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Project presentation Carlo Polidori – Project Manager LONDON SCREEN Cluster Workshop – 21 November 2017
ProjectpresentationCarloPolidori – ProjectManager
LONDONSCREENClusterWorkshop– 21November2017
Themainobjectiveisthedefinitionofacommonagreedandreplicable systemicapproachtowardsatransitiontoCircularEconomyandthesynergicapplicationofdifferentfunds
• SustainingtheregionalstakeholdersinvolvedincirculareconomyactivitiesinlinewiththeSmartSpecialisationofeachregion;
• Connectingtheminatransregionaloperationalframework;
Howtoidentifylocal
CircularEconomypotential
ValueChains
(Regionallevel)
Howtoidentifycross-regionalCircularEconomySynergies
(Operationalsynergies)
Howtofinanceprojects
raisingfromcross-regionalsynergies
(Fundingsynergies)
Howtoassessthe“circularity”
ofoneprojectwithrespecttoanotherone
(AssessmentCriteria)
ThefourstepsoftheSCREENproject
METHODOLOGYFORREGIONALCOOPERATION
POLICYMAKERSRECOMMENDATIONMANUAL
Howtoidentifylocal
CircularEconomypotential
ValueChains
(Regionallevel)
Toolfortheanalysisofregionalexistingcapabilities
Thefirstversionofthistoolisavailableatwww.screen-lab.eu/deliverables.html(DeliverableD2.1),togetherwiththeUsersGuide
Howtoidentifycross-regionalCircularEconomySynergies
(Operationalsynergies)
SYNERGYGRIDS- Aguidelinetoidentifycrossregionalpotentialsynergies
Thefirstversionofthistoolisavailableatwww.screen-lab.eu/deliverables.html(DeliverableD2.3)
Howtofinanceprojects
raisingfromcross-regionalsynergies
(Fundingsynergies)
1)Analysisofexistinginstruments:ESIF;H2020;SealofExcellence;ERA-NET,Art185….
Evenifasynergicapplicationistheoreticallypossible,itisextremelydifficulttoapplyinaneffectiveway.
Thereisastrongneedofadifferentapproach!!
Howtofinanceprojectsraisingfromcross-regionalsynergies
(Fundingsynergies)
SCREENLaboratoryonPolicies(PolicyLab)
Details,workingmethodologyandminutesofthemeetingsavailableathttp://www.screen-lab.eu/Policy-Lab.html
Composedby:• 17Participatingregions• EuropeanCommissionservicesdealingwiththeCircularEconomyPackage• 3Europeannoprofitorganizations.
PhysicalmeetingspluscontinuousdiscussiononaspecificLinkedInGroup
Howtofinanceprojects
raisingfromcross-regionalsynergies
(Fundingsynergies)
2)Bottom-UpapproachoftheSCREENregions
• Proposalofasynergicuseofregionalfunds
• IntegratedbyEuropeanfunds(optionforthenextprogrammingperiod,stilltobenegotiated)
• MemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)forapilotapplicationunderdefinition(Art70ofESIFregulation)
• Signaturesexpectedon2018,
• MoUopenedtootherregions
• Possibleapplicationin2018-19
Article70ofESIFregulationCurrentlyunderreview
Howtoassessthe“circularity”
ofoneprojectwithrespecttoanotherone
(AssessingCriteria)
1) Need of common understanding among the involved regions
Assessmentcriteriaforcirculareconomyprojects
• Shouldbeadditionalrespecttotheonesusuallyadoptedbyeachregion
• Helptomakearankinglistofprojectstobefinanced
• Optionalfortheapplicant(inafirstperiod),butifusedmayleadtoanhigherscore
• ProposaltotheEuropeanCommissionfortheirapplicationas“Additionalcriteria”(incaseofequalscore)inCirculareconomycalls.
Howtoassessthe“circularity”
ofoneprojectwithrespecttoanotherone
(AssessingCriteria)
2) Assessment criteria proposed at the Policy Lab(stillunderdiscussion)
Criterion1:“Massofwastere-introducedintheproductioncycle”(Kg/year)
Criterion2:“NetEnergybalancerespecttotheprevioussystem”(KWh/year).
Criterion3:“Percentageofrenewableenergyusedintheprocess”(from0to100%)
Criterion4(Socioeconomiccriterion):“Netbalanceofjobs,givenbythenumberofnewjobscreatedbythecirculareconomyproject,minusthenumberofjobslostinthepreviouslinearprocess”.
RejectedbythelastPolicyLab!
