From January to June 2017, the MOVECO project partners have carried out a research to give an overview on strategic documents on Circular Economy on local, regional, national as well as on European level. These studies will be a starting point for preparing the implementation of a harmonized transnational Strategy on Circular Economy in the heterogeneous area of the Danube region. The first results have been presented during our 2nd project meeting.

EUROPE

• United Nations: Agenda 2030 for sustainable development (Agenda 2030) (English, French, Russian, Spanish)
• European Union: Seventh EU environmental action programme to 2020 (English, other EU languages)
• European Parliament and of the Council: Cohesion Policy for smart specialisation strategies (English)
• Closing the loop – EU action plan for a circular economy (English)

AUSTRIA

is coming soon...

BULGARIA

• National Waste Management Plan (English)
• National Development Programme: Bulgaria 2020 (English)
• Operational Programme Innovation and Competitiveness
• Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization 2014-2020
• Operational Programme Environment 2014-2020

CROATIA

• Strategy for sustainable development of the Republic of Croatia (English, English provisional translation or Croatian)
• The decision for adoption of the Waste Management Plan of the Republic of Croatia for the period 2017-2022 (English)
• Report on the implementation of the Waste Management Plan in Osijek-Baranja County for the period 2007-2014 (Croatian)
• Selected environment and nature indicators in Croatia, 2016 (Croatian)
• Methodology for determining composition and quantity of municipal and mixed municipal waste (Croatian)

CZECH REPUBLIC

• The Waste Management Plan of the Czech Republic for the period 2015-2024 (Czech)
• Czech Republic's Waste Prevention Program (Czech)
• State Program of Environmental Education, Training and Awareness-raising and Environmental Consulting for the period 2016-2025 (Czech)
• The State Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic 2012-2020 (Czech)
• Regional Waste Management Plan of Prague for the period 2016-2025 (Czech)

GERMANY

• German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety: German Resource Efficiency Programme II (ProgRess II) (English)
• Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection; authors: University of Augsburg, Bavarian Environment Agency: Guidelines for the Development of Municipal Waste Prevention Concepts (German)
• German Council for Sustainable Development; authors: N3 Nachhaltigkeitsberatung Dr. Friege & Partner: Resource Management and Municipal Waste Management (German)
• Friedrich Ebert Foundation; authors: Wuppertal Institute: Germany on the Road to a Circular Economy? (English)
• Federal German Government: German Sustainable Development Strategy 2016 (Summary in English)

HUNGARY

• National Environmental Protection Programme of Hungary: Nemzeti Környezetvédelmi Program (Hungarian)
• (Hungary’s First) National Environmental Technology Innovation Strategy: Nemzeti Környezettechnológiai Innovációs Stratégia (Hungarian)National Waste Management Plan: Országos Hulladékgazdálkodási Terv (Hungarian)
• Hungarian National Sustainable Development Framework Strategy: Nemzeti Fenntartható Fejlődés Keretstratégia (Hungarian)
• Darányi Ignác Plan: Framework Programme for the Implementation of the National Rural Development Strategy (English)

SERBIA

• National Strategy for the Circular Economy
• National Sustainable Development Strategy (Serbian)
• Waste Management Strategy (Serbian)
• Industrial Development Policy and Strategy (Serbian)
• National strategy for sustainable use of natural resources and Goods (Serbian)

SLOVENIA

• Slovenia’s smart specialization strategy – S4 (English)
• Waste management and waste prevention programmes

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

• Waste management program of the SR for period 2016-2020 (Slovak)
• Environmental policy strategy of the SR to 2030 (Slovak)
• Slovak Republic's Waste Prevention Program for the years 2014-2018 (Slovak)
• Waste management program of the Žilina Region for period 2016-2020 (Slovak)

Further research will be carried out in the upcoming months.

For more information on MOVECO, please click here.

(Photo credit: MOVECO project)