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Industrial symbiosis toolkit
Expansion
Step 4 focuses on broadening the scope of industrial symbiosis activities to incorporate a wider range of synergies. It involves communicating achievements and actions to strengthen the vision both internally and externally. When additional industrial symbiosis synergies are explored, attention must be paid to maintain the shared vision.
4.1 Demonstrating benefits of IS
Quantifiable data on the economic, environmental, or social impacts of the project can illustrate the value added by the synergies established between stakeholders. Disseminating the benefits of the industrial symbiosis project can encourage stakeholders to continue participating, funding or promoting the project.
- Public authorities and clusters can fund or organise promotional activities to support visibility of projects in their territory or network.
- They can disseminate success stories.
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Circulator tool |
Knowledge platform to share best circular practices |
CIRCULATOR / EIT RAW MATERIALS |
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European circular economy stakeholder platform |
Tool to share knowledge and good practices |
EESC |
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4.2 New members and network management
Once the initial implementation has proven successful, additional synergies may be identified and implemented using the evaluation of previous synergy identification. If additional resources or skills are necessary beyond those currently available, new members may need to be brought on board for the collaboration.
Funding needs occur for analysing further synergetic potentials (e.g., update initial analysis after some years). As the network begins to develop, it is important to allocate resources and to manage the increasing number of members related to the industrial symbiosis network.
- Public authorities can provide funding for analysing synergetic potentials beyond the existing activities.
- Public authorities and clusters can facilitate matchmaking between existing IS projects and other stakeholders in their territory, network or beyond.
- They can use existing network structures to facilitate exchange.
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Ecosystem partner identification |
Tool to identify external partners for needed support to close gaps between internal capability and technological gaps |
SITRA |
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Funding requirement analysis |
Tool to identify funding requirements |
SITRA |
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Manual/report on “Business Networks” |
Conclusions and recommendations for inter-firm collaboration |
Ecorys |
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Synergy creation - eSymbiosis Platform |
Platform that targets synergies between registered users of the site. Users provide profile and information about resources to sell/share; eSymbiosis generates a visual map by matching different actors who can trade/exchange resources. Case studies provide information on benefits/encourage wider implementation of synergies. |
CLMS UK |
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Synergy mapping - SYNERGie®4.0 |
Online resource and synergy mapping tool applied in an international context to record resources/make matches |
ISL |
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4.3 Review shared vision
As the number of network members and interlinkages increase, industrial symbiosis projects become more complex. Hence, it may be necessary to take a step back to ensure that the initial vision is still shared among all members or, alternatively, redefine targets.
Funding requirements are similar to Step 1.3: Developing a shared vision, and are needed e.g., to organise exploratory workshops.
- Public authorities can provide funding for analysing synergetic potentials beyond the existing activities.
- Public authorities and clusters can facilitate matchmaking between existing IS projects and other stakeholders in their territory, network or beyond.
- They can use existing network structures to facilitate exchange.
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Roadmap development |
Tool to support vision development |
e.g., SITRA |
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