Circular Solutions for a Competitive Europe - Stakeholders' Day

This year, the ECESP will join forces with the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative and EU Green Week to focus on circular solutions for a competitive EU.

Earlier this year, the Competitiveness Compass and the Clean Industrial Deal provided key guidance on maximising the EU's limited resources, reducing dependency on third-country suppliers of raw materials, reducing waste and extending the lifetime of materials through recycling, reuse and sustainable production.

This series of events will explore how the EU economy can speed up the transition from a linear to a circular model of production and consumption.

From 3 to 5 June, policymakers, industry representatives and the circular economy community will discuss how to enhance Europe's competitiveness by mainstreaming sustainable circularity across all economic sectors.

The report on the ECESP Stakeholder Dialogue of 10 April will be relevant to the entire three-day conference, reflecting stakeholders' input to the drafting of EU legislative proposals.

Here's the programme for the three days and the link to register for this exciting series of events.


Green Week draft agenda (all times are CEST):

3 June: European Commission
  • 13:45 - 15:00: Opening session: Circular Economy as a Driver of EU Strategic Autonomy and Competitiveness
  • 15:10 - 16:10: The Circular Economy Act: Making Circular Markets Work
  • 16:40 - 17:40: Green Rules, Global Reach: Can the EU Export the Circular Economy in cooperation with international partners
  • 18:30 - 20:00: Life AWARDS 2025: Celebrating Excellence in Environmental Innovation
4 June: European Commission
  • 09:00 - 10:10: European Circular Economy Stakeholders Platform session
  • 10:15 - 10:45: Circular economy chat
  • 11:30 - 12:30: Towards a Nature-Positive Circular Bioeconomy
  • 12:30 - 13:00: Circular economy chat
  • 14:30 - 15:30: Making our Industrial Installations Cleaner and Circular
  • 15:35 - 16:35: From Regulation to Reality: Accelerating the Circular Economy
  • 16:40 - 17:00: Closing remarks
5 June: ECESP and CCRI
  • High-level opening
  • Plenary session 1: People, Policies & practices driving the circular transition (working title)
  • Parallel sessions 1
    • Circular constructions and building
    • Circular bioeconomy
    • Citizen engagement and circular behaviour
  • Parallel sessions 2
    • Resource efficiency
    • Industrial symbiosis
    • Biodiversity and climate
  • Plenary 2: Scaling up best practices across Europe & worldwide
  • Closing session: Harnessing circularity momentum as a catalyst for system(ic) change
  • Drinks reception

Registration link


Circular Cities and Regions InitiativeEU Green Week