporting a fair transition to a circular economy and investigating how business can be based on sharing instead of ownership. Sitra is also working to advance circular trade policies, to increase the understanding of environmental effects of digitisation and to explore the potential of the circular economy to safeguard biodiversity.

CICERONE final conference – 30 March 2021 2-4 p.m. – ONLINE
30 Mar 2021
Circular Economy Joint Programming in Europe
CICERONE final conference

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CICERONE H2020

Over the last 2 and a half years, CICERONE has worked closely with over 100 stakeholders, primarily programme owners, to build more alignment for circular economy programming and funding in Europe. The event on 30 March is an excellent opportunity to hear the partners present some of the project's results and experience first-hand the launch of the new EU Circular Cooperation Hub.

A System Change Compass - Implementing the European Green Deal in a time of recovery

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A System Change Compass - Implementing the European Green Deal in a Time of Recovery

A System Change Compass

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SYSTEMIQ
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Janez Potočnik, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Martin R. Stuchtey, Matthias Ballweg, Christina Bukow, Faustine Delasalle, Bertram Kloss, Isabel Lewren, Julia Metzner, Julia Okatz, Milan Petit, Katharina Pollich, Anna Schwarzmann, Adrien Vincent
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10/2020
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EU, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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Julia Metzner Contact details

The European Green Deal provides the impetus to find more resilient, fair and sustainable economic systems. To deliver this ambition and recover from the economic impact of COVID-19, a systemic approach is needed.

The System Change Compass re-examines the driving forces of our socio-economic system, addressing the issues of resource consumption and environmental pressures.

The report presents future-fit policy directions and economic ecosystems (among them, nature-based, circular materials), and shows how these can better serve our societal needs and work within planetary boundaries. It also highlights 50+ champion orientations outlining a next-generation industrial landscape, with investable opportunities for jobs and a more sustainable future via COVID-19 recovery funds.

Julia Metzner

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EU, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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SYSTEMIQ
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SYSTEMIQ Ltd.

European circular hotspots inspire Dutch circular entrepreneurs on international collaboration

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04/02/2021
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Netherlands
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Webinar

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On 4 February, Holland Circular Hotspot organised a webinar on European opportunities for the circular economy during the Dutch Week of the Circular Economy.

https://policy.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/universal-policy-goals

Universal circular economy policy goals

Universal CE policy goals

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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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Ellen MacArthur Foundation
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01/2021
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United Kingdom

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has identified five universal circular economy policy goals that provide a framework for national governments, cities and businesses to create a transition that fosters innovation and decouples growth from finite resource consumption and environmental degradation.

As governments and industries around the globe move towards a circular economy, it is key to align ambitions and collaborate effectively. The five goals provide a blueprint for cooperation and the private and public sectors need to pull together to achieve them. The goals acknowledge that the relevant policies are interconnected, which will help avoid creating a patchwork of solutions.

Invitation to the Horizon EU - SME Consortium of TNO and Ecopreneur.eu
20 Jan 2021
Join a consortium of green SMEs to get ready in your starting blocks for future calls from the new HORIZON programme
Ecopreneur.eu

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Together with its research partner TNO Netherlands, the European Sustainable Business Federation - Ecopreneur.eu - invites companies to take part in a consortium of green SMEs to respond to future calls from the new HORIZON EU research and innovation programme, which runs from 2021 until 2027 and has a budget of around EUR 95,5 billion.

Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste Europe

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Zero Waste Europe

Zero Waste Europe is the European network of communities, local leaders, experts, and change agents working towards the elimination of waste in our society.

Zero Waste Europe advocates for sustainable systems and the redesign of our relationship with resources to accelerate a just transition towards zero waste for the benefit of people and planet.

Ecopreneur.eu - the European Sustainable Business Federation

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Belgium, EU

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Ecopreneur.eu
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Arthur ten Wolde Contact details
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The European Sustainable Business Federation Ecopreneur.eu features six national associations with 3000 sustainable companies - mostly SMEs.

A member of the ECESP Coordination Group, Ecopreneur.eu is the international business organisation in Brussels committed to ambitious measures, rules and regulations for a low-carbon circular economy. Ecopreneur.eu advocates a new economic framework by bringing concrete experience from pioneering companies into the political debate, showing best practice examples and advocating the needs of green SMEs in a credible way.

The Ecopreneur.eu Low-Carbon Circular Economy Advocacy Group is a sounding board of circular economy pioneers, including Tarkett, Werner & Mertz, Interface, REMONDIS and HUMANA Kleidersammlung.

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Ecopreneur.eu
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Ecopreneur.eu
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ACR+, the Association of Cities and Regions for Sustainable Resource Management

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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. The network currently counts around 100 members, mainly local and regional authorities as well as national networks of local authorities.

As circular economy calls for cooperation between all actors, ACR+ is open to other players in the field of material resource management (NGOs, academic institutions, consultancy or private organisations). For 25 years now, ACR+ has been facilitating the exchange of experiences between members, while also sharing technical and policy information and participating in EU-funded and international projects.

CL Hub Public Workshop
18 Dec 2020
Circular Learning Hub organises public workshop
Circular Learning Hub

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Italy

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Università Politecnica delle Marche, ATHENA Research and Innovation Centre, Cleantech Bulgaria, Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, AESS - Modena Energy and Sustainable Development Agency

The Circular Learning Hub's public workshop on project outcomes and knowledge sharing will take place on 18 December 2020.

Preserving value in EU industrial materials

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Preserving value in EU industrial materials - A value perspective on the use of steel, plastics and aluminium

Preserving value in EU industrial materials

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Strategic innovation program RE:Source
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Robert Westerdahl, Per Klevnäs, Per-Anders Enkvist
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11/2020
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Sweden

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So far, the debate on material use and recycling has primarily been held in terms of tonnes, cubic metres, and environmental impact. This is all highly relevant, but a focus on volumes and flows also leaves important questions unanswered.

The report takes a step towards painting a more complete picture, taking an economic value perspective on material flows, and it assesses Europe’s use of steel, plastics and aluminium in terms of Euros instead of tonnes. Its objective is to answer the following questions:

  1. When 100 Euros worth of raw materials enter the European economy, how much economic value is retained after one cycle of use?
  2. What are the main reasons for loss of material value?
  3. How could more value be retained?
  4. What business opportunities arise as a result?

Analysing European Union circular economy policies: words versus actions

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Analysing European Union circular economy policies: words versus actions

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Utrecht University
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Martin Calisto Friant, Walter J.V. Vermeulen, Roberta Salomone
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11/2020
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Martin Calisto Friant
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The academic paper "Analysing European Union circular economy policies: words versus actions" comprehensively reviews and analyses the EU’s circular economy (CE) policies. Results show a dichotomy between words and actions, with a discourse that is rather holistic, while policies focus on “end of pipe solutions”.

To address these limitations, the paper proposes a set of 32 science-based policy recommendations which can help strengthen circular economy policies both within and outside the EU. This research thus brings key insights for practitioners and academics seeking to better understand the EU’s CE policies and how to improve circular economy implementation at both national and international level.

See here for more results, insights and recommendations.

Agenda & Registrations
10 Dec 2020
The energy dimension of circular economy
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FEDARENE

Always wondered how the circular economy could help your city/region in its energy transition? This FEDARENE webinar on The energy dimension of the circular economy is for you!

Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference: Programme and registration
04 Nov 2020
Research & Innovation in circular economy and bio-based systems: opportunities for circular economy stakeholders
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European Commission - DG Research & Innovation

"Research & Innovation in circular economy and bio-based systems: opportunities for circular economy stakeholders" is a side event organised by the European Commission's DG Research and Innovation. It will provide circular economy stakeholders with practical insight into current and future funding opportunities.

Freek van Eijk

Freek van Eijk

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Holland Circular Hotspot

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Freek van Eijk
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Freek van Eijk is CEO of Holland Circular Hotspot (HCH), a private-public platform that facilitates the transition to a circular economy at international level by bringing together government authorities, knowledge institutes and especially businesses. HCH supports knowledge exchange with the aim of stimulating entrepreneurship in the field of the circular economy.

Freek van Eijk is also vice-chair of Circular Biobased Delta, an alliance of Dutch provinces, businesses and knowledge centres pioneering a sustainable circular and biobased economy. He is one of the more senior Dutch experts in the field of waste management and the circular economy. He also serves as Managing Director of Acceleratio.

Previously, Freek van Eijk worked for over a decade as Director of strategy and PA at the multinational SUEZ and as a board member of the Dutch Waste Management Association and the Society and Enterprise Foundation and acted as a Sherpa for the EU Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials.

He has a MSc. Eng. (Delft University of Technology).

Mercè Boy Roura

Mercè Boy Roura

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The Interreg MED Green Growth community

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Mercè Boy Roura
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Mercè Boy Roura is coordinator of the Interreg MED Green Growth community and EU project manager at the BETA Technological Center at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (Spain). She is an environmental scientist with a PhD in Experimental Sciences and Sustainability. She has 10 years' international experience in research and knowledge transfer projects in the field of natural resources and sustainability.

The Interreg MED Green Growth community is a multi-stakeholder network of projects which promotes the green and circular economy in the Mediterranean by enhancing cross-sectoral innovation practices through a regional cooperation approach. Since 2016, the network has consisted of 14 projects connecting 165 partners from 13 countries in the Mediterranean. It structures its work around four focus areas: food systems, eco-innovation, smart cities and waste management. The community supports projects with their communication and capitalisation efforts, thus increasing their impact at policy level and fostering potential transfer and replication of their results in other regions. The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) labelled the Green Growth Community in October 2019, acknowledging its potential to advance cooperation in the transition to a green and circular economy in the Mediterranean region.

CEPS: Incentivising new circular economy business models
14 Oct 2020
Incentivising new circular economy business models
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Drawing on the results of CIRC4Life, which implements circular economy business models in value chains, the webinar on "Incentivising new circular economy business models" on 14 October will present examples of circular business models and discuss barriers, enablers and the new Circular Economy Action Plan's role in accelerating towards a circular transition.

Online workshop: “Cooperation for circular economy R&I”
22 Oct 2020 to 29 Oct 2020
Cooperation for circular economy research & innovation - a workshop by CICERONE

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CICERONE

Are you a programme owner or a policy maker keen to advance the transition to a circular economy? Join CICERONE in building a circular economy joint programming platform to enable more cooperation!

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