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3. Looking from a different angle Like the “Fosbury Flop”

4. ‘Papillon’ Samenlevingsopbouw West-Vlaanderenleases 100 household appliances to people who have pending energy bills and are stuck with energy-guzzling appliances at home.

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9. Thispowerpointallowstocreate a circularcitygovernanceexample case fact sheet similarto the exampleshown below. Map the specificgovernance approach

10. Case: Municipality of Prato http://www.comune.prato.it/ Description Takeaways & challenges Prato The City of Prato (around 200.000 inhabitants) is famous worldwide for its textile district, which represents about 3% of European textile production. The recycling techniques of textiles led to consider Prato one of the most advanced and innovative industrial city in Italy. Moreover Prato:- was the first industrial district arranging a close water cycle so to be able to reuse the waste water more than one time and to clean it before giving back to the environment;- limited the waste produced from the construction and demolition of buildings where many materials are recyclable or reusable., Create a strong governance model with all the actors at local, national and European level for the creation of "Prato circular City“; 1 Country: Italy City: Prato Make a mapping of all existing initiatives in cities concerning the circular economy; 2 Population: 194.323 Create an urban reuse agency for the management of abandoned or semi-used spaces and buildings of the city, even in a key of collaborative economy. 3 Actions and cooperations initiated by the city REORGANISE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY Start in yourcity Create common long term ambition – with the setting of an international portal of the Prato Circular City initiatives; Create common long term ambition – add a sentece explaining how this strategy is applied in the case 1 1 Set up cooperation between city departments - with a monitoring cabin on circular economy which involves the relevant stakeholders; Set up cooperation between city departments 2 2 Act circular Act circular 3 3 Get insigths in your resources - feasibility study on urban waste flows (by typology) with analysis of their possible re-use Get insigths in your resources 4 4 STIMULATE CITIZENS INITIATIVES Promote sharing & functional economy Promote sharing & functional economy 5 5 Raise awareness and coach citizens – coaching developed by PIN university during thematic workshops on new fundraising on circular economy dedicated to ONGs aqnd citizens; Raise awareness and coach citizens 6 6 Support bottom up initiatives – collecting ideas from citizens and SMEs of Prato during the Reco’ festival (the first festival on circular economy of the city),. Support bottom up initiatives 7 7 STIMULATE ENTREPRENEURS & INNOVATION Stimulate local symbioses – local authority and university are involved in promoting new startups on circula economy. Stimulate local symbioses 8 8 Create incentives to attract circular business Create incentives to attract circular business 9 9 Communicate success stories – with a dedicated city portal and during the main city events. Communicate success stories 10 10 GENERAL AND TECHNICAL NUTRIENTS BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENTS

11. Case: Action Plan to Reduce Plastic Pollution in the Oslo Fjord Link to the Action plan Description Takeaways & challenges This action plan addresses a wide range of short-term and long-term measures, with the aim of preventing plastic from entering the environment and reaching the Oslo Fjord. It also aims to remove existing plastic pollution. In order to achieve these ambitious goals, the city must work on the basis of a circular model. This means that the measures implemented must address all aspects of the problem. In order for Oslo to succeed in this work, a number of municipal sectors in the city will need to contribute. At the same time active participation is necessary from citizens, business and industry, voluntary organizations, neighbouring municipalities and other actors. Relevant agencies and municipal bodies, which have been involved in the preparation of the action plan, include the Agency for Urban Environment, Agency for Improvement and Development, Agency for Waste Management, Agency for Water and Sewerage Works, Agency for Planning and Building Services (including The urban ecology hub, “By Kuben”), and Oslo Port Authority. Plastic Pollution in Oslo • Cooperation with different stakeholders is essential in developing a realistic (but ambitious) action plan. This will hopefully contribute to a stronger sense of ownership to the content and consequently stronger efforts of commitment. 1 Country: Norway City: Oslo 2 • When developing an action plan one should work in parallel with developing a results framework to ensure the ability to measure results and the effects of adopted measures. Population: 670 000 • Anchoring of the action plan should be made at a high level to ensure political commitment, however also down the line to the different municipal bodies to ensure sound follow-up of measures. 3 Actions and cooperations initiated by the city REORGANISE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY And in yourstoo… Create common long term ambition – To ensure that the measures are kept up to date, the action plan will be revised every second year. A number of the goals and measures will be addressed over a longer period of time and will therefore be equally relevant in each revision of the action plan. 1 1 Set up cooperation between city departments Set up cooperation between city departments - a inter-agency consultation group will coordinate the work, follow up the actions and revise the action plan when needed 2 2 2 1 Act circular – The Action plan provides the city administration with concrete tools on how to reduce the consumption on single-use plastics and encourage other stakeholderse to do the same. Act circular 3 3 6 3 Get insigths in your resources – The city will map the use of single-use plastics and the scope and source of marine pollution together with relevant research institutions Get insigths in your resources 4 4 4 STIMULATE CITIZENS INITIATIVES 9 Promote sharing & functional economy 5 Raise awareness and coach citizens - The Action plan have “Knowledge information and collaboration” as one of four main focus area and have several action points dedicated to awarness raising and training for the citizens of Oslo. The City wants to actively involve the citizens in beach clean-ups, to raise awareness and empower the citizens to take action in their every day lives to reduce the consumption of plastics. Raise awareness and coach citizens 6 6 7 Support bottom up initiatives STIMULATE ENTREPRENEURS & INNOVATION 8 Stimulate local symbioses Create incentives to attract circular business – The city will set up a scheme that various actors can apply to, so as to obtain support for measures that help to achieve the objectives of the action plan. The City wishes to take an active role as a coordinator, connecting different initiatives and companies to facilitate innovation and knowledge creation. The private sector in the city is also encouraged to sign a plastic-pledge, where they commit to concrete measures to reduce use of single-use plastics. 9 10 Communicate success stories - The city aim to showcase the actors that take a leading role and demonstrate the best practices. GENERAL AND TECHNICAL NUTRIENTS BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENTS

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