in content lists or on the content page.Finland aims to be a frontrunner in achieving a carbon-neutral circular economy. How to align fiscal policy with these goals? This workshop will present the preliminary results of a study on the potential of a tax shift from the use of labour to the use of natural resources in Finland, based on best practices in the EU. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss and comment the preliminary fiscal instruments, tax design and rationale, assess the challenges and opportunities of the instruments and participate in finding feasible solutions to the implementation of a green tax reform and its instruments.
Workshop on a fiscal reform for a circular economy in Finland
Programme
| 13.00 |
Welcome, introduction and aim of the project and workshopChair Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Green Budget Europe |
Sitra and national roadmap to a circular economyDirector of the Carbon-Neutral Circular Economy theme area Mari Pantsar, Sitra |
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Scenario for a fiscal reform to promote a circular economy in FinlandFemke Groothuis, Ex’Tax project A) Rationale of a green fiscal reform: How it can support the transition to circular economy? Questions and comments from the audience |
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Presenting the instruments in the scenarioFacilitators: |
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| 14.30 |
Workshop based on the method of a learning coffee tableGroups circulate in the tables, discuss, comment and assess the challenges, solutions and opportunities of the instruments as a part of a green fiscal reform to boost circular economy in Finland. The instrument are divided to 4 tables. Coffee and snacks are served. |
| 15.30 |
Wrap-up: summary and conclusions of the workshopEero Yrjö-Koskinen, Green Budget Europe and facilitators |
Conclusion and next stepsChair Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Green Budget Europe |
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| 16.30 |
Event closes |
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