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This training material aims to help public procurers and policymakers better understand how they can stimulate demand for circular construction skills through public procurement.&nbsp; This slide deck can be used as a self learning tool, with links to other resources to learn more about the topic.&nbsp; This slide deck can also be used and adapted as needed to help to raise awareness among your colleagues and partners on how they can promote circular construction skills.

Training materials for public procurers on how to stimulate demand for circular construction skills

The EU has committed to making its built environment greener in the coming years. With the introduction of the “Fit or 55” package and the proposed revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, local infrastructure and building investments are becoming increasingly driven by requirements and opportunities to apply sustainable energy technologies and circularity concepts. However, the competencies and skills needed to support a successful transition to a low-carbon and circular built environment remain a key issue that local actors are struggling to solve.&nbsp;The EU-funded BUS-GoCircular project aims to address and overcome the challenges of stimulating demand for a circular construction skilled workforce, along with the hands-on capacity building to increase the number of skilled professionals within the workforce across the value chain. Local and regional governments can use a wide range of policy levers to stimulate this demand.Through good practice and replicable examples from Europe and beyond, this document aims to raise awareness among practitioners and policymakers about their ability to promote a more circular construction sector and upskill professionals. It also highlights the various levers at the disposal of local and regional governments and public administrations to support this transition.

Stimulating demand for circular construction skills - a guide for public authorities

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Public authorities have an important role to play in the transition towards a more circular built environment. They have a range of policy levers at their disposal to stimulate demand for relevant skills. The various competencies that local authorities can use directly (e.g., training for their own employees) and indirectly (e.g., embedding mandatory circular criteria in urban planning documents) to influence construction skills are outlined in this action plan for policymakers.

Action plan for public authorities to stimulate demand for circular construction skills

BUS-GoCircular understands the importance of a green energy workforce within the construction sector. The 30 month-long project was funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme and started in September 2021.