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Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Transition Arena – Sharing economy and sustainable use of built space

28 October 2024
Technical details

The Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Transition Arena connected various civil society and small business actors with the region’s Circular Hub initiative. The Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Hub forms an innovation ecosystem of expert organisations, municipalities, companies and research institutes, all working towards systemic change and new business opportunities based on a circular economy. The transition arena workshops focused especially on sharing economy and the sustainable use of built space.

As an immediate result of the process, a social impact measurement tool will be developed and piloted with 1-3 NGOs. The tool will help measure the economic value of the social impact of non-profit activities. It aims to demonstrate why it is valuable to support and enable spaces to non-profit actors. This will offer new information that will be widely disseminated and hopefully integrated into permanent activities of many actors. The Regional Council will organise a series of events for the municipalities, civil society and innovation actors in the region to share concrete experiences and tips related to shared use of buildings.

 

Read more about the process, results and impact here: Helsinki Uusimaa Circular Transition Arena