This report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the Programme of Work and Budget of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). It is the result of a two-year policy dialogue with the Tallinn Strategic Management Office and 60 stakeholders from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in Tallinn and Estonia.
The report and underlying policy dialogue were led by Oriana Romano, Head of the Water Governance and Circular Economy Unit, CFE, under the supervision of Aziza Akhmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division and Soo-Jin Kim, Deputy Head of Division, in the CFE. The report was drafted and co-ordinated by Oriana Romano and Ander Eizaguirre, Policy Analyst, CFE. Georges Laimé, María Ferrer, and Mariam Fofana, Policy Analysts, contributed written inputs to the report. Juliette Lassman, Policy Analyst, provided support with the organisation of the virtual policy seminar.
The OECD Secretariat is grateful for the high level of commitment from Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart and Deputy Mayor Joosep Vimm. Warm thanks are also extended to the local team in Tallinn’s Strategic Management Office formed by Krista Kampus, Head of European Affairs and International Cooperation Department, Strategic Planning Division; Liina Kanarbik, Chief Specialist, Circular Economy Department; and Aleksandr Taraskin, former Leading Specialist, Circular Economy Department. Furthermore, the policy dialogue benefited from the peer-review of Anthony Naralingom, Head of Unit ‘Economic Transition and Entrepreneurship Awareness’, Brussels Agency for Business Support – hub.brussels, Belgium.
This report builds on interviews conducted during the OECD fact-finding mission (15-19 November 2021) and a virtual policy seminar (7 September 2022), as well as insights from the OECD Survey on the Circular Economy in Cities and Regions and desk research. Interim findings and progress results were presented at the 4th OECD Roundtable on the Circular Economy in Cities and Regions (12 April 2022). Thanks are also due to stakeholders who shared written comments on earlier drafts.
The report was submitted to delegates of the Working Party on Urban Policy for approval by written procedure by 17 May 2023 under cote CFE/RDPC/URB(2023)12. The final version was edited and formatted by Eleonore Morena, and François Iglesias and Pilar Philip prepared the manuscript for publication.