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To support this initiative, the Amsterdam Economic Board was
actively involved in the guidance committee of drawing up the
report Circular Jobs & Skills in the Amsterdam Metropolitan
Area. 43 This report, produced by Circle Economy and Erasmus
University Rotterdam for the City of Amsterdam and the
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, is the world’s first regional deepdive
exploration into the nature of jobs and skills in the circular
economy. Additionally, it provides practical actions for urban
policymakers to boost development of a future-proof and circular
workforce.
5.6 Follow-up Programme
To evaluate results after four years, a ‘roast’ session was organised
in January 2019 with 12 main stakeholders. The honest comments
we received were pretty critical. One important conclusion was
that the Board could make a bigger difference if it shifts focus from
the end of the product chain to the beginning. This would close a
gap often neglected by municipalities, which focus their efforts
on waste separation and recycling. Another conclusion was that
despite the fantastic examples of individual initiatives, collective
circular procurement has yet to be undertaken. The participants
recommended building a uniform roadmap which is tuned to the
one developed by the Regional Board of Local Governments. As
the local governments started to coordinate circular procurement
themselves, the Amsterdam Ecoonomic Board now work on
circular procurement with business partners and research and
educational institutes. This work is executed in close cooperation
with the Regional Board of Local Governments.
Based on this evaluation, we issued a follow-up programme for the
period 2019-2023. 44 Strategy 1, on closing the loop of resources,
43 Circle Economy and Erasmus University Rotterdam, Circular Jobs and Skills
in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, 2018, www.circle-economy.com.
44 Cramer, J. and Teurlings, C., Vervolgstappen Programma Circulaire
Economie (2020-2022) (Next Steps Programme CE (2020-2022),
Amsterdam Economic Board, Amsterdam, 2020.