Participation in the second Catalan circular economy congress.
The speakers at the congress propose to create a shared strategic vision to promote landmark projects.
During the second Catalan circular economy congress held in Barcelona, the speakers emphasised the need to develop shared projects to create a strategic vision that favours landmark projects in this space.
The general coordinator of BioHubCat, Victor Falguera, has asked for flexibility from the actors involved in what he has described as a trial and error stage. According to Falguera, projects need to be undertaken to see what works and what doesn’t, and scale what proves viable.
Falguera added that the administration has a predisposition to help companies and entrepreneurs, but the solutions are not always easy or quick. However, the general coordinator of BioHubCat launched a message of optimism, ensuring that everyone is clear that the consolidation of the circular economy is equivalent to investing in the future, and that it must be achieved by collaborating between institutions and companies.
According to Falguera, the BioHubCat methodology is a valid way of matching the demands of the territory with the core initiatives of the administration, which have their origin – he maintains – in global pressures.
Circular economy from the territories, the key to the future
Falguera spoke about it in the framework of the panel “Governing the circular economy from different territorial scales”, which he shared with the general secretary of the ACR+ Françoise Bonnet; with José María Fernández, circular economy director at IHOBE; and with David Bote, mayor of Mataró.
During the panel, Bonnet argued that the circular economy is an instrument to fight climate change, and warned that this instrument will not work unless it is affordable for the majority of citizens.
Fernández weighed in on the importance of public-private collaboration to push projects within the circular economy.
Bote, for his part, pointed out that any change in this field requires a long view, and has advanced that his city is looking to reduce its material dependence by 30 percent by 2030.
For his part, Joan Romero, CEO of ACCIÓ, committed to promoting circularity from the administration based on an industrial, competitive, digitised and sustainable Catalan economy, which he says will have a positive impact.
An approach shared by Anna Barnadas, secretary of the climate action department of the Generalitat, who has considered the importance of public-private collaboration for and competitive Catalan industrial resilience to achieve these goals.
The Catalonia Circular congress is the annual meeting of agents from the public, private and third sectors, committed to consolidating the circular economy in Catalonia. The 2024 edition focused on circular business models with practical cases of tractor companies, on initiatives promoted by agents of the Administration, multilevel territorial strategies, and participatory sector sessions.
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