In the run-up to EU Green Week 2025 and our annual conference, the ECESP organised a Stakeholder Dialogue on 10 April

Industry leaders, policymakers, researchers and civil society came together for a discussion on the key EU circular economy policy priorities for the 2024-2029 mandate.

This stakeholder dialogue will feed directly into our annual conference, to be organised as part of EU Green Week in Brussels from 3 to 5 June.

High-level session

Moderator: Tamsin Rose

Presentation of the European Commission’s priorities for the 2024-2029 mandate and the role to be played by the circular economy, as well as the importance of stakeholder dialogue and the role of civil society

• Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
• Luis Planas Herrera, European Commission - DG ENV
• Jessika Roswall, European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy (Video message)
• Freek van Eijk, ECESP Co-chair

Clean Industrial Deal

Opening statement

• Moderator: Tamsin Rose
• Presentation of the Clean Industrial Deal by William Neale from the European Commission
• Q&A

Panel I - Dialogue on Finance & Investment

• Véronique Willems, Secretary General at SME United
• Emmanuel Chaponniere, Head of Division of Circular Economy and Sustainable Development at the European Investment Bank
• David Fitzsimons, Director at European Remanufacturing Council

Panel II - Dialogue on Implementation & Participation

• Françoise Bonnet, Secretary General at ACR+
• Sandra Parthie, President INT section, EESC-ECESP
• Dana Novăcescu, ESDN Youth Representative

Part 1: Bioeconomy Strategy

• State of play by Emmanuelle Maire from DG ENV, European Commission

• Reporting back on the breakout sessions on Harnessing the bioeconomy for biodiversity: conditions for a circular and sustainable future and Embedding the circular bioeconomy in the European value chain to secure EU's strategic autonomy and resilience, followed by a general discussion

Part 2: Circular Economy Act

• State of play by Florian Flachenecker from DG ENV, European Commission

   

• Reporting back on the breakout sessions on How the circular economy fosters EU competitiveness and resilience through reuse, repair and remanufacturing and Advancing the single market for recycled materials in Europe, followed by a general discussion

Conclusions by Tamsin Rose