Title page
Contents
Preface 6
Acknowledgements 7
Executive summary 8
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 10
Circular economy and the sustainable use of natural resources 10
The role of policy in the transition to a circular economy 13
Institutional arrangements for the circular economy 16
Chapter 2. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS BOLSTERING THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY 17
Proposed institutional set-up for accelerating the transition towards a circular economy 17
Enhancing collaboration across policy layers 23
Maximizing the role of monitoring and evaluation 24
Enhancing government consultations with stakeholder groups 25
Chapter 3. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY OPTIONS 27
ANNEX 1: A SELF-ASSESSMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES TO STRENGTHEN CIRCULAR ECONOMIES 30
ANNEX 2: ADDITIONAL READING ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY (EXAMPLES) 32
Table 1. Relevance of different policy areas for the circular economy 19
Table 2. Recommendations for improving institutional arrangements for accelerating the transition towards a circular economy 29
Figure 1. The circularity butterfly diagram 11
Figure 2. Resource productivity in UNECE programme countries 15
Boxes
Box 1. Institutional arrangements for circular economy in the UNECE region 21
Box 2. UNECE Stakeholder Engagement Platform: Circular STEP 26
Annex Tables
Table A.1. Institutional collaboration towards a circular economy: self-assessment questions 31