Governing the transition · ready to drive it forward
We are not starting from scratch
In the Balearic Islands, the circular transition does not begin from intuition or from a mere sum of scattered initiatives. It builds on a path already in place: a regional vision that sets a shared ambition for the future, a circular roadmap that organizes and prioritizes action towards a circular tourism system, and a working basis that makes it possible to translate this orientation into concrete, viable and transformative measures. This matters because it allows a shift from the conceptual framework to a shared basis of meaning, direction and priority.
The challenge is no longer to imagine change, but to deploy it
At this point, the central question is no longer how to identify opportunities or formulate aspirations. The question is how to turn this foundation into decisions, projects and real progress on the ground. And this is precisely where the governance challenge emerges. Advancing the circular transition requires coordination, monitoring, learning and the capacity for continuous adaptation. The challenge is no longer only to know what needs to be done, but to create the conditions for it to actually happen.
Governing the transition requires a different way of orchestrating
This change cannot be led through a traditional hierarchical or sector-based logic. It requires network governance: flexible, multi-actor and oriented towards aligning priorities, coordinating efforts, monitoring progress and incorporating learning throughout the circular transition. Not because it sounds better, but because the very nature of the process requires bringing together actors with different yet complementary roles, and doing so in a way that gives direction, coherence and continuity to action. It is this orchestration capacity that makes it possible to accelerate the transition, integrate learning and prevent implementation from becoming fragmented.
The hub is the infrastructure that makes it possible
This is where reN · Balear Circular Hub acquires its full meaning. Not only as a space for connection or inspiration, but as a strategic and operational infrastructure prepared to activate and govern the circular transition. Its role is to bring together and articulate actors, knowledge, capabilities and resources; connect opportunities and needs; facilitate the co-creation of projects and partnerships; monitor progress; act on bottlenecks; and project tangible results. In other words, it turns a shared ambition into an operational, sustained and scalable dynamic. This is what makes it possible to say that, in the Balearic Islands, we are no longer only imagining change: we are in a position to drive it forward.
In the Balearic Islands, the circular transition is no longer just an aspiration. It is a process that has a regional vision, a circular roadmap and the governance conditions needed to move forward collaboratively on the ground.