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Roadmap and Action Plan for a Circular Economy in the Republic of Mauritius (2023-2033) Roadmap Implementation Professor Toolseeram Ramjeawon Consultant National Validation Workshop, 22nd June 2023 Roadmap Implementation -Costing -Institutional Arrangements -M&E Framework -Financing Investment in CE may be divided into Investments in a CE enabling framework (targeting policies/regulations and capacities) -Policy and legislative frameworks -Fiscal policies -Education and Awareness raising -Institutional Capacity Building -Research and Innovation -Digital platforms -Administrative and governance requirements A About Rs 1.2 billion (or about 26 million USD) must be mobilized for Mauritius and about Rs 150 million (or about 3.5 million USD) for Rodrigues B Investments in CE-related assets (targeting project-level assistance) Access to adapted finance for those assets, through CE-aligned loan finance, equity injections, leasing agreements as well as risk mitigation instruments Funding required for the CE enabling framework during the next ten years Most of the actions have been scheduled for the short- and medium-term 4 Category Approximate Cost Consultancy/feasibility studies for establishing policies and regulatory frameworks.
Rs 105 million (2.3 million USD) Education/Capacity Building/ Awareness raising Rs 337 million (7.3 million USD) Research and Incubator programmes Rs 263 million (5.7 million USD) Administrative and governance requirements Rs 233 million (5.1 million USD) (includes Rs 180 million for strengthening of Local Authorities on waste management) Removal of CDW from illegal dumps and provision of fixed and mobile CACs Rs 200 million (4.3 million USD) Creation of digital platforms Rs 10 million (220 000 USD) Governance (1) Create an open governance that promotes active involvement of stakeholders and coordination of actions • Set up circular economy platforms in various focus areas • Create a dedicated web platform on CE initiatives • Organize an annual conference on circular economy • Facilitate engagement, the emergence and development of initiatives and experiments at all levels of society….promote “circles of interest” ….places of debate, proposal and action 5 Governance (2) Coordinate and assess public policies for circularity • Establishment of institutional coordination mechanisms to enhance coherence across sectoral policies to offer operators a clear framework and allow them to develop long term projects • Circular economy principles must be applied throughout all strategic documents, legislations and support mechanisms ex NDC 6 Governance model Inter-Ministerial Committee on Circular EconomySteering or Monitoring and Evaluation Committee Circular Platform on Agri-Food SectorCircular Platform on Construction and Real Estate SectorCircular Platform on Consumer Goods SectorCircular Platform on Circular Mobility and LogisticsCircular Platform on Waste Management SectorCommittee on Cross-Cutting ActionsCo-chaired by FAREI and Business MauritiusCo-chaired by CIDB and Business MauritiusCo-chaired by Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Protection and MCCICo-chaired by Ministry of Land Transport & Light Rail and Business MauritiusCo-chaired by Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management & Climate Change (Solid Waste Management Division) and Business MauritiusChaired by Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management & Climate Change (Department of Environment) Note: All Circular Platforms will be assisted by the leading actors for each of the action defined under each focus areaCo-chaired by the Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management & Climate Change (Department of Environment) and Business MauritiusChaired by the Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management & Climate ChangeNational Network on Sustainable DevelopmentAnnual Conference on Circular Economy Role of CE platforms Enhance dialogue and cooperation among stakeholders in specific focus areas to discuss regulatory provisions, barriers, new opportunities and share information/best practices and review road map progress in their area.
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Play a key role at the Annual Conference on the Circular Economy Assess the circularity of policies in the focus area Recommend to the steering committee new actions for the update of the action plan in the focus area.
Aim of the Annual CE Conference Involve as many people as possible to contribute to the work of the platforms A dedicated event to discover initiatives at national level and progress on CE A space for discussion and collective reflection and for capacity building Promote the emergence of projects through meetings/discussion sessions Role of Steering Committee Audit of all public policies to assess their circularity, analyze consistency of instruments, identify contradictions and propose ways of adaptation Organize the annual conference on circular economy Steering Committee Acts as an Advisory body on CE initiatives; facilitate the implementation of the action plan; promote collaboration between public and private sectors M&E and update of the action plan.
Undertake a periodic, high-level review of implementation of the action plan, submitted to the inter-ministerial committee to enhance accountability Role of Inter- Ministerial Committee enhance Whole-of-Government coordination on CE policies take cognizance of the monitoring and evaluation activities with regard to the implementation of the Action Plan.
Ensure periodic review of the Roadmap structural change within government agencies to facilitate better co-ordination • Two sets of indicators have been developed to support the M&E of the M&E framework Roadmap and Action Plan: -Macro indicators to measure the long-term goals.

15 circular economy indicators are recommended based on data availability, relevance, acceptance, credibility, ease of use and robustness.
-Micro indicators that evaluate the implementation of the actions • Within the ten-year time span, the CE Strategy and Action Plan will be reviewed initially after one year, identifying any initial challenges and adjustments, then subsequently every 3 years to evaluate progress and implement corrections as required to ensure the Roadmap and Action Plan remains on track.

12 15 Circular Economy Indicators for monitoring the transition Production and Consumption 1.

Domestic Material Consumption per capita 2.


Resource Productivity 3.

Material footprint 4.

Generation of municipal solid waste per capita 5.

Total waste generation per GDP output 6.

Household spending on product maintenance and repair 7.

Share of public procurement incorporating circularity requirements Competitiveness and Innovation 14.

Gross Value Added to GDP and Jobs in the repair of goods and recycling of materials.

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Number of companies and organizations that have benefited from a support mechanism on the functional economy Circular Economy Waste Management 8.

% of MSW diverted from landfill 9.

National Recycling rate 10.

% of food waste recycled 11.

% recycling of plastic packaging Contribution of recycled materials to raw materials demand 12.

Use of secondary raw materials in product processes 13.
No of industrial symbiosis initiatives Recommendations for increasing financing of Circular Business Models Develop and adopt a circular economy taxonomy will help investors understand and assess what is circular and what is not Provide capacity development for DBM and commercial banks to integrate CE principles Establish a National Green Fund (ex.
provide technical assistance to SMEs for an action plan on CE De-risk lending through blended finance, loan guarantees, etc Develop widely acceptable metrics that both private and public financial institutions can use to assess the circularity of businesses Capacity building of businesses, especially of SMEs, to ensure that they have the skillset and documentation required to develop bankable projects in the area of circular economy Set up a Circular Economy Finance Support Platform • Waste sorting • Deposit-Return systems/take-back How the roadmap will introduce circularity into daily life • Market for second-hand goods • Clothes/Electronics on rental • More Product as a service business schemes through EPRs • More products made from recycled materials on the market models • Receiving trustworthy and relevant information on repairability of products at the point of sale • Mandatory display on EEE of simple information on repairability • Economic Incentives for Repairs • Recurring repair events in the community • Tool lending libraries • Digital platforms for sharing • Mobility as a service • Food wastes reduction • Reusable containers at on-site food services • Refillable options for businesses selling food or drinks to consume on the go • A network of fixed and mobile Civic Amenity Centres • Obligation to source-separate construction wastes • Mandatory pre-demolition audit to obtain a BLUP for a demolition 15 What can development partners do?
Practical steps forward To ensure the effective start of the transition, it is strongly recommended to prioritize the implementation of actions for (i) the creation of an open governance that promotes active involvement of stakeholders (ii) Education, capacity building and awareness raising (iii) the setting up of a business support institution (iv) devising a fiscal framework to de-risks circular economy investments.
(v) Setting EPR schemes and scaling Circular Public Procurement 17 Circular Investment Opportunities Built Environment -Green Buildings -Renovation and upgrade of buildings -Buildings material reuse and recycling infrastructure Plastic Packaging -Sustainable Packaging -Innovative reuse business models for plastic packaging -Plastic collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure Consumer Goods -Repair, Rental and Resale business models -Product as a service business models -Collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure Food -Tools enabling farmers to shift to regenerative agricultural production -Food surplus and by-product collection, redistribution and valorisation infrastructure Mobility -Multimodal mobility infrastructure -Sharing Platforms -Repair and recycling infrastructure Waste Management -Collection and sorting -Recycling Infrastructure -Reverse Logistics -PRO Barriers to financing are promising entry points for future development cooperation to scale the CE De-risking financing for the circular economy • Policy de-risking instruments can help to remove the underlying barriers to circular economy business models.
Ex-EPR schemes, institutional capacity- building, public-sector skills development, taxation reforms, green investment policies • Financial de-risking instruments can help to transfer some of the risks that investors face to public actors, DFIs.

These instruments can include, for example, concessional capital, technical assistance funds, design-stage grants, loan guarantee schemes or public–private blended finance.
• Donor support to circularity can become more effective if CE is strategically linked to other development strategies including NDC, SDGs, digitalization, trade facilitation • NDC targets and CE strategies are complementary.
Incorporating CE strategies outlined in this roadmap in the NDC will increase the level of ambition of national climate action by looking beyond the classical mitigation sectors and will help to mobilize finance for the CE • Digital transformation can serve as an enabler and even as a catalyst for creating a circular economy.
The circular economy (CE) has the potential to capitalise upon emerging digital technologies, such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and the Internet of things (IoT), amongst others.

• Strengthening the capacity of business service providers to mentor businesses, potentially as part of challenge funds or accelerator programmes.
Direct support for innovative circular business models through accelerator programmes or challenge funds Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) • A multi-donor grants trust fund hosted by the Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank.

• ACEF supports the creation of institutional frameworks to foster the circular economy and provides private sector support for the circular transition.
It is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and the Nordic Development Fund.

• ACEF became operational in 2022, for an initial 5-year period during which it will make the case for the circular economy in Africa while creating the necessary enabling environment for it.

At the same time, ACEF is working toward scaling its activities and becoming a leading financier of the circular transition in Africa.
• Developed by the European Union in 2013, targets four high-priority sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, integrated waste management and tourism.

• It focuses on five thematic cross-cutting areas: energy efficiency, labelling and standards, water efficiency, eco- innovation and sustainable trade.

• The programme consists of components: -green business development, -policy support and -a networking facility