
Circular procurement could make a difference
Public procurement is an important instrument for reaching strategic goals in the transition towards circular economy.
Environment and resource efficiency policies provide opportunities for regional growth and job creation and can boost the attractiveness of a region for businesses, citizens and tourists. Regions need to protect ecosystems and vulnerable landscapes and prevent biodiversity loss in their territories to prevent (further) degradation of these natural assets. The sustainable management and exploitation of the natural environment can also foster sustainable regional development based on so-called ecosystem services.
A similar logic applies to the preservation and exploitation of regional cultural heritage. Preservation and exploitation strategies can incorporate ICT applications to, for instance, raise public awareness and ownership of cultural heritage or by introducing applications on e-culture.
Enhancing resource efficiency at regional level involves using limited resources sustainably, whilst also avoiding negative impacts for the environment. Efficiency also allows to create greater value from less input, bringing down unit costs for manufacturers and buyers. Regions can play a key role in improving resource use through interacting with consumers and producers, as well as through their own role as energy consumer.
Although various national and supra-national initiatives are in place to support this transition, regions do play a key role. Interreg Europe can help regions to find practices to answer regional challenges, such as preparing sustainable exploitation models for natural and cultural heritage assets, developing and integrating green infrastructure, encouraging SMEs to assess and address resource use issues, or, reducing waste volumes in SMES and households.
This platform offers participants and other stakeholders a range of ideas and inspiration on how to better protect natural and cultural heritage and use Earth’s limited resources in a sustainable manner and thus contribue to meeting environmental and socio-economic objectives. The support is provided through a set of workshops, networking events, examples of good practices and a helpdesk of experts.
Public procurement is an important instrument for reaching strategic goals in the transition towards circular economy.
Take a look at the EU-wide network to support industrial symbiosis, created by the European Commission.
The Policy Learning Platform organised a peer review on the topic of the scaling the involvement of companies in CSR in the PACA region. Read about the outcome.
Discover policy solutions for a rapid deployment of blue and green infrastructure using future regional and cohesion funds.
Take a look at the highlights of the EURegionsWeek 2019 on the topic of environment and resource efficiency!
From Drained Wetlands to Water Kingdom – the Story of Biosphere Reserve near Kristianstad (Sweden) from the UrbanLinks 2 Landscape project
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Take a look at the good practice from ECOWASTE4FOOD and how they are repurposing food.
Take a look at this webinar on the topic of eco-tourism in riverside territories. Watch the replay and access the presentations.
From #inspiration to #experience, for this year's edition of EURegionsWeek we proposed different policy learning options. Check the highlights!
Cambridge City Council
Interested in: Leading a project, Joining a project, Sharing a project idea, Networking with peers, Participating in peer reviews, Exchanging good practices, Attending networking events, Following online learning activities
Roscommon LEADER Partnership
Interested in: Sharing a project idea, Networking with peers, Exchanging good practices, Attending networking events
other
Interested in: Leading a project, Joining a project, Sharing a project idea, Networking with peers, Participating in peer reviews, Exchanging good practices, Attending networking events, Following online learning activities
1) Promote local cultural events and heritage content (oral histories in...
Submitted by: Tarun Sainani
Germany (Deutschland)
Our team from Martin Luther University Halle – Wittenberg is focusing on...
Submitted by: Marcin Spyra
Germany (Deutschland)
Taking into account that waste management concerns both, public administrations...
Submitted by: CLARA MARIA CHORQUES SANZ
Spain (España)
To preserve, restore, safeguard, valorise, showcase & redeploy the very rich...
Submitted by: Manos Vougioukas
Greece (Ελλαδα)
Interreg Europe is the follow-up programme for INTERREG IVC. Between 2007 and 2014 INTERREG IVC set the cogwheels of interregional cooperation in motion and gathered a lot of knowledge throughout the 204 financed projects. Get inspiration for your project proposal from the INTERREG IVC policy recommendations!
A timely inventory of up-to-date evidence and experience to help regional authorities introduce or develop their regional policies in the field of eco-innovation.
A policy brief outlining pathways to a circular economy in cities and regions. The brief answers questions such as: What is a circular economy? How can local and regional authorities foster a circular economy? What funding opportunities exist for regions and cities to support circular economy cooperation? How can European Territorial Cooperation programmes help?