Spaces for circular co-creation and action

Programme 2014 - 2020 URBACT III

Date of latest update: 2025-01-21

Description

Description (EN):

The Resourceful Cities network seeks to develop the next generation of urban resource centers to promote the positive economic, environmental and social impacts for the circular economy. They facilitate waste prevention, reuse, repair and recycling. The centers also work as connection points for citizens, new businesses, researchers and the public sector to co-create new ways to close resource loops at the local level.

Achievements (EN):

In September of 2019 our nine Resourceful Cities embarked on their journey to develop next generation urban resource centers as a means to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. The idea for this URBACT action planning network arose from one of the actions identified by the EU Urban Agenda partnership on circular economy. In March of 2019 the partnership had arrived at its final stage and was looking for ways to carry on its legacy. The partnership had studied numerous examples and good practices of urban resource centers across Europe, identifying barriers and the potential for replication and transfer to other cities in Europe. An URBACT action planning network seemed to be a logical next step to promote urban resource centers as connection points for citizens, new businesses, researchers, and the public sector to co-create new ways to lose local resource loops, while promoting waste prevention, re-use, repair, and recycling. Long story short: what followed were almost 2.5 years of action planning in times of pandemic. A very intense period during which our personal and professional lives were turned upside down and online working became the new normal. But it was also a very rewarding period. Despite all the hiccups and barriers, our nine partners cities proved worthy of their self-acclaimed status of Resourceful Cities. They have all been able to deliver a high-quality Integrated Action Plan together with their local stakeholders. Every one of those action plans is not only an expression of their resilience in times of crisis. It is also a manifestation of their individual response to their local context and needs. One of the criteria for an URBACT network is a balance between partners form so-called less advanced and more advanced parts of Europe. If there is one lesson I have learned from our journey together, it is that these differences disappear in the process of exchange and learning. There is no good, better or best. There is diversity, creativity, there are open minds. These are the drivers for cooperation and success. This publication not only summarizes our collective journey as a network, it also tells the story of each of the nine partner cities from their own perspective. Our journey shows that cities are big enough to make a difference and small enough to make it happen. I’m proud and grateful to have been a part of that.

Website: http://www.urbact.eu

Thematic information

Urban development Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Waste and pollution

Specific Objective: To improve the capacity of cities to manage sustainable urban policies and practices in an integrated and participative way

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 interregional cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by disseminating good practices and expertise and capitalising on the results of the exchange of experience in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages pursuant to point (3)(b) of Article 2 (exchange of experience concerning the identification, transfer and dissemination of good practices in relation to sustainable urban development, including urban-rural linkages)

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Gemeente Den Haag

Address: Spui 70, 2511 BT Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 238 797.50

ERDF budget: EUR 167 158.25

Mechelen

Name: Mechelen

Address: Grote Markt 21, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 64 578.51

ERDF budget: EUR 45 204.96

City of Patras

Name: City of Patras

Address: Mezonos str, 108, 26221 Patras, Greece

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 59 713.00

ERDF budget: EUR 50 756.05

Opole

Name: Opole

Address: Rynek - Ratusz, 45 - 015 Opole, Poland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 64 547.35

ERDF budget: EUR 54 865.25

Municipality of Cáceres

Name: Municipality of Cáceres

Address: C Santa Cristina 3, 10195 Cáceres, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 64 549.90

ERDF budget: EUR 54 867.42

Vila Nova de Famalicão

Name: Vila Nova de Famalicão

Address: Praça Álvaro Marques, 4764-502 Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 62 593.58

ERDF budget: EUR 53 204.54

Bucharest

Name: Bucharest

Address: 2-4, Parfumului Street, Sectorul 3 Bucure?ti, 30842 Bucharest, Romania

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 62 727.00

ERDF budget: EUR 43 908.90

CIUDAD REAL MUNCIPALITY

Name: CIUDAD REAL MUNCIPALITY

Address: Plaza Mayor nr, 1, 13001 Ciudad Real, Spain

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 65 850.51

ERDF budget: EUR 55 972.93

Grad Zagreb

Name: Grad Zagreb

Address: Trg Stjepana Radica 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 66 467.14

ERDF budget: EUR 56 497.07

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Mechelen

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City of Patras

Spaces for circular co-creation and action

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Opole

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Municipality of Cáceres

Spaces for circular co-creation and action

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Vila Nova de Famalicão

Spaces for circular co-creation and action

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Bucharest

Spaces for circular co-creation and action

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CIUDAD REAL MUNCIPALITY

Spaces for circular co-creation and action

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City of Zagreb

Spaces for circular co-creation and action

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Gemeente Den Haag

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Summary

Project name (EN): Spaces for circular co-creation and action

Project acronym: Resourceful Cities

Project start date: 2019-09-02

Project end date: 2022-08-07

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 749 824.49

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 582 435.37

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 582 435.37.

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.

Reports

Action plan on Urban Resource Centers in the region of Mechelen

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Cáceres - Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Famalicão - Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan - Circular Economy - Ciudad Real

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Integrated Action Plan 2021 - 2030 - City of Opole

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Oslo Resourceful Cities - Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-05-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Strenghtening the local circular economy - Zagreb City Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Supporting The Circular Economy Transition - 3rd District of Bucharest's Integrated Action Plan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-05-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

URBACT Resourceful Cities - The Integrated Action Plan of The Hague

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://urbact.eu/networks/resourceful-cities

Publication date: 2023-11-21

Document date: 2022-08-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 URBACT III

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

2023-03-28

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

88 / 88 (100%)

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

716 / 716 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.urbact.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-12-13, 2023-01-03 and 2024-02-01.

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