board boekje web pages

144
Key drivers and preconditions for circular procurement
1
2
3
Key drivers
Mobilising power by transition brokers
Trustworthy cooperation with suppliers
Technological innovation by market actors
(including redesign)
Initiatives
to close
the loop of
resource
streams
4
Well-attuned
nancial
arrangements
Economic and
business barriers
5
Regulatory and
legal barriers
Collaboration
with other
commissioning
parties
Social
barriers
Preconditions
Internal commitment
of key actors within
own organisation
Internal resources
(time, knowledge
and money)
Adaption of accountancy
rules to make
new business models
easier to implement
Successful showcases
that make bidders
less risk-averse
Fundamental barriers
Five key drivers of strategy 2 which largely resembled those
of strategy 1, played a crucial role at the start of the circular
procurement initiative at a regional level. Following the work of
three communities of practice, the orchestration of the process
continued albeit in a different manner. All five key drivers and four,
mainly internal, preconditions were kept in mind when rolling out
the next phase: scaling up circular procurement in the region. The
role of the transition brokers changed from moderating communities
of practice to strengthening the region’s circular procurement
movement. This consisted of various activities, requiring the
heads of participating organisations to create the right internal
preconditions, enlarging the group of organisations and lowering
risks of innovative circular procurement trajectories through a joint
effort of procurement departments. In cooperation with PIANOo,
the well-functioning national expertise centre for sustainable
procurement, successful circular procurement ex-amples were,