MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

National Coordination Authority

Circular economy from regional

development point of view

11st March 2019, Prague

Circular economy in programmes

supported from EU funds

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Dagmar Vránová,

Partnership Agreement, Evaluation and Strategies Department

Ministry of Regional Development

5 main areas of circular economy

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Production Consumption Waste management

Secondary raw materials Innovation & Investment

Areas suitable for support

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• innovative technologies for waste recycling and

the use of secondary raw materials

• equipping and improving the infrastructure for

the acquisition, processing and utilization of

secondary raw materials

• support the secondary raw materials market and

the production of recycled materials

• reduction of material and energy intensity of production

• elimination of waste production and landfilling

• saving primary resources

• elimination of the negative effects of industrial production on the environment

The role of the state

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• Supporting the waste management hierarchy

» waste prevention is preferred over recycling

» recycling before energy recovery

» energy recovery of waste prior to disposal.

• Building of the relevant environmental service

infrastructure

» establishment and coordination of the waste facility network in the regions

» clear allocation of roles within municipalities and other interested institutions

• Creation new jobs to the recycling industry

• Supporting real waste production tracking systems

• Promote innovative and clever approaches to waste management

ESI fund interventions 2014 – 2020: OP Environment

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Priority axis 3 Waste and material streams, environmental burdens and risks

Specific objective 3.1 Prevention of waste generation 53 127 710 €

Specific objective 3.2 Increase the share of material and energy recovery of waste

246 188 040 €

Czech Republic received cca 300 M EUR from EU budget

ESI fund interventions 2014 – 2020: OP Environment

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Outputs indicators (to be achieved in 2023):

Increase of waste recycling capacity 700 000 t/year

Newly built capacity for prevention of municipal waste generation 40 000 t/year

Amount of non-produced industrial waste 1 500 t/year

Capacity of newly supported or upgraded hazardous waste management facilities

50 000 t/year

Capacity of supported facilities for material recovery of other waste 300 000 t/year

Newly created capacity of systems for the separation and collection of all waste

400 000 t/year

Capacity of newly built or upgraded facilities for energy recovery of other waste

400 000 t/year

Examples of supported projects in 2014-2021

• aimed at supporting the waste management hierarchy (prevention, minimization,

reuse, recycling, recovery/energy, disposal):

» building sites to prevent the generation of municipal

waste (eg furniture, textiles, biodegradable waste)

» introducing a door-to-door system for home-grown

household waste (ie citizens have sorting containers

right at their homes)

» construction and modernization of waste collection,

sorting and treatment facilities

» building new and upgrading existing collection yards

» sorting lines with related waste treatment technologies

» construction of composting plants, collection of kitchen waste,

construction of for the processing of biowaste 8

Cohesion policy 2021 – 2027 funded from EU funds

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(vi) promoting the transition to a circular economy;Specific

objective

PO 2: a greener, low-carbon Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and management

For Czech Rep: 30 % of EFRR allocated on PO 2 „Greener, low-carbon Europe“ = EUR 3 157 mil.

Thematicconcentration

One of 5 Policy

objectives

EU funds intervention 2021 – 2027

• Circular economy = more important priority

• OP Environment will continue

• OP Competitiveness will also support this area

• Strategy Circular Czechia 2040 is under preparation

(in line with AP EU for circular economy)

• New challenges – wider scope of support

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EU funds intervention 2021 – 2027

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Waste Secondary raw materials

• Waste prevention, especially

plastics

• Support of innovative

technologies in agriculture

and industry

• Support of recycling

technologies

• Increased use of secondary

raw materials as a substitute for

primary raw materials

• Measures focused primarily on

plastics

• Critical raw materials (precious

metal)

• Construction and demolition

waste.

Urban Agenda for the EU

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František Kubeš,

Regional Policy Department

Ministry of Regional Development

URBAN AGENDA FOR EU

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+ 2 new partnerships:

• Security in public space

• Culture and cultural heritage

PARTNERSHIP ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY

WHAT?

The Partnership on Circular Economy will identify, analyse,

review and recommend the need for better regulation, better

funding and better economy from a linear to a circular one. This

will help cities to promote new growth and job opportunities.

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WHY?

Cities are an attractive starting point for making the transition to a

circular economy. They are where product are produced, consumed

and discarded in large quantities and their high population density

and industrial productivity mean that waste streams can be cost-

effectively collected, transported and recycled.

WHO?

The following parties are represented in the Partnership on Circular

economy, along side the coordinator Oslo, Hague, Prato, Porto,

Kainas, Flanders, Finland, Poland, Slovenia, Greece, CEMR,

EUROCITIES, URBACT, EIB and five European Commission

Directorates-General.

HOW?

For a set of four selected themes – governace, urban resource

management, circular business enablers and drives, circular

consumption – the Partnership will review the specific problems

and barriers, the effectiveness of existing policies, and propose

solutions that will contribute to the uptake of the circular

economy in the urban environment.

ACTION PLAN

Better Regulation

• Help make waste legislation support the circular economy in cities

• Help make water legislation support the circular economy in cities

• Analyse of the regulatory obstacles and drivers for boosting an urban circular bioeconomy

Better funding

• Prepare a Circular City Funding Guide to assist cites in accessing funding for circular economy

projects

• Mainstreaming the circualr economy as an eligible area into the post 2020 Cohesion Policy and

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ACTION PLAN

• Better Knowledge

• Prepare a blueprint for a Circular City Portal

• Promote Urban Resource Centres for waste prevention, re-use and recycling

• Develop a „Circular Resource Management“ Roadmap for cities

• Develop a Collaborative Economy Knowledge Pack for cities

• Manage the re-use of buldings and spaces ina curcular economy

• Develop City indicators for Circular Economy

• Circular Economy Financial Incentives – Develop a „Pay-as-you-throw“ toolkit with coaching

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National Coordination Authority

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Thank you for your attention