GREENCYCLE
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Project Identification
Full title of project: Introducing circular economy system to Alpine Space to achieve low-carbon targets
Project acronym: GREENCYCLE
Programme priority: Priority 2 - Low Carbon Alpine Space
Programme priority specific objective: SO2.1 - Establish transnationally integrated low carbon policy instruments
Start date: 01.11.2016
Closure date: 30.04.2020
ERDF Co-Financing Rate: € 1.654.330,98 / 85%
Total Project Budget: € 1.946.271,75
CESBA Budget: € 128.627,25
CESBA Co-Financing Rate: € 109.333,16 / 85%
Project summary
Cities and regions in Alpine Space have mainly set their low-carbon objectives and adopted relevant strategies in energy, mobility, construction etc. - however cross-sectoral approach is missing. The project GREENCYCLE aims to introduce the system of circular economy (replace linear) as a holistic approach to support implementation of low-carbon strategies and provide additional 2-4% greenhouse emission reduction to the partner cities. Circular economy deployment will save energy, water, recover critical raw materials, reduce transport, boost the eco-innovation, create green jobs and benefit to low income citizens, which is directly in line with priority 2 of the ASP. Cities as biggest emissions producers and biggest energy and materials consumers will play the pioneering role by developing circular economy implementation strategies where key target groups (utilities, SMEs, citizens, research organizations) will be actively involved in the process. Supporting toolbox will be developed as an e-tool which will enable planning, management and monitoring of circular economy processes and will be made publicly available. Important part of project is dedicated to pilot project implementation where partner cities will deploy circular economy approach in real-case scenarios to test and evaluate the toolbox. In order to be effective, circular economy requires critical size of market and critical mass of materials which will be enabled by macro-regional approach. A transnational platform will be set up as a circular economy marketplace for materials and cooperation platform for further development of circular economy in Alpine Space. A platform will contribute to the lasting impact of the project with the active network membership of responsible local circular economy managers. Partner cities will become a circular economy lighthouse role-models and will actively involve other Alpine Space cities and/or regions to follow.
Project Partners
Lead Partner: Municipality of Maribor, igor.kos@maribor.si (SI),
E-institute, institute for comprehensive development solutions, (SI), www.ezavod.si, matjaz@ezavod.si
City of Freiburg, (GER), www.freiburg.de, petra.hess@stadt.freiburg.de
City of Trento, (IT), www.comune.trento.it, giacomo_fioroni@comune.trento.it
Informatica Trentina Spa, (IT), www.infotn.it, Marco.Combetto@infotn.it
IZ Vorau GmbH, (AT), www.iz-vorau.at, barbara.stumpf@erom.at
Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development, (LI), www.eurisd.org, peter.droege@e-isd.eu
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Énergie Environnement, (FR), www.auvergnerhonealpes-ee.fr, patrick.biard@auvergnerhonealpes-ee.fr
VIENNE CONDRIEU AGGLOMERATION (FR), www.vienne-condrieu-agglomeration.fr, mlhaoua@vienne-condrieu-agglomeration.fr
CESBA – Common European Sustainable Built Envi-ronment Assessment, (AT), www.cesba.eu, office@cesba.eu
Project Observers
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, European Secretariat estela.grana@iclei.org
alpS GmbH veulliet@alps-gmbh.com
European Federation of Agencies and Regions for Energy and the Environment fedarene@fedarene.org
PNR VERCORS emmanuel.jeanjean@PNR-vercors.fr
Regional Council Auvergne Rhône-Alpes fcharnay@rhonealpes.fr
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Engineering and Architecture zeno.stoessel@hslu.ch
Willy A. Küchler Advisory willykuechler@gmail.com
La Communauté de Communes de la Vallée du Garon k.herrgott@cc-valleedugaron.fr
Municipality of Murska Sobota klaudija.sadl-jug@murska-sobota.si
Dolomiti Ambiente c.realis@dolomitienergia.it
Trento province - Agency for Purification claudio.zatelli@provincia.tn.it
Circular Change Platform / Giacomelli media, management and consulting, L.t.d. ladeja@giacomellimedia.com
Workpackages
WP M Management
Activity A.M.1 Start-up activities
Activity A.M.2 Project coordination and controlling
Activity A.M.3 Project closure
WP T1: Building the circular economy knowledge platform
Activity A.T1.1 Building the circular economy knowledge base
Activity A.T1.2 Analysis of the state of the art of circular economy
Activity A.T1.3 Circular economy future trends
WP T2: Setting up strategic framework for circular economy
Activity A.T2.1 Collecting and analysis of local data as baseline for local circular economy strategies
Activity A.T2.2 Preparation of (6) circular economy strategies on city level
Activity A.T2.3 Preparation of circular economy manifesto paper for Alpine Space
WP T3: Development of implementation toolbox for circular economy
Activity A.T3.1 Development of toolbox
Activity A.T3.2 Testing the pilots
Activity A.T3.3 Final evaluation report & fine-tuning of toolboxes
WP T4: Establishment of transnational circular economy marketplace
Activity A.T4.1 Establishment of transnational circular economy network
Activity A.T4.2 Building transnational circular economy marketplace platform
Activity A.T4.3 Operation and testing the platform
WP C: Communication
Activity A.C.1 Start-up activities including communication s
Activity A.C.2 Publication(s)
Activity A.C.3 Public Event(s)
Activity A.C.4 Digital activities
Activity A.C.5 Promotional material
Pilot Regions
Local CE strategies are used by the pilot municipalities as guidelines for better integration of circular economy in their existing environmental policies. The strategies will integrate several urban fields (waste, energy, transport, etc.) and help to improve “closing the loop”. The local strategies were prepared by open co-creative processes. For each local strategy a local action group was formed. The CE strategies include measures for the upcoming years and therefore ensure sustainability of project results well beyond the Greencycle project duration.
The 5 pilot cities Freiburg, Vorau, Maribor, Pays Viennois and Trento and their CE strategies:
Project Results
Main result of the project will be the change it brings to the low-carbon governance because it provides a system of integration of low-carbon sectoral policies (energy, mobility, waste, construction) into circular economy cycle - providing additional reductions of greenhouse emissions, higher resource efficiency, critical raw materials mining and reduction of transport activities. Additionally, it creates a pool of new business opportunities for eco-innovation and green jobs.
Social Media and Webpages
Project communication
