Brussels-Capital Region Medium-sized European City : 162 km² - 11% of green spaces 1,2 million inhabitants + 300.000 day consumers 630.000 workers (+8% 2001-2010) 200 multinationals, 120.000 SME’s Green party in the government: 2004 – 2009 2009 – 2014 Environment, Energy and Urban renovation

Local and regional authorities are active partners 2004 – 2009 Behaviour change Public procurement Legal and economic incentives Consumption Strategy Planning Monitoring Infrastructures Business Support Scheme Legal and Economic framework Production Multistakeholders

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Local and regional authorities are active partners Behaviour change Public procurement Legal and economic incentives Consumption Strategy Planning Monitoring Infrastructures Business Support Scheme Legal and Economic framework 2010 – 2015 Production Multistakeholders 2010 – 2015

Employment-Environment Alliance 2010-2015: Employment-Environment Alliance Water Resources Sustainable construction Sustainable food 13/12/2012 R4R expert group meeting, Athens, 13 December 2012

Employment-Environment Alliance – General objectives To promote the creation of jobs in Brussels in businesses in the green sectors To strengthen the presence of Brussels’ businesses in these sectors To support the transition of Brussels towards greater sustainability

250 public and private ACTORS Brussels Greenbizz

Employment-Environment Alliance Process Sponsors: Minister of environment Minister of economy Steering committee 200 actions Working groups 250 players Networking A sector in motion

Public Authorities as Bridging actor Governance: Enhanced inter-governmental cooperation Production

Employment-Environment Alliance 2010-2015: Employment-Environment Alliance Circular economy Production + Urban metabolism

Transition of the economy – timeline 2004-2009 Focus - Energy - Sectorial niches 2010-2015 Public-private action plans on - Sustainable construction - Resources Waste - Water - Sustainable food 2016-2020 Public-private actions plans on circular economy - Construction - Food - Logistic - Retail + transversal + territorial approaches

Leading attitudes Strategy concerns everybody With Exemplary public authorities Based on partnership and calls for projects Empowerment  and autonomy Relied on Local stakeholders  

ACR+: the Association of Cities & Regions for sustainable Resource management 23 countries in 85 members running EU-funded projects 10 20+ years of experience What we do: Service to our members: exchange of best practices, publications, weekly & quarterly newsletters, conferences, webinars, support to build projects & involvement in EU funded projects Project work: EU funded projects / Internal projects Our areas of activities: Awareness raising & communication Operational instruments (indicators, testing of solutions, etc.) Legal and economic instruments Strategy and planning Cooperation and capacity building 32 published since 2004 reports acrplus.org

ACR+ tools for circular economy planning Production Table of content INTRODUCTION Part 1: CLARIFYING CIRCULAR ECONOMY 1. WHAT DOES “CIRCULAR ECONOMY” MEAN? 1.1. Basic concepts 1.2. Objectives of circular economy 2. ON WHAT PRINCIPLES SHOULD A CIRCULAR ECONOMY STRATEGY BE BASED? 2.1. The “multi-R” hierarchy 2.2. Territorial hierarchy 2.3. Shared governance 2.4. Integrated planning 3. WHAT ARE THE KEY AREAS OF INTERVENTION? 3.1. Material resources management 3.2. Sustainable consumption 3.3. Sustainable production 3.4. Priority sectors Part 2: CIRCULAR ECONOMY PLANNING IN PRACTICE 4. WHAT (FIRST) FUNDAMENTAL INITIATIVES SHOULD LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES TAKE? 4.1. Develop a cross-sector approach at the political and administrative level 4.2. Identify potential stakeholders 4.3. Identify parallel policy actions in progress or planned 4.4. Establish a diagnosis of the territorial metabolism 4.5. Gather information on experiences from similar territories 4.6. Organise co-creation 5. WHAT INSTRUMENTS TO USE? WHICH TRANSVERSAL AND THEMATIC MEASURES? 5.1. Potential instruments 5.2. Cross-sector measures 5.3. Thematic measures 6. WHAT ROADMAP AND MONITORING TO ADOPT? CONCLUSIONS www.circular-europe-network.eu

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