Many hands make light work

Implementation of resource wisdom requires comprehensive multidisciplinary and cross-organisational cooperation, resources and commitment. The City of Jyväskylä promotes resource wisdom locally, across the country and internationally through various projects and networks.

Networks

Ympyräks (Network of Environmentally Responsible Enterprises in Central Finland)

The network of environmentally responsible enterprises in Central Finland helps companies to upgrade their business to a more environmentally responsible one. The goal of the network is to distribute information about environmentally responsible businesses and provide peer support. The network was initiated by the City of Jyväskylä, Regional Council of Central Finland, Central Finland Chamber of Commerce, Entrepreneurs in Central Finland and BioPaavo/JAMK. 

FISU (Finnish Sustainable Communities) Network

Finnish Sustainable Communities is a network of trailblazer municipalities (Forssa, Hyvinkää, Ii, Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Riihimäki, Turku and Vaasa) which aims for carbon-neutral, zero-waste and globally sustainable consumption by 2050. The objective is to enhance municipal and regional economy, create jobs and promote sustainable well-being.

FISU Network homepage

Network of municipalities as circular economy trailblazers

The trailblazer municipalities (Ii, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Lappeenranta, Porvoo, Riihimäki, Rovaniemi, Turku and Vantaa) are going to achieve the goals of the national waste management plan and recycle at least 55% of municipal waste, utilise at least 70% of construction and demolition waste as material and reduce the amount of waste by 2020 down to the level of 2000.

Network of municipalities as circular economy trailblazers

ICLEI - Network of Local Governments for Sustainability 

Local Governments for Sustainability is an international network of sustainable municipalities, which encourages local governments to adopt sustainable development action in order to respond to global challenges, such as climate change, increasing urbanisation and economic and population changes. The network is participated by more than 2,500 local governments and regional government bodies in more than 125 countries.

ICLEI network homepage

Union of Baltic Cities (UBC) Network

The Union of the Baltic Cities is a Northern European union comprised of 100 cities around the Baltic Sea. The goal of the Union is, by sharing skills and knowledge, networks and development projects, to maintain and develop safe and intelligent Baltic cities based on sustainable development.

UBC network website

Ongoing projects

Circwaste - Towards Circular Economy (2016-2023)

The City of Jyväskylä participates in a nationwide CIRCWASTE - Towards Circular Economy Project (2016-2023) with two subprojects. One sub-project of the user-oriented trials seeks ideas to test on circular economy and another sub-project is developing Kangas smart waste management. The project is an extensive EU funded project coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), which promotes circular economy and implements the national waste management plan.

Completed projects

REDI(4)2030 Project (2022-2023)

REDI(4)2030 = a project on Digital Portal for the City of Jyväskylä Resource Wisdom Work was launched in early 2022 and will come to an end in May 2023. A digital cooperation platform, i.e. digital portal, will be built for the City of Jyväskylä inter-administrative work on resource wisdom, in order to develop and enhance systematic management, transparency and accessibility of knowledge as well as visualisation which is implemented for monitoring the City’s work on resource wisdom, management and decision-making.

REETTA Project (2020-2022)

REMI Project (2020-2021)

REIVI Project (2019-2020)

A project on Climate Action of Resource-wise Companies (REIVI) focused on the development of a concept for boosting companies’ pro-climate work. The project of Central Finland yielded a network of environmentally responsible enterprises in Central Finland (YmpyräKS), which helps companies to update their actions to environmentally responsible work by distributing and sharing information about environmentally responsible businesses and providing peer support.

Climate Leaders Project (2019-2020)

Towards Resource Wisdom (2013-2015)

The development of the City’s strategic resource wisdom work was launched when the City collaborated with Sitra to produce a project ‘Towards Resource Wisdom ‘ in 2013-2015. The project participants developed an operating model for resource-wise cities, carried out resource-wise try-outs and pilots, and drafted the first resource wisdom roadmap for Jyväskylä.

Jyväskylä is a forerunner of circular economy

Circular economy is smart actions in conjunction with the daily lives of all residents in the municipality. The City of Jyväskylä and nine other trailblazer municipalities have committed to ambitious and concrete measures to promote circular economy.

Pioneering municipalities

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