This session will demonstrate the benefit and necessity of collaborating and learning with peers. Developing and stimulating circular and sustainable procurement in your region or city goes faster and further in collaboration and exchange with peer regions and cities. ACR+, the City of Haarlem and the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat have lots of experience to share about acceleration, and how that works in practice. Urban Agenda and C-PRONE are two typical networks that, each in their own way, connect cities, regions and projects to facilitate exchange.
Circular Shift, CISUTAC and CE-PRINCE are three European funded projects that showcase what interregional collaboration can bring forth and what sustainable impact regions and cities can make. Circular Shift is initiated to stimulate upscaling of circular procurement pilots (textiles and ICT) in organisations. Think of value chain collaboration, internal commitment and impact-based decision making. CISUTAC is developing guidelines for contracting authorities to implement circular procurement in textiles. And CE-PRINCE works on standardisation of circular procurement approaches across Central European countries and industries.
