Programme #becircular Annual Meeting 2017 Regional Programme for a Circular Economy: First results and perspectives #becircular 08h30 Opening and welcome WELCOME REMARKS AND POLITICAL ADDRESSES 09h00 Political visions Céline Fremault, Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Housing, Quality of Life, Environment and Energy Didier Gosuin, Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Economy, Employment and Vocational Training 09h20 Cross views on circular city Antoinette Guhl, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Social and Socially Responsible Economy, Social Innovation and Circular Economy Laura Järvinen, Specialist Circular Economy, SITRA Finland #BECIRCULAR IS CONCRETE ACTION! 09h35 The built environment: the construction sector The construction sector is a key sector for the Brussels-Capital Region with over 11.899 enterprises in 2014, representing an incontestable potential for innovation and employment for Brussels inhabitants. The aim of the programme #becircular is to engage the construction sector in introducing job creation for Brussels workers in niche and promising circular economy sectors such as renovations and new constructions, thereby decreasing the unemployment rate. Lionel Billiet, Researcher, Rotor Benjamin Cadranel, General manager, Citydev.brussels Isabelle Sobotka, Coordinator of the Construction component of the #becircular programme, Bruxelles Environnement Julien Choppin Architect, founding partner, the group of architects Encore Heureux Representative of the City of Paris (tbc) 1
10h20 Commerce and Food Commerce is the third largest sector in terms of job creation in Brussels-Capital Region. The aim of the #becircular programme is to inspire the commercial landscape s environmental initiatives by pushing for more innovative projects as well as the steady growth of the number of businesses operating on the basis of circular economy principles. The first circular businesses have already been launched in Brussels and around Europe. Aurélien Amaz, Founder, Roots Store, Bruxelles (#becircular 2016 laureate) Sophie Vercruysse, Founder, Happinest Store, Bruxelles (OpenSoon 2016 laureate) Julie Baudichau, Coordinator of the Trade component of #becircular programme, Atrium Brussels, Regional Commerce Agency Clare Ollerenshaw, Manager Circular Economy, London Waste and Recycling Board (LWRAB) 11h10 Take a break! Enjoy the exhibition, share ideas! 11h30 Resources and waste: a closed-loop economy! Moderator: Nathalie Guilmin, Spokeperson, Bruxelles Environnement The resources and waste management sector is another major component of the circular economy. The #becircular programme aims at promoting the principle of repair, re-use and recycle to the benefit of local employment and the circular economy. The priority measures are: re-use and repair; new flows; construction and demolition waste; and a series of horizontal measures (training, ecodesign; R&D; lawmaking; Extended Producer Responsability ) This session will consider Brussels and European good practices together with innovative programmes. Nicolas Lambillon, Project manager, Bruxelles Propreté, projet Recy-K Olivier Bosteels, Coordinator Circular Economy, Bruxelles-Propreté Emmanuel Mossay, Business Developer, FEBRAP Nicolas Scherrier, Coordinator of the Resources-Waste component of the #becircular programme, Bruxelles Environnement Louise McGregor, Circular Economy Officer, ZeroWasteScotland Jim McNulty, Development Director, Restructa 2
#BECIRCULAR PANEL 12h20 The circular economy: here, abroad, together This panel session between European cities will answer the following questions: How different European cities have built their territorial strategies in terms of circular economy? Are they all applying a sectoral approach? What are the cross-cutting themes addressed, the obstacles and driving forces encountered? Annerieke Douma, Director Business & Programme Development, Circle Economy Clare Ollerenshaw, Manager circular economy for the London Waste and Recycling Board Louise McGregor, Circular Economy Officer ZeroWasteScotland Antoinette Guhl, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Social and Socially Responsible Economy, Social Innovation and Circular Economy, City of Paris Representative of the Brussels-Capital Region (tbc) 13h00 The circular economy. It really gives you an appetite! Lunch with sustainable, local and seasonal products, without waste! 14h00 Political vision Fadila Lanaan, State Secretary of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Waste Management, Collection and Treatment and Scientific Research 14h10 Introduction of the parallel sessions Amandine Sellier, Coordinator of the Regional Programme on Circular Economy, Department Economy in transition, Bruxelles Environnement 3
14h15 WORKSHOPS Parallel Sessions 1 Levers for a good governance dynamic at different levels of government. How to ensure a good governance dynamic at different levels of government in order to enable the implementation of the circular economy? Amandine Sellier, Coordinator of the Regional Programme on Circular Economy, Department Economy in transition, Bruxelles Environnement Nathalie Boyer, General Delegate of the Association Orée Kristiaan Borret, Architect of the Brussels- Capital Region Tom Sanders, Director of the Department of Territorial Strategy 2 Financing the circular economy: facing the limitations of conventional financing and developing alternatives. Re-thinking the conventional financing mechanisms in order to meet the requirements of the circular economy. Anna Balez, Founder of Tale Me Olivier Van Cauwelaert, Founder of Scale up (Impact Invester) Alexia de Jonghe, Relationship manager, Banque Triodos Serge Vilain, President of the Board of S.R.I.B Representative of the Rev3 Programme, Nord Pas de Calais, France, (TBC) 3 Public procurement: a lever for promoting a circular economy. Discussion centred around the results of the VITO study, the position of the circular economy in procurement and concrete cases that identify potential avenues towards integration of a circularity criteria in procurements. Véronique Van Hoof, Expert in sustainable procurement at the research centre VITO Karine Melin, Director of Procurement, public works and complex projects within the division Finance and Economy, Ville de Lille Stéphane Arditi, Circular Economy, Products & Waste Policy Manager, Bureau Européen de l environnement Peter Defranceschi, Head of Brussels Office, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability 4 Innovation and circular economy: support for a multiform innovation. Are the measures to support innovation adapted to the difficulties encountered by enterprises and to the multiform character of social, technical and managerial innovations? Jérémy Levin, Coordinator of the Innovation component of the Regional Programme on Circular Economy, Innoviris Perrine Collin, Advisor in eco-design and in the service economy, Union des Classes Moyennes (UCM) Martin Germeau, Founder of Perma-Fungi 4
5 Training, education and professional insertion: levers for the future. How to integrate the necessary competences for the development of a circular economy and its potential job creation in training and education? Peter Mitchell, Chief Economist, WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme) Patrick Trannoy, Head of Social & Circular Economy Office, Mairie de Paris Aude Grillot, Coordinator of the Training component of the Regional Programme on Circular Economy, Impulse Bruxelles Julien Holef, Project manager Education/ Sustainable construction, Centre de Référence Professionnelle Bruxellois pour le secteur de la Construction: presentation of the project Modull 2.0 Jean-Pierre Debacker, Responsible of the construction pole, Centre de formation en alternance pour futur métier indépendant, Bruxelles presentation of the project BRIC Annerieke Douma, Director Business & Programme Development of Circle Economy Presentation of the first Brussels online training (MOOC) in circular economy (Collaboration Institut Supérieur Industriel ECAM Union des Classes Moyennes) 6 Realization of collaborations between cities and regions around the circular economy. Workshop to connect stakeholders from European cities and regions in order to identify concrete avenues of collaboration. Marion Courtois, Senior expert Circular Europe Network project, Association des villes et des régions pour la gestion durable des ressources, ACR+ Representative European Commission (tbc) 16h20 Break RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES : CONCLUSION 16h45 Summary of the workshops 17h00 Concluding remarks Bruxelles environnement 17h30-18h30 Cocktail The event will take place on Tuesday 12 September 2017 from 9am to 5.30pm within the building of Bruxelles-Environnement at BEL on the Tour & Taxis site (Avenue du Port 86c, 1000 Brussels) Register on www.circularprojects.brussels 5