Overall, the project started from a strong conceptual foundation during the first part of the project based on which it achieved to produce all deliverables as planned. Throughout the project, the RE-SOURCING project continued its dissemination and networking efforts for co-creating and promoting project results. The consortium has undertaken a number of activities that were instrumental to achieve the project’s main objectives:
• To create supportive EU framework conditions for RS: RE-SOURCING produced 1 cross sectoral and 3 sector-specific state-of-play reports (one each for the three focus sectors: RES, MS; EEES) that together establish the project’s knowledge baseline both for the project and the broader Responsible Sourcing Community. In addition, three multistakeholder Roadmaps (RES, MS, EEES) have been produced that outline key targets and milestones for achieving Responsible Sourcing of mineral raw materials until 2050. Likewise, three Good Practice Guidelines have been delivered with in total 12 Good Practices for policy, industry and civil society stakeholders.
• To foster global application of RS Concept & Practices: RE-SOURCING organized 21 multi-stakeholder events (4 conferences, 6 webinars, 8 workshops and 3 Global Advocacy Fora) with global participation from South America, Africa and Asia to enable exchange of perspectives and increase a common understanding about needs & issues connected to the implementation of Responsible Sourcing within global value chains. The results directly fed into 16 Briefing Documents, the 3 Roadmaps and 3 Good Practice Guidelines. They were used for following outputs that promoted wider implementation of RS practices and thus a level playing field.
• To Further RS Practices & Concepts for Inclusion within the Global Agenda: The project's State-of-Play reports, Roadmaps and Good Practice Guidelines that represent important inputs for global agenda setting have been established. Three Global Advocacy Fora have been successfully hosted in Chile, South Africa, and China. The events focused on local stakeholders from the LATAM, African, and Chinese regions to understand differences and synergies with the EU and promote collaboration. RE-SOURCING joined and mediated several important consultation processes with the European Commission, non-European government entities, the European Raw Material Alliance, and international research projects.
• To Build a Global Platform for the RS Community, Networks & Stakeholders: A RE-SOURCING network of more than 1045 subscribers and growing has been established in addition to the project's frequent exchanges across continents with actors from industry, policy, civil society and academia in support of a well-connected Responsible Sourcing Network. All relevant project results have been synthesized into the platform website’s online knowledge repository and sector subsites. 16 Briefing documents, 22 reports, 12 videos have been published on the website and 77 videos to social media channels to increase engagement with and understanding of Responsible Sourcing across stakeholder groups.
