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Execution of the Concrete Agreement
The execution of the agreement was subdivided into two phases:
- Phase 1: building (10 July 2018 - 1 January 2022)
- Phase 2: scaling up (1 January 2022 – December 2029)
What follows is a description of experiences from the building
phase only, as scaling up has yet to begin.
During the building phase, which is currently on-going, we want to
ensure that everyone from the concrete sector and commissioning
parties can implement the Concrete Agreement. Together with
a secretariat (of 0.6 FTE), I orchestrate the overall process. As a
first step in this phase, I outlined a governance structure in close
collaboration with the steering committee. This steering committee
consists of 12 members, each representing a particular subsector
of the concrete product chain, public and private commissioning
parties, the national government, research institutions and
civil society. As chair of the steering group and the transition
broker, I prepare the meetings with the secretary. Besides that,
a monitoring committee consists of three independent experts.
They were asked to publish a yearly report on the progress being
made, based on the input of the participants themselves. Finally,
seven self-steering execution teams were instated to oversee the
following themes: CO 2
reduction; circular design; recycling of
residual concrete streams; natural capital; an environmental costs
indicator (MKI) assessing the overall environmental improvement;
knowledge and innovation; and education and knowledge-sharing.
The steering group appointed directors for each team, who are
tasked to prepare a roadmap for how to achieve the targets and
on the needed instruments and monitoring indicators. Most costs
for these activities are paid out-of-pocket by the participants
themselves. The government has made some money available
for hiring experts for specific tasks, financing the secretariat and
communicating the results. By 1 January 2022, all preparatory
work should be finished. From then on, everyone in the concrete
chain is expected to act according to rules formulated in the
Concrete Agreement. In the meantime, frontrunners have already
implemented the needed measures.