Stocktaking and assessment of typologies of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

The circular economy is a new economic model where raw material is not limitlessly extracted for the sake of economic growth. It is an economic model where products are carefully designed, so that at the end of their lifecycles they can be reused, recycled and refurbished to get a second or many more lives. In this way the circular economy aims at eradicating the concept of waste. Part of the circular economy is the concept of collaborative economy. The collaborative economy, sometimes also called the sharing economy, is often seen as a way in which people and businesses organize themselves and create new, for profit, business models to share existing products/assets instead of purchasing new ones (e.g. Uber, Airbnb). But the collaborative economy also deals with the ways in which people and businesses organize themselves to create social and environmental benefits (e.g. community supported agriculture, repair cafés). The collaborative economy is furthermore also increasingly associated with governance aspects, such as participative urban governance. This project is looking at Urban Circular Collaborative Economy which is a global phenomenon with strong local characteristics. Commercial digital platforms (e.g. Uber and AIRBNB) as well as activist grass-roots initiatives (e.g. Transition Towns) are susceptible to local cultural dimensions. By gaining a thorough understanding of these initiatives, their cultural context and relevant multilevel policies, evidence-based policy options can be identified, and place-based strategies can be developed to provide appropriate support to these dynamics. This Targeted Analysis activity will contribute to better understand how Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives are being implemented in different EU cities and how they are influenced by regulations at different levels of government, from the local, to the national and the EU. The main objective is to identify and categorize different types of implementation, approaches and strategies to enable other cities to learn from those who are taking the lead as well as develop a ‘common language’ across Europe. The project will also provide recommendations on how the Collaborative economy can be better understood, communicated, shared, and implemented across Europe.

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Expected Results (EN):

The Urban Circular Collaborative Economy is a global phenomenon but it also has strong local characteristics. Commercial digital platforms (e.g. Uber and AIRBNB) as well as activist grass-roots initiatives (e.g. Transition Towns) are susceptible to local cultural dimensions. By gaining a thorough understanding of these UCCE initiatives, their cultural context and relevant multilevel policies, evidence based policy options can be identified, and place-based strategies can be developed to provide appropriate support to these initiatives. Also networking and economies of scale can be stimulated for these initiatives, enhancing their visibility to inspire new action. In this way, the UCCE can be made accessible to all layers of society and generate positive impacts on local economies and job markets. The objective of this activity is to build new evidence to understand how local, national and EU policies can best enable Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives to achieve most benefit for cities. More concretely, the objective of this activity is to satisfy the stakeholders’ knowledge needs as defined below:- What are the policy needs or priorities for the collaborative or sharing economy as defined by the stakeholders?- What are the different typologies (for similar kinds of initiatives) of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives (individual projects and businesses) in the stakeholders’ territories? What is the best way to categorize the vast spectrum of collaborative economy initiatives dealing with circular economy on an urban level?- What are the different categories of data sources and what related data sets can be collected and used to describe, measure and compare these initiatives in the stakeholders’ territories and across European cities (including unconventional and big data sources)?- What are the main conditions and potential blocking factors for collecting, processing and analysing those data sets?- What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOTs) of these different kinds of initiatives regarding their impacts in territories? In particular, how do the cultural, demographic and economic dimensions of these territories relate to the SWOTs of these typologies?- How do local, national and EU policies relate to the SWOT’s of these typologies? To which extent are multi-level policy strategies and instruments playing or could they play a role in mitigating negative impacts and increasing positive impacts on an urban level?- What are the main urban policy recommendations and guidelines based on the analysis, both in the study areas covered by the activity but also generally throughout the EU?The result of the service will be increased knowledge about Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives. In this perspective, the main outcomes of the service should be:- Territorial evidence on the impact and potential (environmental, economic, social, governance improvement, etc.) of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives.- Evidence (example cases and instruments) on the correlation between multi-level policies (entrepreneurial, educational and training, urban planning, etc.) and the success or failure of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives.- Evidence on the correlation between cultural dimensions9 (power distance, masculinity-feminity, individualistic-collectivistic, etc.) and the success or failure of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives.- In order to describe the evidence, detailed case studies in the stakeholders’ territories (including identification and analysis of local data sources, a set of maps, practical examples and policy recommendations to answer stakeholders’ needs…).- A practical guide describing evidence-based policy recommendations to provide appropriate support to these UCCE initiatives in other European contexts.

Thematic information

Urban development Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: Upgraded knowledge transfer and use of analytical user support

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: VVA Brussels SPRL

Address: Avenue des Arts 10-11, 1210 Bruxelles, Belgium

Legal status: private

ÖIR GmbH

Name: ÖIR GmbH

Address: Franz-Joseefs-Kai 27, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

Legal status: private

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Stocktaking and assessment of typologies of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives

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Öir GmbH

Stocktaking and assessment of typologies of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives

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Project name (EN): Stocktaking and assessment of typologies of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives

Project acronym: SHARING

Project start date: 2018-12-17

Project end date: 2020-06-10

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 231 800.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 189 543.79

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 189 543.79.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Videos / films

Lucas Porsch - Worshop G : Circular Economy

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2019-12-15

Languages: en

Reports

Targeted Analysis - Final Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Practical guide

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study - Flanders - foster social connections and improve accessibility of different areas in a sustainable way (making links between Commons)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-06-10

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study - Maribor - Fostering “cooperative economy networks”

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-06-10

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study - Porto - Urban and circular lifestyles

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-06-10

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study - Prato - Regeneration of Urban Spaces and Social Cohesion

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-06-10

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Case Study - The Hague - Poverty reduction and social entrepreneurship

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-06-10

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 3 - Synthesis Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Targeted Analysis - Annex 4 - Literature review - Final Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/sharing

Publication date: 2021-02-28

Document date: 2020-04-01

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-03-04

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

68 / 69 (98.55%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

353 / 370 (95.41%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects ((MRS. ESPON TOOL, SoET and CPS 2.0) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.espon.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-21 and 2023-01-03.

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Stocktaking and assessment of typologies of Urban Circular Collaborative Economy initiatives

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