September 28, 2020
Kosovo Sustainable Development Week continued the activity with organizing the online lecture from professor But Dedaj on “Circular Economy in Theory vs. Circular Economy in Kosovo” with participants from different Universities. While the second session of the lecture was reserved for Vlatka Katusic on “Legal Framework of Circular Economy in Kosovo”.
The Lectures will address development opportunities through sharing, reusing leasing repairing, refurbishing, and recycling existing materials and products as long as it is possible. This process is called Circular Economy Model.
After presenting a brief history of World Economic Development through centuries, Professor Dedaj described the definitions of the Circular Economy and how to transform today’s economy into to circular economy. While the world economy continues to exploit natural resources, according to the Professor, with the actual trend there is a growing risk of a shortage of natural resources. In this case, the transition into the Circular Economy Model, by recycling and reusing the products will ensure continuation of production of the products that contain rare row materials.
“For producing 1 MW/h of energy, Kosovo is using around two times more coal than should be used if Kosovo had new technologies,” said Professor Dedaj as an example on how to use the Circular Economy Model.
The second part of the day was reserved for the lecture of Vlatka Katusic, Research Fellow from Circular Economy Research Center (CERC) on “Regulatory trends towards the circular economy in Europe”. Ms. Katusic started her lecture by describing the actual challenges in the global environment and the future of our planet if the trend continues without change. According to her lecture with the actual trend of plastic pollution, by 2050 in the oceans of our planet there will be more plastic than fish. During her lecture, she presented the action plan on the proposition of 35 legislative measures for the transition into Circular Economy in Europe that will affect core economic sectors in Europe, Electronics and ICT, textiles, plastic, food and packaging, and waste.
She concluded the lecture with recommendations covering further adoption of circular design standards and legislation in Europe, alternation of taxes on CE-based products, creation of eco-industrial parks, etc.
Kosovo Sustainable Development Week is inspired by European Sustainable Week. The activity is organized by a group of the like-minded organization. This year the activity is jointly organized by the Ministry of Economy and Environment, EUSR/EU Office in Kosovo, GIZ Kosovo on behalf of German Government, Balkan Green Foundation (BGF), and the Institute for Development Policy (INDEP).
During this year's activity through-out a range of events a series of topics will be discussed, Green deal, Transition to sound Resource Management and Circular Economy, National Energy and Climate Plan, Just transition/energy poverty/ heating/biomass/air pollution/deforestation, and Energy Transition - Regional Approach.
