‘Let’s talk about achievements’ was the heading of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme Conference 2019, which brought together more than 300 participants from 13 countries over two-days (9-10 April) in Lübeck, Germany.
The goal of the conference was to share and learn from the achievements of projects co-funded by the 300 million euros invested by Intereg Baltic Sea Region with the aim of making the region more innovative, more accessible, and more sustainable.Read More
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For DAGENS Samhälle for sharing the article. This text was originally published on DAGENS Samhälle webpage.
We present the interview with Emma Börjesson and Victoria Boysen from City of Malmö about practical way to implement circular economy approach.
The article is available here (click the photo).Read More
More and more organizations want to get started with circular procurement. Are you involved in circular purchasing, for example as a buyer, project manager or sustainability consultant, and do you want to know how you can start with that? On 21 May 2019, PIANOo and Rijkswaterstaat are organizing a circular purchasing course in The Hague. Here you will find tools to get started yourself (link).Read More
Based on presentation written by Joan Prummel
The latest “Global Resource Outlook 2019. Natural resources for the future we want” (2019) presents some facts related with circular economy.
The City of Aalborg, City of Malmö and Latvian Environmental Investment Funds for Plavinas municipality elaborated the Pilot Action Plans. The documents describes in simply way planned pilot tenders.Read More
We would like to present the official animated video elaborated within the CircularPP project. The film explains the circular economy idea and presents how the circularity can be implemented into the public procurement. In effect we can change the approach to public procurement makes the process more effective and efficient for the environment.
At which took place from 24-27 February in Antwerp (Belgium) Joan Prummel and Emile Bruls from Rijkswaterstaat did a workshop on circular public procurement and green deals, together with Veerle Labeeuw from the Flemish waste agency OVAM. The workshop provided basic information on how to make procurement circular, how green deals can help and what strategies can be followed. On the event about 30 people participated. Contacts were laid with several participants which can be useful for the CPP project and establish links between the project and other European projects in which public procurement plays a role.
More information: https://www.wrf-antwerp2019.be/30-circular-procurement-and-green-deals-next-challenges
Written by Ashleigh McLennan – Sustainable Procurement and Economy Officer from ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.
This text was originally published on Green Growth Knowledge Platform.
Over thirty years ago, the World Commission on Environment and Development – more commonly known as the Brundtland Commission – declared that “the time has come to break out of past patterns”, kick-starting three decades worth of sustainable development programmes.
Written by Paula Land from ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability.
This text was originally published on Sustainable Procurement Platform.
10 million tonnes of furniture are discarded by businesses and consumers in EU Member States each year, the majority of which is destined for either landfill or incineration, finds a report published by the European Environmental Bureau. The report calls on policy makers and officials to focus more efforts on higher-value circular resource flows, such as refurbishment or remanufacturing.Read More
On the 11th December in Warsaw Circular PP Project staff from RRDA (Poland) took part in the Circular Economy event organized by INNOWO-Instytut Innowacji i Odpowiedzialnego Rozwoju. The main subject of the event was: “Systemic approach to the circular architecture – technologies and regulations”. The meeting was the second in the series of meetings organized by INNOWO and dedicated the circularity within the architecture.Read More
