{"id":140,"date":"2020-02-24T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/?p=140"},"modified":"2020-02-24T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:05:04","slug":"developing-citizen-participation-in-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/en\/2020\/02\/24\/developing-citizen-participation-in-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Citizen Participation in Circular Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LAB University of Applied Sciences leads an\nInterreg Europe funded project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/ceci\/l\">CECI-Citizen\ninvolvement in circular economy implementation<\/a> with eight partners from six countries: Finland, France, Czech\nRepublic, Spain, Belgium and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2019, CECI kick-off meeting was organized in Lahti, Finland. Lahti has acknowledged that in order to reach ambitious environmental targets, all the local players, including citizens, must be involved in the process. Lahti\u2019s goal is Finland to become a pioneer of a circular economy society (Lahti 2020). Representing the city of Lahti and sharing a similar focus and aims with the CECI project, Milla Bruneau, the Executive Director of Lahti European Green Capital 2021, was delighted to open the first interregional meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Developing-Citizen-Participation-in-Circular-Economy-1024x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Developing-Citizen-Participation-in-Circular-Economy-1024x513.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Developing-Citizen-Participation-in-Circular-Economy-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Developing-Citizen-Participation-in-Circular-Economy-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogit.lab.fi\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/Developing-Citizen-Participation-in-Circular-Economy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Milla Bruneau presenting Lahti as the Green Capital 2021 to the CECI partners. Photo: Marjut Villanen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruneau introduced the European Green Capital award granted by the European Commission. Since 2010, one European city is selected as the European Green Capital of the year. The winning city consistently achieves high environmental standards and is devoted to further environmental improvement and sustainable development. Lahti was awarded the Green Capital 2021 by the European Commission on 20 June 2019 (European Commission 2019). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Bruneau introduced Lahti\u2019s achievements, as well as highlighted ongoing and future projects. Among other benefits, the Green Capital title brings new funding opportunities and development in four themes: Carbon-neutral life, Citizen participation, Circular economy, and Nature and water. That corresponds with the goal of the CECI project aiming to involve citizens in circular economy implementation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me Good Practices \u2013 Citizens Involvement &amp; Circular Economy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Later the day, P\u00e4ij\u00e4t-H\u00e4me good practices\nrelated to citizens and circular economy were introduced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartlahti.fi\/citicap\/\"><strong>CitiCAP<\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; Citizens\u2019 Cap-and-Trade Co-Created <\/strong>designs and implements citizens\u2019 personal carbon trade (PCT) scheme, making Lahti becoming the first city in the world with such a trade. CitiCAP is included in SUMP \u2013 the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for smart and sustainable mobility; e.g. building a smart bicycle highway with smart solutions and services in Lahti.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/4h.fi\/en\/finnish-4h-organisation\/\"><strong>4H Association<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <strong>Sustainable development projects<\/strong>. 4H organizes several youth clubs promoting sustainable and resource-wise life.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lab.fi\/en\/project\/maallemuuttajat-2030\"><strong>Maallemuuttajat 2030 <\/strong><\/a><strong> &#8211; Sharing Economy and Services in Rural Regions <\/strong>increases knowledge about sharing and service economy in rural regions and creates (part-time) job opportunities and services in countryside. <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttilanmaki.fi\/\"><strong>Anttilanm\u00e4ki-Kittel\u00e4 <\/strong><\/a> \u2013 <strong>Circular Economy in Everyday Life \u2013 Action Plan <\/strong>aims for its residents to live a resource-wise life includes several actions: e.g. library of goods, goods and services exchange between residents, repair and maintenance development, promoting urban farming, carsharing and ridesharing. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Through sharing knowledge and good practices\nbetween CECI partners, the partner regions are better equipped to develop\nregional action plans for citizen engagement and adoption of new circular and\nsharing economy solutions. The Good Practices identified in CECI will be\npublished on the project website and selected examples will be shared for wider\nEU use through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/policylearning\/\">Policy Learning Platform<\/a>, established by the Interreg Europe Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Written by Katerina\nMedkova who works as an RDI specialist at LAB University of Applied Sciences\nand is the Communication Manager of the CECI project and Milla Bruneau who is\nthe Executive Director of Lahti European Green Capital 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>European Commission. 2019. Environment. [Cited 20 Jan\n2020]. Available at:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/europeangreencapital\/\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/europeangreencapital\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LAHTI. 2020. Story. [Cited 20 Jan 2020]. Available at:\n<a href=\"https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/story\">https:\/\/greenlahti.fi\/en\/story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4H. 2020. The Finnish 4H Organisation. [Cited 20 Jan\n2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/4h.fi\/en\/finnish-4h-organisation\/\">https:\/\/4h.fi\/en\/finnish-4h-organisation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anttilanm\u00e4ki-Kittel\u00e4n\nasukasyhdistys. 2020. [Cited 20 Jan 2020]. Available at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttilanmaki.fi\/\">https:\/\/www.anttilanmaki.fi\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interreg Europe. 2020a. Policy Learning Platform. What\nis the Policy Learning Platform? [Cited 20 Jan 2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/policylearning\/what-is-policy-learning-platform\/\">https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/policylearning\/what-is-policy-learning-platform\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interreg Europe. 2020b. Project Summary. CECI. [Cited\n20 Jan 2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/ceci\/\">https:\/\/www.interregeurope.eu\/ceci\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LAB University of Applied Sciences. 2020.\nMaallemuuttajat 2030. [Cited 20 Jan 2020]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/lab.fi\/en\/project\/maallemuuttajat-2030\">https:\/\/lab.fi\/en\/project\/maallemuuttajat-2030<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart &amp; Clean Lahti. 2020. CitiCAP LAHTI- citizens\u2019 cap and trade co-created. [Cited 20 Jan 2020]. Available at:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartlahti.fi\/citicap\/\">https:\/\/www.smartlahti.fi\/citicap\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture:<br><br>Picture 1. Marjut Villanen. 2019. Milla Bruneau presenting Lahti as the Green Capital 2021 to the CECI partners. CECI 1<sup>st<\/sup> Interregional Event in Lahti on 3.12.2019. 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